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Let’s be honest, now: what ORU had at the very end of a mediocre season was a miraculous 6-game stretch of career performances from all five starters; highlighted by near-perfect “pick & pop” play out top by Abmas & Obanor, fanatical defense from Lacis & Jurgens, solid scoring from Thompson* as a third option, a game-winning corner three from Weaver, culminating in one after another last-minute escapes. Simply put, ORU won 5 of those 6 games - and nearly won them all - DESPITE getting obliterated on the glass and in the paint in almost every game. Incredible? You bet. Sustainable? Doubtful Trust me: they need Lufile,or someone like him, doing the heavy lifting for long-term success. * Edited 5/4 from "Freeman" to "Thompson". I don't know why, but I constantly do that with Kareem's last name; major-league mental block on my part.

Hard to believe at least a couple of these games couldn't have been rescheduled for mid week in May.....weather is nice....Omaha not that far from Tulsa....so bus down and play single games on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons...both teams have to have a bunch of pitchers that could use the work.....just seems to make sense to TheEagleman.....what am I missing?....

It really helps to have played those top ten teams on a neutral floor. Go back and look at the better non-conference wins for ORU in the past 20 years or so, and a lot of them came in tournaments, or occasionally at the Mabee Center itself. One thing in Paul Mills favor now, however, is that after beating a couple of big boys, he has earned the right to get on officials on the road, which will help. After his coming-out party in Indianapolis, officials can no longer use that classic old retort that Larry Bird would sneer at guys who tried to get in his head: ”I don’t even know who you are.”