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HI all, Had a great time in our interview with Coach Mills for this weeks podcast. You can find it on the website or wherever you find your podcasts. Coach Mills was great. Best of luck this season. Enjoy covering the Golden Eagles. http://reachingthesummitpodcast.com/2021/10/17/preseason-poll-and-chat-with-oral-roberts-head-coach-paul-mills/

I heard the 1st half we lost by 3 points and the 2nd half we won by 2 points. I was told we were the better team but we missed a lot of shots and didn't play with a lot of urgency.

Fascinating interview; a few takeaways: The forward-looking fact that ORU is nobody's pick for "winning the conference regular season" is MUCH more of a motivation than the rearview-mirror view of trying to prove last year's postseason run was a fluke. No hard feelings toward Kevin Obanor, but politely wishes him best while VERY subtly implying that team harmony is better now. Says Carlos Jurgens will have a breakout year due to teams focusing on Max; credits his summer playing with older players on Estonian National Team. Taking the long view on ORU's ultimate success; it won't be overnight but should steadily improve through recruiting good people and smart scheduling. Playing D1 teams ranked below 300 hurts your NET more than playing non-D1 teams that don't even count; that's why ORU plays (and counts) so many D2 and NAIA home games instead of buying low-major games. Not a fan of MTE's (Multi-Team Events) where you play a couple of games on the home floor of Power 5 schools; instead following lead of successful Belmont and Wofford programs. Every non-conference game that wasn't already contracted was scheduled after the Colorado State game was finalized; when teams found out in July that Max was returning, they quit returning calls.

Dante Brigida scored in the 70th minute to give ORU a 3-2 victory at Omaha last night.....Brigida also scored in the 5th minute and Josselyn Petel added a 37th minute goal for the Golden Eagles.....Good Guys now have 10 in a row without a loss and next up will be Denver at Case next Saturday night in the home finale for the regular season.....GO BLUE!!!