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The Tommies play a very deliberate style of basketball - typically running the shot clock down to near zero. The key is to grab rebounds and take a lead. Very hard to speed them up and they don’t commit many turnovers. We need to shoot well and play with intensity. Our post players have to show up.

Tommies are a strong 7.5 point favorite......and Yeah the ORU troubles on the road this season also bother TheEagleman.....but we have won at Denver and Montana State which are not the easiset places to play....and I sit here and ponder that what are the chances that my beloved alma mater will lose both games in a season to a school that was D-III just two years ago.....how embarrassing is that?....yeah, I know St. Thomas has come along way and they play very smart basketball.....but they still should not have the horses to beat a program like the Golden Eagles.....this will be a VERY TOUGH game tonight but expecting Coach Springmann to have the Good Guys focused and ready....it will come down to the final moments but TheEagleman has good vibes.....ORU 76 St. Thomas 73....GO BLUE!!!

ORU has been good at home but 2-9 on the road this season. Defense and rebounding travel and help win games away from home. Which Eagles team will show up? We will really need the bigs (Herron, Jones, and Smith) to step up to have any chance tomorrow night. St. Thomas is tough because they do not turn the ball over and have a variety of guys that can beat you on any given night.

Thanks for this, did some research on Gottfried and he seems to have had an impressive coaching career!! Funny that 3 of the 6 you listed were all in the last 10ish years, college basketball really has changed! I lived on the same floor with Korey, we had some refreshing conversations, one of the coolest and down to earth guys I met in my time at ORU! Was fun to cheer him on at VCU that final year. Thanks for sharing!!