OKC Eagle Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/ ... id=2368106 Top seeds will have their hands full in Round 1By Pat Forde ESPN.com Archive ORU Excerpt: Not far behind Albany on the 16 line are Oral Roberts (130 RPI) and Southern (132). ORU has won 46 games over the past two years, starts nothing but juniors and seniors, draws a young No. 1 seed in Memphis and actually has a geographic advantage at its first-round site in Dallas. It's only a 3?-hour drive from the Oral Roberts campus in Tulsa, Okla. "Playing in Dallas gives us the best opportunity to win a game," coach Scott Sutton said. "You're not having to play Villanova in Philadelphia or Connecticut in Philadelphia." It won't hurt to have thousands of Arkansas fans in the house, either. Arkansas has an intense rivalry with Memphis, and Sutton lived in Fayetteville as a child when his dad, Eddie, was taking the Razorbacks to the Final Four. "I hope Razorback Nation will support an old Arkansan," Sutton said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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