ORUTerry Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 The Houston area is a BIG recruiting focus for us - besides the fact that Mills is from there. This is a nice pair of games and hopefully we can continue these relationships into the next few seasons... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Houston obviously a Top 10 team and Texas Southern always good with a lot of talent....two games against NCAA Tournament teams in two nights will be tough sledding.....but better than playing Haskell and SW Christian..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 ESPN has Houston ranked #3 in their way too early top 25 rankings. Of course, they were a final four team not to long ago (2021). Who says the top teams are afraid to play little old ORU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Summit League announcing that the basketball tournament will last five days this year, March 3-7, and include all ten teams. Wow, now it is bascially a week long tournament. The top two seeds will play a team that already had a first round game and then if they win, will have a day off. It goes without saying that the Eagles really need to finish in the top 2 this year in the Summit League. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUalum Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Damn....Houston and St. Marys??... Paul Mills flying under the radar all summer now hitting home runs....In Mills We Trust!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU40 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, theeagleman5 said: Damn....Houston and St. Marys??... Paul Mills flying under the radar all summer now hitting home runs....In Mills We Trust!!! Love it!! Let's get out there and mix it up a bit!! Cut the NAIA crap and the "good teams are afraid to play us" BS and let's play a real schedule. So far, so good!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 It shows that maybe the Power 5's will not schedule ORU but the top mid majors will: Houston (but moving soon to Big 12), St. Mary's and Texas Southern. Similar to last year when Coach scheduled that opening night game with a very good Colorado State team (also in the NCAA tournament). If the St. Mary's game is November 7 then that must be the opening night matchup. That is a long bus ride to California, too! I was wrong about Mills limiting games to within bus rides. The Gaels have an interesting team: one 7'4 guy and another 7'1 player. So, Connor will have his hands full the first night. Plus, they have a guy from Estonia. Wonder if Carlos knows him? Cannot be too many players from Estonia in college basketball these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUalum Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 This such an important year for the program. It appears that Mills finally has the kind of players he needs to run his offense and play the kind of defense he originally wanted to run when he came here. I’m looking for a huge improvement on defense this year running the defense that was used at Baylor. The improved schedule is such a welcomed sight. I hope the higher level of competition in games and the increased competition for playing time will make this edition on Golden Eagles an incredibly tough contest for anyone we face. Let’s hope this year is a launching pad for even greater success. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Move over Gonzaga???..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 Looking at these three teams that ORU scheduled yesterday, and they have some things in common: toughness, strong defense, and they all made it to the Big Dance last year. So, we will see very early what the Golden Eagles are made of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 17 hours ago, ORUalum said: Great find, ORUAlum. Gotta imagine this trip will involve more than one game on the West Coast, right? San Francisco, Pacific, Santa Clara, Sacramento State, or even P5's Cal and Stanford are all in "NoCal". Just don't make the same mistake NDSU did last season, leaving themselves only 24 hours to make something like a 400-mile trip from one Cali school to the other. It's a big state; check out a map before adding another game in some place like San Diego... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 With the conference slate being announced today, here's the tentative non-conference schedule as of now: Nov. 7 (Mon) -- at St. Mary's Nov. 14 (Mon) -- at Houston Nov. 15 (Tue) -- at Texas Southern Dec. 3 (Sat) -- at Tulsa Dec. 10 (Sat) -- CENTRAL ARKANSAS Dec. 16 (Fri) -- MISSOURI STATE TBD -- at Oklahoma State TBD -- at Texas-Arlington 1 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 Looks like the Summit League Schedule has been released: ORU begins at home versus SDSU and then South Dakota before the Christmas break. It seems like they just reversed the schedule from last year because then the Golden Eagles finish the season at South Dakota and SDSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 That stinks if students won't be around for two of our most important Summit League contests......BOOOOO!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keenan Henderson Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 Last year ORU started with 5 out of 7 on the road, which looked very tough, but they went 4-1. This year they start with 5 out of 7 at home. Guess there are plus and minuses to both schedules. Hopefully the Eagles can start strong at home and build some momentum for the second half of the conference season. Just looking ahead but the first two road games against Omaha and Denver are very winnable. So ORU could easily start league play 6-1 or 7-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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