Oral Roberts University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Basketball=== {{Main|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women's basketball}} The women's basketball team has appeared in four NCAA tournaments in the past eight seasons. In 2018, former NBA player [[Lee Mayberry]] was appointed as assistant coach for the women's basketball team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ktul.com/sports/oral-roberts/oru-womens-basketball-hires-a-local-legend|title=ORU Women's Basketball Hires a Local Legend|author=TJ Eckert|publisher=KTUL|date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> [[Paul Mills]] has been the head coach of the Golden Eagles men's basketball team since 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ktul.com/sports/oral-roberts/oru-hires-mills-as-new-head-mens-basketball-coach|title=ORU hires Mills as new head men's basketball coach|publisher=KTUL|date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> On March 19, 2021, the ORU men's basketball team defeated the #2 seed [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]] in the [[2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2021 NCAA tournament]] as a #15 seed in the first round. This was the first time a #15 seed won an NCAA tournament game since [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball|Middle Tennessee]] defeated [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan State]] in the first round of the [[2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2016 NCAA tournament]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Oral Roberts shocks Ohio State, becomes only ninth No. 15 seed to upset No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/oral-roberts-shocks-ohio-state-becomes-only-ninth-no-15-seed-to-upset-no-2-seed-in-ncaa-tournament/live/ |website=CBSSports.com |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ORU then defeated #7 seed [[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida]] in the Round of 32 to advance to the [[March Madness|Sweet Sixteen]]. It is only the second #15 seed to ever reach the Sweet Sixteen, after [[Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball|Florida Gulf Coast]] in 2013.<ref>[https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/15-seeds-sweet-16-oral-roberts-fgcu/1xb7svdzcqarg17vp15k33ads9 15 seeds in Sweet 16: How Oral Roberts' unlikely March Madness run compares to FGCU in 2013 | Sporting News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Player [[Max Abmas]] was named the [[Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year]] in March 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesummitleague.org/news/2021/3/3/awards-oral-roberts-abmas-collects-summitmbb-player-of-the-year-honors.aspx|title=Oral Roberts' Abmas collects #SummitMBB Player of the Year honors|publisher=Summit League|date=March 4, 2021}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page