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| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | ||||
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| University | Oral Roberts University | |||
| Head coach | Russell Springmann (1st season) | |||
| Conference | Summit League | |||
| Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |||
| Arena | Mabee Center (capacity: 10,575) | |||
| Nickname | Golden Eagles | |||
| Colors | Navy blue, Vegas gold, and white[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1974 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1974, 2021 | ||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
| 1974, 1984, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021, 2023 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| MCC: 1980, 1984 Summit: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021, 2023 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| MCC: 1984 Summit: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2023 | ||||
The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team representing Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The team is a member of Summit League.
Oral Roberts has made appearances in seven NCAA Tournaments, the most recent appearance in 2023. The team has also appeared in eight National Invitation Tournaments, one College Basketball Invitational, and two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournaments. The Golden Eagles have won seven regular season conference championships and six tournament championships.[2] The team has been members of the Southland Conference and the Midwestern Collegiate Conference.
In the opening round of the 2021 tournament, the Golden Eagles recorded just the ninth 15 vs. 2 upset in tournament history, defeating Ohio State 75–72 in overtime, in the process winning their first tournament game since 1974. Two days later, they became just the second 15 seed (after the 2013 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles) to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, after defeating #7 Florida 81–78.
On April 10, 2017, the school fired all-time winningest coach Scott Sutton after 18 years.[3] He finished with an overall record of 328–247.[4] The school named Paul Mills as the new head coach on April 28.[5]
Prior to the 1993–94 season, ORU was known as the Titans. The Golden Eagles and Tulsa Golden Hurricane exchange a traveling trophy, the Mayor's Cup, in the two teams' crosstown rivalry.
- ^ "Color Standards". Oral Roberts Athletics Style Guide (PDF). August 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ "Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ "Oral Roberts fires coach Sutton after 18 years". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ "Oral Roberts Fires Scott Sutton". KDLT. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ "Paul Mills Named New ORU Head Men's Basketball Coach". 28 April 2017.