Oral Roberts Men’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

Summit League (30-4, 18-0)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/12 Liberty (84-70), 12/19 South Dakota State (79-40)
Bad Losses: 11/22 at Utah State (85-95), 1/9 at New Mexico (75-82)
Coach: Paul Mills
 
Probable Starters:
Connor Vanover, Senior, Forward, 12.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 3.3 bpg
Kareem Thompson, Senior, Guard, 8.6 ppg, 3.1 apg, 5.7 rpg
Max Abmas, Senior, Guard, 22.2 ppg, 4.0 apg, 4.4 rpg
Issac McBride, Junior, Guard, 11.9 ppg, 2.6 apg
Carlos Jurgens, Senior, Guard, 9.2 ppg, 2.4 apg, 4.1 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Patrick Mwamba, Junior, Forward, 7.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 84.4 (3rd in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.7 (194, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.1 (24, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.0 (71, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.9 (2, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.3 (33, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 77.3 (17, 3)
Rebound Margin: 0.3 (197, 4)
Assists Per Game: 14.8 (65, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.3 (5, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2021 NCAA Round of 64 win over Ohio State
2021 NCAA Round of 32 win over Florida
2021 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Arkansas
2015 CBI First Round win over UC Santa Barbara
2015 CBI Quarterfinal loss to Loyola Chicago
2013 CIT First Round win over UT-Arlington
2013 CIT Second Round win over UC Irvine
2013 CIT Quarterfinal loss to Weber State
2012 NIT First Round loss to Nevada
2011 CIT First Round loss to Southern Methodist
2008 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Pittsburgh
2007 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Washington
2006 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Memphis
2005 NIT First Round loss to Maryland
 
*all team stats through 3/5