Category: Oral Roberts

ORU/Arkansas Preview: Did Arkansas Coach’s Mom Give Keys to Victory for ORU?

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Tim Hill No Comments

The ORU Golden Eagles will wrap up Non-Conference Play in a Sunday Matinee vs. SEC member, the Arkansas Razorbacks. Arkansas is lead by second year Head Coach, Eric Musselman. If that name sounds familiar, especially to my Minnesota/Upper Midwest followers, that is because he is the son of the Late Minnesota Gophers & Timberwolves Coach,…

Men's Basketball, Oral Roberts

ORU Recap: Two Nights, Two Cities, Two Opponents

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Tim Hill 1 Comment

Cancellations, postponements, rescheduling, and last-minute games are all apart of the New Norm that is COVID Era Hoops and the ORU Men’s Team has experienced its fair share of this new way of College Basketball Life. Coach Paul Mills and his staff has already had to postpone 2 games, cancel another, and added a late…

Men's Basketball, Oral Roberts, Uncategorized

The Reaching the Summit Players of the Week, First Edition

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Todd Buckingham No Comments

We have all seen Player of the week awards before. Our staff at Reaching The Summit wanted to do something similar but put our own spin on it. So here are our first player of the week awards, with a twist. We are going to break the players of the week down by class. So…

Men's Basketball, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, Uncategorized

Summit Men’s Power Rankings 12/7

December 7, 2020December 12, 2020 Todd Buckingham No Comments

Men’s Power Rankings 1. South Dakota State (3-2): 90 pts (10) 1st place votes. 2 wins against Iowa State and Bradley keep SDSU as the unanimous first-place team 2. North Dakota State(0-4): 78 pts, LW 2. 0-4 and gained points from last week. A close loss to Kansas will do that 3. Oral Roberts: 69…

Denver, Kansas City, Men's Basketball, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Uncategorized, Western Illinois

Your guide to the Summit Message Boards

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 Todd Buckingham No Comments

Our unofficial tagline is a podcast by Summit League Fans for Summit League Fans. While we strive to continually give you content and be a meeting place for Summit League Fans. We want to share the incredible resource for fans of the Summit. Each team in the Summit either has a message board or website/blog…

Denver, Kansas City, Men's Basketball, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Uncategorized, Western Illinois

Guide to the Opening Day of Non-Conference action

November 22, 2020 Todd Buckingham No Comments

Special thanks to Steve Bruce, one of our writers for putting together this spreadsheet on where to find your Summit Men’s and Women’s basketball action. Steve is attempting to find out if the Denver Women’s team is on pause. If not they play at Air force on Wednesday.

Kansas City, Men's Basketball, North Dakota, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Uncategorized, Women's Basketball

This is the Year?

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Todd Buckingham No Comments

Last year I picked Oral Roberts to win the Summit. This was due to the promise of returning players and losses on other Summit League teams. The Golden Eagles had a pair of talented freshmen returning in Kevin Obanor and Deshang Weaver to pair with all-league forward Emmanuel Nzekwesi and solid lead guard Sam Kearns….

Summit All Newcomer 2nd Team

November 11, 2020December 12, 2020 Todd Buckingham No Comments

Yesterday my all newcomer 1st team was posted. You may have noticed the lack of 1st-year players on that team. In a year with limited practice and opportunities to acclimate to teammates, it may take 1st-year players a little longer than usual to contribute at a high level. However that as you can see with…

Kansas City, Men's Basketball, Omaha, Oral Roberts, Western Illinois

All Summit Break Out 2nd Team

November 5, 2020December 12, 2020 Todd Buckingham No Comments

If you read my article on the All-Summit break out first team I laid out 5 players I thought were poised for a big year after averaging less than 10 points per game in division one the last year they played Division 1. We all know there are more than 5 players in the Summit…

Kansas City, Men's Basketball, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, Uncategorized, Western Illinois

Forecasting the Summit Player of The Year race

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 Todd Buckingham No Comments

Seems easy enough right? Douglas Wilson returns for his senior season after winning the player of the year award last year. Let’s dig into the five players I believe could make a run at the award this year. Douglas Wilson (SR) South Dakota State It’s hard to find reasons Wilson won’t be a repeat…

Denver, Men's Basketball, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State