Posted on 03/22/2021 7:21:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Wouldn’t it be great if they could win the tournament? The stink factor that would create in the politically correct world of college athletics would be delightful.
Wow, that is like jr high level.
ORU beat Florida 81-78 over the weekend to advance to the Sweet 16. As a 15th seed, unlikely they would win the tournament, but would be great if they could make it to the Elite Eight or Final Four — national TV coverage showing black and white players standing respectfully for the National Anthem and kneeling to pray.
Well.... Congratulations to Oral Roberts U! But you also killed me in my pool as I had Ohio State going to the Final Four. Combining this with Illinois’ loss to Loyola of Chicago (never pick against a team that has Sister Jean as spiritual adviser and backer) and I am done. Good luck Cinderellas!
The commentators are already calling them OR... Seems they don’t want to say his name.
THE Oral Roberts University. (Hee hee)
Also: Oral Roberts also defeats Florida... Abilene Christian shocks Texas... Loyola, Chicago routs #1 seed Illinois... oh wait, we’re talking about Christian schools.
Big Ten had 1, 2, and 4 seeds on one side of the bracket... all lost shocking upsets (although Loyola getting an 8 seed was ridiculous).
That cracked me up as the announcers started saying that.
I was going to make a snarky comment about the basketball team, but it turns out ORU has a student body that is 51% non-White. It’s 14% Black which is on par with the population at large. I hope they win at least one more game even though the deck is stacked against them.
Not bad for a nice local college with a few thousand students and providing a lot of excitement. Underdog knocking off the big boys.
Which would you pick between Oral and Morehead?
RE: Which would you pick between Oral and Morehead?
By pick, what do you mean? Root for? Or realistically guess who will win?
I’ll root for ORU over Morehead if that’s what you’re asking.
You forgot about Baylor.
I had OSU in the Elite 8 so my bracket is over as well.
I was covering the crazy upset wins. Baylor is heavy favorite for the Final Four. You’ll notice I also didn’t mention Creighton, Villanova, etc.
Enough with the bush-league puns. (You’ll be happy to know the Trojans and Beavers both advanced.)
Isn’t your comment for Ken H? Not seekandfind.
Amen!
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