http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.Glenn Smith, who was Oral Roberts University's first athletic trainer from 1972-2010, was inducted into the Oklahoma Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame on Saturday at the University of Central ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Glenn_Smith_inducted_into_Oklahoma_Trainers_Hall_of/20438?subj=17Tue, 21 May 2013 15:18:00 CDTI’ve got a story in today’s Tulsa World that poses the question of whether it’s time to invite regular season champions of every conference to the NCAA Tournament. If that rule had been in place in 2012, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Part_II_on_should_regular_season_champs_be_in_NCAA/19780?subj=17Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:26:46 CDTOral Roberts’ new conference just lost a heck of a coach. Danny Kaspar, who led Stephen F. Austin to a regular season championship in the Southland Conference, was introduced Thursday as the ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/I_would_put_him_up_with_just_about_anybody_Which_coach/19764?subj=17Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:50:13 CDTOral Roberts' scheduled home baseball game against Missouri State on Tuesday night (April 2) has been rained out. The game has not been rescheduled. The two teams are scheduled to meet for a two-game ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/ORU_Missouri_State_game_is_rained_out/19702?subj=17Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:09:00 CDTThe Missouri Valley Conference is searching for a replacement for Creighton and there are many in Tulsa who would like to see Oral Roberts reconnect this city to the MVC. The University of Tulsa was a ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Kansas_City_Star_says_UMKC_getting_a_visit_from_Missouri/19695?subj=17Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:43:15 CDTJacob Evans pitched five shutout innings to help Oklahoma outlast Oral Roberts 9-8 in 15 innings late Tuesday night at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman. Evans, a freshman from Broken Arrow, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Sooners_win_in_15_innings_to_extend_Golden_Eagles_record/19539?subj=17Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:13:00 CDTSince 1982, the city of Tulsa has hosted 16 major conference men’s basketball championship games. Oral Roberts and Tulsa have been involved in 13 of those games. So how does Memphis’ ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Memphis_2_OT_win_is_top_conference_mens_basketball/19491?subj=17Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:48:00 CDTFormer University of Arkansas All-American and ex-NBA player Corliss “Big Nasty” Williamson is a third-year head coach at Central Arkansas, which is making a Tuesday night visit to the Mabee Center to ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Whatever_happened_to_Corliss_Willliamson_Catching_up/19117?subj=17Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:01:00 CDTTen thoughts after attending a Saturday memorial service for former Oral Roberts basketball coach Ken Trickey: 1, Talking a great game. When I covered the Oklahoma State basketball ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/A_few_thoughts_after_attending_Ken_Trickeys_memorial/19089?subj=17Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:36:00 CDTOn Thursday night, Oral Roberts University retired Mark Acres' uniform number 42 during a ceremony at halftime of the Golden Eagles' victory over Lamar. Acres recalled some of his most memorable ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Remembering_Mark_Acres_top_games_at_ORU/18715?subj=17Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:49:00 CDTIf Oral Roberts wins a Saturday home game against McNeese State, credit Central Arkansas’ Jarvis Garner with an assist. Explanation: McNeese State will play at the Mabee Center less than 48 ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Will_cost_of_gas_help_Oral_Roberts_basketball_team/18713?subj=17Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:18:46 CDTMark Acres will soon become the third Oral Roberts basketball player to get his jersey retired by the university. His jersey will be raised to the rafters at halftime of ORU's Thursday night ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bonus_Mark_Acres_stories_Larry_Bird_Kenny_Rogers_and/18686?subj=17Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:06:04 CDTIn about one hour, Scott Sutton and Sean Sutton will coach Oral Roberts University in a basketball game for the first time since attending their mother’s funeral on Friday. Five quick stories ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/A_few_final_thoughts_on_the_Suttons_saying_goodbye/18534?subj=17Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:45:15 CDTPatsy Sutton, wife of former basketball coach Eddie Sutton and mother of Oral Roberts basketball coaches Scott Sutton and Sean Sutton, has been hospitalized since suffering a major stroke Dec. 28. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Amid_family_tragedy_Scott_Sutton_expresses_appreciation/18409?subj=17Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:21:19 CDTOral Roberts third baseman Jose Trevino has been selected to Baseball America's Preseason All-America third team. Last year, Trevino was a Baseball America Freshman All-America selection after ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/ORUs_Trevino_selected_for_Baseball_America_preseason/18401?subj=17Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:22:00 CDTDuring the Mayor’s Cup men’s basketball rivalry between Tulsa and Oral Roberts, there haven’t been a lot of upsets in their 48 meetings, but there have been a few surprises. TU’s 72-68 win ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tulsa_win_among_most_surprising_in_Mayors_Cup_history/18274?subj=17Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:03:00 CDTAs Bill Haisten writes in Friday’s editions of the World, Oral Roberts University’s Mabee Center has aged beautifully and is “Still Fine at 40.” I remember when I first stepped into the building ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Memories_from_Mabee_Centers_opening_games/18258?subj=17Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:45:00 CDTCorbin Byford’s dad is switching allegiances again. Byford is a freshman basketball player at Oral Roberts University. His father, Lyndle, was an All-Big Eight offensive lineman at Oklahoma ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/After_cheering_for_OU_OSU_Byford_family_switching_to/17940?subj=17Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:37:11 CDTOral Roberts, zapped in the semifinals of the Great Alaska Shootout by Charlotte, will drop to the consolation bracket and play a third-place game 9 p.m. Saturday against Belmont. Belmont? Beware....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/ORU_wraps_up_Great_Alaska_Shootout_Beware_of_Belmont/17888?subj=17Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:19:08 CDTLast week, Oral Roberts University basketball coach Scott Sutton was telling me all the reasons he was looking forward to taking his team to the Great Alaska Shootout. “It’s a great opportunity ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Thanksgiving_in_Alaska_Eddie_Sutton_thankful_he_wasnt/17880?subj=17Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:08:00 CDTEddie Sutton has been retired from coaching ever since the brief farewell fling he had at the University of San Francisco in 2008. Think the Sutton name still has some currency in the basketball ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Name_recognition_and_Sidney_Moncrief_help_Oral_Roberts/17577?subj=17Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:16:13 CDTOral Roberts University got one vote in the Associated Press preseason basketball poll and, if you know how balloting works, that means one person picked the Golden Eagles No. 25 on a ballot. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Found_Secret_admirer_of_ORU_basketball_team/17524?subj=17Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:11:22 CDTJunior college transfer Tramel White, who is competing with D.J. Jackson and Mikey Manghum for the right to start at point guard for Oral Roberts University, sustained what is believed to be a minor knee ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Question_Does_it_hurt_bad_Answer_Has_anyone_ever_been/17393?subj=17Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:35:43 CDTHere’s a sentence you didn’t read in today’s Tulsa World: Former Oral Roberts University basketball player Eduardo Najera is retiring from the NBA to become head coach of the NBA Development League’s Texas ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/New_D_League_coach_Eduardo_Najera_Almost_a_Golden_Eagle/16614?subj=17Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:59:00 CDTAnd then there were nine. ORU’s new league, the Southland Conference, will have 10 basketball members next season. And one of them already has been eliminated from the men’s postseason basketball ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/One_team_already_eliminated_from_ORUs_postseason_hoops/15756?subj=17Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:56:00 CDTI traded texts with Oral Roberts University basketball coach Scott Sutton this morning and can report this: He used the word “great” in regard to a change in the Southland Conference tournament format....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/The_new_ORU_mission_Win_two_games_reach_NCAA_Tournament/15409?subj=17Thu, 24 May 2012 12:11:14 CDT