Oral Roberts Basketball: 2019-20 season preview for Golden Eagles

By Austin Hamm | Oct 23, 2019

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Schedule

OCTOBER

Sun. 27 vs. Central Arkansas @ Fort Smith, Ark.

NOVEMBER

Wed. 6 at Oklahoma St.

Fri. 8 Houston Baptist

Tue. 12 at Tulsa

Fri. 15 at Iowa

Tue. 19 Rogers St.

Sat. 23 at Wichita St.

Mon. 25 Southwestern Christian

DECEMBER

Tue. 3 at Creighton

Sun. 8 Haskell

Sat. 14 Central Oklahoma

Tue. 17 at Chicago State

Sat. 21 Missouri St.

Sat. 28 at BYU

JANUARY

Thu. 2 at South Dakota St.

Sat. 4 at Omaha

Thu. 9 North Dakota St.

Sat. 11 North Dakota

Thu. 16 at Western Illinois

Sat. 18 at Purdue Fort Wayne

Sat. 25 at South Dakota

Wed. 29 South Dakota St.

FEBRUARY

Sat. 1 Denver

Thu. 6 at North Dakota

Sat. 8 at North Dakota St.

Wed. 12 Omaha

Sat. 15 South Dakota

Thu. 20 at Denver

Thu. 27 Western Illinois

Sat. 29 Purdue Fort Wayne *

Non-conference was a real struggle for Oral Roberts last year, and it looks like that may hold true this year as well. It’s tough to see them reaching January without six losses or so, but even that would be an improvement from a year ago. And most importantly, the non-con slate should be more than adequate preparation for the Summit League.

The Summit League is wide open this year. That being said, if the Golden Eagles can win all but one or two home conference games, they’ll be in a position to finish near the top of the standings. To get over the hump, they’ll need to steal a couple on the road in some tough environments, particularly against Omaha and the schools in the Dakotas.