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The Other Top 25: Oral Roberts breaks into top 10

The Golden Eagles concluded Summit League play a perfect 18-0

NCAA Basketball: Oral Roberts at Houston
Max Abmas is tied for fifth in the country at 22.3 points per game.
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Only one team in the country went undefeated in conference play, and that was the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. They claimed the Summit League regular season championship with a perfect 18-0 mark. Oral Roberts sits at 27-4 overall entering the postseason. The 27 wins this season ties the most in the program’s Division I history.

The Golden Eagles rank 60th in KenPom and 44th in the NET. They are undefeated outside of Quad 1 games. Their four losses all came on the road to Quad 1 teams: Saint Mary’s, Houston, Utah State and New Mexico.

ORU is averaging 84.1 points per game, which is third in the country behind Gonzaga (87.4) and Toledo (85.2). It is outscoring opponents by an average of 13.7, which also ranks in the top 10 nationally. The Golden Eagles take care of the basketball and sit tied for eighth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55).

Max Abmas paces the offense with 22.3 points per contest, which is tied for fifth in the country. He also ranks top five in 3-pointers by knocking down 3.6 a night.

Oral Roberts also has 7-foot-5-inch Conner Vanover, who is third in the nation with 3.23 blocks per game. He is also pulling down 7.1 rebounds each game.

Memphis is the other newcomer to the top 10. The Tigers sit in second in the American and have won 10 of their last 12. They sit 39th in KenPom.

Three teams tied for the biggest jump this week, which was four spots. Memphis went from tied for 12 to 8. VCU is now at 15 after coming in at 19 last week. Iona jumped to 18 from 22.

A trio of new teams joined the rankings: Southern Miss, Bradley and Utah Valley. They replaced Drake, Yale and Saint Louis.

The Other Top 25: Feb. 27, 2023

Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Points Record Previous
Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Points Record Previous
1 Houston (3) 75 27-2 1
T-2 Saint Mary's 69 25-6 T-2
T-2 San Diego State 69 23-5 T-2
T-2 Gonzaga 69 25-5 4
5 Boise State 62 22-7 5
T-6 Florida Atlantic 58 26-3 6
T-6 Nevada 58 22-7 7
8 Memphis 55 22-7 T-12
9 Oral Roberts 47 27-4 11
T-10 Utah State 46 22-7 8
T-10 Charleston 46 28-3 T-9
12 New Mexico 38 20-9 T-9
T-13 UAB 29 22-8 16
T-13 Kent State 29 23-6 T-12
15 VCU 27 22-7 19
T-16 North Texas 21 23-6 T-12
T-16 Dayton 21 19-10 15
18 Iona 20 22-7 22
T-19 Liberty 19 24-7 T-20
T-19 Hofstra 19 23-8 T-20
T-19 Tulane 19 17-9 T-17
T-22 Southern Miss 17 25-6 NR
T-22 Toledo 17 23-6 23
T-24 Bradley 10 23-8 NR
T-24 Utah Valley 10 22-7 NR

Others Receiving Votes:

UCF 4; Yale 6; Drake 4; Loyola Marymount 3; Saint Louis 3; Sam Houston State 1; Marshall 1

Dropped from Ranking:

Drake; Yale; Saint Louis