The No. 5 seed Duke Blue Devils (26-8) will host the No. 12 seed Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (30-4) in the first round of the East Region on Wednesday. According to Vegasinsider.com, the Blue Devils have +900 odds to reach the Final 4 and Oral Roberts is +10,000.
Oral Roberts has won 17 straight games and ran the table with an 18-0 regular season conference record and three straight tournament wins, solidifying the Summit League Championship with a 92-58 win over North Dakota State. The four losses for Oral Roberts came earlier in the season 78-70 to St. Mary's, 83-45 to Houston, 95-85 to Utah State and 82-75 to New Mexico.
Quick scout on Connor Vanover:
7'5
Loves to turn and shoot
No post game
Comfortable shooting from anywhere
Doesn't fight for boards
Paint presence only bc of height
Anywhere between 2-4 screens per possession/often pops pic.twitter.com/ODek8unOPk— Duke Update (@UpdateDuke) March 13, 2023
The Golden Eagles are 57th in the nation according to KenPom overall. They were third averaging 84.1 ppg, 24th in field goal percentage and free-throw percentage, 37th in three-point percentage, and 22nd in adjusted offensive efficiency. Leading the offense is 6' guard Max Abamas who is seventh in the nation in scoring averaging 22.2 ppg. Oral Roberts also has a massive size anchor by 7'5 senior Connor Vanover (12.9 ppg, 7.2 rebs), who transferred over from Arkansas. Oral Roberts has faced the 260th-rated strength of schedule and is 106th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
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