North Dakota-Oral Roberts Brawl

[vtmikeb]

I’d be upset if my school name began with Oral too.

Morehead State on the other hand…

 

[superjohn]

Lufile is beast. Who in their right mind would want to fight that dude? He looks like he could beat up the entire other team. I would defintely be looking around to square off with Don Zimmer.

He's listed at 6'7 295 lbs.

 

[uconnfan68]

That last second dunk was a punk move, Hurley would've been pissed too.

Didn't count and it was an 18 point loss without it. Stupid on both sides.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Weak.

 

[BattersonBoyz]

This reminds me I should go to more ndsu games. I can walk to the arena in 10 minutes.

Pretty trivial for a brawl

Not a brawl, a donnybrook

 

[Northbound]

Nah. Too easy.

It's deserved - I've spent a LOT of time in Tulsa and any shot you can take against ORU you take it no matter how easy or cheap

 

[BlueMAB]

That last second dunk was a punk move, Hurley would've been pissed too.

maybe. we don't know what happened before that.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

The steal was unnecessary. The dunk was absurd. That kid waving buh-bye was a punk move.

Neither a defense of what happened or pushback toward you or the others who criticized similarly, but...

If you read the Twitter comments, an NDSU partisan explains that ORU was still working its full-court press, down 16, with under 10 seconds to go, and the guy who stole the ball is someone who rarely plays.

This tweeter claimed that the ORU coach is known & disliked for doing things like putting on the press when the other team's scrubs are in and the outcome is in no doubt.

Yeah, the kid who dunked was pushing it by effectively telling the opposing coach, "In your face, [ ]," but his steal, slam, and spin didn't come completely out of nowhere.

Teachable moments all the way around.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Morehead State on the other hand…

And don't even ask about Oral's brother's name.

 

[uchusky32]

That would be considered normal handshake line during the old Big East days.

 

[XLCenterFan]

If you get dunked on it's your fault. Take your L and hit the locker room. Get over it. ORU must be mad they suck again.

 

[Get a Job]

And don't even ask about Oral's brother's name.

You mean ol' Vaginal Roberts?

 

[UCLJ0211]

Morehead State on the other hand…

Better than getting your Master’s from Bates College.

 

[Kolumbo]

Neither a defense of what happened or pushback toward you or the others who criticized similarly, but...

If you read the Twitter comments, an NDSU partisan explains that ORU was still working its full-court press, down 16, with under 10 seconds to go, and the guy who stole the ball is someone who rarely plays.

This tweeter claimed that the ORU coach is known & disliked for doing things like putting on the press when the other team's scrubs are in and the outcome is in no doubt.

Yeah, the kid who dunked was pushing it by effectively telling the opposing coach, "In your face, [ ]," but his steal, slam, and spin didn't come completely out of nowhere.

Teachable moments all the way around.

I too like to gather all the facts. #21 Boden Skunberg and #23 Maleeck Harden-Hayes (Not to be confused with Willie Mays Hayes), the guy who stole the ball, appear to be the first two guys off the bench averaging 22.9 and 17.4 minutes per game respectively. 6th and 7th highest scorers on the team. They play frequently. That said, I guess if the other team is still pressing and pushing the ball up the court, then the defense is free to play aggressively. Youthful exuberance all the way around too.

 

[HooperScooper]

Better than getting your Master’s from Bates College.

Unfortunately they don't have masters degrees there since it's a liberal arts college.

 

[NowInStorrs]

If you get dunked on it's your fault. Take your L and hit the locker room. Get over it. ORU must be mad they suck again.

 

[UconnFanDC]

Watching #21 on NDSU from the dunk to the line and I think I know what happened.

Smh.

 

[JordyG]

Not much Malice here. Hardly worth calling it the Fracas At The FargoDome. More like the Feinting and Falling At The FargoDome.

 

[Hoophound]

Oral’s coach started it. One thing I noticed, #1 on Oral had a bloody mouth when he got up. Somebody got a shot in on the big man.

 

[JB75]

Geez That wasn’t that crazy nobody even got hit with any punches really - that was far from a brawl. Weak. I guess I’m old-school

 

[UCDaveD]

Yawn, wake me when a college team fights the Chinese national team again. Now that was a brawl.

 

[UncleSpliff]

That was a weak fight… the best fight in the past decade or so was this…..

 

[ClifSpliffy]

'buggs would definitely score 20 in an nba game. he got hops.'

see? i ain't lyin. he carries like a mug, but they don't call that anymore so he's good for 20. mebbe 30.

 

[Spaceman213J]

The NDSU coach should have 'escorted' his classless player to a seat and tell him he better not leave it until he can't see a fan left in the arena. I know guys who would haved done exactly that.

I've mentioned it before. I remember watching my cousin's team getting whooped and a kid put up a 3 pointer as time expired. Their coach came out like a bull out of the stall. He screamed at the player to sit down and told him he had no chance at playing in their next game. Later, I found out , the kid sat their until the team bus was ready to roll. Even better, he was the coach's son.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I too like to gather all the facts. #21 Boden Skunberg and #23 Maleeck Harden-Hayes (Not to be confused with Willie Mays Hayes), the guy who stole the ball, appear to be the first two guys off the bench averaging 22.9 and 17.4 minutes per game respectively. 6th and 7th highest scorers on the team. They play frequently. That said, I guess if the other team is still pressing and pushing the ball up the court, then the defense is free to play aggressively. Youthful exuberance all the way around too.

That's great. Thanks for looking into it.

The guy's athleticism in hanging on the rim made the NDSU partisan's claim that the guy hardly ever played seem questionable, so I made certain I put forth the source in case anybody was going to fact-check AND set the record straight. And I'm not fact-checking you, so good bluff if that's the case.

Now, if somebody else weighs in that the ORU coach is beloved by all conference foes, there still remains the, "What's up with the full-court press in that situation?" angle.

As such, I claim, "Not dead yet" on the recitation.

You mean ol' Vaginal Roberts?

Lots of possibilities here, but I think I'll go safe and say, "Nope, the brother is Aural," and completely leave any other sisters' names to somebody else.