AP: Oral Roberts has embraced its underdog status heading into the College World Series opener vs. TCU

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Oral Roberts has embraced its underdog status heading into the College World Series opener vs. TCU​

CLIFF BRUNT
AP

The Oral Roberts baseball team embraces its underdog status in a college sports landscape dominated by Power Five money, name, image and likeness deals and the transfer portal.

The small, private Christian school that competes in the Summit League lacks the money and facilities of the top programs. The Golden Eagles can show other factors matter when they play in the College World Series, starting Friday against TCU.

“A lot of times, we’ll say for what we lack in cash, we’ll make up in culture,” Oral Roberts athletic director Tim Johnson said. “And so that’s been a big part of what we’ve done.”

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