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LMU seeks comeback: Lions host ORU while trying to rekindle program's glory days.

Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)

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Byline: Mike Brown

Nov. 10--Oral Roberts University's first basketball foe of the 2006-07 regular season had a national reputation almost two decades ago.

Loyola Marymount was a household name during its high-scoring glory days under former head coach Paul Westhead.

The Lions have been down for a while, but second-year coach Rodney Tention seems to have them on the way back up.

Tention returns a nucleus from a team that was one point from making the NCAA Tournament last March. That's how close the Lions got to upsetting No. 4 Gonzaga in the final of the West Coast Conference Tournament.

"They're one of the better mid-major ...

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