Oral Roberts' Cinderella run is a feelgood tale. Its anti-LGBTQ legacy is anything but

The tiny Oklahoma school's fairytale March Madness run has been overshadowed by its troubling history of LGBTQ discrimination and alleged use of conversion therapy

There may be no better example of why the NCAA men's basketball tournament holds a nation of 330 million people in its thrall for three weeks every year than Oral Roberts University.

The tiny evangelical school from Oklahoma's second-largest city (enrollment: 3,462) delivered one of the biggest surprises in March Madness history last Friday when it toppled Ohio State University (enrollment: 61,391) in the opening round. A couple of days later, the Golden Eagles knocked off another traditional powerhouse, defeating the University of Florida to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in nearly 50 years and becoming only the second No 15 seed in history to make it out of the first weekend.