Creighton Basketball 2011-2012

Post by **Brad** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:51 pm

JAYS WIN!!!!!!

58-57 Go Jays!

Post by **BRoss** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:53 pm

Oh, I could hear it all throughout my office. Our CEO was at the game and everybody was in his office watching.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:00 pm

Of course the talking heads are up in arms about the alleged foul on the final play, but fail to recognize the sexual molestation of Gregory Butterfingers the entire game. Oh well, at least Alabama can keep their heads high with the "we should have won that game" mentality.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:50 pm

Great win for the Jays, I just wished that they would have made some of those free throws late in the game to put it away (they missed 4 out of the last 5). Â But I am glad that they are moving on. Â They will need to have a much better game in the next round. Â

Go Jays!

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:52 pm

Nobody was working in the media center today; they were all crowded around the tv with the Jays game on! There must have been some sort of viewing party on the snd level of the convention center because there were *huge* cheers echoing all over the place. Wow!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:07 pm

S33 wrote:Of course the talking heads are up in arms about the alleged foul on the final play, but fail to recognize the sexual molestation of Gregory Butterfingers the entire game. Oh well, at least Alabama can keep their heads high with the "we should have won that game" mentality.

Looks pretty clear here.

Still if the ref doesn't blow his whistle it doesn't matter. Â Creighton moving on and no Jays fans will remember the no call in the future.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:56 am

My point was more that foul or no foul, the refs missed a lot of calls that game both ways, and some obvious fouls on Gregory Echinyquemutumbo. (no I don't know how to spell his name)

Oh, and here's a better link

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012 ... _from.html

and even better

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=243ri8h&s=5

Post by **nebugeater** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:01 pm

The real point is that if CU would have lost by one they would have complained too Â to complain about Al mentioning the no cal, is laughable. The only difforence is who one and that is it. i

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:19 pm

nebugeater wrote:The real point is that if CU would have lost by one they would have complained too to complain about Al mentioning the no cal, is laughable. The only difforence is who one and that is it. i

Early start to St Patrick's day? Â :;):

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:01 pm

ShawJ wrote:
nebugeater wrote:The real point is that if CU would have lost by one they would have complained too to complain about Al mentioning the no cal, is laughable. The only difforence is who one and that is it. i
Early start to St Patrick's day? :;):

Lol. I am trying so hard for that post to make sense.

OmahaBen · Post by **OmahaBen** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:11 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
ShawJ wrote:
nebugeater wrote:The real point is that if CU would have lost by one they would have complained too to complain about Al mentioning the no cal, is laughable. The only difforence is who one and that is it. i
Early start to St Patrick's day? :;):
Lol. I am trying so hard for that post to make sense.

Oh stewardess, I speak drunk.

"The point was that if CU had lost they also would have complained. Alabama's complaining about the last no-call is simply sour grapes. The only difference is one team won and the other lost. Golly!"

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:15 pm

Great season for the Jays. Â They can't do much about running into one of the elite teams this season. Â UNC was obviously more talented and it showed.

I can't wait for next season, the Jays should continue their winning ways.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:06 am

North Carolina fans REALLY upset about the wrist grab by Wragge.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:16 am

Linkin5 wrote:North Carolina fans REALLY upset about the wrist grab by Echinique.

Among other things.

The Gibbs wink. Â The Wragee foul on Marshall that ended up breaking his wrist.

According to Shatel Rasmussen's email has been flooded with hate mail from pissy UNC fans.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:29 pm

If Creighton would have shot their season average percentage wise, this would have been a game. I don't think Creighton is as out-manned against UNC as most people would have you think.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:05 pm

S33 wrote:If Creighton would have shot their season average percentage wise, this would have been a game. I don't think Creighton is as out-manned against UNC as most people would have you think.

Lol. Â I'm pretty sure the defense may have had a hand in limiting the fg percentage.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:47 pm

In part. But they had a lot of good looks, too.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:13 am

Tolliver went 23 and 7 in 2OT with 2-4 from 3 last night. Â Cool to see him hitting a little stride in the NBA.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:19 pm

S33 wrote:In part. But they had a lot of good looks, too.

I agree, Creighton definitely had their chances but did not execute when they needed to.

Greg

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:34 pm

That's been the story a lot though. There haven't been many games where CU was outplayed more than they shot themselves in the foot with turnovers and low 3pt percentage.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:26 pm

McDermott was officially named first team All-American today by the AP.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... erica-team

McDermott quoted:

"It's really special. It really hasn't hit me yet. Later down the road it will," McDermott said of his selection. "It's something real cool to be in the company of some of those names. Creighton never had one. It's really cool to be able to be the first, especially with all the great players who have been at Creighton over the years."

Great to see this, and with two more years, he and the Bluejays have a very bright future.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:08 pm

McDermott wins Lute Olson National Player of the Year

Creighton sophomore Doug McDermott received the Lute Olson national player of the year award in New Orleans, site of this weekend's Final Four.

The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons with his respective team. Freshmen and first-year transfers are not eligible. The award, now in its third year, was won by Sherron Collins (Kansas) in 2010 and last season by Kemba Walker (Connecticut), and is presented by collegeinsider.com.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120330/B ... onal-award

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:35 am

2012 DIVISION I BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE TEAM LEADERS

Rank School G Attendance Average
1. Kentucky 18 426,978 23,721
2. Syracuse 19 448,736 23,618
3. Louisville 20 430,052 21,503
4. North Carolina 18 362,867 20,159
5. Wisconsin 18 309,255 17,181
6. Creighton 16 266,632 16,665
7. Tennessee 19 314,321 16,543
8. Ohio St. 20 330,210 16,511
9. Indiana 19 312,770 16,462
10. Kansas 17 279,557 16,445
11. Memphis 20 324,670 16,234
12. BYU 16 246,777 15,424
13. Marquette 16 242,205 15,138
14. Illinois 18 269,739 14,986
15. Michigan St. 18 266,346 14,797
16. New Mexico 16 231,262 14,454
17. UNLV 19 266,469 14,025
18. Vanderbilt 18 246,561 13,698
19. Arizona 18 244,829 13,602
20. North Carolina St. 19 257,638 13,560
21. Purdue 17 226,504 13,324
22. Maryland 17 224,090 13,182
23. Arkansas 21 275,020 13,096
24. Iowa St. 18 234,266 13,015
25. Kansas St. 16 204,527 12,783

31. Iowa 20 237,382 11,869
40. Nebraska 17 170,324 10,019

and also
Largest Increase from previous year
Rank School G Avg. Avg. in Avg.
1. Creighton 16 16,665 13,507 3,157
2. Mississippi St. 19 8,019 5,710 2,309
3. Temple 13 8,165 5,925 2,239
4. Murray St. 14 6,144 4,062 2,082
5. Denver 16 5,460 3,388 2,072
6. Middle Tenn. 17 5,329 3,640 1,689
7. LSU 15 8,661 7,153 1,508
8. Alabama 16 12,484 10,983 1,502
9. Saint Louis 16 7,757 6,299 1,458
10. Ohio St. 20 16,511 15,125 1,386

Should be a great year next year as well with 9 out of 10 letter winners returning. Great to see Creighton was #1 out of the non-BCS schools. Due to capacity though, it looks like #5 is all that they are going to be able to achieve. Creighton also ranked #17 in the nation for total avg. attendance (home, road, neutral)...that is saying a lot since they were able to draw very big crowds on the road as well.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:13 am

Potential Creighton recruit Utoff chose Iowa. Â Was initially blocked by Wisconsin from going to a great deal of BCS schools.

Greg

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:32 pm

Maybe this should go into a Creighton 2012-2013 thread but here is a brief story on Doug McDermott.

Top 10 Thursday: The Most Indispensable

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketba ... p-10-thurs

From ESPN:

1.Doug McDermott (Creighton) -- Few casual fans knew his name prior to the 2011-12 campaign. But McDermott became a star after averaging 23.2 ppg and 8.2 rpg. The Bluejays are the favorites to win the Missouri Valley, and they’ll enter next season as a nationally ranked squad with McDermott back. He’ll be even more essential next season, as the team tries to replace the production of Antoine Young (12.5 ppg, 4.5 apg). But the first-team All-American candidate will keep Creighton on the national radar. The 6-foot-7 forward is the most indispensable player in the country based on his contributions to the Jays and how he affects their national standing.