Creighton Basketball 2011-2012

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:13 pm

Have fun. Â One downfall of me shooting for Rivals... They will use AP photos of the tournament in St Louis.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:27 am

I think it's going to be a blast! This is the first year WBR has sent a photog down - usually it's just the writers. With so many CU fans down there it's going to be fantastic!

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:37 pm

The 2012 NCAA tournament in Omaha officially announced a sellout for the March 16 & 18 games.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:56 pm

McDermott was named MVC Player of the Year, Echenique was named Defensive MVP!

McDermott is the first sophomore in league history to win the award.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:02 pm

Lame that Antoine got stuck on 2nd team.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:48 pm

I am liking Lunardi's most recent bracket - CU vs Harvard winner playing Marquette. I have to wonder if CU beats WSU in the Tourney if they can muster up a 5 seed. Can't wait to see your pics Tuna!

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:58 am

Well it is Drake tomorrow night. They played well against Bradley, jumping out to an early lead.

BTW, anyone else following Altman's Ducks? They are a serious buble team this year after going 8 and 2? Two years ago.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:12 am

Coyote wrote:Well it is Drake tomorrow night. They played well against Bradley, jumping out to an early lead.

BTW, anyone else following Altman's Ducks? They are a serious buble team this year after going 8 and 2? Two years ago.

If I remember correctly they had some sort of violation and part of their punishment was getting banned from playing conference games.

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:43 pm

They were 2-17 in conference play, 8-23 overall.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:40 pm

Tuna just tweeted this:

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:47 pm

Wow that is great to see. I can't wait until I get to go there some year.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:48 pm

Saw another tweet from the other side, looks even more insane!

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:06 pm

They said they sold 3000 full session tickets to Creighton and were expecting over 1000 students.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:13 pm

A CU WSU championship game would be the stage this conference deserves.

On that note WSU just annihilated ISU today. CU just beat Drake.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:21 pm

Not a great game for Creighton, but once again they pulled it out. Â McDermott: 26 points and 10 rebounds. Â Creighton now plays tomorrow at 4 vs the winner of Missouri State and Evansville.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:43 pm

Pics and video from last night are posted at http://www.whiteandbluereview.com along with video from today's fan sendoff. I'll have more photo and video from this afternoon's CU vs Evansville shortly after it's over.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:14 pm

And down goes Wichita.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:05 pm

Creighton got their shooting touch back today. Â They were 8-11 from 3pt range in the first half. Â They went on to win easily 99-71. Â On to tomorrow to play Illinois State, who we beat twice this season, but I am sure that it will be a tough game.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:10 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:Creighton got their shooting touch back today. They were 8-11 from 3pt range in the first half. They went on to win easily 99-71. On to tomorrow to play Illinois State, who we beat twice this season, but I am sure that it will be a tough game.

Finally and impressive win!

It may be better for the conference as a whole for Ill St. to win tomorrow throwing 3 Valley teams in March Madness, but this season for Creighton deserves a banner at CLCO.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:39 pm

Tournament Champions!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:46 pm

Coyote wrote:Tournament Champions!

ESPN also named Doug a First Team All-American!

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:35 pm

Still on the road back to Omaha, but i was able to edit in the car and steal some wifi at the Super 8 in Platte City to upload pics to http://www.whiteandbluereview.com . Today was absolutely unreal! Very exciting.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:04 am

Great weekend for Creighton winning the valley tournament and Doug McDermott being named MVP! Â Can't wait to see where they end up in the bracket!

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:34 am

It's a big Monday!

http://eye-on-college-basketball.blogs. ... 6/35098226

I'm interested to see also where Wichita ends up after losing in the MVC semis.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:25 am

Congrats! Â Awesome Photo Tuna!

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:07 pm

Cool! Â 8) I didn't realize that was your photo on that site.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:03 pm

McDermott named to the second team All American team by Sporting News.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:50 pm

And is one of the15 finalist for the John Wooden award.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:56 pm

Thanks, Mark & Brad. That was a great surprise yesterday morning!

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:55 pm

Here's a link to a complete recap of Creighton's games from this past weekend, including video highlights, analysis and photo galleries.

http://whiteandbluereview.com/?p=17363

I can't even begin to explain how unbelievable those last 5min of overtime were during the championship game. When Josh Jones got the breakaway pass and just crushed the dunk, the Scottrade came absolutely unglued. Just insanity. Fast forward the clip below to 7:05 for that little gem.

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Selection party is this Sunday at DJ Sokol Arena.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:42 pm

An 8 seed? They got screwed.

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:48 pm

And if they win they get NorthCarolina more than likely

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:36 pm

If CU gets past Bama, McDermott and Harrison Barnes will be playing against each other.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:09 am

Been a pretty great calender year for Creighton athletics.

They hold men's and women's basketball titles, men's soccer title, and baseball.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:23 am

Creighton plays at 12:40pm this Friday.

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:27 am

Coyote wrote:An 8 seed? They got screwed.

They're not the only team that got the shaft though.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:42 am

I can't believe they made Creighton (the host school for the first two rounds) play on Friday and Sunday, the same days that the games are being playing in Omaha.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:46 am

They made their bed with the meltdown in early February, they can lay in it. It may be a good thing, though. I don't really trust Creighton not to look past a 12-15 seed.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:41 pm

Game time! Â Go Jays!

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:35 pm

23 pts in the first half. Gonna be interested to hear the excuses from that one.