Omaha Forums

The Jays now have the 10th best recruiting rank for 2018 according to 24/7.

Conference schedule was released today.

Highlights are home game vs Nova and both Xavier games are on FOX.

Oh and there was a 19th game added on Feb 13th playing Bemidji St.

Creighton unveiled a new court design for the upcoming season:

http://www.gocreighton.com/news/2017/9/ ... esign.aspx

MadMartin8 wrote:Ian Steere, 6'9 230lbs, commits to Creighton (2018 recruit). Had offers from Louisville, UCONN, and Maryland among others.

Decommitted today stating that he wants to be closer to home.

Maurice Watson went to court yesterday and basically his lawyers got him off with a plea deal. He says he wants to come back to Omaha and Creighton. Thankfully so far Creighton has been cold to the idea of letting him come back. Creighton letting Maurice Watson come back would be like the NFL welcoming OJ back into the fold after he got off. Aint happening!

GrandpaaSmucker wrote:Maurice Watson went to court yesterday and basically his lawyers got him off with a plea deal. He says he wants to come back to Omaha and Creighton. Thankfully so far Creighton has been cold to the idea of letting him come back. Creighton letting Maurice Watson come back would be like the NFL welcoming OJ back into the fold after he got off. Aint happening!

Really? Comparing Watson to OJ is not a fair comparison at all...... even for gramps.

skinzfan23 wrote:

MadMartin8 wrote:Ian Steere, 6'9 230lbs, commits to Creighton (2018 recruit). Had offers from Louisville, UCONN, and Maryland among others.

Decommitted today stating that he wants to be closer to home.

To NC State, an Adidas school, I wonder if anything fishy is going on here.

Top 5 Australian freshmen entering the 2017-18 college basketball season

JACOB EPPERSON (CREIGHTON)

Epperson’s rise seemingly came out of nowhere, and, after winning a national championship with La Lumiere High School, the big-man is set to make an impact at Creighton.

Whether that happens in his freshman year is still yet to be determined. The 6’11 centre still needs to add size to his frame, and just become more physically imposing, but the foundation is there for him to put together an impressive college career.

In his first year, look for Epperson to be a big body off the bench for Greg McDermott’s relatively small team.

Creighton and UNO playing an exhibition for Hurricane relief as well. Oct 26th.

Thanks for posting about the exhibition. Tickets are $10 for the 7pm game.

Creighton lost their closed scrimmage to Minnesota 79-91. Marcus Foster scored 19 and Martin Krampelj had 16.

Minnesota is preseason #15 in the Coaches poll, so this wasn't the worst of outcomes for the game.

Cole Huff and Zierden drafted into the G league

College Basketball’s Best Backcourts

11. CREIGHTON: Marcus Foster, Khyri Thomas, Davion Mintz, Kaleb Joseph, Tyler Clement, Ty-Shon Alexander, Mitchell Ballock: Marcus Foster will put up all-american numbers this season and Khyri Thomas may actually be the single-most under-appreciated player in college basketball, but until we know the answer at the point, Creighton will have serious question marks

By the way, the as of Monday afternoon, the UNO/Creighton game has sold around 5,600 tickets.

skinzfan23 wrote:By the way, the as of Monday afternoon, the UNO/Creighton game has sold around 5,600 tickets.

That is a little disappointing

Speaking for myself, I would love to go to the game, but on such short notice and not being part of the Creighton season ticket package, I am not able to fit it into my schedule. Hopefully they get around 10-12,000 for the game. There should be a loud crowd there since most people attending will be the diehard fans.

Coyote wrote:

skinzfan23 wrote:By the way, the as of Monday afternoon, the UNO/Creighton game has sold around 5,600 tickets.

That is a little disappointing

Marquette vs. UW-Milwaukee didn't even fill the 4,000 seat Al McGuire Center..

NU V Miss St. was around 3k.

The Jays easily handled UNO 96-67. Foster finished with 22 pts on 8-11 shooting and Khyri finished with 19 pts. Ronnie had 9 pts and 13 rebs and Manny finished with 14 pts and 8 rebs in 11 min.

Attendance: 8,280

skinzfan23 wrote:The Jays easily handled UNO 96-67. Foster finished with 22 pts on 8-11 shooting and Khyri finished with 19 pts. Ronnie had 9 pts and 13 rebs and Manny finished with 14 pts and 8 rebs in 11 min.

Attendance: 8,280

All things considered I think they did great on attendance. Short notice, weeknight and such.

Greg

#6 Villanova
#17 Xavier
#23 Seton Hall
RV Providence
RV Butler

UNC Pembroke 70
Creighton 93
Suarez looked good again with 13 pts and 12 reb,
But left the game with a high ankle pain with 2 min to go.

Yale next Friday.

Creighton puts Yale away, 92 to 76. Good opening win, and good preparation for what's upcoming in Northwestern, UCLA, etc.

The refs are out of control in this Alcorn St. game.
CU leads 49-36 at halftime, but they have called 31 total fouls so far, 8 offensive.
Foster and Thomas have only played 17 minutes.
With 26 total TOs, don't watch film on this game.

The Jays pull away and toast Alcorn St 109-72. Nice 2-0 start to the season ...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

It was a good win after that terrible first half by the refs last night.

Now the real season starts in a hurry. The Jays now play 4 Top 25 teams in their next 5 games, with none of them coming at home. Lets hope they at least earn a split or better.

Photo Gallery from last night:
http://whiteandbluereview.com/photo-gal ... alcorn-st/

Brad wrote:Photo Gallery from last night:
http://whiteandbluereview.com/photo-gal ... alcorn-st/

Excellent as always Brad ...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Jays sink #20 Northwestern on the road, 92 to 88. Got close there at the end.

Jays were up by as much as 15 in the first half. Got behind a few times in the 2nd, but 2 big 3's by Foster and some great play from Khyri and Martin. Jays win their first game vs a top 25 team this year. Next up is #23 UCLA in KC on Monday.

Big night for Khyri with 24 pts, 11 rebs, and 5 assts.

Creighton is the first non-ranked team to beat a Top 25 team this season.

One more stat:
Career high in pts for 4 Jays: Khyri (24), Martin (17), Ty-Shon (14), and Manny (8)!

Creighton comes in at 35th in AP poll and 28th in the Coaches poll. If they can win their tournament tonight and tomorrow, or at least have a very strong showing, they might be ranked next week.

skinzfan23 wrote:Creighton comes in at 35th in AP poll and 28th in the Coaches poll. If they can win their tournament tonight and tomorrow, or at least have a very strong showing, they might be ranked next week.

If they win the tourney they will definitely be ranked. If they go 1 and 1, they might not be too far away from it still.

That said, it's a tough matchup tonight, I'll be happy if they just keep it close.

MadMartin8 wrote:

skinzfan23 wrote:Creighton comes in at 35th in AP poll and 28th in the Coaches poll. If they can win their tournament tonight and tomorrow, or at least have a very strong showing, they might be ranked next week.

If they win the tourney they will definitely be ranked. If they go 1 and 1, they might not be too far away from it still.

That said, it's a tough matchup tonight, I'll be happy if they just keep it close.

They are actually favored by 3 or 4. Should be a fun game with a lot of pace.

Coach said that Hegner may be out 3-5 weeks they are hoping 3.
Said they will keep the red shirt on Epperson, but if they have problems they may have to play him.

UCLA 89
CU 100
Creighton has a couple really good Freshman!
Ballock had 22, 4-4 3 pt., 2 personal 7 pt runs!
5 players in double digits.

What a great team win again. Ballock is amazing!

First time in school history that the Jays have back-to-back wins over Top 25 teams.

Wow, this team might be a special one. I did NOT expect them to destroy UCLA like that.

skinzfan23 wrote:What a great team win again. Ballock is amazing!

First time in school history that the Jays have back-to-back wins over Top 25 teams.

Chance at third tonight I believe.....

nebugeater wrote:

skinzfan23 wrote:What a great team win again. Ballock is amazing!

First time in school history that the Jays have back-to-back wins over Top 25 teams.

Chance at third tonight I believe.....

Yes. #23 Baylor tonight at 9:00 on ESPN2