Creighton Basketball 2008-2009

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:13 am

That was a hard one to sit through. Woodfox gets a second foul early and sits till the 4 minute mark. 1-9 3 point shooting. UNI looked like they wanted the game more. Jays weren't cutting to the basket - just standing around. I thought they played good defense at times but they kept making stupid mistakes on offense. They were trash talking and that set up double personals at the end with P'Allen getting a technical. I don't want to put any blame on the refs - but they were awful - to a point were the 15,575 started chanting Valley Refs. Ill St lost to Bradley tonight - and guess what - we play next at Bradley.

On a separate thought. This is the second time I drove past Cascios at 6 pm and there was not a single car in their parking lot.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:39 am

There is NO Consistency... Soon as they get hot, it goes to their head and next thing you know its tied again... Every time they get excited they get sloppy. They are so out of rhythm that the music guy is even messing up during the timeouts...

If they would play like a college team for 40 min a game, offense and defense, they would be good, but for now they are messed up in the head and they will keep messing up on the court...

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:29 am

This game was just brutal to be at. The Jays simply did not care tonight. They missed free throws, didn't try to rebound half the time, made terrible and lazy passes, and had absolutely no rhythm whatsoever with their offense.

In my opinion, it looked as if there was nothing but individual play tonight from Creighton. A perfect example was Cavel trying to force the game winning shot when not even trying to get the ball to someone else. Losing like this in front of 15,500 disappointed fans is the best way to learn, which I am confident that they will do.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:40 am

Actually it was the missed FTs at the end of the game that hurt - not the overall FTs. With 4:00 left I couldn't believe the stats - which still makes me wonder what the F happened. Sure- 3's were off in the first half but did well in the second. Better assists, not to far off in Rebs considering... their 7' footer was out for the first half with an ankle sprain?

I hope Dana can piece this project together - but right now their pre-season 1st place may not be even close to a third. There is nothing in the post or at the boards. They died at the 3's tonight - but they showed no heart, and were so soft tonight you had gag. Bring out the pads and battle! They might not even be NIT material now.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:21 am

After Ill St being declared invincible a few days ago - they lose to Bradley (and then this evening to Kevin McKenna's Ind St (great win coach!)) the Valley is up in the air. CU now just beat Bradley (73-64) for their first MVC loss (great road win for CU!). So Ill gives Evansville their second valley loss. Just when you thought you had the valley figured out - Bamm.

CU now can think of another historic 20/10 this year again.

But man - NU beats MU on the same evening? I would have had an over/under 4 wins in the BXII. Great win for NU!

Post by **Brad** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:00 am

Great Win for Creighton!

DON'T FORGET TO WEAR WHITE THIS WEDNESDAY!!!

cp jay 07 · Post by **cp jay 07** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:33 pm

Bump

Wear WHITE TONIGHT.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:50 pm

cp jay 07 wrote:Bump

Wear WHITE TONIGHT.

And its NEVER too cold for basketball!!!

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:48 pm

Just looked for 2 tickets "Best Available" tonight. 221 Row V, which I believe is the very top row!

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:05 pm

Brad wrote:Just looked for 2 tickets "Best Available" tonight. 221 Row V, which I believe is the very top row!

nope, the very top is row X. those are the seats I had the first time Metallica rolled through QCO.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:13 pm

almighty_tuna wrote:
Brad wrote:Just looked for 2 tickets "Best Available" tonight. 221 Row V, which I believe is the very top row!
nope, the very top is row X. those are the seats I had the first time Metallica rolled through QCO.

Still thought, only 3 rows left 4 hours before game time is a good sign for the White Out!

Post by **nebugeater** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:05 pm

Brad wrote:Just looked for 2 tickets "Best Available" tonight. 221 Row V, which I believe is the very top row!

The back row is what you get when you search for "best available" to any Creighton game.

The further away the better!!!

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:11 pm

nebugeater wrote:
Brad wrote:Just looked for 2 tickets "Best Available" tonight. 221 Row V, which I believe is the very top row!
The back row is what you get when you search for "best available" to any Creighton game. The further away the better!!!

haha... or may be it's the 14,000 season ticket holders in front of you!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:23 am

15,559 see a great game tonight (at least those who stayed) after the refs bury Creighton twice. Great comeback to win 73-72 of S. Ill. This is the second home game that the refs were the center of attention.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:33 am

Awesome(for a fan) game! Amazing Overtime Win!

ThatGuy · Post by **ThatGuy** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:14 am

Coyote wrote:15,559 see a great game tonight (at least those who stayed) after the refs bury Creighton twice. Great comeback to win 73-72 of S. Ill. This is the second home game that the refs were the center of attention.

Come on now. The only reason that game went into overtime was the refs bailing Witter out on what was clearly a blocked shot.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:36 am

ThatGuy wrote:Come on now. The only reason that game went into overtime was the refs bailing Witter out on what was clearly a blocked shot.

I was at the game with Coyote so I did not see the TV, but you are the second person to say that... May be it was a make up call for all the other terrible calls!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:48 am

I disagree. The only way the refs would have called that a foul was if it was irrefutable. The way they called |expletive| fouls all game long. There were no make up calls. Damn if the MO Valley had real refs instead of blow holes refs. This year has been the worst since I have ever remembered.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:39 am

Here are the highlights from the end of the game:

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cp jay 07 · Post by **cp jay 07** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:18 am

UNBELIEVEABLE. GREAT WIN, GREAT CROWD, GREAT TEAM. I HATE SIU.

Bryan1117 · Post by **Bryan1117** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:47 pm

A great win for the Bluejays, and this win keeps them very much in the race for the Missouri Valley Conference. There is a lot of parity in the MVC this year, so it is important for the Jays to defend their home court and win a few on the road. At times this Jays team looks destined for greatness (vs. Dayton, vs. Bradley, the last few moments of last night's game), but at other times looks very average (vs. AK-Little Rock, vs. Huskers, vs. Northern Iowa). Dana Altman has his work cut out for him, but I am confident the Jays will put it together the rest of the season, and make a run for the MVC Regular Season Title, as well as show up in Arch Madness for that coveted AUTOMATIC BID. There is a long way to go, but this will be fun to watch.

GO BLUEJAYS!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:21 am

After a horrible outing Saturday at WSU - CU gets a much needed road win at Evansville 79-57. +12 on the boards says it all. 21 assists on 30 buckets. Everybody who played scored - everyone got a rebound (except Sitzman). 5-3 in the conference so there is still a slight chance to stay in the hunt. 3 home games coming up - so they could be 8-3 in conference at the beginning of next month.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:50 am

btw - The win was Dana Altman's 163rd in MVC play, tied for second-most in MVC history. I can't find out who holds the record - yet. Congrats to Dana!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:24 am

I have extra tickets to tomorrows game - any of my friends here want to join me for this game? It should be sold out and may be the largest attended game this year.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:56 am

I would take you up on it if I didn't have tickets already.

cp jay 07 · Post by **cp jay 07** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:55 pm

Pathetic loss, this team is so pathetic I can't believe sometimes. This loss hurts bad.

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:10 pm

Yeah they live by the 3, die by the 3. When they are going in they look good. Problem is when they don't and they don't rebound.

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:56 am

they live by the 3, die by the 3

From the last three years that I have seen Creighton games -- I was thinking this was Altman's coaching philosophy.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:28 pm

It's about time we get back to focusing on spring football. HAH!

cp jay 07 · Post by **cp jay 07** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:41 pm

Stargazer wrote:It's about time we get back to focusing on spring football. HAH!

Husker fan trying to hijack a creighton thread what a suprise. And the two fanbases were geting along so good this winter to :roll: .

By the way smack talking losses its value when your team chokes in OT as well and loses to a cellar dweller in the conference.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:54 pm

Well, if it makes you feel any better... I'm just as big a Husker basketball fan... as I am a Creighton fan (actually, I'm a pretty solid 'fair weather' follower of both!).

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:36 am

Husker fan trying to hijack a creighton thread what a suprise.

:roll: :roll: :roll:

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:38 pm

Perrault is going off... Apparently people we booing at the end of the game. I never heard that, but if its true, sad. I thought it was bad that people leave with 5 min to go...

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:18 am

ugly game tonight.... Creighton scored 13 points in the first 10 minutes. They went on to win but it was ugly against a 4-17 team.

My thoughts -- Creighton needs more players like Justin Carter. Dotzlers time has come and gone. Other teams don't expect him to shoot so they back off and you can see he doesnt have faith in his shot. Time to start Young and leave him in. Dotzler can be the defensive specialist for the last few games.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:08 pm

Uffda wrote:ugly game tonight.... Creighton scored 13 points in the first 10 minutes. They went on to win but it was ugly against a 4-17 team.

My thoughts -- Creighton needs more players like Justin Carter. Dotzlers time has come and gone. Other teams don't expect him to shoot so they back off and you can see he doesnt have faith in his shot. Time to start Young and leave him in. Dotzler can be the defensive specialist for the last few games.

Yes, UGLY Game and an even UGLIER Student Section!!!

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:35 pm

I saw the game on tv and there was some section about 45 min into the game that looked empty.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:11 pm

DTO Luv wrote:I saw the game on tv and there was some section about 45 min into the game that looked empty.

yep... that would be the student section, at its peak, it was MAY BE 15% full. Wait until you see the photo I show of it. By the end of the game (2 or 3 min to go) there might have been 30 people in it including the band!

Completely disappointing! At least the paying public can still show up, but the students are a bunch of band waggoners...

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:55 pm

IS Creighton on some type of break already? I know the students usually come flowing in early to get into those seats but not many last night.

Of course with 2-3 minutes left there were a lot of people leaving and a lot of sections looking empty (especially the boosters sections) and Creighton was only up by 8-9 pts at that time. I guess I don't understand watching the game until the end and cheering the team on until the end.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:04 pm

Uffda wrote:IS Creighton on some type of break already? I know the students usually come flowing in early to get into those seats but not many last night.

Of course with 2-3 minutes left there were a lot of people leaving and a lot of sections looking empty (especially the boosters sections) and Creighton was only up by 8-9 pts at that time. I guess I don't understand watching the game until the end and cheering the team on until the end.

Creighton fans really upset me off.

Coyote and I had people behind us that never shut the |expletive| up for the entire game. I don't think any of them even knew there was a game going. Sweet justice when one of them fell going up the stairs and spilled all of his beer!
People next to us showed up 3 min in to the second half
lots of people didn't show up until 5 min to go in the first half
the students never showed up
lots of people win, loose or TIE live at the 5 min media time out - GIVE ME A BREAK TRAFFIC IS NOT THAT BAD!
Get there, get your beer, get in your seat BEFORE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, and stay until your team is in the locker room.

Apparently there was some grumblings on the Bluejay Cafe about a boycott, but I think most people said a boycott was retarded.