Creighton Basketball 2021-2022

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:04 am

Trey Alexander was named Big East Freshman of the Week for the first time.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:47 pm

Coach Mac not traveling with team to Indianapolis @ Butler, Huss is going to coach his 2nd consecutive game.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:46 am

Creighton 55
Butler 72 (F)

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:31 pm

Terrible game for the Jays, The only ones that played well were Kaluma and Kalkbrenner. No bowel movement on offense and terrible d effort and gave up a 14-0 run when the game was close in the second half.

This is a bad loss to a not great Butler team.

Hopefully the Jays can come out and get Xavier on Saturday

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:35 pm

skinzfan23 wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:31 pm No bowel movement on offense and terrible d effort

They played like a bowel movement for sure.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:27 pm

Haha, nice, stupid autocorrect

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:41 pm

skinzfan23 wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:27 pm Haha, nice, stupid autocorrect

Yeah, I figured it was something like that... but it was so appropriate given that dismal performance tonight. Maybe autocorrect knew, haha.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:22 pm

Pathetic performance by the Jays for sure..losing to a 10-10 Butler team..

CU definitely needs to defend home court Saturday afternoon…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:52 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:22 pm Pathetic performance by the Jays for sure..losing to a 10-10 Butler team..

CU definitely needs to defend home court Saturday afternoon…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Agreed, unfortunately Xavier lost to Providence tonight so they are going to want a win badly as well.

It is the pinkout game for Creighton.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:46 am

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:46 pm

skinzfan23 wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:52 pm
Omaha Cowboy wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:22 pm Pathetic performance by the Jays for sure..losing to a 10-10 Butler team..

CU definitely needs to defend home court Saturday afternoon…

Ciao..LiO…Peace
Agreed, unfortunately Xavier lost to Providence tonight so they are going to want a win badly as well.

It is the pinkout game for Creighton.

Should be a great game. I’ll be satisfied at this point, with the Jays defending their home court..then trying to steal another road game or 2 in conference..that might be enough to get them an NCAA Tournament bid..

That’s my hope at least…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:25 am

Xavier 74
Creighton 64 (F)

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:05 pm

Jays forgot it was a game of two halves instead of just the one.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:01 pm

Highlights - No. 21 Xavier 74, Creighton 64

After a sluggish first half, Xavier exploded out of the chute with a 19-0 run in the second half en route to out-scored Creighton 55-28 in the final 20 minutes of a comeback road win. Paul Scruggs led the way with 18 points and eight assists for the Musketeers, while Jack Nunge, Zach Freemantle and Nate Johnson all had at least 15 for XU. On the Creighton side, Ryan Nembhard led the way with 23 points.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:04 pm

Creighton Men's Basketball vs Xavier Postgame Ryan Kalkbrenner

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Jan 31, 2022 4:38 pm

That was a rough 2nd half on Saturday. I read that it was the largest deficit to be overcome by a Jay's opponent since they began playing in CHI.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:10 am

Creighton 59
UConn 55 (F)

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:00 am

Creighton Basketball Newsletter February 1, 2022

Jon Nyatawa discusses a rough past week for the Jays with losses to Butler and Xavier.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:33 pm

This crazy rollercoaster ride of a season is a hoot. Gritty win on the road against a very good UCONN team.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:35 pm

What a game for the Jays, Hawkins with 23 pts and 11 rebs. Trey sealed it with FTs

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:30 pm

Wow..

After 2 bad losses..a great “resume builder” winning at #17 UCONN tonight..

You just never know what you’re going to get with this Jays team. What a roller coaster ride…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 7:44 am

Creighton Men's Basketball Press Conference at UConn 02-01-22

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 7:48 am

Creighton Men's Basketball vs UCONN Highlights 2-1-2022

Creighton Men's Basketball vs UCONN Highlights 2-1-2022

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:23 am

What a great feeling that must be for Hawkins, he has been struggling the past few games, but he was the one who carried the team through the offensive drought.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:57 am

Providence 19-2
Villanova 16-5
UConn 15-5
Marquette 15-7
Xavier 15-5
Creighton 13-7
Seton Hall 13-7
Butler 11-10
St. John's 11-9
DePaul 10-10
Georgetown 6-13

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:37 am

Does anyone know how Kalkbrenner’s knee was doing this morning?

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:56 am

Coyote wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:37 am Does anyone know how Kalkbrenner’s knee was doing this morning?

I am not sure that it was his knee that he injured, I think he rolled his ankle when he stepped on a player's foot.

From what I have heard it is just an ankle sprain, but he isn't ruled out of tomorrow's game.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:32 am

Creighton 55
Seton Hall 74 (F)

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:41 am

Pretty good Tom Shatel article in the W-H addressing the Jays chances for an NCAA Tournament invite-

““They’re 13-7 now,” Krueger said. “If they go .500 or 6-4, that would put them at 19-13. Win one in the Big East (tournament), with the quality wins they have, they’ll be OK.

“Now they can’t go and lose to Georgetown at home. But besides Georgetown or Butler at home, they’re not in position to take any bad losses.

“If they just take care of business, get four or five more wins and get to 20, I think Creighton, unless they have a big collapse here, they’re going to be right there.”

Even with that NET of 67, a KenPom rating of 62 and a BPI ranking of 86, Krueger says the Jays are solid because they have an ace in the hole.

Three of ’em, actually.

Creighton 79, Villanova (then No. 9) 59. Creighton 75, Marquette (now No. 24) 69. Creighton 59, UConn (No. 17) 55.

Those wins will travel well through this roller coaster season.

“They have three quality, high Quad 1 wins now, three Top 25 wins,” Krueger said. “When you look at the rest of the bubble teams, from the 9 (seeds) to the 11 and 12, nobody has three quality wins like that.“..

The complete W-H story link:

https://omaha.com/sports/college/creigh ... op-story-1

Ciao..LiO…Peace

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:29 am

I pretty much agree, barring any bad loss the Jays are looking like they should solidly be in based on the 3 top-25 wins. The computer metrics are all messed up though. I still don't understand how a team like Iowa, who has no quality wins (granted no bad losses is ranked 24th in the NET rankings. Their best win was vs Indiana @ home. Against all the other power teams in the Big 10 and IA St that they played none of the games have really been close. By the way, Iowa's non-conference SOS was one of the weakest in NCAA (328th according to Kenpom) the Jays was 193. So basically they loaded up on cupcakes, and then beat the lower quality opponents in the Big 10. Hopefully the committee recognizes things like that come selection time.

I am not saying the Jays should be rated much higher but with the quality wins they have and the strength of schedule that they have played, they should at least be in the top 50.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:02 pm

1 1 Gonzaga WCC 18-2
2 2 Houston AAC 19-2
3 3 Arizona Pac-12 18-2
4 4 Auburn SEC 21-1
5 5 Baylor Big 12 19-3
6 6 Purdue Big Ten 19-3
7 8 Kentucky SEC 18-4
8 7 Villanova Big East 16-6
9 9 Kansas Big 12 18-3
10 10 Texas Tech Big 12 17-5
11 12 Duke ACC 18-3
12 11 UCLA Pac-12 16-3
13 13 Tennessee SEC 15-6
14 14 Illinois Big Ten 16-5
15 15 LSU SEC 16-6
16 16 Texas Big 12 16-6
17 17 UConn Big East 15-5
18 18 Ohio St. Big Ten 13-5
19 19 Michigan St. Big Ten 17-4
20 20 Xavier Big East 16-5
21 21 Wisconsin Big Ten 17-4
22 23 Saint Mary's (CA) WCC 17-4
23 22 Alabama SEC 14-8
24 24 Iowa Big Ten 14-7
25 25 Marquette Big East 16-7

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 6:52 pm

Wow, when the jays are bad they are really bad. Only had 9 pts with 2 min to go in first half. Down 16-37 at half!

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:47 pm

Yeah, I agree. Tough road loss against Seton Hall..and that’s an understatement..

This Jays team really needs to learn to defend home court and be consistent. The growing pains of a very young team…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:52 pm

That was a steamy pile of |expletive| of a game. There are some really high highs, and some really low lows this season, which I guess I expected... still doesn't make these kinds of performances easy to digest.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:58 pm

Yep highs and lows, at least they didn’t completely give up in the 2nd half. Actually out scored hall by 2, just a horrible start to the game and too much to overcome.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:16 am

Creighton Mens Basketball vs Seton Hall Highlights 2-4-2022

Creighton Mens Basketball vs Seton Hall Highlights 2-4-2022

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:26 am

Finally Ariz St won a big game defeating #3 UCLA that should help Creighton a little.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:30 pm

BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Trey Alexander, Creighton, G, Fr. – In a 1-1 week, Alexander averaged 10.0 points and 3.5 rebounds. He scored all 11 of his points after halftime in a 59-55 win at Connecticut. He made 5-of-6 free throws in the final minutes to help secure the victory. Alexander had nine points in a 74-55 loss at Seton Hall. He takes Freshman honors for the second time in the last three weeks.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:16 am

I think it crazy how many times Creighton freshman have won the award this year. R2 has 5 of them and Trey now has 2. It could be b/c almost every other team is loaded with upper-classmen, but if Creighton can keep this core group of guys together, they are going to be really good in a year or two.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:01 am

Creighton Basketball Newsletter Feb 8, 2022

Jon Nyatawa looks at the NCAA tournament path for Creighton after another up and down week.