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bearcatrunner said:
See I don't think this game comes down to the wire. I think one team blows the other team out. I'm just not sure which way that will be at this point.

Either Creighton will be exposed for a weak schedule or UC for no offense. I actually think an up tempo game favors the cats. Those types of games tend to lead to easy points which is something we will need.

I heard a stat this morning that all final four teams last year were top 10 defensive teams. Read into that what you will.
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Creighton loves to run, so an up tempo game may not favor us as much as you think. I believe it will be close. The deciding factor will be turnovers. UC by 2
 
I've never understood BearcatMick's adjective decisions. Categorically...Grossly...Unequivocally...Ad hominem...like a little kid trying to impress older kids so he uses the synonym feature on Microsoft Word.
 
Creightonguy said:
One other thing: Doug almost never gets into foul trouble, in part because he doesn't play much D early in games. He's kind of on a Jimmer rule here, as in, giving up an easy bucket is far preferable than a foul. The two times he's been out with foul trouble involved a couple of offensive fouls and a loose ball foul.

He also has a good basketball iq when down low. If you were a Wichita fan you would say that consists of acting on shots to draw fouls, combined with a high level of physicality himself that he gets away with - some on the Shocker board call him Captain Hook because of the way he uses his off arm. Naturally my attitude is that doing what won't get called and benefiting from that makes you a better player and not a 'star treatment' player but of course I would say that.

I thought I'd point that out.
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Yeah, I noticed the lack of fouls...guy averages 7.5 boards yet averages only 1.5 fouls - that's pretty amazing. He also seems to rise to the occasion - averaged almost 28 pts. in 7 games against teams who are in the tourney (3 of them Wichita State).
 
I am concerned with McDermott because he has more bball IQ than all of UC players combined lol. I am also worried about some of our players picking up quick fouls and keeping our main players on the bench early in the 1st half. It will be huge for us not to get down early because coming from behind against an efficient offense like Creighton will be hard to overcome. If we can avoid 4-5 min scoring droughts we should be good. We will def have to score more than our BE average to win this game. But going against Creighton's defense I don't think its asking too much.
 
UCalum08 said:
I am concerned with McDermott because he has more bball IQ than all of UC players combined lol. I am also worried about some of our players picking up quick fouls and keeping our main players on the bench early in the 1st half. It will be huge for us not to get down early because coming from behind against an efficient offense like Creighton will be hard to overcome. If we can avoid 4-5 min scoring droughts we should be good. We will def have to score more than our BE average to win this game. But going against Creighton's defense I don't think its asking too much.
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This is a team we HAVE to work inside against. I predict Parker will have a big game in that respect.
 
BearcatMick said:
I thought you were ignoring me scheeeeeids
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I would argue I was just talking about you and I was continuing to ignore you, but perhaps you're right. You may die in peace now. I will go back to my crusade of ignoring everything you say and encouraging others to do the same.
 
CaptDale said:
This is a team we HAVE to work inside against. I predict Parker will have a big game in that respect.
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I can see that happening. I mean Parker has been huge for us lately too, hopefully being a senior he continues to lay everything out on the court. I really hope Cash does the same and tries to drive to the hoop.
 
UCalum08 said:
I can see that happening. I mean Parker has been huge for us lately too, hopefully being a senior he continues to lay everything out on the court. I really hope Cash does the same and tries to drive to the hoop.
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I have been waiting for that too, but I'm not sure it is coming. I think he just doesn't have that first step to beat someone off the dribble. Either that, or he is still timid about it because he has had a few options coming off screens the past few games, but he pulled the ball out instead.
 
Scheids all you do is attack me. It started a long time ago after I systematically decimated your arguments. Keep ignoring me. You don't even make sense half the time
 
Scheids21 said:
I have been waiting for that too, but I'm not sure it is coming. I think he just doesn't have that first step to beat someone off the dribble. Either that, or he is still timid about it because he has had a few options coming off screens the past few games, but he pulled the ball out instead.
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Yeah totally agree I was just hoping he says screw it and goes for it...if he is able to.
 
Creighton fan here and I am looking forward to this clash.

I'd like to throw in some added information on the Jays.

Cincinnati is a good defensive and rebounding team, but Creighton's offensive strength can negate them. Creighton relies on ball movement and on-ball pick and pops. With Gibbs and Chatman dribbling through pick after pick it can stretch a defense. Cincinnati has to choose what they are going to take away. When a team shoots 50% there are not a lot of rebounds to be had. Creighton can get sloppy so turnovers will be an important stat.

Creighton's defense is not as bad as you might believe. KenPom has them at #78 and their last 3 opponents shot: 35%, 27%, and 34%. Echenique is the ONLY shot blocker. Creighton's goal is to force you deep into the shot clock so you force a jump shot. The Jays stay in front of their man and play straight up. Creighton has improved its defensive rebounding lately and another important stat will be who gathers Cincinnati's misses.

Creighton lost 5 conference games and at St. Mary's late. I argued with many Jays' fans that Creighton played at such an up-tempo pace with a short bench that they became fatigued. Every player except for Gibbs dropped their shooting percentage. Fortunately, (for us) they are now back on track. As of this Friday Creighton will have played only 3 games in the last 20 days. They are rested, but previous Creighton teams got rusty with the lay-off.

McDermott is better than advertised. Creighton is 10-1 on neutral floors over the past two years with its only loss against UNC in Greensboro, NC.
 
oakath said:
Creighton fan here and I am looking forward to this clash.

I'd like to throw in some added information on the Jays.

Cincinnati is a good defensive and rebounding team, but Creighton's offensive strength can negate them. Creighton relies on ball movement and on-ball pick and pops. With Gibbs and Chatman dribbling through pick after pick it can stretch a defense. Cincinnati has to choose what they are going to take away. When a team shoots 50% there are not a lot of rebounds to be had. Creighton can get sloppy so turnovers will be an important stat.

Creighton's defense is not as bad as you might believe. KenPom has them at #78 and their last 3 opponents shot: 35%, 27%, and 34%. Echenique is the ONLY shot blocker. Creighton's goal is to force you deep into the shot clock so you force a jump shot. The Jays stay in front of their man and play straight up. Creighton has improved its defensive rebounding lately and another important stat will be who gathers Cincinnati's misses.

Creighton lost 5 conference games and at St. Mary's late. I argued with many Jays' fans that Creighton played at such an up-tempo pace with a short bench that they became fatigued. Every player except for Gibbs dropped their shooting percentage. Fortunately, (for us) they are now back on track. As of this Friday Creighton will have played only 3 games in the last 20 days. They are rested, but previous Creighton teams got rusty with the lay-off.

McDermott is better than advertised. Creighton is 10-1 on neutral floors over the past two years with its only loss against UNC in Greensboro, NC.
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Good stuff, thanks for sharing. I will say that I've been wanting to know how well Creighton takes care of the ball. Obviously, every team benefits when the other team turns the ball over, but UC takes that to the extreme. We thrive on turnovers and if we don't get them, it usually ends in a loss.
 
Scheids21 said:
Good stuff, thanks for sharing. I will say that I've been wanting to know how well Creighton takes care of the ball. Obviously, every team benefits when the other team turns the ball over, but UC takes that to the extreme. We thrive on turnovers and if we don't get them, it usually ends in a loss.
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We don't turn it over much. I'd guess we were probably 60th-70th or so in turnover margin nationally. However since we are 300th or so in causing turnovers we lose the turnover battle. Some of our games we will only turn it over 9 times and still lose that battle since we only caused 7.

Still, both numbers will go up because you will cause more, but also from what I've seen of the Big East there will be a few more dumb ones thrown in on the other side. That's a guess as I'm not 100% familiar with the Bearcats efforts there, but BE basketball tends to lend itself to a few more WTF moments than your more strait laced Valley.
 
Creightonguy said:
We don't turn it over much. I'd guess we were probably 60th-70th or so in turnover margin nationally. However since we are 300th or so in causing turnovers we lose the turnover battle. Some of our games we will only turn it over 9 times and still lose that battle since we only caused 7.

Still, both numbers will go up because you will cause more, but also from what I've seen of the Big East there will be a few more dumb ones thrown in on the other side. That's a guess as I'm not 100% familiar with the Bearcats efforts there, but BE basketball tends to lend itself to a few more WTF moments than your more strait laced Valley.
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I saw that you guys were joining the big east next year with the catholic seven xavier and butler thats going to be a pretty solid conference, The fan base I would have to asume must be pretty excited, I wish we were in that conference......... Instead we are going to be in a god awful conference once again.....
 

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