Oso planning to go pro
To take this out of the 'what are we ranked' thread......... Creighton is tough at home. Gave Gonzaga all they wanted in Omaha. Good 3 pt shooting team (43.6% as a team), particularly at home. 9 guys averaging double digit minutes. I get the notion that MU needs a statement road win. And, for MU to win a Big East Championship, they need to find a way to win 4-5 road games. But kenpom isn't wrong and I expect Vegas to favor Creighton, too.
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
FIFY.
Harry Froling's brother, Samson, plays for Creighton.
I would not be totally surprised if the BE champ is 12-6, or even 2 or 3 teams at 11-7. There just isn't a standout team this year and the bottom of the conference will still win some games. Last place team could very well have 4 or 5 wins; some years last place only wins 2.
I hope we can keep it up.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I think the only way Creighton pulls this one out is if Howard goes broke. While we kind of played Gonzaga close we still got outscored by 18 in the 2nd half. Defense isn't good so it will be very difficult to keep up with a good scoring team.
I also think there is one big X factor that is not being discussed. Marquette has been blown out on the road. I felt that both games the team did not seem dialed in. Wojo let them have it after the St. Johns game. I would assume that Marquette will be ready to play on Wednesday and wil want to prove they can win on the road.
I was wondering how he regressed so much. Looked really good at the end of last season. Hope he recovers well
Magic Epperson.
Weird team. Top 5 players in terms of minutes are all 6'5" or shorter. Biggest guy in that group is Mitch Ballock who is 8/21 on 2P FGs this season. Martin Krampelj is their only good big and he has been dominate in his first two Big East games. They will play him max minutes and surround him with a bunch of short guys who can shoot. He can shoot as well so I would expect to see very little Theo and more Joey/Ed at the 5.Personally, I think they are a tad overrated by the metrics. They have been munching on really good buy games, beating 5 teams ranked between 72 and 120 on KenPom and avoiding any sub-300 opponents. And the team ranked #72 was missing its leading scorer (AJ Reeves of Providence) when they played. They are 1-5 against teams ranked 71 or higher in KenPom with the one win being against #36 Clemson on a neutral court. Granted, 3/5 of the losses were true road games and the two home losses were both to top 25 teams (including #3 Gonzaga).Keys to this game:1. Run them off the three point line. 3 of their top 5 players have more 3PMs than 2PMs. They are not bad scoring inside the arc but I don't think they can win without it.2. Kill them on the offensive glass. We will have size at every position not manned by Markus Howard. Getting Krampelj in foul trouble could help with this.3. Big games from the Hausers (or Cain/Bailey) would really help. At any given moment one of the Hausers (or Cain/Bailey) are going to have 3-5 inches on the guy defending them. That makes shooting so much easier. Creighton is not a good defensive team. If Howard can find the open Hauser then our offense should be clicking.Creighton is a lot like us from the last two seasons. When their offense is on all cylinders, it can beat anyone. Given that Wojo has absolutely owned Creighton since starting here, I'm feeling confident heading into the game.