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Game 1 of the best of 3 Championship series of the CBI is on TV tonight on HDNet. It is channel 928 on Comcast cable. You need the High Def digital package to get HDNet.
Creighton leads 32-28 late in the 1st half.
It was a CBI record. The previous high was 12,000.
Previous CBI Crowds
The CBI averaged more than 5,000 fans per game in both 2008 and 2009 before falling to an average of 2,570 per gate last season, with just one total crowd of more than 5,000.
.................................... 2008 2009 2010 2011
Largest 1st round crowd... 5,365 6.647 3,542 4,375
Smallest 1st round crowd.. 1,169 1.045 665 989
Average 1st round crowd.. 3,813 2.833 1,712 2,414
Largest quarterfinal crowd. 6,460 8.812 4,235 5,913
Smallest quarterfinal crowd 3,082 2.541 640 3,949
Average quarterfinal crowd 5,433 5,801 2,347 5,016
Largest semifinal crowd..... 5,852 4.759 4,682 6,392
Smallest semifinal crowd.... 5,339 2.363 3,352 6,157
Average semifinal crowd.... 5,596 3,561 4,017 6,275
Largest finals crowd......... 9,014 12,000 5,612
Smallest finals crowd........ 7,337 8,029 4,386
Average finals crowd........ 8,269 10,676 4,999
Average crowd (all rounds) 5,190 5,001 2,570 3,709
I would not be too surprised to see this series go 3 games, as every CBI so far has done.
It looks like there will be a game 3 as Oregon is up 58-46 with under 8 minutes to go. Creighton will have their work cut out for them on Friday night!
Oregon won 71-58 and Creighton seemed to come out really flat and got down double digits early...
Lawson came off the bench and saved them from getting blown out by 25...but starters all had off games...
McDermott was 1-4, and only 6 pts/2 rebs!! one of his worst games in his entire long career!!
Young was 1-7 & didn't hit a single 3-pointer...and the starters teamed for 16 turnovers!!!!
BTW -- can anyone recall from memory who has won the last 3 CBI Titles??
mouse over below to see the answer...
Last year, 2010 -- VCU won over Saint Louis - in two straight games
2009 - Oregon State over UTEP - 2 games to 1
2008 - Tulsa over Bradley - 2 games to 1
McDermott had several early ticky-tack fouls called on him that resulted in him spending a lot of time on the bench. He only played 15 minutes total (only 4 minutes in the first half) and most of that came when the game was already a 20-point blowout in the 2nd half. The game actuallly seemed to be called fairly loosely, except every time McDermott came close to an Oregon player the whistle blew.
In a best-2-of-3 series like this CBI, there is obviously a lot more money to be made if it goes 3 games, than just 2. And Oregon did play better than Creighton last night. But you don't think the refs would try to gets fouls on Creighton's best player just to insure a 3rd game, would you?
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