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And Stinnett who was supposed to be a great newcomer:
0-3 FG (0-2 3pt) 3 TO 1 PF 11 Min
0-3 FG (0-2 3pt) 3 TO 1 PF 11 Min
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Drake is a Final 81-63 Winners
Their Top 3 Performers:
Leonard Houston 21 pts 3 steals
Jon Cox 11 pts 10 rb
Alex White 11 pts 7 rbComment
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Millard had all of those points in a row actually, he went on an 8-0 run himself!
DePaul is up 6 at the half. Creighton pulled even with a couple more steals to tie it at 32, but DePaul broke the press a few times and finished the half strong with the last six.
Creighton is the same scrappy team as always, but have looked their worst when Watts, Hibma and some of the regulars have been out there. Their best stretch, when they got back in the game, was 5 newcomers on the floor including the aforementioned Millard and Kenny Lawson, who is going to be a force inside for years to come. You think you got sick of Anthony Tolliver? This is going to be the same sort of thing.
DePaul's super recruit Mac Koshwal is incredibly talented and moves like a guard even though he's 6'10". DePaul as a whole is much, much quicker than Creighton and if they limit their turnovers in the second half, should win easily. Unlike the team that was very slow paced we saw against Bradley in recent years, this team really pushes it and is fun to watch.Go Braves!Comment
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I hate to wish such an early 1 in the L column for someone, but it would be great to finally see someone take Creighton down a notch at home.
Maybe this is the year we rock the Jays!
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Creighton leads 49-46 over DePaul at the 12 min officials TO
Northern Illinois leads 8-5 w/ 14 min left to play in 1st half over UNI
Erik Coleman once again does not start
Drake has won 81-63Comment
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6:44 left to go and Creighton has opened it up to a 60-52 lead...
DePaul still can not hang onto the ball and Stinnett has come alive w/ 15 2nd half ptsComment
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Originally posted by SaintLouBrave22 View PostI found a cool little Gamtracker feature which is better than any game play-by-play I have seen before...
Anyone wanting to keep track of the CU game along w/ BUB's insight can go here:
BTW...Millard seems to be impressive for CU so far w/ 8 pts and 2 rb
That is sweet!
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Creighton wins 74-62.
16,104 showed up to watch.Comment
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The Valley embarrasses DePaul in another opener. I swear I hope you gamblers cashed in on this gimmie tonight. I don't think Jerry Wainwright coaches for the first month of the season. This was as easy of a bet as there was, and why DePaul will continue to underachieve despite being a very talented team.
BTW - Those ripping P'Allen Stinnet, think again. He's a stud. 20 second half points, including 5 3's. He's going to be a force in the MVC for a long time.
All in all, nice way for the MVC to start - An @ss-whooping of a BCS team in a major market. Down year for the league? We'll see about that...Onward and Upward!
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Well, pressure is somewhat on BU now. All 4 MVC teams won fairly easily (Northern IA up big at the half) and all the top 25 teams easily won with 2 games left to start, including Dukes running up the score by beating NC Central by 65 points lol. Here's to BU kicking some big booty in roughly 21 hours.
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I'm back after watching the whole second half. Stinnett is a pest and he's REALLY cocky. DePaul played TERRIBLE defense in the second half and let him walk to the basket or take wide open threes the entire second half. If he would have had Ruffin of Mullins guarding him, it would have been a completely different story.
I was simply not all that impressed with Creighton at all, other than that they have a great coach who settled his team down from making too many mistakes (which DePaul made tons).
I'm glad they could do something good for the Valley, but they should expect to beat an extremely inexperienced team at home. They've got a ton of work to do if they're going to be successful in the Valley.
More than anything else, DePaul gave this game away. I couldn't even keep track of how many easy layups they allowed on defense. Then the last 10 minutes of the game they went into rush mode and didn't even run an offense anymore (similar to something they've done against BU).
Creighton might be a middle of the pack Valley team, but I didn't see any evidence they'll be better than that, yet.Go Braves!Comment
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And DePaul continues to get embarrassed by the MVC. It's like clockwork to see them get waxed by the MVC in openers. Am I the only one that finds this hilarious?Originally posted by BUBraves2006 View PostOnward and Upward!
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I enjoy it too....Originally posted by BradleyBrave View Post
But this brings me to the thought... why the heck will BCS schools continue to play MVC schools?
They can't ignore us. Cause we will go out and schedule the best of the rest and wind up "cracking the code" to have top 100 RPI's. But if they play us... we don't want buy games... that won't help us, we're better off playing the best of the rest and having W's with a top 100 RPI. So they have to give us H/A's.
But when are they gonna get to a point where they've had enough? When are they gonna split the Division like football (NCAA-Div1A and NCAA Div1-2A)? I gotta believe it is gonna happen with all the money the BCS wants to keep to themselves with thinking it is better to have "Their Tourney" with Cinderellas found in mediocre to bad BCS schools like Baylor or something making a run in "Their Tourney".
Who knows... but I think the day will come. And following that day... there will be the "payment of players" allowed. And thus NCAA Div1A will deteriate. (Even Rome fell.)Comment
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Originally posted by BradleyBrave View Post
I actually thought DePaul would win this game fairly easily considering how young a team Creighton has this year. But that fact that Creighton won going away is a very good sign for Creighton and the rest of the Valley in this "down" year.
I guess I should never underestimate a Dana Altman coached team!
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