Creighton's Italy Trip

[handdownmandown]

Jays fanbase is like most other fan bases (well...perhaps a bit More spoiled than most), but a fanbase none-the-less. They will bitch just to hear themselves talk. Sort of like Stever.

Most are conservative, entrenched in their Jays community standing and basketball position - most would never advocate change, as to do so involves work. Not gonna happen. It is just too easy and convenient to stand back, strike a good pose, and criticize. They will complain regardless - win or lose. Such is life.

You are an absolute moron.

[stever20]

Gtmo has no idea what he is talking about. Our # of threes may or may not be down; it isn't anything that is known by anyone at this point as far as I know. It would not surprise me if it does a little for the simple fact that we have more of an ability to take it to the rack, but there's been no talk of a philosophy change at all.

This is, however, something Gtmo has been on us to do for awhile. So be forewarned. To him this is direct evidence.

I would say in the 1st exhibition game to have the 3pt pct being only like 26% is a pretty decent sign. I mean, last year you never had a game where you shot less than 30% 3's and in 2/3 of the games, you shot at least 40% 3's. Folks that say this was just an exhibition game- I don't care what kind of game it was- team like you had a few years ago, you wouldn't have shot only 26% of your shots as 3's. That just wasn't your DNA.

It'll be interesting to see the stats from todays game to see if this is a continuing trend or just a 1 game thing.

[stever20]

just looking at todays game so far- Creighton up 73-20 in the 3rd-
they've taken 9 3's out of 54 shots. That's only 16.7% shots as 3's.

It sure seems like a fairly big shift.

[Jet915]

Another laugher......Creighton wins 109-31 over Rome "All-Stars." Creighton scoring leaders: Huff 14 points, 13 for Krampelj, 12 for Hanson, 11 for Albert, 10 for Patton. One more game tomorrow.

## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 THOMAS,Khyri........ * 4-7 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 1 9 5 0 0 2 20
10 WATSON Jr.,Mo....... * 4-6 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 2 9 8 0 0 2 17
13 HUFF,Cole........... * 6-6 2-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 14 0 1 0 2 14
23 MILLIKEN,James...... * 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 15
41 GROSELLE,Geoffrey... * 6-9 0-0 0-0 5 5 10 1 12 2 0 1 0 12
00 PATTON,Justin....... 5-6 0-0 0-1 2 1 3 1 10 3 0 0 1 12
01 STEWART,Marlon...... 4-7 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 9 1 1 0 0 18
04 HARRELL,Ronnie...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
05 CAYCE, Drew......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
11 CLEMENT,Tyler....... 1-5 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 11
12 ALBERT,Malik........ 5-10 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 11 5 0 0 0 21
15 KRAMPELJ,Martin..... 6-10 0-2 1-2 5 4 9 0 13 1 0 0 3 13
20 O'NEILL,Alex........ 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
32 HEGNER,Toby......... 1-6 0-1 2-2 2 5 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 18
40 HANSON,Zach......... 5-6 0-0 2-3 3 6 9 0 12 1 1 1 1 15
Team................ 2 4 6
Totals.............. 49-84 4-17 7-12 24 34 58 9 109 31 4 2 11 201

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 27-44 61.4% 2nd Half: 22-40 55.0% Game: 58.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 23.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 3-3 100 % Game: 58.3% 1

http://www.gocreighton.com/fls/1000/stats/m-basketball/MBB1516/Italy/italy02.htm

[Jet915]

Video highlights of the game.

[GumbyDamnit!]

In all seriousness...who set these games up and why is Creighton participating? If you win by 60+ pts each game what are you really gaining? I understand getting the opportunity to get some young guys acclimated to playing together but these scores are ridiculous.

[cu blujs]

Unfortunately from the highlights I have seen, it looks like a large percentage of shots were dunks and lay-ups with the other team jogging back down court after turnovers and missed shots. We aren't going to learn a thing about this team from these games. I can't fathom why they didn't find at least a little better competition for the trip. The two games so far really look like someone rolled out of bed and called up 10 of his buddies to go play a pick up game. I will bet you could have put together an intramural allstar team on campus and had better competition.

[stever20]

In all seriousness...who set these games up and why is Creighton participating? If you win by 60+ pts each game what are you really gaining? I understand getting the opportunity to get some young guys acclimated to playing together but these scores are ridiculous.

I really think it's a matter of team bonding- moreso off the court than anything else.

[jaybydna]

10 bonus practices in August for a team with a lot of new pieces, and a dedicated 7 day trip for a team with new pieces to build....well a team. Games were the price we had to pay.

[Jet915]

Supposedly todays team is "better" than the previous two.