Poll: Who will finish in 7th place this year?

[R Jay]

...and the Creighton Bluejays will finish in the top half of the BE Conference, men's basketball, in the 2015-16 season.

You realize they finished last place in the league last year right?

Not saying I agree with GTMO (because I don't), but there are plenty of examples of teams going from worst to first in a variety of sports.
I do encourage you to actually go look at Creighton's roster for next year, because I don't think you've done any research based on previous comments you've made (i.e. Artino was one of Creighton's best players last season).

[OmahaGuy]

Yeah I mean look at Butler from 2014 to last season. Don't think the Jays will make that big of a jump but we know they're about to bounce back. Obviously I want to go back to the Dance but if they at least make the NIT, I'll still be happy. Lack of BigEast talent was the undoing last season, now that Big East talent is coming in with Watson, Huff, Harrell, Thomas, Krampelj, Patton, and Albert and for next season, Foster.

[ivet]

...and the Creighton Bluejays will finish in the top half of the BE Conference, men's basketball, in the 2015-16 season.

You realize they finished last place in the league last year right?

Not saying I agree with GTMO (because I don't), but there are plenty of examples of teams going from worst to first in a variety of sports.
I do encourage you to actually go look at Creighton's roster for next year, because I don't think you've done any research based on previous comments you've made (i.e. Artino was one of Creighton's best players last season).

Plausible if you guys were still in the Missouri Valley Conference, or even the A-10 or HL, but your not in the MVC anymore.

[handdownmandown]

LOL@Ivet

That line is recycled, word for word, from posts explaining why it was a lock that we were to struggle our initial year in the conference. How'd that work out?

I am not being so bold as to make a top half guarantee but my God does that post just ooze dismissive snottiness.

[ivet]

LOL@Ivet

That line is recycled, word for word, from posts explaining why it was a lock that we were to struggle our initial year in the conference. How'd that work out?

I am not being so bold as to make a top half guarantee but my God does that post just ooze dismissive snottiness.

Snootiness? You guys are in the Big East now, you can leave your insecurities behind. Are we not allowed to diss CU fans or are you guys just not use to being dismissed since you were always the big dogs in your old conference?

[gtmoBlue]

Boy oh boy, do I luv da Big East (yes I do!). Snotty, snooty, or downright arrogance - I luv you BE fans! I am finally in the midst of my peer group. I personally luv the "you were last, last season (so you will continue bottom feeding this season)" stuff. Basketball is dynamic, not static. Everyone starts from zero, what you did last season is not necessarily a reliable indicator of future success. All BE teams have to assimilate new folks to their teams and into their lineups. And the media talking heads have a middling record of preseason forecasting. I'll go with my own expert picks - thank you.

Ivet, DudeAnon, Gumby, and the rest - a great group of believers/homers and I salute you all.

As for little Creighton...last season was our outlier season. Yes, we have no DMD, but he was only around for 4 years. Creighton was very successful prior to him and will continue to be now that we move ahead. Hoops is a team game and we are a university that is adept at building very good teams. Creighton retools and will contend for the league championship this season (2015-16). The Jays will be 1 of the 5 BE teams making the dance next March. Youse guys keep believing we will be with the Johnnies and Pirates at the bottom - you are in for some nightmares in your blissful slumbers.
Luv ya,
gtmo

[Hoopfan]

Not sure I follow your successful view prior to McD. Went back to look at success and found this:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... team1/5734

Compared to traditional Be powers and Xavier's history of s16s id disagree with your view.

[gtmoBlue]

Not sure I follow your successful view prior to McD. Went back to look at success and found this:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... team1/5734

Compared to traditional Be powers and Xavier's history of s16s id disagree with your view.

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Fine. Sorry if you expected Duke or UConn as our mid major history...making the dance was a big deal in our MVC days (I agree that we generally met seed expectations and we were not Cinderellas.).

[Edrick]

Yeah I mean look at Butler from 2014 to last season. Don't think the Jays will make that big of a jump but we know they're about to bounce back. Obviously I want to go back to the Dance but if they at least make the NIT, I'll still be happy. Lack of BigEast talent was the undoing last season, now that Big East talent is coming in with Watson, Huff, Harrell, Thomas, Krampelj, Patton, and Albert and for next season, Foster.

Butler didnt have Roosevelt Jones due to injury and added him back. Had they had him, they would have been similar to last year. Butler last year isnt an indication of what can be done for anyone, other than, I suppose, someone else adding back one of the conference's best players. (Marquette, perhaps)

[handdownmandown]

Our two best players last season were playing on the scout team. Which was sometimes beating the starters in scrimmages.

But yes, Butler is Butler, and no one is to be compared with their turnaround efforts.