Never too early imo. Here for it. Need a new asst coach and of course roster moves. Obviously, lost some great coaches over the years but from what I heard losing Miller will be tough. Heard Mac really depended on him. Had his imprints on everything. Interesting to see what happens.

Figured we could use a place to track who’s in the portal.

This is a guy I’d love to see us go after. Watched him play a couple times and I think he’s a pretty good player

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Sorry been off the grid the last two days traveling.

Yes really big pick up and really surprised based on what I had heard. Great family and I knew they were impressed with everything at Creighton when I spoke to them last season. Was always told “we had a chance” but pundits thought he would head elsewhere.

A new thread for all VB discussion. A very brief front page story is up on the opening of practice.

I'm starting a new thread to keep us updated on former Jays now in the Pros.

First up, former WSOC player Gaby has been playing pro soccer in Costa Rico and is on the national team vying fir the Women's World Cup!
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A much needed piece moving forward. What a job by the staff--coach Miller needs some kudos here too.

Today we officially kick off the season of shows and our coverage of the 2024-25 season. Lots of cool stuff still in the works but can share this much with you so far.

First BJB Monday show kicks off today live at 6pm. We will have the newest grad assistant and longtime friend of the show Jahenns Manigat on to discuss his journey after CU what he has seen with this years team so far. We will also update fall sports and introduce some new things as well.

We will have a new segment on a regular basis called Dumb Basketball questions. Now first the questions really aren't "dumb" but to players n coaches they probably seem like it. These are questions about the inside workings of the basketball team and program and everything that goes into it. It can be anything at all that you may have wondered about. It may be what the strength n conditioning looks like, nutrition questions, how much time do coaches spend at the facilities, what do road trips look like, what do halftimes in the locker room look like etc. It can also be game day production related- keep these on a factual level (in other words don't ask a question like why is the blue crew still there?) To give you an idea we are going to kick it off with this question tonight--How does the academic schedule work for a player so that it doesn't interfere with the basketball activities during the season and all of the logistics that go with it??

You send questions via DM here, DM us on twitter or send an email to Bluejaybanter@gmail.com. We will get to your questions in the order they are entered. We will only use first names when asking the question. We are opening this up to the general public via social media as well.

Second, we are giving fans the opportunities to come on during a segment, give their opinions and ask questions. I know no one likes to come out from behind the computer screen but this will be a lot of fun and give us a chance to interact with viewers. Prizes for appearances. Contact us if interested in the ways we listed above.

We are also going to get our bold predictions segment going again. If you have any predictions on anything related to Creighton hoops give it a shot. We will keep track thru the season and the winner will win a prize yet to be determined. It can be game related. the whole season, it can be team or individual related, we will also take predictions on Big East teams and college teams at large. again contact us as listed above.

Excited about the season of shows and hope you watch!

Starting a separate thread for women’s hoops. Been told by several people closely associated with the women’s program that this should be the best team in CU history

Preseason ranked 22nd in AP n 23rd in coaches.

Let’s go!

Front page story up

Most curious to see if our defensive strategies change next year

Nice pick up. Strengthens depth but also gives a couple of players opportunities to compete for significant playing time

Baseball schedule released. Surprised we are playing UNL twice in Lincoln and only once in Omaha. Been the reverse for several years. Also playing UNO twice at Tal Anderson and only once at The Chuck.
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Jays took alot of BE awards this week
Softball - Player of the Week & Honor Roll
M-Tennis - BE Doubles Team and Singles Player of the Week

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Here is what they (Peegs.com) are saying about Mac.

UPDATE (March 9): Coaching chatter still suggests he's one of the options that IU could land. He's not getting as much buzz as some others, but there is enough there right now for him to remain on the Hot Board.

Current position: Head coach of Creighton

Head coaching record: 496-300 (62.3 percent) in 24 years at Northern Iowa, Iowa State, and Creighton

Why this makes sense: McDermott, 60, wins at a high level. He has made Creighton a nationally relevant program. The Blue Jays have made the NCAA Tournament in six of seven years, and it would be seven of eight years if the event was held in 2020.

McDermott only has one losing season at Creighton in 15 complete seasons.

McDermott wanted out of Creighton before signing a new contract. His current deal pays McDermott $2.9 million a season.

With Ryan Kalkbrenner, Steven Ashworth, and Jamiya Neal ready to move on next year, this could still be a good time for McDermott to look at a new situation.

What concerns could there be?: McDermott struggled at Iowa State. He never had a winning record in four seasons with the Cyclones. His son, Doug, came to Creighton as a freshman in Greg first season and helped build the program. McDermott would not have that luxury this time.

McDermott would likely give Indiana stability, but he has only reached the Sweet Sixteen three times in his career, and the Elite Eight once.

We are ready and live with website. Signups are open. Get on early as we are expecting a sell out again this year

Mac losing a top assistant. Wonder if Mason follows him?

Good for coach Miller. Mac has a hell of a coaching tree

7:15pm ET tip

Auburn opened -9.5, but line has moved to -8.5.

At this point, we're playing with house $. I don't expect a win, but if the boys play their game they can beat this team. Gonna need that same team that showed up yesterday to show up tomorrow, and Kalk is going to need to play the game of his life. RDJ!

It was requested to start this thread. This is for general season info. Remember each game will have its own thread so please post game info in the appropriate thread. Closer to the season we will also start a Big East thread for Big East info

It's tough not to feel like we got hosed. Lousiville is definitely better than an 8 seed, playing in basically a home game. I know we're not great, but a 9 seed is disrespected. Then, the top overall seed in the second round. I mean, the committee considered us closer to a 10 seed than an 8 seed.

Oh well, we beat them once in the tourney, we can beat them again. Chucky is going to be a lot to deal with.

Question for @Banter Tim. How much weight is placed on conference tournament games by the committee? Seems there's a lot of differing opinions on this on Twitter.

Looking like an 8 seed, but am wondering if there's still any avenue at all to get to a 7.

Jays 12’. 143. I like our path here

Heard Hollmann. Said yeah Kalk will be problem for us. Well they also have a really great team. We are just happy to play again.

I don’t sounds like he knows this ain’t gonna end well. He did a great job in year one