will start a new thread

Very little chatter for tourney week. I don't know if everyone has given up on this team. I hope not. Think of all the years we would have killed to be in position to have an NCAA bid sealed up before the conference tourney

I know many of you are disappointed with the finish but still a lot of hoop left. We can get some things done

Who's going to NYC?

who is more panicked right now, Mac or the hardcore fanbase? I'm exaggerating a bit below, but I thought some of the post-Mo injury issues should have their own thread:

From what I can tell, Mac is in full bunker mode right now (and to be fair to him, I’m sure Mo’s alleged sexual assault has added to his woes). Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t he publicly say something early this season about injuries being the one thing that could derail his offense and his optimism about this team. Whether my memory is correct or not, he surely began to panic when it was clear that Mo was out for the season. That panic must have exploded after Marquette put up 100. Pretty much the worst possible result for that first game without Mo, because it probably confirmed for Mac his suspicion that a Mo-less squad could not just let it fly and outscore most anyone besides Nova.

Whatever happened in terms of practice and film review after that game, it was followed up with the offensive disgrace in D.C., a performance that gave all appearance of a team that had just had its confidence shattered and was trying to refocus on tightly holding on to what was left of the season. So far, that looks like the low point of the season in terms of 2 straight really, really bad efforts, but I’ve sensed ever since then that Mac has a death grip on his various security blankets and is just hoping that either Marcus can get on a roll in NYC and the NCAAs or the 3s go in at a high clip.

I see no evidence of any long-term strategy or attempt to maximize the talents of this squad. It’s all about avoiding the embarrassment of the Marquette and @Georgetown games and relying on chance. Since those games, we’re 2-0 against DePaul, 1-0 at home against a sad-looking Hoya team thanks to Marcus, and 1-3 on chance (the 3s were falling in Indy, but the hunker down efforts @ Seton Hall and against XU and PU failed).

only one person picked Providence so.....

Another $20 to Shoreline on the line. Will anyone pick CU?

Cujaysfanatic won the last game. A lot of good guesses

$20 to Shoreline up for grabs. Let's get your predictions

Tonight on the show we will talk all things Creighton basketball with the head chief Greg McDermott and then later Corey Evans of Rivals will join us to talk some recruiting and specifically some guys the Jays are interested in. All that and more at 6 pm on 1620 the Zone!

Still checking with my rules people on the winner of Butler. Will get back to you

We got a call right at the beginning of Bluejay Shootaround last night from a guy asking us how likely it was that JP would go to the NBA after this season. Keep in mind that was before he went off against St. John's last night. I don't think it would be wise for Justin to go to the NBA after this season but the staff does have some concern that he could. What are you thoughts?

Whats the story with Ronnie? We heard so much in the preseason about the great strides he made, but he still can't see the floor.

Husker Wisdom won the DePaul game via a tie breaker

Let's get the Butler predictions. Jays win 77-71

He tore his ACL and is done for the year. Feel bad for the young man no way to end such a good career. I'm somewhat surprised after they said the ligaments were fine.

THIS INFO NEEDS TO BE KEPT QUIET!!!

Creighton is adding Sam Dunkhum to the roster once the second semester starts as a walk-on. Sam is a 6'10" big man from Lafayette College. I'm told that if he turns out to be good enough Creighton would offer him a scholarship.

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/sam-dunkum

http://www.goleopards.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sam_dunkum_959092.html

Great start to the 2017 class!!!

Who would you like to be the point guard the rest of the way? Personally, I would like to see Davion Mintz start getting 25 minutes or so a game with Zierden running the point when Mintz isn't in there.

Bluejay Banter tonight has been cancelled because of the weather. And since no overtime is scheduled and we are all stuck in the house we thought we would do a BJB.com overtime on this thread. We will give our insights on the game and welcome yours too. We will get some comments from the coaches and have our normal features. Check back on this thread at 3:30 and we will kick it off. We will also announce the winner of the prediction contest

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I think the Jays pull a hard fought W at home and finish December undefeated. With other Top 10 teams losing, I could see them sitting near Top 5 if they can do it. Anyone alive out there?

Boom!!!

I'm on record that I am over the discrepancy in the local media's coverage of CU vs the fuskers. Its obscene but I am used to it. I have a high up in the OWH family member that at Thanksgiving had never heard of Banter. He is very high there and had no idea who or what Banter is and their excellent coverage. My question is do the coaches care? Do they care about stuff like this?

http://www.omaha.com/do-you-think-c...oll_4967e1fc-c653-11e6-b871-7b54c2c0c1ec.html

I mean really? WTF?

I don't want to talk bad about a player. I have not been to a practice. Would like to know from a coaches perspective what the game plan is going into the Big East schedule what we do next time Watson needs to come out? Is there a plan?

I figured since some talk about 2016 guys including Sam Hauser was starting to happen in the 2015 thread, we might as well start this one.

Each of the Jays top targets has their own thread on this board but let's assume the staff only has 1 scholarship to fill I think the main guys right now are:

Sam Hauser
Xavier Sneed
Kevin Huerter

Among others.

Now I think things change if the staff doesn't believe Marlon Stewart can play point guard. If they don't think he can then I think a PG like Breein Tyree, Bryce Aiken, Carsen Edwards, or JJ Caldwell could shoot to the top of the list of guys they want.

Bluejay Fan: A person who attended Creighton University or grew up, and/or lives in the Omaha metro and cares more about Bluejay Athletics more than any other college program. Bluejay fans hate Nebraska Athletics, period.

Jaysker: Person that lives in Omaha, and follows Nebraska football, watches the games, and wants the team to be successful while also being knowledgeable about the game of basketball and cheers for and wants Creighton to be successful as well.

Husker Fan: Person that puts football in such high regard that they can't possibly believe anyone would care about basketball more than football. And they love football so much that the idea of a true basketball first Creighton fan creates cognitive dissonance in their minds, causing them to label all Bluejays fans Jayskers whether they are or not. Husker fans are the alter ego of the Jaysker. Because they care about Nebraska football, they hate Jayskers for cheering for Creighton basketball instead of Nebrasketball, while ironically not caring enough about Nebrasketball themselves to know who the players are or watch the games. You will know a true douche husker fan when they call you a Jaysker, and then can't name more then 3 players on their own team when challenged.

Nebrasketball fans: True fans of Nebrasketball. They live almost exclusively in Lincoln. They are famous for selling out their arena 3 season in a row because their seats cost about as much as a Big Mac per game. And you better damn well believe they care more about the football team than the basketball team.

Tonight on the show we will be joined by Gary Parrish from CBS Sports. We will have our minute with Merf segment and will be discussing Creighton Volleyball and the OWH article suggesting that Creighton schedule UNO. All that and more at 6 pm on 1620 the Zone.

Jays favored by 19 tonight. Big target on their back now that they're ranked in the top ten. Hopefully they respond accordingly. Corey and I have the pregame show on 1620 the Zone from 6 pm to 7 pm. Tim and Ravi have the post game show live from DJ's Dugout downtown after the game.

Yes, Mo’s the leader of the team, does a fantastic job running the offense and is probably the best player on the team. And yes, Marcus is a supremely gifted off guard unlike anything Creighton’s had in years. But, is it totally crazy to say that Khyri has been the best Jay so far this season and Marcus has arguably been the 4th or 5th best? Cause if I had to rate the guys after watching four games, I might say Khyri, Mo, Cole, Marcus, Justin, Zach, Z, rest of bench. Also, it’s a small sample size, but if you look at stats, especially advanced stats, he’s standing above everyone else getting minutes at this point. All that’s kind of skewed a bit by (a) how much teams likely prepare for Mo and Marcus rather than Khyri, and (b) those two guys being higher usage guys than Khyri, but it’s still worth noting.

Anyway, I didn’t really stop to think about it until I saw this from Jeff Goodman:
“This team is balanced with Maurice Watson Jr., Cole Huff, Marcus Foster and redshirt freshman big man Justin Patton.”

Fair enough, but if Khyri keeps playing even remotely as well as he’s playing now, he won’t be left off many more lists like the above.

Coach Mac said that Zach tore a tendon and some ligaments in his left ankle. He will most likely be out until February. I've been told that red-shirting him is a possibility.