Category: college basketball 365

Who is Max Powers?

On By @gtmoblueIn college basketball 365

I don’t know him as he is new to the BJUnderground.  But u gotta love him.

Max’s post:
maxpowers↓Jays approaching 1500 all-time wins
Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:44 pm
Per the media guide, the Jays are just seven victories shy of 1500 all time (W=1493 L=992). We are three seasons shy of 100 years of Creighton basketball. The soonest victory 1500 could arrive is Dec 05 versus Loyola Illinois. Can you imagine getting win 1500 against the team that replaced us in the Valley? Realistically, given the challenge beforehand at Indiana, a more probable victory 1500 would be Dec 09 against…THE HUSKERS! Let’s destroy them!  8-)
Per Wikipedia, Creighton was #46 in all time winning percentage at ~60% as of the end of 2012. That’s not bad considering there are ~350 schools contending in division I. Sustaining a nearly 60% win percentage through almost 100 years is tough to do. Per the media guide, our current win % is just marginally higher at 60.1% after last season (there may be some small discrepancy between the media guide and Wikipedia). We are sixth of six Big East teams in the top-50 all-time win % (SJU, Villanova, Marquette, Georgetown, DePaul, Creighton, respectively). Obviously, Creighton did a lot damage versus the Valley while the others did theirs against the Big East. However, we competed with Missouri Valley-recruited players, too. Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier and Butler are not far below 60% winning percentage. Historically, the Big East is solid top to bottom.
I was surprised at our decent track record versus the Power 5. The Big Ten is the only P5 conference against which we have a cumulative record well below .500 (27 games below .500). The following figures reflect current conference affiliations. Note that these numbers were hastily prepared and may contain some inaccuracies.
If you take Creighton as a barometer of college basketball quality, the new Big East is very arguably the best basketball conference, as our head-to-head record shows. But we already knew that.
CONFERENCE W-L (Win % vs. conference)
Big East 74-115 (39%) (Marquette is 18 games above .500, 49-31, against CU)
Big Ten 50-77 (39%) (Illinois is 7 games above .500, 7-0, against CU)
AAC 45-62 (42%) (Tulsa is 9 games above .500, 44-35, vs. CU)
ACC 32-38 (46%)
SEC 21-24 (47%)
MAC 9-9 (50%)
BIG TWELVE 61-57 (52%)
A10 47-39 (55%)
MWC 44-32 (58%)
MVC 430-313 (58%)
PAC 12 25-18 (58%)
WCC 23-14 (62%) 


Way to go…I salute you Mr. powers! 🙂  😉
gtmoBlue 

Bluenotes Short Riff – 11 Oct 2015

On By @gtmoblueIn college basketball 365
Short Riff
Stay focused…Stay hungry!

Courtesy: Creighton Athletics
MSoc:  Jays beat St Johns.  #1 Men’s Soccer Earns 12th Straight Win With Late Goal
http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1000&ATCLID=210412307

WSoc: Creighton women’s soccer team fell at St. John’s 4-0 on Sunday, Oct. 11.

The loss dropped Creighton to 10-6-0 on the season and 2-3 in BIG EAST play, while St. John’s moved to 12-2-0 overall and 4-1 in conference action.



WVB:  Jays sweep Marquette. Scores of the match were 25-19, 25-21, 25-16.

The victory for Creighton (13-7, 7-0 BIG EAST) was its eighth straight, and improves the Bluejays to 7-0 in conference play for the first time ever. Marquette fell to 12-7 on the year and is 4-3 in BIG EAST play.

http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1000&ATCLID=210413909 
MBB:  The 2015-16 Media Guide is now available. 
Creighton Basketball @BluejayMBB
Here’s our 2015-16 Creighton @BluejayMBB media guide cover. You can read the entire guide athttp://ow.ly/T8U00  pic.twitter.com/f52gEe3ZJf
Recruiting:  Some interesting national news, but nuthin’ this week with the Jays.

SKAL LABISSIERE HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED BY THE NCAA

2015-16 Season Note:  Entering the 2nd week of practice… all is well.  IZ and Hegner are back.  No surgery needed for @Swaggy2_ .  WBR is following practices.

Other Notes:  For those new to Creighton, or like me with Alzheimer’s… here are a few of the main line links for the Bluejays.

White and Blue Review…Main news, commentary, and general all things Creighton.  Excellent site and is now the longest running, uninterrupted coverage site.  (Formed 6 or so years ago by merging several Bluejay sites into one partnership or company.)  www.Whiteandbluereview.com .  Also the home of the top Bluejay message board, the Bluejay Underground.  www.bluejayunderground.com .

Bluejay Banter (Creighton.Rivals.com) Recent (3 years) new ownership for the historically longest running Jays site.  Rivals affiliate site.

Bluejay Report (Creighton.Scout.com) Recent (3-4 years) reviving of the formerly minimalist Scout basic team site.

Creighton’s Official site:  GoCreighton.com

Bluenotes: Bluenotes

…others have come and gone, but will update when new sites are announced.

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