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2012 MVC Baseball Tournament Champs

On By @gtmoblueIn college basketball 365

REPEAT MVC Tournament Champions!

Surprise, Surprise – Tourney Redemption

MVC Tourney Magic extends Middling-Piddling Season on Strong Note



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A Creighton Baseball Team which has been up and down all season long surprisingly won the 2012 MVC Baseball Tournament yesterday in Springfield, MO.  The Jays repeat as tourney champs! What a pleasant little surprise indeed.  The rollercoaster ride which has been the 2012 Baseball regular season careened to a halt last week with a 5-5 record in their last 10 games, losing series to both Dallas Baptist and Wichita State in Omaha.  The Jays finished the regular season with an abysmal 22-28 record on the year.

Appropriately the Bluejays were seeded last (8th) in the 8 team MVC Tournament field, held this week in Springfield, MO.  Most prognosticators expecting an early end to the Jays woes, since paired against MVC Champ Indiana State in the 1st Round.  Many undoubtedly hoping for an early demise from the losers bracket, then doing the analysis of what went wrong with the season…and so forth.

But lo and behold!  Creighton found its’ mojo and beginning in the 1st Round (last Tuesday) and they began to click.  Pitching, hitting, defense all began resurrecting for the team.  Suddenly, life has new meaning, to me…There’s music from above…; er…sorry ’bout that… 
Suddenly, the Jays began to play up to their potential.  Suddenly, this team looked like the team they were supposed to be all year.  They played well all week, all tourney, and are now the repeat MVC Baseball Tournament Champions!  
Wonders never cease to amaze.  

Now its’ off to the NCAA Tournament.  We’d best enjoy this while it lasts, rollercoasters are like that.  
Links, vids, and the like at Gocreighton.com (see link below ). 

Go Jays!

Jays Postseason – 2012 NCAA Basketball Tournament

On By @gtmoblueIn college basketball 365

Win the Weekend. Bring home the Trophy!


Jays Fall vs Tarheels 73 – 87

Greensboro, NC.

18 March 2012

8-seed Creighton took on the 1-Seed, North Carolina in the 3rd Round matchup of the NCAA Midwest Regional. The game started with both teams matching score for score. Previously injured Tarheel player John Henson started for Carolina. A key play early was when Creighton’s Grant Gibbs attempted a steal of a Henson rebound, at the 13:44 mark. Gibbs’ swipes were interpreted as attempts to aggravate Henson’s injury and he bumped Gibbs, resulting in a TO on Henson. Notable was CU’s 5 of 14 shooting to this point. Several missed layups and tipins by Doug, AY, and GG. Doug made 1 of 2 TO Freethrows. CU did not score again until the 10:53 mark, having missed 4 more shots and down by 8 points. The UNC teams play intensified after this incident and they pulled away to a 10 point lead for most of the 1st half. Creighton closed to within 8, with a missed opportunity on a Young drive in the lane to further reduce the gap. Also Wragge was wide open for a potential 3 on this closing play of the half. Looking at the Play-by-Play Creighton shot an astounding 14 of 41 1st half shots, 34.1% from the field. That also means the Jays only took 27 2nd half shots? (14 of 27 – 51.8% in 2nd half?)

Jays shot 28 of 68 for 41.2% for the game. 9 of 12 FTs – 75%

Heels shot 33 of 65 for 50.8%. 13 of 19 FTs – 68.4%

Jays had an 8 point deficit at halftime. They would get no closer. Looked as though they were attempting to close the gap btwn the 6 & 5 minute marks, but UNC’s Barnes answered the threat with back to back 3 pt shots to maintain a double digit margin. Final: UNC 87 – Jays 73

See links below.


    Links: 03/18/12 versus Univ of North Carolina – Greensboro, NC


    http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201203180413

    http://whiteandbluereview.com/?p=17706

    http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320780153

    http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/recap/NCAAB_20120318_CREIGH@NC

    http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/playbyplay/NCAAB_20120318_CREIGH@NC

    http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/live/NCAAB_20120318_CREIGH@NC

    http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/boxscore/NCAAB_20120318_CREIGH@NC

    http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201203180413

    29-5 Creighton takes on the 30-5 Tarheels in the #1 vs #8 Matchup.

    ESPN’s Myron Medcalf’s piece:

    http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/tag/_/name/2012-how-no-1-will-fall

    Fullcourt Press Preview of the Game. http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/play/videos/zHn_zFnI0iVZrBaj8Jp2rdWY4T6Ls8XI/unc-creighton-preview Ol’ Roy was being diplomatic, but could barely bring himself to mouth the word ‘Creighton’, in his remarks.

    ESPN: Creighton – North Carolina Preview. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/preview?gameId=320780153

    ESPN Preview of the Game. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/153/north-carolina-tar-heels

    http://www.gocreighton.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1000&ATCLID=205399255

    http://whiteandbluereview.com/?p=17597 “Dangerous Diaries” from Greensboro.

    One Down, Five to go…

    Creighton’s Run in the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has begun. The Jays are seeded 8th in the Midwest Regional and were paired against a stalwart defensive team, the 9th seed Crimson Tide of Alabama.

    Alabama’s defense controlled the pace of most of the game, and they were surprisingly effective shooting – both 2’s and 3’s. The Tide led by 7 at the half, 30-23. Alabama came out well to start the 2nd half, building their lead to 11 points, before the game swung to the Jays favor…see links below.

    Creighton wins: 58-57. Advance to face #1 Seed North Carolina in the 3rd Round.

    Links: 03/16/12 versus Univ of Alabama – Greensboro, NC

    http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/17848474/creightons-defensive-strategy-baffles-alabama-late

    http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/recap/NCAAB_20120316_AL@CREIGH/creighton-rallies-from-11-down-to-clip-alabama

    http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/play/collegebasketball_highlights/xh01X4UD7qCMinq5fIUUcDKS1nd4IPGI/9-alabama-vs-8-creighton-highlights

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320760156

    http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201203160133

    http://creighton.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1344175

    http://whiteandbluereview.com/?p=17597 “Dangerous Diaries” from Greensboro.