Jays need to perform…and Pray…to make NCAA Tourney!
Well now! While not a surprise that lil’ Creighton beat Connecticut (again) in Storrs last night, it is merely one step. Creighton beats Uconn regularly – this win is only a temporary reprieve on a disappointing season thus far. This is a compress or restricting band when a tourniquet is needed. This rollercoaster season is a letdown, as the hoard of incoming talent promised to be a continuation of sustained success. Instead, we have experienced consistent ups & downs – losing not only expected games, but ones we were expected to…& should have won.
Creighton is now 10-4 all-time against UConn, the third-best win percentage of any team to play the Huskies 10 or more times … Creighton’s is the first team to win at Gampel Pavilion in back-to-back years since Cincinnati did in three straight years from 2017-19 …
Dix, Graves, and Zugic all had season high scoring in this game. Harper added 12 pts/8 minutes, late in the game.
Good Morning. Enjoy Blake Harper’s highlights from last night💯
8 minutes 12 points 3-3 FG 2-2 3 FG 4-4 FT
Did not get in the game until there were 8 minutes left. He stayed ready and delivered big time for Creighton🐦 pic.twitter.com/CGsVErajCG
— NCAA Buzzer Beaters & Game Winners (@NCAABuzzerBters) February 19, 2026
Creighton will stay on the road until Saturday’s 11 a.m. game at No. 17 St. John’s inside Madison Square Garden. That game will air on FOX, as well as 1620 The Zone and 101.9 The Keg.
So at this juncture a February run was needed to ‘turn around’ a substandard season to date. We have not seen it as of the 18th of the month.
The Jays are in serious jeopardy of missing the Dance, even should they finish 4th in the league ahead of Seton Hall.
Shades of 2009 and missing the Dance as MVC RS Champs and 27 wins. Should CU finish the regular season strong and win out, they will still need to win the BET autobid to be included come Selection Sunday! We are in dire straits here folks. A “Fantastic Finish” is called for and in order to salvage this season.
The recent run of 5 straight NCAA tourneys, the longstanding streak of 20-win seasons overall, and 10-win conference slates are at risk of ending. This is Serious folks! Where’s ‘Sea Biscuit’??
Chaos reigns! Chaos has taken control. Society is in a panic. Disorder is the watchword of the day. Trusted institutions are collapsing. The economy is in a tailspin. A dead man’s (Epstein) folly seizes the headlines. Trump & his Gang of 26 are ‘puppets’ dismantling government. Feminazi’s & ‘friends’ destroying the social fabric of society, BRICS is taking over international trade. Anything goes!
Then we have the opportunists! Lawyers, agents, ‘advisors’, and greed in general, leading misguided ‘clients’ on wild goose chases for the almighty dollar (God of the USA)!
Hence, the case of Bediako vs the NCAA. There is no national policy for collegiate sports. The NCAA has cooperative agreements with states and its’ governance can be overrode by state and federaal courts. The kid left college chasing the NBA dollars. Got drafted, but was shunted to the NBA’s G-League for growth & development on an NBA Two-way Contract. He floundered around for 3 years there. With the advent NIL & profit-sharing in the college ranks, a flood of Euro pros are entering colleges on waivers. The Bediako ‘team’ opted to test the waters for G-leaguers and got an assist from a Alabama local circuit court judge. Bediako was given a temporary pass while awaiting an court injunction(al) ruling on his ‘eligibility’ to return to college. A direct violation and affront to the standing NCAA edict that forbids players who have signed NBA pro contracts.
On February 9, 2026; another circuit court judge ruled that plaintif Bediako is not eligible to return to the NCAA level, nor to play for UofAlabama this season. However, the university will not be penalized for the 5 games in which Bediako played this season. Nice try ‘Bama…way to test the system. I can live with that. These tests…these trial-balloon cases, like Bediako’s will continue. Nice ‘D’ NCAA in this round.
Had Bediako & Company won…the last wall of reason, restraint, and sanity in college sports would have been irreversible breached. His case would be used as precedence for other NBA and other sports professionals to hopscotch back and forth between the collegiate (pro) & traditional pro levels, at will. The primary arbiter (of truth/fact/trust) being: Who’s paying more? Chaos would fully reign in intercollegiate sports! Unconscionable!
The NCAA is not a bastion of utmost high-minded principles and values. It is a flawed and judgemental organization which in all likelihood, is well past it’s expiration date. However, it is what we have to work with, at present, in the collegiate sports domain. These ‘tests’ will continue until Congress finally acts and establishes a national collegiate sports policy. Being a 1-999 record at this point, you NCAA bighead know-it-alls, now know what it’s like to be a DePaul or White Sox fan! Congrats on the stopgap victory!
Chaos and order are not two sides of a coin, but rather two extremities on a continuum, and most of us strive to strike a balance between the chaos and order in our lives, hopefully finding a resting place somewhere near the middle. Of course there are some people who seem to court chaos, living a tumultuous life of pandemonium, mayhem and strife. And others who tend towards being super methodical and organised, never allowing themselves to stray outside of a life of perfectionism. At the extremes, these characteristics become problematic and can even be indicative of serious mental health disorders.
What is needed is a balanced blend of both, as both are necessary for a good life. A steady foundation of order is needed to provide a safe haven to operate from, but too much stifles and smothers our development and growth. Chaos is also needed to some degree, in order to prevent us from vegetating in our comfort zones. It helps us to remain adaptable to change, which is a good thing. But too much can be catastrophic, plunging us into destabilising anguish and distress. Chryss Stathopoulos /Australia
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