February…New year and traditional good habits…A Jays Run!

Happy Lunar New Year to all. February abounds: snow-sleet-hail-rain…depends on your locale. Getting a motherlode of rain down here in Latam. Here’s to your traditional Lunar New Year festivities: Chicken & rice, a bowl of oranges/tangerines as your table setting, giving small gifts of money to your loved ones for good luck, in the year of the Tiger.

Another tradition that I’m fond of is Creighton basketball making an annual February – end of the regular season – run. The Jays have reeled off 4 straight wins over the last couple of weeks, with 5 games left on the regular-season tally. Historically, Creighton Runs in February are an exciting culmination to a season. CU 17-8, currently sits in 3rd (with UConn) at 9-5 in conference play. Marquette is on deck for a Sunday tilt at the CHICO. Marquette is currently 17-9/9-6 – alone in 4th place. The Jays beat the GE/Warriors 75-69 in Milwaukee (Dbl OT), back on January 1, 2022.

Creighton, due to covid rescheduled games, is in the midst of a 6 game/14-day stretch. However, it is technically not back-to-back 3 game weeks, as the initial game of this stretch was in a previous week.

Tricky Trey has started 3 games in Art’s absence – this will continue. Rati is getting more playing time as is Senior grad transfer Keyshawn Feazell. The rotation is getting short and this six games in 14 days grind could impact the team. Mac has been careful in navigating this stretch to conserve the guys’ energy and has lengthened the bench play a bit.

The young Bluejays have had their share of ups & downs, as predicted by many. There have been many lessons learned, some growth, some pain – but they have come through the gauntlet. While Marquette, ranked Providence & UConn, and the Johnnies & Seton Hall – all should be challenging contests, I expect the Jays to continue their winning ways and possibly even steal the RS championship, with the help of a few more dominoes falling our way. At the least, I envision a 14-5 conference record and a 2nd place finish at this juncture.

Creighton’s record-breaking Recruit Class of 2021 is gaining steam. Jays are playing 3 frosh serious minutes, plus Rati’s minutes are increasing as the season progresses. The league is taking notice: https://www.bigeast.com/news/2022/2/17/mens-basketball-freshmen-providing-a-boost-for-bluejays.aspx

R2, Art, & Trey have gained Big East Frosh of the Week numerous times thus far this season: R2-5, Art-2, and Trey-1. Our guys have captured 8 of the 13 weekly frosh awards to date.

Art is out with a knee injury/strain and is day-to-day. Date of return unknown – has missed 3 games.

John C is out with a foot injury. He had surgery the other day, so I don’t expect to see him back this season.

Reef has been out all season and not going to play.

We may yet see Modestas, Devin, and Sami with significant PT?

As an aside… Joe Lunardi has the Jays as his last team in (12 seed) in his latest bracket. Other generally have CU as a 10 or 11 seed. Outlier brackets vary the seeding.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

NCAA Bracketology – Projecting the 2022 March Madness men's field. 🏀🏀 Getting serious… https://t.co/NKCYctvU9F

— Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi) February 18, 2022

@BluejayMBB @BIGEASTMBB @JonNyatawa @JonRothstein Joe…luv ya like a brother. But, Jays as last in? My man…Mac & Jays are on a Creighton Run, baby. May even steal the Big East. pic.twitter.com/ur8hX0Zv6H

— Bluenotes (@gtmoBlue) February 18, 2022

15-4!!! That's Creighton's record in the month of February over the last three years. The best in the Big East.@mjdemarinis got me thinking about it when he pointed out earlier that the #Jays are 5-1 so far in February this season

— Jon Nyatawa (@JonNyatawa) February 18, 2022

Creighton is dangerous. They have a defensive anchor in the big fella, Hawkins is a stud and Nembhard is so underrated. They’re a young team that’s figured it out. https://t.co/LrXaZyVfgq

— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) February 18, 2022

RYAN NEMBHARD RACK ATTACK pic.twitter.com/n1nKtoCmQH

— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) February 18, 2022

Last 5: Five great games and all are Quad 1 or 2. Now is the time and this is the place. Run the Table baby! Reminds me of back in da day – Buford, Sears n Walker, Korver, Funk, Porter, Carter, Bookwood, P, Echenique, DMD n Wragge, Mo, Marcus F. It’s February 2022 and the Jays are runnin’ baby! Nuthin’ beats a Creighton Run!

vsMARQET	Sun, Feb 203:00 pmFS1
@STJOHN	Wed, Feb 236:30 pm
@PROV	Sat, Feb 268:30 pm
vsUCONN	Wed, Mar 28:30 pm
vsSETON	Sat, Mar 5TBA

#RollDamnJays

Moff Gideon filler

The Moff is da man. Not much is known about our mystery man, nor his plans.

I’ve come up with a short bio and his Empire Imperial history of assignments. Just for a starting point for the guesses and conjecture about our hero.

My humble opinion is that Elvis (Moff’s first name) is a Whill, from Jedah. He and Din Djarin are homeboys from the same planet, different generation. Therefore ol’ Moff Elvis is force-sensitive as well. That is why he was conscripted into Project Harvest.

He was picked up by the Empire at age 10, in a routine sweep in the Bormea System, back in 30 BBY. Gideon’s primary education was on Alderaan, then he was sent off to an Imperial Academy (see definitive guide to Moff G. below) Always the nerd, egghead, and smartass, Elvis excelled in school. Being slight of build he prided himself on his academics. After graduating from the Imp Academy he did his flight school at the Defiance Flight Training Institute, Imperial Cruiser Defiance – Flight Training – 15 BBY (12 mo). The last class under Commandant Pell Baylo.

Gideon’s career path has been unremarkable until the fall of the Empire. Now, in 10-11 ABY, with no one above him, his late career has blossomed into Grand Moff and beyond. His education and training has always been tangiental to historic events, but not actually in the midst; until his tenure at Mandalore. He is a contender for a rise to new emperor status, or at least a competitor with the fledgling Republic. Moff G. has 10 to 19 years to play with, as the First Order is yet a mere rumor until 21 ABY, and not a fact until 29 ABY.

PS: The Imperial military is/was organized by and work for the Moffs/Grand Moffs, not the other way around. So unless he goes rogue, Thrawn will be working for one of the remaining Imperial remnant Moffs/GrandMoffs.

Enjoy.