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Coach Sutton was the 10th Coach in the Creighton Line.

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Another Creighton Great has passed on… HoF Coach, the great Coach Eddie Sutton.

https://www.thetulsanews.net/news/265200558/hall-of-fame-coach-eddie-sutton-dies-at-84

Bluejay seniors pose with coach Eddie Sutton on October 12, 1973. Top Row, from left: Gene Harmon, Ted Wuebben, Ralph Bobik. Bottom row, from left: Jim “Bimbo” Pietro, Richie Smith and Sutton. PHIL JOHNSON/THE WORLD-HERALD Creighton University basketball. October 12, 1973

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Coach Sutton followed a Creighton Legend, the late great, Coach John J. “Red” McManus, as the 10th Head Basketball Coach in the Jays lineage. Eddie Sutton, in his first Div 1 assignment, coached Creighton Basketball for five seasons from 1969 to 1974. Coach tallied the following record during his 5 year span on the Hilltop: 82-50 (.621) and one NCAA Tournament in 1974. His 1974 NCAA Tourney team is the last CU squad to play against Kansas, losing 54-55 in the Midwest Regional.

1969 – 74	Eddie Sutton	5	82	50	.621

Coach Sutton was one of five coaches honored by the Jays during the 2013 season, at the inaugural Big East Game versus Marquette.

https://www.omaha.com/sports/college/creighton/notes-ex-coaches-thrilled-to-see-how-cu-has-grown/article_9500499f-b68a-55e9-b63d-7d2bb63e316a.html Steve Pivovar –

“The only time I had been back was when I brought my team here to play,” said the 77-year-old Sutton, a member of basketball’s Hall of Fame. “I had a marvelous five years here. One of the things I enjoyed was that as the host school for the College World Series, I got to see every inning of every game.

“I’ve always been a big baseball fan, and that event just keeps on growing.”

The same could be said about Creighton, Sutton said. He said he took time Tuesday to tour the campus, and its growth astounded him.

“I’m so pleased that it’s grown like it has,” Sutton said. “We were talking today, and I think we’re all pleased to see how this program has developed.”

Creighton again honored Coach Sutton during the 2016 season.

https://www.omaha.com/sports/college/creighton/former-creighton-coach-eddie-sutton-part-of-star-studded-hall-of-fame-class/article_26f4ed36-4a96-5aec-94d5-99b8bc9a7b0e.html

Sutton_HOF — Courtesy: Creighton Athletics

Coach Sutton was inducted into CU’s athletics Hall of Fame in 1997. He’s also a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (class of 2011). He is a member of this year’s Naismith Hall of Fame (Class of 2020).

Once a Jay, Always a Jay!

R.I.P.

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Andronikashvili debutes at #64 on 247’s Rankings.

Evan Daniels and his 247 crew evidently think very highly of Mr. Andronikashvili.

247Sports evaluated Andronikashvili in the FIBA u18 Division B European Championships in Skopje, Macedonia in 2018 and at the same event in Oradea, Romania in 2019. Andronikashvili averaged 17.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the 2019 event.

The 247Sports policy on international prospects is to hold off on ranking them until they make their college destination.

Now that Andronikashvili has signed with Creighton, he’s been graded as a 95 and ranks as the No. 64 overall prospect and No. 13 point guard in the 2020 recruiting class.

This gives Creighton its second top 100 recruit in the 2020 class, joining Ryan Kalkbrenner, who ranks No. 91 overall. The Bluejays also hold a commitment from Lithuanian forward Modestas Kancleris. Kancleris has been evaluated by 247Sports as a three-star prospect.

The updated ratings of Andronikashvili and Kancleris move Creighton’s recruiting class up to No. 24 overall and No. 3 in the Big East Conference.

The two Euro recruits give a surprising boost to this Creighton class. Jays have 5 recruits overall in this class. In addition to the 3 above Creighton has picked up sit 1 transfer SF Alex O’Connell (Duke) and preferred walk-on SG Sami Osmani (Oak Lawn, IL). Sami O

In case you missed it. Sami is my favorite and I have high expectations of his performance on the Hilltop.

Rati and Ryan make this Bluejay 2020 Class the best in the modern era. The best since current rankings systems have been devised and used. 247 rankings below.