Comments on: Creighton Basketball: Still Pressing, But Impressing?

By: Roland

Roland — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:13:20 +0000

Antoine Young is 3 star on Rivals

By: Andrew Force

Andrew Force — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:10:49 +0000

I saw P’Allen twice in December/January and saw a jump shooter who couldnt defend. Dana even benched him for stretches for that very reason.

Now I see a exuberant, impulsive player with unwavering confidence that he can get to the basket at any moment. He makes some poor decisions, but his overwhelming courage and enthusiasm will make him a potential All-Conference player next year.

I think he will be hated more than any Nate Funk was, by Southern Illinois fans before he graduates, because he has a big flashy personality. That is not necessarily a bad thing.

The reason I didnt compare him to Rodney Buford was because I think Rodney had more success beyond just shooting the ball. P’Allen is rapidly broadening his game though.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:04:09 +0000

Do you have those statistics for Valley games only because the Jays played some really terrible rebounding teams outside of conference.

By: Andrew Force

Andrew Force — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:02:02 +0000

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS
## Team G No. Avg/G
—————————————
1.Northern Iowa……. 30 745 24.83
2.Wichita State……. 30 711 23.70
3.Illinois State…… 30 706 23.53
4.Creighton……….. 29 670 23.10
5.Bradley…………. 31 704 22.71
6.Missouri State…… 31 683 22.03
7.Drake…………… 29 634 21.86
8.Southern Illinois… 30 632 21.07
9.Evansville………. 29 601 20.72
10.Indiana State……. 29 596 20.55

REBOUNDING MARGIN
## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin
——————————————————–
1.Wichita State……. 30 1091 36.4 893 29.8 +6.6
2.Drake…………… 29 977 33.7 898 31.0 +2.7
3.Creighton……….. 29 996 34.3 944 32.6 +1.8
4.Illinois State…… 30 1007 33.6 958 31.9 +1.6
5.Southern Illinois… 30 951 31.7 913 30.4 +1.3
6.Missouri State…… 31 1018 32.8 982 31.7 +1.2
7.Northern Iowa……. 30 982 32.7 950 31.7 +1.1
8.Bradley…………. 31 1039 33.5 1058 34.1 -0.6
9.Evansville………. 29 873 30.1 933 32.2 -2.1
10.Indiana State……. 29 904 31.2 966 33.3 -2.1

As a team Creighton rebounds well. They do not have the individual rebounding skill they had last year with Anthony Tolliver.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:17:04 +0000

Are you serious? Wow. Read a book and do some research. This is miserably inaccurate.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:03:24 +0000

Is this article for real? Creighton lost 80% of their scoring from last year and still managed to win 20 games. Their RPI sits around 50.

The cupboard is loaded with young talent and the future is bright. Ask any MVC fan (or coach) if they would trade their team for Altman’s going forward the next 3 years and you would get nine “absolutely” responses.

With an attendance that ranks 15th in the nation. all Altman needs is a deep NCAA run to cement his position as one of the top coaches in the country.

By: CL

CL — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:59:29 +0000

Has this guy ever seen the Jays play? “The one aspect of zone defense in which the Bluejays excel is rebounding” - is he being sarcastic? Did he see any of Creighton’s last 5 games? I disagree with about 85% of what this guy says.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:08:21 +0000

Antoine Young is 3 stars on rivals and 185 ranked from Van Coleman. Josh Jones missed a year of AAU because his father passed and missed much of the rating process. Creighton had a top 30 recruit and a 4 star prospect for 2009 in its gym for the double overtime game. Every year Altman’s name has been linked to vacant coaching jobs and has been used against him in recruiting, now that he came back its pretty clear he isn’t going anywhere. Also I think you have mistaken Ryan Sears and Rodney Buford. Stinett has a whole lot more Buford in him than Sears.