Creighton University Blue Jays (CH 2K7)

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The #15 'Jays prepare to open their season against Miss Valley State.

This legacy is intended to be fun..if anyone associated with CU or anyone whose image I display takes offense send me a PM and ill take it down.

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Team Captain Nate Funk looks to hold some more hardware at the end of the season.

Starting 5:

PG- Josh Dotzler, Sophmore- 70 OVR
SG- Nate Funk, Senior- 84 OVR
SF- Ty Morrison, Junior- 66 OVR
PF- Dane Watts, Junior- 66 OVR
C- Anthony Tolliver, Senior- 79 OVR

Bench:

G- Nick Porter, Senior- 70 OVR
G- Isaac "Ike" Miles, Freshman- 65 OVR
C- Kenny Lawson, Freshman- 65 OVR
G- Nick Bahe, Junior- 62 OVR
G- Brice Nengsu, Junior- 61 OVR
F- Casey Harriman, Freshman- 61 OVR
C- Manny Gakou, Senior- 60 OVR

[elicoleman]

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I'm definitely looking forwarding to reading this. Huge fan of the Valley.

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I'm definitely looking forwarding to reading this. Huge fan of the Valley.

Thanks man, I have grown to like them as well. Memphis and C-USA are going through a similar sort of thing with trying to establish their conference's rep. I think I am going to be able to keep this goin for awhile. I wont have as much flash as some of the others but ill try to make up for it with detail.

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#15 Creighton- 55, MVSU- 26

#15 Creighton BlueJays
Nate Funk: 9 pts (4-10), 3 asts, 2 stls
Ike Miles: 9 pts, 2 stls
Anthony Tolliver: 7 pts, 11 rebs, 4 blks
Kenny Lawson: 4 pts, 5 rebs, 2 asts, 1 blk

MVSU Delta Devils
Alexander: 8 pts, 9 rebs
Bryant: 5 pts, 5 rebs


Creighton came out and put on a defensive performance that they hope sets the season's tone. MVSU for the whole game made less than 10 shots. At the 9:50 point in the game MVSU found themselves 3-34 from the field. "When we are playing like this we are hard to beat," Coach Altman stated. Nate Funk found himself in an early funk that he seemingly could not shake out of. CU fans hope that as the games get more important Funk can take over as he has been hyped to.

Next Up: Nebraska (0-1)

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I pretty much just wanted to post atleast 1 game. I am at the Dayton game actually..so I will post the results below.

CU- 61, NEB- 54
CU- 51, GMU- 32
CU- 55, ARK-PB- 51

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Bucky Sampson a 3 star PF according to Rivals.com signed a LOI with CU. Sampson stands 6-8 and weighs a sturdy 230 lbs. Bucky is from Memphis, TN his MUS ball club finds themselves at 9-2 at press time. Bucky is currently averaging 15 pts, 12 rebs, 3 asts, 2.5 blks a game.

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LEAPING (B+): Bucky has shown the ability to get off the floor.
              His ability to finish with a monster funk or change
              in mid air to a lay up has coaches thinking about 
              trying him a bit at SF.

QUICK (B):    Sampson has average quickness for a SF, But if he
              gains about 20 lbs he can be a very dependable
              player in the paint with his quickness.


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OFFENSE(C+):  Bucky is so-so on the offensive side of the ball. At
              the high school level, his size along allows him to
              score. His lack of a mid range/low post game means
              he will have to try even more harder.

POTENTIAL(C): Sampson due to his size and limited offensive game
              to most people will be nothing more than a role 
              player. Coach Altman feels that Bucky can be a
              consistent live body in the post.

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#5 Creighton (4-0) @ Dayton (7-0)

#5 Creighton BlueJays
Nate Funk: 29 pts (10-23,6-12 3pt), 3 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl
Casey Harriman: 8 pts, 2 rebs, 1 stl
Ike Miles: 7 pts, 1 reb
Kenny Lawson: 4 pts, 7 rebs, 1 stl, 3 blks

Dayton Flyers
Monty Scott: 17 pts, 2 rebs, 2 asts
Norman Plummer: 13 pts, 7 rebs


Coach Altman's Bluejays received a scare from the Flyers out of the A-10. Both teams came into the game undefeated on the season. The rowdy near sellout crowd almost watched their home team pull off the upset over the newly crowned #5 team in the nation. Nate Funk despite an off night shooting, kept firing away and made the big baskets when needed. But there were a few freshman who Coach Altman feels made the difference. "Ike and Casey played very well, but Kenny showed us today why I made him a starter at the 4. Down the stretch he got a big rebound on a missed 3 to give us a fresh shot clock. And towards the end he had a huge block on that Roberts kid which sealed the win."

Final Score: #5 Creighton-60, Dayton- 53

Next Up: vs #25 Xavier (5-2)