Monday, September 12, 2011

The Bottoms Line Non-BCS Watch List: Creighton Bluejays

The Missouri Valley has earned the reputation as one of the most competitive non-major conferences in college basketball, and this season should be no exception.� Three teams landed on my Non-BCS Watch List, starting with Creighton.

Creighton Bluejays
Looking Back
The Jays finished 23-16 last season, which included an up-and-down conference season followed by a run to the finals of the College Basketball Invitational, where they lost to Oregon.� It was a solid showing during Coach Greg McDermott?s first season, and with four starters returning, the foundation is strong heading into this year.
Creighton finished he season ranked 63rd in Offensive Efficiency in the Pomeroy Ratings, thanks in large part to a very strong effective field goal percentage.� Their Defensive Efficiency left a bit to be desired at 175th despite doing a great job preventing offensive rebounds and limiting their opponents? free throw rate.� The glaring weakness was their inability to create turnovers, which ra...

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