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Monday night was a very emotional game for Oregon Coach, Dana Altman re one of the best game coaches in the country and McDermott at Creighton is one of the worst. Now Altman returns home without the distractions of returning to Omaha and is one of the best coaches at making strategic adjustments. There is no way I see Creighton having any chance to sweep Altman in this series.
Everyone thinks that Creighton is suddenly playing great basketball but seem to overlook that their 4 wins in this tournament were all out home and they have actually lost their last 7 road games.
Creighton's Offensive Efficiency in their last 11 homes games is a staggering 122.5 while their OE in their last 7 away from home is 97.7. That's a difference of 24.8 which means Creighton scores about a quarter point less per possession on the road. Oregon's OE at home their last 8 is 108.4 and their last 9 away from home is 99.3.
Creighton is 2nd worst in the country (344 out of 345) in creating turnovers while Oregon rates 51st nationally in taking care of the ball.
Oregon's new arena is a tough place to play and Creighton will be a bit awe struck.
The way revenues work in the CBI is the home teams pay HDTV (Mark Cuban) for the game and get gate receipts. If you believe in business dictating, HDTV makes 6 figures more if Oregon wins game 2 and Oregon stands to make a lot more money by having an additional home game. No one outside of Creighton wants to see this series end 2-0.
From what I have read, Creighton is a bit disgruntled. Pre-season Player of the Year Kenny Lawson plays about 13 minutes per game because Coach McDermott plays his freshman son 30+ minutes per game and runs a majority of plays for his son. Gregory Echenique, the transfer from Rutgers isn't happy either and may not return for his senior year.
Oregon was expected to win about 10 games this year and are playing with enthusiasm and the fans are rallying around the program. Meanwhile, Creighton had to move these CBI games to a smaller gym (until the Oregon game) because attendance was so low.
I just think everything lines up well for a blow out tonight.
Everyone thinks that Creighton is suddenly playing great basketball but seem to overlook that their 4 wins in this tournament were all out home and they have actually lost their last 7 road games.
Creighton's Offensive Efficiency in their last 11 homes games is a staggering 122.5 while their OE in their last 7 away from home is 97.7. That's a difference of 24.8 which means Creighton scores about a quarter point less per possession on the road. Oregon's OE at home their last 8 is 108.4 and their last 9 away from home is 99.3.
Creighton is 2nd worst in the country (344 out of 345) in creating turnovers while Oregon rates 51st nationally in taking care of the ball.
Oregon's new arena is a tough place to play and Creighton will be a bit awe struck.
The way revenues work in the CBI is the home teams pay HDTV (Mark Cuban) for the game and get gate receipts. If you believe in business dictating, HDTV makes 6 figures more if Oregon wins game 2 and Oregon stands to make a lot more money by having an additional home game. No one outside of Creighton wants to see this series end 2-0.
From what I have read, Creighton is a bit disgruntled. Pre-season Player of the Year Kenny Lawson plays about 13 minutes per game because Coach McDermott plays his freshman son 30+ minutes per game and runs a majority of plays for his son. Gregory Echenique, the transfer from Rutgers isn't happy either and may not return for his senior year.
Oregon was expected to win about 10 games this year and are playing with enthusiasm and the fans are rallying around the program. Meanwhile, Creighton had to move these CBI games to a smaller gym (until the Oregon game) because attendance was so low.
I just think everything lines up well for a blow out tonight.
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