Creigton - Wichita State

**heitclone** · 01-20-2013, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by carvers4math

With Creighton you just need to deny Dougie the ball, and hope their other guys are off on the three's. I hope we have more options than that.

Watching what they did against Wichita State (a team who is as big, physical and athletic as any team in the country) shows how to beat them. Doug got his points, no one else did, Creighton lost. The thing is, Creighton won't play too many teams who play defense the way the Shockers do. Heck, not many teams in the nation do.

**Frak** · 01-20-2013, 03:29 PM

I think that Creighton has a good team. Dougie is a load...actually Niang reminds me a lot of Doug as a FR. GMac got lucky snagging Eschenique from Rutgers and Gibbs from Gonzaga. I wish that ISU would have went after Gibbs harder. He's just a solid player. Creighton is going to take a hit losing Gibbs and Eschenique. And when Doug leaves, they are really going to feel it. I don't know that GMac will be able to replace those guys. They'll still be a good mid major program, but not at the level they are now. And if they do end up in the new Catholic league, they're going to have trouble competing. That's going to be a step up from the MVC. I still think that GMac is a good coach. He was just in over his head at this level. He's not going to be able to load up on wins against crap teams in the new conference (if they get the invite).

**carvers4math** · 01-20-2013, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by heitclone

Watching what they did against Wichita State (a team who is as big, physical and athletic as any team in the country) shows how to beat them. Doug got his points, no one else did, Creighton lost. The thing is, Creighton won't play too many teams who play defense the way the Shockers do. Heck, not many teams in the nation do.

Just watched the last few minutes and Doug didn't seem to get the ball much.

**heitclone** · 01-20-2013, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by carvers4math

Just watched the last few minutes and Doug didn't seem to get the ball much.

They made him work, nearly every shot he took was contested but Doug does almost all of his work before he gets the ball. He is always in great position, WSU just pushed him around to keep him out of his spots. Everytime he got to his spots, he scored, they just limited those chances. Throughout his career, they've done the best job against him hands down. Anyone looking to beat Creighton, just needs to watch the tapes of the games against wichita the last few years.