Creighton WBB - Compare & Discuss

[OWLCITYCYFAN]

Creighton: 4-5 vs Q1 and 6-4 Vs Q2. NET 32
ISU: 7-6 Q1 and 11-0 Q2. NET 9

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Thank you! When I was contemplating the original post, I unsuccessfully scoured the NET page trying to find Quad 1 and Quad 2 game results - nice addition to the discussion!

 

[theshadow]

I remember going to the game @ Creighton in 1999. Stevie Nicks had a concert at their arena, so the game was at a local high school. I'm not making this up.

Marian HS.

 

[theshadow]

First, in a completely meaningless fact, ISU is 7-0 all-time against Creighton WBB, with the last meeting in November, 2008 (ISU 63 - Creighton 59).

16-7 all-time, 9-0 under Fennelly.

4 of those losses were in the 80s, when Connie Yori and then Tanya Warren were playing for CU, and the other 3 came in the Wettig/Becker era of ISU WBB.

 

[theshadow]

One thing's for certain -- the Creighton staff are no strangers to ISU (and the state of Iowa).

Jim Flanery is from Guthrie Center. He's 0-2 against ISU as Creighton's HC.

Carli (Tritz) Becker played at SC Heelan.

Linda Sayavongchanh is from DM Lincoln, and played at Drake from 03-06. She was 2-2 against ISU.

Jordann (Plummer) Reese played at Drake from 06-10; beat ISU in DSM her senior year.

Jenny (Burns) Vickers played at Creighton from 00-03. She was 0-3 against ISU.

Connie Yori is from Ankeny, went 3-0 against ISU as a player at Creighton, beat ISU twice as Creighton HC (before Fennelly arrived), and was 8-13 against ISU as Nebraska's HC.

 

[tomar1]

First, in a completely meaningless fact, ISU is 7-0 all-time against Creighton WBB, with the last meeting in November, 2008 (ISU 63 - Creighton 59). I wonder why we don't regularly play them, considering the proximity and relative success of both programs?

ISU and Creighton WBB had five common opponents this season - ISU 5-0 & Creighton 4-1:

Omaha Ames - ISU 65-38
Omaha / Creighton - Creighton 71-51

SDSU Ames - ISU 75-56
Omaha - Creighton 67-55

Drake @ Des Moines - ISU 98-76
@ Des Moines - Drake 82-79

UNI Ames - ISU 70-69
Omaha - Creighton 79-72

Iowa Ames - ISU 77-70
Iowa City - Creighton 64-62

In the final NET Rankings (March 13), ISU was 9th (26-6) and Creighton 32nd (20-9).

ISU's six regular season (and conf. tournament) losses were to LSU, Baylor x2 and Texas x3 - all losses to NCAA tournament qualifiers;

Creighton's nine regular season (and conf. tournament) losses were @ Drake, @ Nebraska, USD, @ UCONN, @ Villanova, UCONN, @ Marquette, DePaul & Seton Hall (neutral court) - six losses to NCAA tournament qualifiers and three losses to NIT tournament invitees;

My conclusion: This shapes up to be a great game, with a pair of guard-oriented offenses getting after each other! Let's go State!

Could be a big game for Kane and Jordao with Ashley drawing two defenders and passing to the open bigs!