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    Chatelain: Bluejays need to plug gap on defense
    Chatelain: Bluejays need to plug gap on defense

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Start with the bright side. You will not find back-to-back college basketball games more exciting than Creighton's wins against Long Beach State and Evansville. Two buzzer-beating heart-stoppers 72 hours apart in the same building? Are you kidding? It's a blessed year to be a Bluejay season-ticket holder.

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    Pivovar: No shocker if Ragland nets MVP
    Pivovar: No shocker if Ragland nets MVP

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.My vote for player of the year in the Missouri Valley Conference goes to ... Wichita State's Joe Ragland. Save the angry emails and calls, Bluejay Nation. The Valley prohibits the four voters from each school (coach, two media members and sports information director) from selecting players on the team they are associated with. So even though I believe that Creighton's Doug McDermott should, and will, win the award, I can't vote for him.

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    Valley Notes: Ford looks for ways to narrow gap
    Valley Notes: Ford looks for ways to narrow gap

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.It's been a long, difficult season for Bradley and first-year coach Geno Ford. The Braves dropped to 7-23 and 2-15 in the Missouri Valley after Wednesday's loss to Northern Iowa. Bradley has won just twice in 20 games since Dec. 15. Ford won 68 games at Kent State and made it to postseason play in each of his three seasons there. He took over a program that was already short on talent before losing two-year starter Will Egolf to an offseason knee injury.

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    Pivovar's Missouri Valley rankings, Feb. 23
    Pivovar's Missouri Valley rankings, Feb. 23

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.World-Herald staff writer Steven Pivovar ranks the Missouri Valley men's basketball teams (with rankings from RealTimeRPI.com). Published Thursday, Feb. 23.

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    Jays survive Ryan, Aces
    Jays survive Ryan, Aces

    Josh Jones wasn't going to let his buddy down Tuesday night. Jones buried a jumper with 22.8 seconds to play in overtime, and Creighton hung on to post a 93-92 Missouri Valley victory over a scrappy Evansville team that threatened to ruin Senior Night for Jones' longtime friend, Antoine Young. “I've known Antoine since fifth grade,” Jones said. “I needed him to go away with this (win). You don't want the last memory for someone you care about so much to be something so...

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    Ryan's 43 not enough against Jays
    Ryan's 43 not enough against Jays

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.With 2˝ minutes left in regulation Tuesday night, Creighton trailed Evansville 79-75. Colt Ryan came off a down screen, caught the ball 18 feet from the basket and buried a fadeaway jumper, his 38th and 39th points of the night. Ryan usually doesn't reveal emotion on the floor. This time, he couldn't help himself. He raised his index finger to his lips, sending a message to the Creighton crowd.

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    Notes: Rally helps Jays avoid costly blot
    Notes: Rally helps Jays avoid costly blot

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Creighton avoided what could have been a second costly blot on its résumé with Tuesday night's 93-92 overtime victory over Evansville. The Purple Aces, with an NCAA RPI ranking of 152, came oh-so-close to posting their second win in a two-week span over the Bluejays. While that probably wouldn't keep Creighton out of the NCAA tournament, it's not the type of thing that the basketball committee would kindly on when seeding the event.

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    Antoine Young hopes recent heroics help Jays achieve goal
    Antoine Young hopes recent heroics help Jays achieve goal

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Too many times these days, a college basketball player's legacy is defined by four letters: NCAA. How a player is ultimately remembered by a fan base often is tied to whether he got his team to college basketball's grandest stage in March. Especially if that player is a point guard, such as Creighton's Antoine Young. Young knew that coming into his senior season.

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    Shatel: Forget numbers; Bluejays in fine feather again
    Shatel: Forget numbers; Bluejays in fine feather again

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.One week later, it wouldn't appear much has changed for the Creighton Bluejays. The NCAA RPI is 28. Bracketology projection: still a No. 6 seed. Beating Long Beach State was impressive, but didn't move the needle. And yet everything has changed for the Jays. They got their mojo back, baby. Creighton showed up for work Monday with a whole new outlook on life — that is, life in March.

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    Dorwart, Sebastian, Ferrarini vital to CU preparation
    Dorwart, Sebastian, Ferrarini vital to CU preparation

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.By the most conservative of estimates, Matt Dorwart, Derek Sebastian and Ross Ferrarini have combined to put in more than 4,000 hours of practice with the Creighton basketball team the past four seasons. They've played a grand total of 141 minutes. A fair trade-off? Absolutely, each player says emphatically. "It's been a lot of work," Sebastian said. "But at the end of the day, when you can be a part of a team like we have this year, it's a blessing."

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    Chatelain: Big Ten is good, but is its best great?
    Chatelain: Big Ten is good, but is its best great?

    Premium ContentPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.In the past 20 years, the Big Ten has one national championship in men's basketball. One. That's six fewer than the ACC, four fewer than the SEC. The Big Ten this season is the nation's best conference. No debate necessary. It ranks first in the RPI. And seven or eight teams should make the NCAA tournament. But is anyone good enough to cut down the nets in New Orleans?

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