It's time to review Creighton

[kayako]

Uhh, is Hunter Sallis still available? I think Kalkbrenner is the only indispensible piece for Creighton, but hopefully this doesn't get followed by even more transfers.

Getting Kalk back is huge. With Trey back I think it's reasonable to hope the roster is improved over last season.

[Django]

It would seem highly unlikely Ashworth and Miller could come close to replacing R2 and Kaluma, let alone improving, but they might win more games in Mac’s system. I worry that we won’t have the X factor that we had with those two last year but if Trey returns he can be the X factor we need, he’s kinda the perfect combination of R2 and Kaluma in one player.

[Django]

Word on the street is Trey he GONE!

F—-, can’t believe we lost all 3. Going to be a tough year.

[Omaha1]

Word on the street is Trey he GONE!

F—-, can’t believe we lost all 3. Going to be a tough year.

Rumor on Twitter is that he’ll be back. We will find out soon.

[Omaha1]

OMFG!!!

Trey Alexander is back for another year in Omaha!

[Django]

YES!!! There is a god and he’s smiling on Bluejay Nation!!!

Creighton’s Projected T-Rank is 4: https://barttorvik.com/trankpre.php

[kayako]

It would seem highly unlikely Ashworth and Miller could come close to replacing R2 and Kaluma, let alone improving, but they might win more games in Mac’s system. I worry that we won’t have the X factor that we had with those two last year but if Trey returns he can be the X factor we need, he’s kinda the perfect combination of R2 and Kaluma in one player.

I think it's a better team all things considered. I am looking forward to see how the rotation gets set.

[Savannah Jay]

It would seem highly unlikely Ashworth and Miller could come close to replacing R2 and Kaluma, let alone improving, but they might win more games in Mac’s system. I worry that we won’t have the X factor that we had with those two last year but if Trey returns he can be the X factor we need, he’s kinda the perfect combination of R2 and Kaluma in one player.

I think it's a better team all things considered. I am looking forward to see how the rotation gets set.

Looking forward, as well. As a typical fan, I got attached to R2 and Art. In reality, when we lost games it was because of turnovers and/or poor shooting (well, and tackle basketball in the E8). Their replacements, in all likelihood, will be less likely to turn the ball over and better shooters. We know that's the case with Ashworth v Nembhard...and assume Art's replacement will be a better shooter and less likely to turn the ball over.

[OmahaGuy]

POST-DEADLINE UPDATE:
The Jays will return 3 of the 5 starters from last season. Nembhard surprisingly hit the portal and went to Gonzaga. BUT the Jays may have found an upgrade in Ashworth. The latter is definitely a better shooter. Was 1st-team All Mountain West at Utah State last season and led them to the NCAA Tournament but will need to prove himself in the Big East. Kaluma also entered the portal after withdrawing from the NBA Draft. He was never expected to come back. Good player but wasn't the best fit at CU. The Jays offense relies on ball movement and he was a ball stopper. He'll likely go somewhere where they run an iso-heavy offense. But Alexander, Scheireman and Kalkbrenner are all back and I'd say all 3 of those guys (Kalk especially) are serious candidates for Big East POY. Gonna be tough to beat Kolek since he won it last year and he's back at Marquette but it's not impossible! The question is who plays the 4?? Traudt or Miller? Traudt is very talented and was highly touted out of HS. However, he has yet to play any college basketball as he redshirted at Virginia last year. Miller was a serviceable player off the bench and hopefully he can make a big jump now that he has a full year in the system. Speaking of the bench, one big weakness of the Bluejays last year was just that--the bench. The gap between the starters and the bench players was extremely wide. But Miller showed flashes, so did King as well as Farabello. Bello is gonna be a key leader for this team in the coming year. They all now have a year in the system and hopefully can take their games to the next level. The Jays also added Lawson who was a bench player at Memphis. Another highly touted player out of HS. He'll likely also be a bench player at Creighton, backing up Alexander/Ashworth (whoever's playing the 2). My big question now is, what role does Green play after redshirting? Is he a backup 4? We'll see what happens

Preseason expectations were very high for Creighton last year. Expect them to be just as high or even higher in '23-24.

[Wizard of Westroads]

The greatest!