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Message: [QUOTE="methodology, post: 4247302, member: 3012"] Creighton was in a massive rebuild this year… the only thing that saved them is McDermott is a tremendous coach and played his incoming class (#5 ranked class in nation). Those freshman took their lumps and flourished as the season progressed. Quite the opposite of Hurley who never wanted to play the talented freshman on UConn and because of that mismanagement it caused a glass ceiling for the team to be created that could never be broken through. Absolutely horrible roster management and development from Hurley this year that handcuffed the teams chances in the tournament. He made a sacrifice and lost [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.anonymouseagle.com/platform/amp/2021/8/4/22571381/big-east-basketball-preview-creighton-bluejays-mcdermott-kalkbrenner-kaluma-nembhard-hawkins[/URL] [B]Key Departures:[/B] Well, buckle up, because we got some names to talk about. Creighton has lost their top five scorers from last season. Marcus Zegarowski opted to leave school after his junior season to turn pro, while Denzel Mahaney, Damien Jefferson, and Mitch Ballock all elected to forego their COVID-bonus seasons of eligibility completely. That leaves Christian Bishop out of the top five scorers last season, and he turned his 11.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as a junior into a spot on Chris Beard’s new roster at Texas. Just those five guys ending their Creighton careers accounts for the Bluejays losing 79% of their points, 63% of their rebounds, and 76% of their assists from last season.... and that’s not everyone that they lost. Don’t get me wrong, Antwann Jones (transferred to Louisiana) was an every night rotation guy for the Jays at about 11 minutes a game.... but ultimately he isn’t having much more of an impact on those percentages that you read a couple of seconds ago. [B]Key Returners: [/B]Creighton returns no one who averaged more than 15 minutes a game last season. Ryan Kalkbrenner (5.9 points, 3.5 rebounds) is your leading returning scorer and rebounder, but he played less than 14 minutes a game off the bench. Shereef Mitchell appeared in 30 games, started twice, and got 14.4 minutes of run on average..... but only chipped in 3.3 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. I guess we can count Alex O’Connell (3.4 points, 2.2 rebounds) here, but let’s not pretend that his 9.7 minutes per game in 24 outings was making a big impact on the roster a year ago. [/QUOTE]

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