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[QUOTE="BEFAN, post: 4911019, member: 13063"]
As a Creighton fan, I would argue that Creighton was [I]helped[/I], not hurt, by the cancellation of the 2020 BET and NCAAT.  Yes, we had a great season, tying SH and Nova for the league title.  CU was also the 1 seed for the BET and projected as a 2 seed for the NCAAs by the bracket project,  and finished #7 in the final AP rankings (best end of season ranking ever).  BUT....for those who remember, our point guard Marcus Zegarowski had a season-ending knee injury in the final minute of our last regular season game against Hall.   Our back-up point guard was a walk-on.  And McD's offenses just can't operate without a steady PG (and Z was much more than that), no matter how many skilled players you have at other positions (Ballock, Alexander, Mahaney, Jefferson, Bishop).  We  were going nowhere without Z.  In fact, you could see see it happening in the first half (and only half lol) of the BET, as we were down to St. Johns (who was horrible that year) at halftime before Val cancelled the thing (thank you, Val).   We would have been a first round disaster in the NCAAs that year.  Covid saved us from embarrassment, and let us rest on our laurels of a great regular season.  Perhaps the only positive that ever came out of the pandemic, lol.
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