

They returned to Omaha and buried Seton Hall, but lost rising star forward/center Martin Krampelj in the process. Meanwhile, in Omaha, the Jays ripped off two straight after facing the Johnnies, beating Georgetown and Butler, before getting rocked on the road against Xavier. John’s for the next 24 hours before they released a statement saying he was being shut down. Everyone in the BIG EAST expected his triumphant return to occur at some point, yet out of the blue LoVett’s father publicly came out and said Marcus was getting shut down for the remainder of the year. Then, there was the bizarre story of Marcus LoVett, who’d been battling an injury but had been listed as day-to-day by Coach Mullin. John’s way possible, getting blown out by DePaul. They’ve lost to Georgetown twice, including just this past Saturday in double overtime - though, Shamorie scored 33 and seems to have hit his stride again - while losing close games to Villanova and Xavier, and somehow, in the most St. The Johnnies have begun a spiral downward that’d make Donald Trump shake his head in disbelief.
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Ronnie Harrell extended the lead to 7 after making a couple of free throws.Ĭhris Mullin exited without making a scene, as his Johnnies did battle with a program hitting their stride and fell just short without Marcus LoVett. Khyri Thomas proved to be the hero of this affair, hitting a dagger three with 10 seconds left to push the Bluejays lead to 5. Bashir Ahmed was the star of the night for the boys from Queens, scoring 21 points on 8-14 shooting. He didn’t shine offensively but instead allowed his teammates to make plays, doling out 5 assists and scoring just 12 on 14 shots. He started and played, but the left handed super pointguard was clearly a little slow on the uptake.

Shamorie Ponds was sort of a gametime decision as he recovered from a knee injury. On this same night, Markus Howard dropped 52 for Marquette, proceeded to beat Providence, and made history.īy the end of the game, Creighton squeaked by with a 78-71 victory over the Johnnies, with Marcus Foster pouring in 25 points on 10-16 shooting, including 5 treys. John’s according to Kenpom, with a predicted score of 80-76.īack in the early days of January, just after the new year was born into our consciousness, Creighton welcomed St. John’s MBB / East Coast Bias (RitG) / Rumble in the GardenĬreighton opened as a 3.5 point favorite over the Johnnies according to Odds Shark.Ĭreighton has a 64% chance of beating St. John’sĬreighton - Rob Anderson / Creighton MBB / Tom Nemitz / “Patrick Marshall” / Matt DeMarinis / Corey Lathrop / Jon Nyatawa Other Blogs: White & Blue Review - Creighton / Rumble in the Garden - St. Radio: 1620AM the Zone in Omaha / 570AM WMCA & 970AM WNYM in New York
