Gameday Pick’em #14: Indiana State (3-9; 1-0)
The Pundits
“Woodfox lighting up Creighton opponents” (OWH)
“McKenna’s Sycamores hope to grow” (OWH)
“League favorite Jays on tap for ISU men” (Terre Haute Tribune Star)
The Picks
Is a (not-so-) perfect (for CU) storm brewing today? Another trap in Terre Haute? Ringing in the New Year with another stinker on the road for the Jays?
Dana Altman’s teams are 5-9 in their first conference road game. They’ve lost four straight such games. In three of those four games, the deciding deficit came on points scored (or not) at the buzzer. One such game, in 06-07, saw Nate Funk miss a 3-pointer at the gun and the Jays leave Terre Haute on the wrong end of a 55-52 score.
Ahh, yes, the trip to Terre Haute, long a terrible place for Altman’s teams to play. They have lost 3 of the last 4 games at the Hulman Center, including the last two. The last time they lost three straight games on the road against ISU? The “Dark Years,” from 1992 to 1994.
So of course the conference schedule-makers put Creighton in Indiana on New Year’s Eve, traditionally one of the worst days of the season for the White and the Blue of CU. The Jays have lost their last 7 games on December 31.
Will all of this negative history be enough to derail a CU team that has won 8 straight games? I don’t think so. I just don’t think that the Sycamores have enough firepower at each position to hang with a Jays team that can score a multitude of ways. And yes, I know that Harry Marshall is back for ISU. And yes, I understand that Kevin McKenna probably knows our plays better than some of our own players. But unless Booker Woodfox, Cavel Witter, P’Allen Stinnett, Kaleb Korver, and all of our post players put stinkers on the scoreboard, we should be OK.
I think Altman will win his 500th game today, in large part because of Woodfox. Last year he dropped 36 points in two games against the Sycs, and he has been almost unstoppable since the calendar turned to December. Hopefully he can put together another great performance as the month, and the year 2008, say goodbye.
Leading Scorer
Creighton Otter: Kenny Lawson (14)
Panon: Booker Woodfox (16)
Dance Cam Guy: P’Allen Stinnett (19)
Mrs. Creighton Otter: Stinnett (14)
Mrs. Dance Cam Guy: Cavel Witter (22)
Margin
Creighton Otter: Jays by 11
Panon: Jays by 19
Dance Cam Guy: Jays by 22
Mrs. Creighton Otter: Jays by 4
Mrs. Dance Cam Guy: Jays by 18
“Woodfox lighting up Creighton opponents” (OWH)
“McKenna’s Sycamores hope to grow” (OWH)
“League favorite Jays on tap for ISU men” (Terre Haute Tribune Star)
The Picks
Is a (not-so-) perfect (for CU) storm brewing today? Another trap in Terre Haute? Ringing in the New Year with another stinker on the road for the Jays?
Dana Altman’s teams are 5-9 in their first conference road game. They’ve lost four straight such games. In three of those four games, the deciding deficit came on points scored (or not) at the buzzer. One such game, in 06-07, saw Nate Funk miss a 3-pointer at the gun and the Jays leave Terre Haute on the wrong end of a 55-52 score.
Ahh, yes, the trip to Terre Haute, long a terrible place for Altman’s teams to play. They have lost 3 of the last 4 games at the Hulman Center, including the last two. The last time they lost three straight games on the road against ISU? The “Dark Years,” from 1992 to 1994.
So of course the conference schedule-makers put Creighton in Indiana on New Year’s Eve, traditionally one of the worst days of the season for the White and the Blue of CU. The Jays have lost their last 7 games on December 31.
Will all of this negative history be enough to derail a CU team that has won 8 straight games? I don’t think so. I just don’t think that the Sycamores have enough firepower at each position to hang with a Jays team that can score a multitude of ways. And yes, I know that Harry Marshall is back for ISU. And yes, I understand that Kevin McKenna probably knows our plays better than some of our own players. But unless Booker Woodfox, Cavel Witter, P’Allen Stinnett, Kaleb Korver, and all of our post players put stinkers on the scoreboard, we should be OK.
I think Altman will win his 500th game today, in large part because of Woodfox. Last year he dropped 36 points in two games against the Sycs, and he has been almost unstoppable since the calendar turned to December. Hopefully he can put together another great performance as the month, and the year 2008, say goodbye.
Leading Scorer
Creighton Otter: Kenny Lawson (14)
Panon: Booker Woodfox (16)
Dance Cam Guy: P’Allen Stinnett (19)
Mrs. Creighton Otter: Stinnett (14)
Mrs. Dance Cam Guy: Cavel Witter (22)
Margin
Creighton Otter: Jays by 11
Panon: Jays by 19
Dance Cam Guy: Jays by 22
Mrs. Creighton Otter: Jays by 4
Mrs. Dance Cam Guy: Jays by 18
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