One of the most physical games of the tournament was this afternoon when Creighton went up against SDSU. These two teams took the same airplane ride to Maui and are clearly the two best teams that emerged from that tournament.
The first half was a dogfight in terms of offense/defense. This play was from the first half and almost took out the WestwoodOne(National) and 1620The Zone(Omaha) play-by-play teams.
The second half SDSU clearly exerted a TKO in terms of physicality. Ryan Kalkbrenner was beat up, Ryan Nembhard injured his wrist early in the half and had to get it looked at. A hooking call against Kalkbrenner really changed the momentum of the game to SDSU’s favor. The game would be a back-and -forth of field goals, until with seconds left, this foul was called.
I’m firmly in the camp that this wasn’t a foul, but you hope officiating doesn’t dictate the outcome of the game. THIS CLEARLY DID, but as you will see below, many things could have gone better for the jays. here’s Nembhard, Coach Mac, and Team with their reactions on what happened.
It still was a legendary season getting to the elite 8. This team was counted out after the 6 game losing streak in January, including a loss to in-state rival Nebraska. The preseason news of a final 4 bid could have been correct by the newsmakers, but was 2 points away. We could blame Rico Bosco for being a mush and bandwagoning day of.
We’re also not gonna bury Darren Rovell for placing a futures bet for Creighton to win it all
We’re gonna follow coach Mac and take the high road, was a good season, but in the end, didn’t do enough to get it done. Theres only one thing left to say, and that is Thank You Jays for an Incredible Season!
