I just witnessed one of the greatest college basketball games I have ever seen. Missouri Valley Conference tournament, 2nd round. 2nd seed Creighton against 7th seed Wichita State. Creighton dominates in the first half and the first 10 minutes of the second. They lead 47-25 early in the second half. With 3 minutes left they still have a 13 point lead. WSU fights and fights and ends up down 2 with 9 seconds left and the ball under their own basket. True freshamn Toure Murry drains a 3 on the inbounds play (he's already won 2 games at the buzzer with 3's this year) and WSU takes a 1 point lead. Creighton drives down the floor, loses the ball and it bounces out off of a Shocker's leg. 1.9 seconds left. Creighton throws it in, MVC player of the year throws up a shot with .3 seconds left and it goes in. UNBELIEVABLE. So, I will continue with my pick and choose
the Creighton Bluejays in the 4th round even though they just ripped my heart out and showed a big chink in their armor tonight. Led by a trio of superb guards, Creighton has won 12/13 games since losing to Wichita State on the road. Josh Dotzler, P Allen Stinett and MVC player of the year Booker Woodfox (89% FT, 50% 3-PT) lead the way for this perrenial mid major power. But the real key for the Blue Jays is their coach, Dana Altman, who is truly one of the great tactical coaches in the nation.
