Friday night, Creighton tips off against Upper Iowa at 7pm in their lone public exhibition game. As they’ve prepared for that matchup, practices have heated up. Here’s a rundown of what’s happened this week, thanks to tweets from WBR’s Matt DeMarinis and others who have been present. And if you’ve missed our four previous practice updates, get caught up on Week One, Week Two, Week Three, and Week Four here.
Sunday, November 1
Time for the Creighton coaches to find out who had too much fun on Halloween. pic.twitter.com/iZDADbvYJW
— Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 1, 2015
The @BluejayMBB team has a Sunday morning practice under way. pic.twitter.com/5XhIdq8YqT — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 1, 2015
Martin Krampelj and Isaiah Zierden are not on the floor practicing. pic.twitter.com/6lGoTfe71v
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 1, 2015
We have two coaches playing with the scout team again today because of the shortage of healthy players. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 1, 2015
Blue team running through last second situations — 4 seconds on clock, down by two. “Winning time” as they call it.
— Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 1, 2015
Blue just had a 5-second possession; Huff rebound, outlet to Watson, lead pass to Thomas, who finished it at the rim. Beautiful basketball. — Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 1, 2015
Lots of talking and enthusiasm on the practice court this morning. I think the Jays are ready to get the season going.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 1, 2015
Going full court now. There are those words “sprint” and “go” again. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 1, 2015
Nice sequence by Justin Patton just now; swatted Cole Huff on one end, then hit a turnaround jumper on ensuing offensive possession.
— Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 1, 2015
Blues just got a steal and basket out of a double-team on defense. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 1, 2015
Tyler Clement shooting the three well in the full court scrimmage.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 1, 2015
Khyri with a nice steal on defense and a 2 on 1 basket with Tyler Clement. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 1, 2015
Monday, November 2
Creighton’s exhibition vs Upper Iowa is on Friday. It’s officially game week. pic.twitter.com/aG4wHKJ3I1
— Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 2, 2015
Isaiah Zierden and Martin Krampelj are not practicing again today. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 2, 2015
Jays down in numbers. Isaiah Zierden and martin krampelj sitting this one out. Marlon Stewart and Marcus foster still on the mend too
— Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 2, 2015
Going full court now. Both blues and whites pressing full court after a made basket. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 2, 2015
Jays press starting to get more effective the more they work on it. Still no 40 minutes of hell type press but making progress
— Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 2, 2015
Creighton’s press is causing a lot of turnovers and easy offense early on in their 5-on-5 today. — Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 2, 2015
Zach Hanson with a beautiful turn around left-handed hook.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 2, 2015
Cole Huff with three from the corner right in front of me. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 2, 2015
Beginning to think the harder the shot on a drive the better the odds Mo Watson has of making it. Missed an easy one. Then converted one
— Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 2, 2015
With degree of difficulty of 12 on a 10-point scale — Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 2, 2015
James Milliken with a nice pass over the top to Geoffrey Groselle for a dunk.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 2, 2015
Mo Watson with an alley-oop pass to Zach Hanson for a dunk. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 2, 2015
Nice tip-in by Hanson.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 2, 2015
Ronnie Harrell heating up. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 2, 2015
Justin Patton is going to make the decision to redshirt or not a tough one. Keeps improving but still question of what’s best in long term
— Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 2, 2015
Jays closed practice with 2 eight minute scrimmages. Now working on some end of game stuff. — Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 2, 2015
Tuesday, November 3
Creighton running through some sets before practice. Isaiah Zierden is participating; Martin Krampelj is in uniform. pic.twitter.com/CWqEPdwg44
— Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 3, 2015
Isaiah Zierden a full participant in today’s practice so far. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 3, 2015
Creighton jumping right into late-game situations. Tie game, 2:00 on the clock. Finishing has been major focus after late losses last year.
— Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 3, 2015
Pretty stop and go move by Maurice Watson Jr when he was trapped on the base line. Got free to tie game with 40 seconds left and force OT. — Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 3, 2015
Isaiah Zierden making a high percentage of his 3- point shots today.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 3, 2015
Don’t need any extra fingers to count the shots that Isaiah Zierden has missed this preseason — just buried a last-second, game-winning 3. — Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 3, 2015
With cu opener 11 days away still too many days where guys are showing up one day and disappearing the next
— Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 3, 2015
Zach Hanson hit a jumper from behind the free throw line. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 3, 2015
You know it’s game week when Coach DeVries is getting after guys on the defensive end. His tolerance shrinks when the games come around.
— Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 3, 2015
Cole Huff in an attempt to shake the spot-up shooter label, drives in & finishes with a monster one-handed slam over Justin Patton. Wow. — Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 3, 2015
Khyri Thomas with a pass over the top to Justin Patton for a basket. Likely to see more of that over the next few years!
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 3, 2015
Zach Hanson won the last end-of-game situation for the whites with a right-handed hook with 2.4 seconds left. Blue didn’t score. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 3, 2015
Pretty intense atmosphere as bluejays working on two-minute situational stuff
— Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 3, 2015
Pretty and-one by James milliken as blue team scrambles romaji up deficit at end of two minute drill — Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 3, 2015
Mac says martin krampelj is day to day. Nothing serious showed up on MRi. Jays off tomorrow and martin might be able to go on Thursday
— Steve Pivovar (@PivOWH) November 3, 2015
Thursday, November 5
28 hours until tip-off vs Upper Iowa. Creighton going through one more practice at CenturyLink Center. pic.twitter.com/vCYPWFkUeR — Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 5, 2015
I talked to Mac on the way into the CLC and he said Doug will be starting tonight against Oklahoma City. TNT will have the game.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 5, 2015
The promotions tunnel in the arena has been closed off and additional seats added for the upcoming season. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 5, 2015
Martin Krampelj @MartinKrampelj is back on the practice floor today. Drew Cayce sitting out with concussion symptoms.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 5, 2015
Going full court now. Khyri Thomas just hit a wide open three. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 5, 2015
Isaiah Zierden with two straight threes from out front.
— Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 5, 2015
Martin Krampelj fought through contact to make a basket underneath. — Ralph Bistline (@RalphBistline) November 5, 2015
Practice concludes with the team getting a first look at their pre-game videos. Think the opening tip-off one will have the crowd fired up.
— Matt DeMarinis (@mjdemarinis) November 5, 2015
