This week has been a big week for Creighton sports. While school is not in session and we are still a few weeks away from the 2016-17 athletic season, there are a lot of things going on locally on the airwaves and internationally that have happened this week. Between the addition of a new Bluejay to the men’s basketball team, to the naming of Creighton’s Athletic Director, Bruce Rasmussen, to vice-chair of this year’s NCAA Tournament committee (and chairing it in 2017-18), the Bluejays have a lot of buzz right now.
In case you have missed the different interviews that have happened this week, listen to them all here in this edition of Bluejay Bytes.
Kobe Paras coming to Creighton
Late Sunday night, Kobe Paras announced that he would be joining the Creighton Bluejays this season. You can get all of the information from that announcement here as well as reaction, in turn there were several interviews conducted this week surrounding Paras.
The first was on The Bottom Line with Mike’l Severe with Paras’ high school coach William Middlebrooks
Heath Gunderson from Bluejay Banter came onto Unsportsmanlike Conduct and talked about the addition of Paras
Paras himself went on 1620’s Unsportsmanlike Conduct and did quite an interview with John Bishop.
To top things off, Paras, a fan favorite in the Philippines went on CNN Phillippines to talk about his commitment to Creighton.
.@Im_Not_Kobe is all set for the next chapter of his basketball career. https://t.co/sDo55hwVGt https://t.co/1VjOYnVEO3
— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) July 21, 2016
Kobe will wear #24 next season for the Jays.
Khyri Thomas and the offseason
Khyri Thomas visited with Mike’l Severe on the Bottom Line to talk about Summer League as well as what he has done over the summer to improve his game. Although his team lost later that night in Summer League, the interview and the work he has done will show up later on the court. Listen to this interview:
Speaking of Thomas, be sure to check out this article about Khyri Thomas and Justin Patton that was done by Dirk Chatelain from the World Herald.
Creighton can’t lose their identity
Nick Bahe took a segment this week to talk about Creighton’s identity and how they can’t let it change to much from what it used to be before the Bluejays joined the Big East. Listen to his comments
Bruce Rasmussen Interview
Creighton’s athletic director was named this week as the vice-chair for this season’s NCAA Tournament Selection Committee. It was also announced that he will be the chair of the committee during the 2017-18 season. Nick Bahe had a great interview with him on that and several other things.
Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports
The Bluejay Banter crew talked to Jon Rothstein of CBS sports during their Monday night show about the Big East this upcoming season. The crew also talked about several other Creighton things. Listen to the full podcast:
Creighton Soccer Kit
Did you see the new Creighton Men’s Soccer kit this week. In case you missed it, here is Coach Bolowich showing one off. What do you think Creighton fans? Would you buy one for yourself?
.@creightonmsoc coach Elmar Bolowich with the team’s new kit for the 2016 season. Jays report in 22 days. #Creighton pic.twitter.com/wgue1vHSt3
— Kevin Sarver (@KASarver) July 18, 2016