In this episode, Joe and guest Jacob Padilla of Hurrdat Sports (on Twitter/X @JacobPadilla_) discuss the most surprising wins of the Greg McDermott era in the aftermath of the record-setting win over Xavier, Austin Swartz's breakout, Nik Graves' heat-check, Ty Davis' impact on the Jays' turnaround, and a lot more, before discussing #ThePath to the... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Dr. Chim Richalds (on Twitter/X @Marghareti72) discuss the fallout from Creighton's loss to Nebraska and why it felt different, what makes this season's struggles and outlook unique and how it impacts the short-future outlook, what we are looking forward to learning more about this team the rest of this... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Michael Roshone (on Twitter/X @MRoshone) of Bluejay Banter Today discuss Creighton's performance in the Players Era event in Las Vegas before discussing reasons for optimism and concern for the Jays moving forward this year. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Nick Marcuccio discuss a variety of early season topics including the Jays' three-point shooting woes, the importance of figuring out roles and rotations, Hudson Greer burning his redshirt, and more, before previewing Creighton's matchups against Baylor and Iowa State in the upcoming Players Era event in Las Vegas. Thank... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and a guest from the Creighton burnerverse on Twitter/X, Bring Back Creighton Football (on Twitter/X @Creighton2fbs), discuss their takeaways from the Jays' season opening win over South Dakota before previewing their upcoming game at Gonzaga. Thank you for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Michael Vandevoort (editor of 247 Sports' coverage of Creighton basketball and on Twitter/X @MichaelVande) discuss the start of Ryan Kalkbrenner's NBA career before looking back at some of Creighton's biggest offseason questions and discussing what, if anything, we've learned in respect to those questions from the Jays' exhibition wins... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guests Sam Huppert (@samhuppert on X/Twitter) and Peter Cunningham (@MrC_Mathematics on X/Twitter) draft the 2025-26 Creighton men's basketball schedule based on the games they believe the Jays will win (scoring system below). The result of the draft will be shared on X/Twitter @Jays_Classic and tracked throughout the year! Scoring system:... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Pat Coder of the "Bluejays at the B." podcast provide some thoughts on the Jays exhibition win over Iowa State, including how the game impacted our expectations for each player, before making our predictions on a variety of Creighton themed over/unders for the upcoming season. Thank you for listening!... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Michael Roshone of Bluejay Banter Today (on Twitter/X @MRoshone) discuss our hopes and expectations for Jackson McAndrew's sophomore season at Creighton before making predictions on his final stat line for the season. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about your Creighton... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Aaron Macchietto (on Twitter/X @bluejays8742) discuss Aaron's earliest and favorite Creighton memories. Then, we rank the best 2025-26 Jays and compare them to Kyle the Butler fan's Big East player rankings in addition to rankings compiled from 16 different Jays fans. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe shares some big Jays Classic news before discussing August Creighton basketball happenings and making an assortment of predictions for the season with Matt DeMarinis of White & Blue Review (on Twitter/X @mjdemarinis) and Jacob Padilla of Hurrdat Sports and Hail Varsity (on Twitter/X @JacobPadilla_). Thanks for listening! If you're interested in... Continue reading →

In light of the recent announcement that Bruce Rasmussen is being inducted into the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame later this year (October 16th, 2025), Joe and guest Kevin Sarver, former Associate Director of Athletics at Creighton (on Twitter/X @KASarver), detail some of Bruce's career accolades and discuss some of the pivotal moments in his... Continue reading →

Joe and guest Pat Hawk from the Bluejays at the B podcast (on Twitter/X @BluejaysAtTheB) discuss a variety of offseason topics, including Pat's observations from a recent practice, the way the staff built this year's roster, players we are excited to watch, players going under the radar, what we are hoping to see from Jackson... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Matt DeMarinis (on Twitter/X @mjdemarinis) from White & Blue Review discuss a variety of topics centered on Ryan Kalkbrenner's career at Creighton, including what made him special as a player and as a person at Creighton, his accolades, significant games from his career, and where he stands among Creighton... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Jon Walker (Creighton men's basketball beat writer for the Omaha World-Herald) discuss Jon's experience covering Creighton before discussing various storylines from the Jays' offseason, including Ryan Kalkbrenner's NBA landing spot, Fedor Zugic's eligibility, the Jays' non-conference schedule, updates from summer workouts, and the NCAA's House settlement and what it... Continue reading →

In episode 3 of the Legends of the Hilltop miniseries, guest Jahenns Manigat shares his perspective of playing with Doug McDermott at Creighton, what made Doug a special player, memorable games from their playing days, and so much more! Thank you for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about... Continue reading →

In episode 2 of the Legends of the Hilltop miniseries, guest Pete Thompson shares his perspective of covering Creighton basketball from 1998-2003 for FOX-42 in Omaha where he was able to develop a great relationship with Kyle Korver. We discuss what made Korver a special player, why he was instrumental to the rise of Creighton... Continue reading →

In episode 1 of the Legends of the Hilltop miniseries, guest Dan Kolder shares his perspective of playing with Ryan Sears at Creighton, what made Sears a special player, why he was a foundational player to the Creighton men's basketball program, memorable games from their playing days, and so much more! Thank you for listening!... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe provides a brief sneak peek into this summer's mini-series discussing some of Creighton basketball's foundational players with their former teammates, coaches, or otherwise. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about your Creighton men's basketball fandom and Jays hoops, you can reach out to... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Dr. Chim Richalds (from the Jays Twitter/X burnerverse @Marghareti72) discuss the Jays landing a commitment from Blake Harper, the Jays roster outlook, minutes projections, and how Creighton's roster stacks up in the Big East and nationally, before providing our thoughts on the ceiling and floor for the 2025-26 Jays.... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Michael Vandevoort (on Twitter/X @MichaelVande), former Creighton Manajay and current editor of 247's coverage of Creighton University, discuss some of Coach McDermott's best coaching seasons at Creighton before ultimately deciding which season is his best. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Jacob Padilla (on Twitter/X @JacobPadilla_) discuss Alan Huss' return to Creighton as the head coach in waiting, transfer portal news, and the updates to the Greatest Jays of the Modern Era rankings following the 2024-25 season. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Dr. Chim Richalds (from the Jays Twitter burnerverse @Marghareti72) discuss the Jays performance in the NCAA Tournament, their transfer portal additions and losses, and the outlook for next season's roster as currently constructed. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about your... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe recaps Creighton's Big East Tournament run before digging into the Jays' First Round NCAA Tournament matchup with the Louisville Cardinals. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about your Creighton men's basketball fandom and Jays hoops, you can reach out to me on Twitter/X... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and first-time guest Jack Kenna (on Twitter/X @jkenna99) discuss Jack's Creighton fandom and the Jays Senior Night win against Butler before diving into the Big East Tournament, concluding with our bracket predictions. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about your Creighton men's basketball... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Austin (on Twitter/X @letitflyCU) discuss Austin's Creighton fandom and the Jays loss at Xavier before diving into analysis of the Jays three-point shooting this season. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about your Creighton men's basketball fandom and Jays hoops, you... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Tim Krueger (founder of Bluejay Banter and on Twitter/X at @tkbrackets and @bluejaybanter), discuss Tim's introduction to Creighton basketball and the early days and development of Bluejay Banter before discussing Creighton NCAA Tournament outlook (around the 55 minute mark), the intricacies of building the NCAA Tournament bracket, and more!... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe discusses highlights and lowlights of the extremely eventful game against St. John's, Ryan Kalkbrenner's injury and return, the Big East title race, and more! Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about your Creighton men's basketball fandom and Jays hoops, you can reach out... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Chris Thedinga (on Twitter/X @CThedinga) from Road to the Garden and House of College Hoops discuss Creighton's big win against Marquette, their tough loss against UConn, and preview the upcoming showdown against St. John's. Thanks for listening! If you're interested in joining me for an episode to talk about... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest "JumpinJay" (@JumpinJay402 on X/Twitter) discuss the Jays recent wins over Villanova and Xavier before discussing the Jays historic run in January, breaking down the Big East regular season championship race, and commenting on the in-season development that Creighton has gotten from its rotation players. Thanks for listening! If you're... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Brian Ayers (@southpawpress on Twitter/X) breakdown the toughness, discipline, and shot-making it took for Creighton to win at UConn. Then, they discuss the 10 game series against UConn, the rivalry that has developed over time, and the reasons for Creighton's success in the series. Finally, they briefly provide a... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe's guest Evan Miyakawa (Founder of EvanMiya.com and on Twitter/X @EvanMiya), uses the predictive analytics from his website to provide his unbiased perspective on Creighton basketball in 2024-25.

In this episode, Joe and guest Andrew Birkeland (Twitter/X @Birky534), former Creighton men's basketball manager, discuss Andrew's time as a manager before gleaning insights from him about Greg McDermott's program to help provide context to fans about what makes it difficult to integrate new players, what specifically has been challenging about integrating Fedor Zugic, and... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe outlines a number of things that each of Creighton's greatest players in the modern era (1995-present) have in common with each other but do not have in common with Ryan Kalkbrenner. These differences make his time at Creighton as one of the program's all-time greats unique and somewhat difficult to evaluate/compare... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Brian Ayers (@southpawpress on Twitter/X) discuss Brian's Creighton fandom before, in light of the Pop Isaacs' season-ending hip injury news, digging into Creighton's history of significant season-ending injuries and the fallout of each of those injuries. Finally, with the context of those previous season-ending injuries in mind, we discuss... Continue reading →

In this episode, following the loss to Nebraska, Joe looks back at Greg McDermott's tenure for similar non-conference dud performances and identifies a few key takeaways about these historical games before discussing why Nebraska is able to create dud performances from the Ryan Kalkbrenner era Jays. Finally, Joe explains why the uncertainty around the injury... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Matt DeMarinis of White & Blue Review discuss the origination of Matt's Creighton fandom and his journey to and through covering Creighton athletics. Then (starting around minute 40), they dive into the legacy of Greg McDermott, who recently became Creighton's all-time winningest men's basketball coach, by reviewing and discussing... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Austin Mazur (Creighton graduate, class of 2016) discuss Austin's Creighton fandom before diving into a variety of storylines that generated buzz during the offseason and determined whether we think the buzz was "real," "fake," or is "to be determined" based on what we've observed in the first four games... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guest Pat Coder of the "Bluejays at the B." podcast make their predictions on a variety of Creighton related over/unders for the upcoming season such as: Will the Jays win over or under 22.5 games this regular season? Will Pop Isaacs average over or under 16 points per game? Will... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and guests Sam Huppert and Peter Cunningham draft the the 2024-25 Creighton men's basketball schedule based on the games they believe the Jays will win (scoring system below). The results of the draft will be shared on Twitter @Jays_Classic and tracked throughout the year!

In the final episode of the Greatest Players of the Modern Era series, Joe and guest Jacob Padilla of Hurrdat Sports, Hail Varsity, and NebPreps, break down and discuss the final results of the Greatest Players of the Modern Era rankings in a variety of ways.

In episode 3 of the Greatest Jays of the Modern Era series, Joe and former Bluejay Antoine Young discuss Antoine's commitment to Creighton as a sophomore in high school, playing in front of his friends and family in Omaha, the differences between playing under Dana Altman and Greg McDermott, some of his best performances as... Continue reading →

In episode 2 of the Greatest Players of the Modern Era series, Joe and former Bluejay Brody Deren discuss Brody's decision to transfer to Creighton, his thoughts on the Jays' transition from the Civic Auditorium to the Qwest Center, preparing for and beating Florida in the 2002 NCAA Tournament, dismantling SIU in St. Louis in... Continue reading →

In the first episode of the Greatest Players of the Modern Era series, Joe explains why he created the rankings, why the rankings begin with 1995, how he defines "greatest" in the context of these rankings, and provides more context about what goes into the standardized formula that the rankings are derived from.

In this episode, Joe explains the similarities he's noted between the upcoming 2024-25 Creighton men's basketball team and the 2017-18 Jays as it relates to the season they were coming off of and the roster makeup in each instance. Then, he takes a look at the results of the 2017-18 season and the next few... Continue reading →

In this episode, Joe and his guest, Connor O'Neill, discuss Jays games at the Civic in the early Altman years, Connor's nearly regrettable moment after Anthony Tolliver's game-winning shot against Wichita State, Altman exit to and return from Arkansas, the Jays "welcome to the Big East" moment, and much more!

In this episode, Joe and his first guest, Sam Huppert, discuss a wide array of Creighton men's basketball topics including the Jays move to the Qwest Center in the early 2000s, the infamous Miami game in 2006, the games we most want the Jays to win in 2024-25 and seemingly everything in between!

In this episode, I provide more information about the Jays Classic Rewatchability Index, including why it was created, how it was put together, and more detail about what goes into the formula to rank the games. Then, I’ll share the 7 games that rank the highest on the list. Finally, I run through a handful... Continue reading →

In this episode, the creator of the Jays Classic Twitter/X account introduces himself, takes a trip down memory lane, and provides more information about the purpose of the Jays Classic Podcast.