As the Creighton men’s and women’s basketball teams continue to get ready for the season, a lot is going on at practice. Let’s take a look…
Notes and Quotes From the Creighton Men’s Basketball Practice
- The Jays worked on some of the smaller details on Tuesday coming out of Monday’s practice and Saturday’s closed scrimmage at Iowa State. It’s always a tell that the season is nearing when free throw block outs and strong, purposeful rip-through moves are emphasized. Clean fundamentals in practice lead to clean performances on game day.
- Creighton went live first with a transition-focused drill and then a 20-minute scrimmage between the blue team and white team with referees officiating the whole session. For those who love offense and are bullish on this team’s talent and collective skill set, Tuesday afternoon was like an early Christmas.
- Sophomore guard John Christofilis lit up practically every projected starter. He hit a fall-away three in the right corner over Arthur Kaluma, a three in the left corner over Trey Alexander, a three on the left wing over Baylor Scheierman, a dribble side-step three on the right wing after using a shot fake to get Ryan Kalkbrenner to fly…
