Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton top DePaul in 2OT thriller, advance to semifinal

John Fanta
Announcer and correspondent in basketball

Michael Cohen
University football writer and total basketball
The big East Championship never loses. In a game on paper I felt it would have been somewhat predicted, Depaul He had other plans against Creton.
Bluejays defeated a deficit at the end of the first half 15 points to force the additional work, then prevailed through the tenth sewn blue demons 85-81 In one classic Thursday evening in the Soldout Madison Square park.
What was the first double time game since 2012 in the Big East, the American candidate for all Americans Ryan Kamarner The second seed, Jays, wanted with 32 points and nine counterattacks. He reached a bucket in the last part of five minutes, then a difficult touch followed that made it 79-76 Creton with 1:31 left before Jamaia Neil Close it without you.
“You do not have such a return without being together and sticking to each other and not surrendering to each other, or you are trying to play Hero Ball because you do not trust your teammates or what they do not go.” “Just stay with each other and cut it.”
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The belief that Creton will win this game with leaving 2:12 in the organization almost impossible. Depaul- which showed this week that, in fact, he took a step forward under the leadership of the main coach in the first year Chris Holtuman with five victories over the league opponents after he was not in the last year of Tony Stopfield-62-51 and in good health.
but Vidor ZiogikA student from the Black Montenecer, who was not eligible until December, darker three times in a row before the Kalkbrenner layer gets Creightton within three. After 3 before CJ Gunnand Stephen Ashworth He is protected on a bad shooting night (3 out of 16) with the largest interest in the evening to be connected to 62.
Your husband said: “My father called me before the match because, as you know, in Europe, at three in the morning,” said your husband. “he [asked me]”Should I stay awake and watch the game?” I like, I don’t know. You can, but … “Then he wrote me after the match and said:” I am very happy because I stayed awake. “
This result will not have a great impact when it comes to standing a NCAA championship in Bluejays, but they are definitely happy to leave by winning. They are currently sitting in 9 expected seeds Mike Decoresian ArcBut what could have been the result of killing confidence, which means that Creightton is Friday in MSG as one of the last four who stand in the Great East, with Uconn or the following Villanova.
“I really, really I want this tournament,” said like a ghranner. “It is something we never got in Creton. To survive for another night here means everything.”
Michael Cohen covers university football and university basketball for Fox Sports. Follow it on Twitter @michael_cohen13.
John Vanta is an anchor and national basketball writer in Fox Sports. It covers sport in a variety of capabilities, from connecting to the FS1 games to working as a major host on the Big East Digital Network to provide comments in the field of 68 media networks. Follow it in john_fanta.
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