As I predicted, not everyone agrees with me about P'Allen Stinnett's P'henomenal P'erformance on P'hriday, er, Friday.
From Sunday's Omaha World-Herald:
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UPDATE: Apparently there are two tournaments at the Orleans Hotel in Vegas. One is over Thanksgiving, and is called the "Las Vegas Invitational", which is the tournament that Creighton was to have played in this year. The field this year includes North Carolina and Louisville. Next years' slate includes West Virginia, Iowa, Kentucky and K-State.
However, and this is where the confusion comes in, there is another tournament over Christmas called the "Las Vegas Classic", and this is the tourney where Creighton will be playing next year. I guess when they mutually decided to bump their appearance back a year, this is the tourney they were scheduled into. The field this year is clearly a notch below the "Invitational" field: Alabama, Iowa State, Missouri State, and Purdue. And next year, its Creighton, Fresno State, DePaul and St. Louis.
Hmm, you learn something new every day!
Back in May, Creighton pulled out of the 2008 Las Vegas Invitational. The tournament would have given them two home games against random sub-150 RPI teams, but provided they could beat those patsies, it also would have given them a Las Vegas matchup against North Carolina. Yes, THAT North Carolina.
Citing their lack of experience and a desire to play in the tournament with a stronger squad, the Jays pulled out. Here was AD Bruce Rasmussen's statement at the time:
Continue reading Suddenly, This Vegas Tourney Isn't All That And A Bag of Chips.
