It is amazing how much can change in a week.
Last Saturday, the Red Storm challenged Seton Hall, a likely NCAA Tournament team, until the final buzzer at Madison Square Garden. This week, the Red Storm not only lost at DePaul but also followed the disastrous defeat up with a far more worrisome loss against Creighton.
The Johnnies put together a clunker in Omaha as Chris Mullin’s unit was run out of the gym, 100 to 59, by the Blue Jays due to a rough defensive outing and early foul trouble from Yankuba Sima.
Christian Jones tied his career high with 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting but the road team received very little production from Kassoum Yakwe (zero points and two rebounds), Federico Mussini (five points on 1-of-6 shooting) and Malik Ellison (five points on 1-of-6 shooting).