As part of our ongoing look at our opponents throughout the season, not only in football we bring you our latest edition of Opposition Q&A as we look forward to our Las Vegas Invitational matchup against fellow Top 25 team, Creighton on Friday.
We sat down the folks over at Creighton site The BlueJay Cafe to get a better understanding of just what's in front of Wisconsin on the day after Thanksgiving, so enjoy the knowledge dropped by our friends over there.
MTB: Everyone knows about Doug McDermott & what he can bring to the table, but to be ranked 14th you have to be more than a one trick pony, who else should we be paying attention to?
BlueJay Cafe: The thought that Creighton is just Doug McDermott is wrong and nationally, folks will learn this soon. Sure, he's the headliner and if you fail to game plan for him, he has the ability to drop 30 on you but the Jays are loaded this year. I've covered the team for 8 years and this is by far the deepest t...
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Madtown Badgers:
PLAYERS:
Doug McDermott,
Gregory Echenique,
Grant Gibbs,
Austin Chatman,
Ethan Wragge,
Avery Dingman,
Jahenns Manigat
TEAMS: Creighton Bluejays, Iowa State Cyclones
TEAMS: Creighton Bluejays, Iowa State Cyclones
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