The Flaming Burning Stinking & Predictable Disaster that is Creighton Basketball

[DwShock]

If he isn't injured and cu is hypathetically a top ten team. This news does not get out. Nor is he suspended.

[AndShock]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18754122/felony-warrant-issued-creighton-blue-jays-maurice-watson-jr?ex_cid=espnfb

yikes

[ShockerFever]

Well that guy is really going out with a bang.

What a great program that is.

[JayPak]

If he isn't injured and cu is hypathetically a top ten team. This news does not get out. Nor is he suspended.

Absurd. Bluejays aren't the Jailbirds, McD isn't Muller, and Creighton's AD, who is the tournament committee chair, wouldn't allow it anyway.

[DwShock]

According to the Omaha radio. The Fugative Task Force is hunting down Mo Watson.

[WheatShock]

Well that guy is really going out with a bang.

What a great program that is.

To their credit, Creighton seems to be handling it properly.

[SHOCKvalue]

According to the Omaha radio. The Fugative Task Force is hunting down Mo Watson.

Isn't that better known as the US Marshall Service?

[Dave Stalwart]

I must say, when early in the season I told myself "Nah, they won't finish as strong as they look" I had no idea it would be this bad. I was rooting for their demise as in falling from #10ish to more like #30ish, just outside the rankings while WSU passes them...just like it happened. Now, this.

There are not a lot of things about college basketball that I dislike more than finding out a player is a rapist. I can even handle finding out KU players do drugs and give it to minors. And that is bad. Or finding out players are getting away with paper classes. That's bad, too. But this kind of thing is the worst. Losing him to the ACL injury made me feel bad because I didn't want to predict they would struggle and have it happen that way. I wanted them to just drop some games and give me scoreboard rights once again. But this is the kind of thing that has nothing to do with basketball and it gives everyone pause, like "I was just a fan of someone, raising my hands up and screaming support for someone, and taking pride in someone who will now go to jail for raping a girl...and is apparently trying to flee (basically proving it is real)"

[SHOCKvalue]

Creighton's 16-17 reminds me a lot of WSU's 07-08, only worse. Top 10 in both cases, and then downhill from there.

EDIT: Realized what I meant was WSU's 06-07.

[mjbaker84]

Watson is wanted for sexual assault is that correct?

[1972Shocker]

Watson is wanted for sexual assault is that correct?

Yes, first-degree sexual assualt.

See link to ESPN report in Post #912 above.

[ShoxFan7]

Absurd. Bluejays aren't the Jailbirds, McD isn't Muller, and Creighton's AD, who is the tournament committee chair, wouldn't allow it anyway.

Pretty sure that commend was for when it was just a academic issue. Only the likes of Muller, Pitino or the whole Baylor athletic department would sweep this under the rug until the end of the season or sadly until they got caught.

[WheatShock]

Did they ever find Watson? I would assume they have but haven't heard anything.

[ShockMe300]

I believe they did. My sister lives up there and I think she told me he was in jail.

[DwShock]

Did they ever find Watson? I would assume they have but haven't heard anything.

He eventually showed up. I guess they drove back and got stuck in a storm.

I belive he bailed out and just a few days ago waived his preliminary hearing.