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Jets finally playing to expectations
Kregg Creamer has done all the research he can possibly do on the Northeastern boys basketball program. His information shows the Jets hadn’t won a boys basketball tournament game in 18 years.
“To the best of my knowledge, I’ve been able to come up with the date of 1991,” Creamer said. “I’m not willing to put that in stone, but that’s I’ve been able to come up with.”
Until Wednesday. The Jets beat Carlisle, the SWBL Buckeye Division champs, 71-51 in a Division III first round sectional tournament game at UD Arena.
“They played the way we thought they’d play all season,” Creamer said.
The Jets have won five of their last eight games, including a 56-54 of OHC champion Southeastern, a victory which kept a team from going unbeaten in the league for the first time since 2001-02.
“Unfortunately it took us 19 games to get there,” Creamer said. “We’re playing with much more consistency. We underachieved for 19 games and now we’re playing like we expected to.”
The Jets will play Greeneview, which beat them twice in the regular season, in a D-III second round game at UD Arena at 5 p.m. Friday. Both teams finished second in the OHC with 9-5 records.
“We’re very pleased with that opportunity,” Creamer said. “The familiarity is good, especially when there is only one day of prep. It’s unfortunate that we have to go down there and play against each other. We’d like to see the OHC teams go as far as possible in the tournament.”
The Jets have just one day to prepare, but Creamer sees positives in getting back on the court early.
“For us, it would be nice to give them somewhat of a day off to prepare for the next opponent,” Creamer said. “We don’t have that luxury. But we were playing 2 to 3 games a week down the stretch anyway, so we’re used to it.
“On the flip side, it’s somewhat to our advantage because we’ve got a familiarity with that floor,” Creamer said. “Maybe that comfort zone will help us a little bit.”
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