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Sport #11: Oklahoma Sooners at Creighton Bluejays
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019 • 7:30 p.m.
CHI Well being Heart Omaha (17,352) • Omaha, Neb.
Radio: KOZN 1620 AM, www.1620thezone.com, KOOO (101.9 FM)
Tv: FS1 (Kevin Kugler, Invoice Raftery)
Sequence Historical past: Oklahoma leads, Four-2
Final Assembly: Oklahoma 83, Creighton 70 on Dec. 18, 2018 in Norman, Okla.
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Subsequent Sport
Creighton (Eight-2) wraps up a season-long four-game homestand when it hosts Oklahoma (7-2) at CHI Well being Heart Omaha within the BIG EAST-Massive 12 battle.
Tuesday’s tip-off on First Nationwide Financial institution Court docket is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The at all times entertaining and well-liked Fast Change will carry out throughout halftime.
Come One, Come All
Do you know that native space highschool college students can attend Creighton males’s basketball house video games throughout winter break at no cost?
It is true.
Tickets for CU’s Dec. 17 (Oklahoma), Dec. 28 (Midland), Jan. 1 (Marquette) and Jan. 7 (Villanova) video games can be found for college kids, topic to availability, by presenting an energetic college ID on gameday.
Tickets might be redeemed on the high of the escalators on the fundamental west entrance of CHI Well being Heart Omaha beginning 90 minutes previous to tip off.
For extra info, name the CU Ticket Workplace at (402) 280-JAYS.
Radio Broadcast Info
KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton males’s basketball video games in the course of the 2019-20 season.
KOOO (101.9 FM) will even broadcast all house video games.
John Bishop and former Bluejay Nick Bahe will name the motion. The audio can also be webcast reside at www.1620thezone.com.
Tv Broadcast Info
Tuesday’s sport might be televised nationally by FS1, with Kevin Kugler and Invoice Raftery on the decision.
Video Webcast Info
Reside streaming video of Tuesday’s sport might be accessible by way of FOXSportsGO.com for desktop customers, and by way of the FOX Sports activities GO app for cellular units (iOS, Android, Kindle Fireplace tablets and Fireplace telephones and choose Window units). A cable authorization could also be required.
The FOX Sports activities GO cellular app might be downloaded without cost from the iTunes App Retailer, Google Play, Amazon App Retailer or the Home windows Retailer, and the video games at the moment are accessible internationally.
Reside Stats Info
All of Creighton’s video games this season can have free reside stats. Go to www.gocreighton.com and click on on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard on the high of the web page for the occasion of your selecting.
Residence video games can be adopted by those that have cellular units with web functionality at www.gocreightonstats.com.
Scouting Creighton
Creighton is Eight-2 this season, together with an 83-76 time beyond regulation win vs. No. 12 Texas Tech in Las Vegas on Nov. 29 and a 95-76 romp over Nebraska on Dec. 7. The Bluejays are 7-Zero at house this 12 months, with every victory by 9 factors or extra.
CU returns 5 of its high six scorers from a 12 months in the past, a bunch led by guards Marcus Zegarowski (19.Four ppg., Four.1 apg.), Ty-Shon Alexander (17.1 ppg., 6.1 rpg.) and Mitch Ballock (12.5 ppg., 5.2 rpg.). The trio have accounted for 86 three-pointers and 62.Four % of CU’s total factors up to now.
The Bluejays have performed this 12 months with out the companies of senior guard Davion Mintz (9.7 ppg., in 28.Eight mpg. final season) and sophomore heart Jacob Epperson (Four.Eight ppg final season) because of harm. Extremely-touted switch Denzel Mahoney has additionally but to see the ground.
Total, Creighton returns 9 lettermen and 4 starters from final 12 months’s crew that completed 20-15 and tied for third within the BIG EAST Convention with a 9-9 league document. The Bluejays superior to the quarterfinals of the NIT with victories over Loyola (Chicago) and Memphis earlier than falling at TCU.
Scouting Oklahoma
Oklahoma is 7-2 this season, together with victories over Minnesota, Oregon State and Missouri. OU’s two losses have been vs. Stanford on a impartial flooring and at Wichita State on Saturday.
Austin Reaves has scored in double-digits each sport and tops the Sooners in scoring with 17.1 factors per sport.
Kristian Doolittle has scored 50 factors over the previous two contests and averages 16.Eight factors and a team-leading Eight.Three rebounds per sport.
Additionally in double-figures is large man Brady Manek (14.Zero ppg.), who leads OU with 19 three-pointers made and 12 blocked photographs.
The Sooners common 76.Three factors per sport, capturing 44.2 % from the ground, 33.7 % from three-point vary and 76.7 % on the line. OU permits 70.1 factors per sport and has been outrebounded by 1.2 caroms per contest.
The Sequence vs. Oklahoma
Oklahoma leads the all-time collection vs. Creighton by a Four-2 depend, which dates again to a 27-16 Bluejay win in 1921.
Creighton is 2-1 all-time in Omaha towards the Sooners, together with a come-from-behind 65-63 victory on Nov. 19, 2014 the place the Bluejays overcame an 18-point second half deficit.
Greg McDermott is 2-6 in his profession towards Oklahoma (1-2 as Creighton coach), together with a 2-1 mark when his crew hosts the sport (1-Zero at Creighton, 1-1 at Iowa State). The seven video games have been determined by a mean of Eight.Four factors. McDermott is 1-2 towards Lon Kruger all-time.
The Creighton Coaches
Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) is in his 10th 12 months as head coach at Creighton. He’s 215-111 with the Bluejays. McDermott has beforehand been a head coach at Iowa State (2006-10), Northern Iowa (2001-06), North Dakota State (2000-01) and Wayne State (1994-2000). He owns a profession mark of 495-306 in his 26th season and is 364-242 in his 19th Division I marketing campaign. Alan Huss, Paul Lusk and Terrence Rencher help McDermott.
BIG EAST – Massive 12 Battle
The BIG EAST-Massive 12 Battle, a scheduling collection between the BIG EAST and Massive 12 Conferences, is a four-year settlement that started this winter and continues by way of 2022-23 with an equal variety of video games performed in every convention’s house market annually. The matchups are collectively decided.
The video games might be performed within the native markets of the house groups with 5 house video games for every convention.
Broadcast rights of the video games are decided by the convention nationwide tv rights settlement of the house crew. The Massive 12 tv rights are managed by ESPN and the BIG EAST’s males’s basketball tv rights are managed by FOX Sports activities.
The BIG EAST is Four-2 thus far this winter, and residential groups are additionally Four-2.
Dec. Four: Georgetown 81, at Oklahoma State 74
Dec. Four: at DePaul 65, Texas Tech 60 (OT)
Dec. 7: at St. John’s 70, West Virginia 68
Dec. 7: Marquette 73, at Kansas State 65
Dec. Eight: at Iowa State 76, Seton Corridor 66
Dec. 10: at Baylor 53, Butler 52
Dec. 17: Oklahoma at Creighton, 7:30 pm, FS1
Dec. 21: Kansas at Villanova, 11 am, FOX
Dec. 21: Texas at Windfall, 1 pm, FOX
Dec. 22: Xavier at TCU, Four pm, ESPN2
Like Father, Like Son
Coaches Greg McDermott and Lon Kruger have each had memorable seasons teaching their son on the school degree.
McDermott coached his son Doug McDermott from 2010-14 at Creighton. Alongside the best way, his son was a Nationwide Participant of the Yr, three-time league MVP, and graduated because the fifth-leading scorer in NCAA historical past with Three,150 profession factors. The Bluejays received 107 video games in that point, together with 23, 27, 28 and 29-win seasons and gathering three NCAA Event wins. Doug now performs for the Indiana Pacers.
Kruger coached his son, Kevin, at UNLV in the course of the 2006-07 season. Anchored by the play of third-team all-MWC son (13.5 ppg., 5.1 apg.), the Rebels would end 30-7 and attain the Candy 16 of the NCAA Event of their solely 12 months collectively.
McDermott, Tisdale Share Widespread Bond
Solely three males within the final 35 years have been named a First Workforce All-American by the Related Press in three consecutive seasons: Doug McDermott, Wayman Tisdale and Patrick Ewing.
McDermott graduated from Creighton in 2014 with Three,150 profession factors, whereas Tisdale wrapped up his excellent three-year profession at Oklahoma in 1985 with 2,661 profession factors.
Ewing, who like Tisdale wrapped up his profession in 1985, now coaches at his alma mater, BIG EAST foe Georgetown.
Solely The Finest For The Bluejays & Sooners
Creighton and Oklahoma are accountable for two of the final six Wood Award winners, as Creighton’s Doug McDermott (2013-14) and Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield (2015-16) have each been honored lately.
And despite the fact that Creighton dropped soccer in 1942, the Bluejays and Sooners are additionally accountable for two of the final six Heisman Trophy winners on the gridiron, due to current Oklahoma QB’s Baker Mayfield (2017) and Kyler Murray (2018).
Final 6 Wood Award Winners
Yr Title, Faculty
2013-14 Doug McDermott, Creighton
2014-15 Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
2015-16 Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
2016-17 Frank Mason III, Kansas
2017-18 Jalen Brunson, Villanova
2018-19 Zion Williamson, Duke
Final 6 Heisman Trophy Winners
Yr Title, Faculty
2014 Marcus Mariota, Oregon
2015 Derrick Henry, Tennessee
2016 Lamar Jackson, Louisville
2017 Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
2018 Kyler Murray, Oklahoma
2019 Joe Burrow, LSU
100,00 Followers, Once more
With 117,426 followers to this point, this season marks the 18th straight season of 100,000 or extra house followers for this system. The streak that began within the closing season (2002-03) of the Omaha Civic Auditorium.
Creighton has led its convention in common house attendance every of the final 16 accomplished seasons, and is as soon as once more main the best way within the BIG EAST in 2019-20.
20 x 2
Each Marcus Zegarowski and Ty-Shon Alexander have scored 20 or extra factors in every of the previous two video games.
Creighton has not had anyone participant rating 20 or extra factors in three straight video games since Marcus Foster did so in three straight contests from Feb. 24-March Three, 2018.
This marks the primary time the identical two Creighton teammates each scored 20+ factors in consecutive video games since Doug McDermott and Antoine Younger on Feb. 21 & 25, 2012.
The identical two Creighton teammates haven’t every scored 20+ factors in three consecutive video games since Vernon Moore and Benoit Benjamin from Jan. 17-23, 1985.
It is A Z Factor
Marcus Zegarowski has made a three-pointer in every of his final 19 video games and stands one sport shy of becoming a member of the checklist of the 10 longest streaks in program historical past with a three-pointer.
It is value noting that Kyle Korver’s third-place streak of 28 video games with a trey was snapped when he didn’t try a area aim in 24 minutes of play throughout an 83-56 win over UNI (and head coach Greg McDermott) on Feb. 9, 2002. Korver then drained a triple in 27 extra video games in a row, a stretch from Feb. 13, 2002 to Jan. 20, 2003 earlier than it was snapped towards Evansville (and head coach Steve Merfeld).
Consecutive Video games With a 3FG, Creighton Historical past
Streak Title Dates
33 Ty-Shon Alexander 2/27/18 to three/6/19
31 Booker Woodfox 11/25/08 to three/23/09
28 Kyle Korver 2/Four/01 to 2/6/02
27 Kyle Korver 2/13/02 to 1/20/03
25 Rodney Buford 1/25/97 to 1/10/98
23 Ethan Wragge 11/Eight/13 to 2/9/14
22 Khyri Thomas 1/28/17 to 12/5/17
21 Ethan Wragge 1/Three/10 to three/24/10
20 Johnny Mathies 12/22/04 to 2/28/05
20 Marcus Foster 12/31/17 to three/16/18
Taking pictures Star
Mitch Ballock didn’t make a three-pointer in Creighton’s season-opener, however has drained a number of trifectas in every of the 9 video games since then.
With two or extra treys vs. Oklahoma on Tuesday, Ballock can change into Creighton’s first participant with 10 straight video games of two or extra three-pointers since Ethan Wragge did it in 16 straight video games from Nov. 28, 2013 – Jan. Four, 2014.
Previous to Wragge, the final Bluejay with a streak of 10 or extra was Kyle Korver, who ended his profession in 2003 with 13 straight video games of a number of trey’s.
By comparability, solely 4 gamers within the NBA had energetic streaks of 9 straight video games or longer with a number of three-pointers by way of December 14th:
Rk. Streak Title, Workforce Subsequent
1. 25 James Harden, Houston 12/16
2. 11 Buddy Hield, Sacramento 12/15
11 Duncan Robinson, Miami 12/16
Four. 9 Lauri Markkanen, Chicago 12/16
Massive Deficits, No Massive Deal
Creighton owns 20 victories below Greg McDermott after trailing by double-figures in some unspecified time in the future, none bigger than the 18-point deficit the Bluejays overcame towards then-No.18 Oklahoma on Nov. 19, 2014. Ten of these 20 comebacks have come away from house.
Creighton’s largest comeback to win in 2018-19 was a 12-point deficit it rallied from to defeat East Tennessee State on Nov. 11.
Creighton owns 11 victories since 2000 during which it has received after overcoming a deficit of 15 factors or extra, as seen under:
Overcoming Double-Digit Deficits, CU Since 2000
Deficit Opponent Date
19 Wichita State 01/28/06
18 #17 Western Kentucky 11/27/01
18 #18 Oklahoma 11/19/14
17 Missouri State 02/12/03
17 DePaul 11/09/07
17 Rhode Island 03/18/08
17 at San Diego State 11/30/11
16 TCU 01/26/03
16 at Drake 02/04/06
16 New Mexico 11/16/08
16 at Evansville 02/16/13
15 Wichita State 02/02/08
Mahoney To Debut
Tuesday figures to mark the primary look in a Creighton uniform for Denzel Mahoney, who has regained eligibility now that the primary semester has concluded.
Mahoney averaged 19.Three factors and 5.1 rebounds per sport the final time he was on the courtroom in the course of the 2017-18 season at Southeast Missouri State.
In two seasons with the Redhawks from 2016-18, Mahoney scored 1,091 factors and grabbed 298 rebounds. He made 121 three-pointers whereas connecting at a 39.5 % clip and likewise sank 314-of-380 free throw makes an attempt (82.6 %).
The .800 Membership
Each the Creighton males’s and girls’s basketball packages enter this week with matching Eight-2 information.
By way of video games of December 14th, Creighton was certainly one of 15 colleges within the nation with an .800 successful proportion after 10+ video games in each males’s and girls’s basketball this season.
The one groups that may declare this are Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Colorado, Creighton, DePaul, Duquesne, Florida State, Gonzaga, Indiana, Kansas, Louisville, Maryland, Oregon and Stanford.
What A Line — 30-6-9
Marcus Zegarowski had 30 factors, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in Creighton’s 95-76 win over Nebraska on Dec. seventh.
The 30 factors have been the second-highest determine of his profession, the six assists tied a season-high, and his 9 rebounds have been a career-best.
He is the primary Bluejay with a minimum of 30 factors, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in the identical sport since a minimum of 1979-80.
Zegarowski is simply the fourth Creighton participant with a sport of a minimum of 30 factors and 9 rebounds in the identical sport below Greg McDermott, becoming a member of Cole Huff, Kenny Lawson Jr. and Doug McDermott (11x).
Zegarowski can also be simply the second Creighton participant below Greg McDermott with a sport of a minimum of 30 factors and 6 assists, becoming a member of Marcus Foster vs. Georgetown (35 factors, 6 assists) on Feb. 19, 2017.
Zegarowski is the nation’s solely participant with a 30/9/6 sport this season, and the one man within the final 10 years to do it with out making an attempt a free throw.
Extra Z’s Please
Marcus Zegarowski is at present main Creighton with 19.Four factors per sport and Four.1 assists per sport.
Creighton hasn’t had a participant common greater than 15 factors and three.5 assists per sport for a full season since Vernon Moore (21.Zero ppg., 5.Zero apg.) in 1984-85.
A 6-2 guard, Moore shot an unimaginable 67.Four % in 1984-85 again within the days earlier than the three-point shot. Zegarowski is capturing 65.Three % from two-point vary this 12 months, and final season led the BIG EAST in three-point proportion.
Zegarowski is certainly one of 5 gamers within the nation who’s capturing 65 % or higher from two-point vary whereas averaging 4 assists per sport or extra by way of video games of December 14th.
Three x Three
Creighton’s backcourt options three of the nation’s greatest shooters, as Ty-Shon Alexander, Mitch Ballock and Marcus Zegarowski have mixed to shoot 86-for-198 (43.Four %) as a bunch from deep.
Alexander, Ballock and Zegarowski are certainly one of two trios within the nation with 28 or extra three-pointers by way of video games of Dec. 14, becoming a member of the North Florida grouping of Carter Hendricksen, J.T. Escobar and Ivan Gandia-Rosa. When CU defeated North Florida on Nov. 22nd, Creighton’s trio shot 10-for-20 from deep, whereas the UNF trio shot Four-for-21 from downtown.
Alexander, Ballock and Kyle Korver are the one Bluejays in historical past with a number of seasons of 28 or extra three-pointers within the first 10 video games of the season.
Here is a have a look at Creighton’s most three-pointers by way of 10 video games in a season:
Most Three-Pointers, Creighton’s First 10 Video games
3FG Title Yr
45 Kyle Korver 2002-03
38 Ethan Wragge 2013-14
34 Ty-Shon Alexander 2018-19
34 Mitch Ballock 2018-19
32 Kyle Korver 2000-01
31 Booker Woodfox 2008-09
30 Gary Swain 1986-87
29 Marcus Zegarowski 2019-20
29 Mitch Ballock 2019-20
28 Ty-Shon Alexander 2019-20
27 Isaiah Zierden 2014-15
27 Isaiah Zierden 2015-16
27 Marcus Foster 2017-18
26 Tad Ackerman 1994-95
26 Ethan Wragge 2012-13
26 Doug McDermott 2013-14
25 Terrell Taylor 2001-02
25 Marcus Foster 2016-17
A Good Begin
Here is a have a look at how Creighton has carried out statistically after 10 video games in current seasons.
Of observe, Creighton has began 5-5 or higher after 10 video games in 25 of the previous 26 seasons (together with 2019-20).
Creighton Stats By way of 10 Video games, Since 1994-95
Yr W-L PPG FG% 3FG 10+ PPG guys
2019-20 Eight-2 78.5 .478 98 Three
2018-19 7-Three 83.Eight .510 117 Three
2017-18 Eight-2 90.2 .516 102 Three
2016-17 10-Zero 91.6 .544 99 Four
2015-16 7-Three 85.5 .506 93 5
2014-15 Eight-2 73.Eight .438 85 2
2013-14 Eight-2 83.7 .491 113 2
2012-13 9-1 80.2 .519 90 2
2011-12 9-1 86.Zero .516 90 2
2010-11 6-Four 69.Zero .426 74 Three
2009-10 Four-6 71.Three .450 78 2
2008-09 Eight-2 75.6 .439 89 Three
2007-08 9-1 80.Eight .478 84 2
2006-07 6-Four 66.Zero .408 59 Three
2005-06 7-Three 69.Three .405 70 Three
2004-05 Eight-2 69.2 .434 80 2
2003-04 10-Zero 72.1 .463 61 2
2002-03 10-Zero 84.9 .526 97 1
2001-02 6-Four 75.9 .439 63 Three
2000-01 Eight-2 76.Zero .445 83 Three
1999-00 9-1 74.7 .458 84 2
1998-99 Eight-2 78.Four .454 79 2
1997-98 7-Three 77.Three .467 73 1
1996-97 5-5 65.7 .409 57 2
1995-96 5-5 66.7 .390 56 Three
1994-95 Four-6 65.1 .404 66 Three
Alexander The Nice
Ty-Shon Alexander owns the Creighton crew lead in rebounds per sport (6.1) and is second on the crew in factors per sport (17.1).
Since 1992-93, solely three Bluejays (Doug McDermott, Rodney Buford and Kyle Korver) have completed a season averaging a minimum of 16.Zero factors and 5.5 rebounds per sport. All three males went on to get pleasure from prolonged NBA careers.
16.Zero PPG & 5.5 RPG – Creighton Gamers Since 1991-92
Title Yr PPG RPG
Doug McDermott 2013-14 26.7 7.Zero
Doug McDermott 2012-13 23.2 7.7
Doug McDermott 2011-12 22.9 Eight.2
Rodney Buford 1996-97 19.6 5.6
Rodney Buford 1997-98 18.9 7.Three
Rodney Buford 1998-99 18.6 7.2
Kyle Korver 2002-03 17.Eight 6.Four
Ty-Shon Alexander 2018-19 17.1 6.1
I will “Half” Extra Of That Please
Creighton’s 48-22 halftime lead vs. Nebraska marked the fourth time in NU’s final eight conferences in Omaha that the Bluejays had led by 20 or extra factors at halftime.
Creighton is 179-33 all-time below Greg McDermott when main at halftime, and is 7-1 when up at halftime this winter.
CU’s Largest Halftime Leads Since 2000 vs. Nebraska
Date Metropolis Half Rating Remaining Rating
11/24/07 Omaha CU 47-20 (+27) CU 74-62
12/08/13 Omaha CU 51-25 (+26) CU 82-67
12/07/19 Omaha CU 48-22 (+26) CU 95-76
12/11/05 Omaha CU 31-11 (+20) CU 70-44
11/29/08 Lincoln CU 31-18 (+13) NU 54-52
12/21/02 Lincoln CU 46-35 (+11) CU 81-73
12/06/12 Lincoln CU 28-17 (+11) CU 64-42
12/10/03 Omaha CU 33-23 (+10) CU 61-54
Have A Half
Creighton led 48-22 at halftime on Dec. 7 vs. Nebraska, which ranks as certainly one of its largest halftime leads within the final 30 years.
Three of Creighton’s largest halftime leads this season have come prior to now 4 video games, as that determine has grown from 14 (Texas Tech) to 15 (Oral Roberts to 26 (Nebraska) earlier than going to 21 vs. UTRGV.
Creighton has performed 4 straight video games with a halftime lead of 14+ factors for the primary time since Nov. 22-Dec. 6, 2003, which additionally occurred to be the primary 4 CU video games in CHI Well being Heart Omaha historical past.
It hasn’t occurred in 5 video games in a row in greater than 30 years.
Beneath is an inventory of Creighton’s largest halftime margins since 1990-91. Video games with an * point out these contests that have been held at CHI Well being Heart Omaha.
The one colleges that Creighton has led by 25+ factors on a number of events since 1990 are Nebraska (3x), Longwood (2x) and Grambling State (2x).
Creighton’s Largest Halftime Leads, Since 1990-91
Margin Rating Opponent Date
38 54-16 Grambling State 12/06/99
37 56-19 vs. IUPUI 11/25/02
37 62-25 Longwood* 12/09/16
34 58-24 USC Upstate* 12/20/17
29 48-19 Towson 11/14/98
29 53-24 Longwood* 11/20/12
29 53-24 Butler* 01/14/14
29 53-24 St. John’s* 02/28/16
29 60-31 Coe* 12/20/18
28 54-26 Western Illinois 11/20/00
28 39-11 Alcorn State* 11/15/04
28 45-17 Maryland Japanese Shore* 12/15/17
28 52-24 vs. Georgia State 11/20/18
27 49-22 vs. Texas-San Antonio 11/30/90
27 47-20 Nebraska* 11/24/07
27 47-20 Saint Joseph’s* 12/01/12
26 52-26 Southern 12/20/97
26 42-16 vs. Southern Illinois 03/10/03
26 43-17 Presbyterian* 11/18/12
26 51-25 Nebraska* 12/08/13
26 48-22 Nebraska* 12/07/19
25 57-32 Grambling State 11/29/01
25 49-24 Bradley* 01/19/11
Ballock For Three, Blocks That Is
After a career-high three blocked photographs on December seventh vs. Nebraska, Mitch Ballock ranks second on the Creighton crew with seven swats this season.
Ballock is the primary Bluejay with each three blocked photographs and three made three-pointers in the identical sport since Kenny Lawson Jr. had three blocks and three treys vs. Missouri State on March 24, 2010. That sport was additionally the ultimate one of many Creighton sideline for Dana Altman.
Decade of Doug
Creighton will play three extra video games earlier than wrapping up the last decade, and what a decade it has been.
Doug McDermott, the nation’s solely three-time First Workforce All-American this decade, leads a number of statistical classes since January 1, 2010. That features CU’s most factors (Three,150) and rebounds (1,087).
Actually, on December 12 NBCSports.com named McDermott as its Nationwide Participant of the Decade.
A full checklist of Creighton’s statistical leaders might be discovered on web page 11 of those notes.
NCAA Hosts
Creighton will host the First and Second Spherical of the 2020 NCAA Males’s Basketball Event at CHI Well being Heart Omaha on March 20 & 22.
It is the fifth time since 2008 that Omaha has been chosen to host, becoming a member of 2008 (1st Weekend); 2012 (1st Weekend); 2015 (1st Weekend); 2018 (Regionals) and 2020 (1st Weekend).
Taking out Dayton, which yearly hosts the First 4, CHI Well being Heart Omaha will host extra NCAA Event video games from 2008-20 than another venue. As well as, CHI Well being Heart Omaha will host 5 completely different years in that span, which trails solely Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis from 2008-20.
Most NCAA Event Video games Hosted, 2008-20
Rk. G Venue Metropolis
1. 27 CHI Well being Heart Omaha Omaha, NE
2. 24 Spokane Veterans Memorial Area Spokane, WA
Three. 21 Spectrum Heart Charlotte, NC
21 Vivint Good Residence Area Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
5. 18 17 venues
*doesn’t embrace First 4 website Dayton, OH
Most Completely different Years as a Tourney Host, 2008-20
Rk. Yrs. Venue Metropolis
1. 6 Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN
2. 5 CHI Well being Heart Omaha Omaha, NE
5 NRG Stadium Houston, TX
5 Honda Heart Anaheim, CA
5. Four 7 venues
*doesn’t embrace First 4 website Dayton, OH
Sophomore Scorer
Sophomore guard Marcus Zegarowski is averaging a team-leading 19.Four factors per sport, fairly an accomplishment for a man who by no means scored greater than 17 factors in any sport towards a Division I opponent a season in the past.
The one Creighton sophomores within the final 50 seasons to common extra factors per sport than Zegarowski are Doug McDermott (22.9 ppg. in 2011-12) and Rodney Buford (19.6 ppg. in 1996-97). McDermott and Buford are the highest two profession scorers in Creighton historical past.
Here is an inventory of Creighton’s high 10 sophomore scorers prior to now 50 seasons:
Most Factors/Sport, CU Sophomores Since 1969-70
PPG Title Yr
22.9 Doug McDermott 2011-12
19.6 Rodney Buford 1996-97
19.Four Marcus Zegarowski 2019-20
16.Eight Rick Apke 1975-76
16.7 Bob Harstad 1988-89
16.2 Benoit Benjamin 1983-84
15.Eight Gene Harmon 1971-72
15.7 Ty-Shon Alexander 2018-19
15.Three Chad Gallagher 1988-89
14.6 Kyle Korver 2000-01
Excellent 10
Creighton has received every of its final 12 house video games. It is this system’s eighth double-figure streak in CHI Well being Heart Omaha historical past, which opened in 2003.
Most Consecutive Residence Wins
CHI Well being Heart Omaha Historical past
Wins Dates Snapped By
24 – Feb. 19, 2013 – Dec. 12, 2014 St. Mary’s, 71-67 (OT)
16 – Feb. 9, 2005 – Jan. 31, 2006 Southern Illinois, 74-67
16 – Jan. 19. 2011 – Dec. 22, 2011 Missouri State, 77-65
14 – Feb. 2, 2008 – Dec. 28, 2008 Northern Iowa, 69-66
14 – Feb. 28, 2017 – Jan. 27, 2018 #5 Xavier, 72-71
12 – Feb. 23, 2019 – Current
11 – Feb 28, 2016 – Dec. 28, 2016 #1 Villanova, 80-70
11 – Sept. 22, 2003 – Feb. Four, 2004 Southern Illinois, 61-60
Triple Bother
Throughout Creighton’s present streak of 861 straight video games with a three-pointer, the Jays have drained 6,733 trifectas, a mean of seven.82 treys per sport.
That is not stunning since in the course of the streak, Creighton has made precisely 7 three-pointers 133 instances, greater than any determine.
Solely 4 instances within the streak has Creighton made only one three-pointer, however on 235 events the Bluejays have made 10 or extra trifectas, together with three video games of 20 or extra.
Creighton has made a minimum of one three-pointer earlier than halftime in 232 consecutive contests (since Zero-7 at Drake on 1/23/13).
The Bluejays are additionally Eight-Zero this 12 months when making eight or extra three-pointers, in comparison with an Zero-2 mark when making seven treys or fewer.
Workforce 3FG Made Throughout Creighton’s Three-Level Streak
1: Four instances 2: 15 instances Three: 30 instances
Four: 68 instances 5: 95 instances 6: 89 instances
7: 133 instances Eight: 110 instances 9: 82 instances
10: 71 instances 11: 48 instances 12: 46 instances
13: 38 instances 14: 15 instances 15: 6 instances
16: 6 instances 17: 1 time 19: 1 time
20: 1 time 21: 1 time 22: 1 time
Alexander Up For An Oscar
Creighton guard Ty-Shon Alexander is amongst 46 standout gamers chosen by the U.S. Basketball Writers Affiliation for its preliminary watch checklist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, introduced to the lads’s nationwide participant of the 12 months.
Since its founding in 1956, the USBWA has named a nationwide participant of the 12 months. Within the 1997-98 season, the award was named in honor of the legendary Oscar Robertson, “The Massive O.” As well as, the USBWA selects an All-America crew and All-District groups, gamers and coaches of the 12 months.
Alexander is averaging 17.1 factors per sport this season for Creighton, and tops the membership with 6.1 rebounds per sport. The Charlotte, N.C., native is capturing 45.2 % from three-point vary and 84.1 % on the charity stripe. Alexander, who can also be on the watch checklist for the Jerry West Award Taking pictures Guard of the Yr and the John R. Wood Award, was named a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection.
Alexander is certainly one of 4 BIG EAST gamers on the checklist, as he is joined by Markus Howard (Marquette), Myles Powell (Seton Corridor) and Omer Yurtseven (Georgetown).
Creighton’s Doug McDermott took house the Oscar Robertson Trophy as males’s nationwide participant of the 12 months following the 2013-14 season.
The 2019-20 Oscar Robertson Trophy might be introduced on the NCAA Remaining 4 in Atlanta in April. The winner might be even be honored on the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon on the Missouri Athletic Membership in St. Louis on Mon., April 13, 2020.
Wrecked ‘Em
Earlier than Creighton scored 83 factors on Nov. 29, Texas Tech had allowed just one crew to attain greater than 80 factors for the reason that begin of final 12 months — 85 by Virginia within the 2019 NCAA Event title sport.
Creighton’s 46 factors within the first half tied probably the most by any TTU foe in a half for the reason that begin of final season, one thing solely Kansas did (in Lawrence).
Creighton’s 51.7 % capturing was the perfect by a Texas Tech opponent since Oklahoma State shot 52.2 % on Feb. 21, 2018. The Purple Raiders had performed 53 video games since then earlier than going through CU.
One other One Bites The Mud
The Nov. 29 win vs. No. 12 Texas Tech marked the seventh straight season that Creighton has knocked off a top-25 opponent.
Creighton is now 34-145 all-time towards ranked groups, and 11-13 for the reason that begin of the 2016-17 season towards ranked groups.
Greg McDermott is 16-30 as Creighton coach towards top-25 foes, greater than twice as many top-25 wins as another coach in program historical past. Previous to McDermott’s arrival, Creighton was 18-115 all-time towards top-25 foes.
Bouncing Again
Creighton does not lose many video games by 20 or extra factors, because it did on Nov. 28 vs. San Diego State. Nevertheless, every of the final 12 instances it has occurred, Creighton has answered with a victory in its subsequent sport.
Three of CU’s final 4 losses by 20+ factors have been adopted with a win over a ranked crew.
Creighton’s Losses by 20+ Factors Since 2000
Date Loss by 20+ Factors Subsequent Sport Consequence
03/07/08 Illinois State 73, CU 49 03/18/09 CU 73, Bowling Inexperienced 71
02/11/12 Wichita State 89, #17 CU 68 02/14/12 CU 88, Southern Illinois 69
03/23/14 #23 Baylor 85, #16 CU 55 11/14/14 CU 104, Central Arkansas 77
01/25/15 #Four Villanova 71, CU 50 01/28/15 CU 77, St. John’s 74
01/31/15 #21 Georgetown 67, CU 40 02/04/15 CU 79, Xavier 72 (OT)
11/19/15 #14 Indiana 86, CU 65 11/23/15 CU 85, Rutgers 75
02/03/16 #Three Villanova 83, CU 58 02/06/16 CU 88, DePaul 66
01/25/17 Georgetown 71, #16 CU 51 01/28/17 #16 CU 83, DePaul 66
01/13/18 #10 Xavier 92, #25 CU 70 01/17/18 CU 80, #19 Seton Corridor 63
02/01/18 #1 Villanova 98, CU 78 02/07/18 CU 76, DePaul 75
02/20/18 Butler 93, CU 70 02/24/18 CU 89, #Three Villanova 83 (OT)
11/28/19 San Diego State 83, CU 52 11/29/19 CU 83, #12 Texas Tech 76 (OT)
Additional time Odds & Ends
After going 1-Three final 12 months in time beyond regulation, Creighton improved to 1-Zero in time beyond regulation video games this season with its Nov. 29 victory over No. 12 Texas Tech.
Creighton has now received a minimum of one time beyond regulation sport in every of the previous three seasons.
The crew to attain first in time beyond regulation has received 17 of Creighton’s final 20 time beyond regulation video games.
Creighton is now 58-49 all-time video games to go to time beyond regulation, together with a 44-43 mark in single-overtime video games.
Creighton is now 5-5 in video games to go to time beyond regulation at a impartial website.
Greg McDermott improved to Eight-5 as Creighton’s coach in time beyond regulation contests and is 19-13 as a Division I head coach in time beyond regulation video games.
Creighton has performed back-to-back time beyond regulation video games simply 5 instances at school historical past, and simply as soon as within the final 25 years (Dec. 9 & 13, 2014).
Creighton is now Four-11 all-time in time beyond regulation video games towards top-25 foes.
Final 12 months’s crew performed 4 time beyond regulation video games, tying the varsity document of 4 beforehand carried out in 1989-90 and once more in 2001-02.
Extra info on Creighton’s time beyond regulation historical past might be discovered on web page 167 of this system’s 2019-20 media information.
Sophomore Scorers
Marcus Zegarowski scored a career-high 32 factors within the Nov. 29 victory over Texas Tech, turning into the newest Bluejay sophomore to pile up the factors. He then added 30 factors on Dec. 7 vs. Nebraska.
Every of the final three Creighton gamers to attain 30 or extra factors have carried out it as a sophomore. Moreover Zegarowski vs. Texas Tech and Nebraska, Mitch Ballock had 39 factors vs. DePaul final season, and Ty-Shon Alexander added 36 vs. No. 16 Clemson on Nov. 21, 2018.
Along with Zegarowski, Ballock and Alexander, one different participant on the Bluejay roster has scored 30 or extra factors. That participant is Denzel Mahoney, who scored 30+ factors twice as a sophomore at Southeast Missouri State in 2017-18, and as soon as as a freshman in 2016-17 with the Redhawks.
Creighton’s final non-sophomore to attain 30 factors or extra was then-senior Marcus Foster’s 32 factors vs. UT Arlington on Dec. 18, 2017.
Amongst The Nation’s Finest
Beneath is the place Creighton ranks nationally since Greg McDermott was employed in 2010, per Basketball-Reference.com.
2010-11 by way of Dec. 14, 2019
Class Stat NCAA Rank
3FG Made 2,892 2nd
3FG Proportion .385 4th
FG Proportion .481 4th
Assists 5,286 4th
FG Made Eight,888 10th
Wins 215 T-31st
Successful Proportion .660 38th
Launch, Rotation, Splash, Repeat
Creighton has made a minimum of one three-pointer in 861 straight video games since a 59-53 loss at Illinois State on Feb. 20, 1993. The streak is the nation’s 17th-longest energetic streak.
Creighton’s final win with out making a three-point basket got here on March Three, 1991 when the Jays went Zero-for-2 from three-point vary in a 71-66 win over Southern Illinois within the championship sport of the MVC Event.
Beneath is an inventory of the nation’s longest energetic three-point streaks.
Longest Lively Three-Level Streaks (by way of 12/14)
Rk. Streak Faculty Subsequent Sport
1. 1,081 UNLV 12/18
2. 1,Zero72 Vanderbilt 12/18
Three. 1,Zero69 Duke 12/19
Four. 1,Zero21 Arkansas 12/21
5. 1,Zero18 Western Kentucky 12/17
6. 1,Zero03 East Tennessee State 12/15
7. 993 Pacific 12/15
Eight. 981 Oakland 12/18
9. 975 Texas 12/21
10. 941 Princeton 12/17
11. 925 Marshall 12/16
12. 911 Baylor 12/18
13. 899 Gonzaga 12/18
14. 886 Lengthy Island 12/20
15. 868 Cornell 12/22
16. 866 Mount St. Mary’s 12/17
17. 861 Creighton 12/17
18. 855 Tennessee State 12/15
19. 852 East Carolina 12/17
Bishop No Longer A Rook
After a robust exhibiting in Australia, sophomore Christian Bishop had been talked about as a possible breakout candidate this season and has displayed that enchancment thus far.
Bishop, who was making his first profession begin, had 12 factors and a career-high three blocked photographs towards Kennesaw State. Bishop scored 10 factors throughout CU’s 20-2 run to open the second half.
He then had eight factors, 5 rebounds and a career-high three assists at Michigan on Nov. 12.
Throughout CU’s journey to Australia, Bishop averaged 15.7 factors per sport, together with a 25-point outburst in CU’s closing contest vs. Bullets Invitational.
Taking part in With The Lead
Together with its Nov. 5 win over Kennesaw State, Creighton hasn’t trailed in its house opener in 10 of the previous 20 seasons (2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2016-17 and 2019-20).
In 283 video games at CHI Well being Heart Omaha all-time, Creighton has not trailed in 79 of these contests, a staggering 27.9 % of the time.
Beneath Greg McDermott at house, Creighton is
136-32 and hasn’t trailed in 54 of these video games.
Residence Run
Since Greg McDermott took over in 2010, Creighton is averaging 80.98 factors per house sport (13,605 factors in 168 house video games), a determine that climbs to 84.95 factors in non-conference house video games (7,390 factors in 87 house video games).
Creighton is 108-5 all-time at CHI Well being Heart Omaha when scoring 80 or factors and had received 90 straight non-conference house video games since Dec. 7, 1991 when scoring 80+ factors earlier than falling 103-92 to No. 1 Gonzaga on Dec. 1.
Nifty Fifty Leads To Postseason?
Creighton shot 52.Four % from the ground in its lid-lifter towards Kennesaw State on Nov. 5.
Creighton has made the postseason every of the final 9 instances during which it has made a minimum of 50 % of its area aim makes an attempt to open the 12 months, with seven of these postseason journeys being NCAA Event berths. The final time that did not maintain true was 1991-92, when CU shot 51.Zero % within the opener however completed simply 9-19.
Creighton has shot 50 % or higher in six of its final eight season-openers.
CU Season-Opener Subject Purpose Proportion 50+%
Since 1993-94
FG% Yr Opponent Postseason
.541 1997-98 UMKC NIT
.524 1998-99 Towson State NCAA
.569 2000-01 Western Illinois NCAA
.594 2002-03 UT Arlington NCAA
.500 2012-13 North Texas NCAA
.556 2013-14 Alcorn State NCAA
.528 2015-16 Texas Southern NIT
.508 2016-17 UMKC NCAA
.558 2017-18 Yale NCAA
.524 2019-20 Kennesaw State ? ? ?
Australia Recap
Creighton acquired a head begin on the 2019-20 season with a visit to Australia from August 1-13. The Bluejays spent the vast majority of their time in Sydney, Cairns and the Gold Coast, and went 2-1 in three video games whereas Down Beneath.
5 males averaged in double-figures in CU’s three video games, led by Mitch Ballock (18.Three ppg.), Christian Bishop (15.7 ppg.) and Davion Mintz (13.Three ppg.).
Among the many actions on the adventurous journey have been climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, SCUBA diving and snorkeling alongside the Nice Barrier Reef, a go to to Hartley’s Crocodile Farm, zip lining and a excessive ropes course on the Tree Prime Problem and whitewater rafting.
For photographs, movies and diaries from the journey, go to https://gocreighton.com/JaysDownUnder.
International Excursions Lead To Early Success
Creighton is coming off a visit to Australia in August, which it hopes will put together the crew for early victories as previous journeys have carried out.
This 12 months’s crew is off to an Eight-2 begin after going to Australia in August.
A 2015 journey to Italy helped the Bluejay begin the season 5-1.
A 2011 journey to the Bahamas helped get the Bluejays prepared for a 7-Zero begin.
A 2007 journey to Canada paid dividends as Creighton began 5-Zero.
In 2003, the Bluejays additionally went to Canada and began the next season 12-Zero.
The place In The World Is Ty-Shon Alexander?
Basketball took Ty-Shon Alexander all around the globe this summer time.
The Charlotte, N.C., native stayed in Omaha for a lot of the summer time earlier than heading to the Chris Paul CP3 Elite Guard Camp in mid-July in Winston-Salem, N.C. Alexander then went to Windfall, R.I., for USA Basketball coaching camp from July 21-26.
The crew, which consisted solely present and former of BIG EAST gamers, then departed for Lima, Peru, the place it performed 5 video games in 5 days from July 31-Aug. Four and received the bronze medal.
Alexander then boarded a airplane in Lima and flew 9 hours to Los Angeles, Calif., the place he had about two hours to alter terminals and get by way of customs to board a 15 hour flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia.
Upon arriving in Sydney, the jet-lagged junior as soon as once more needed to clear customs and met the Creighton crew on the gate because it was boarding a three-hour flight to Cairns.
Not surprisingly, minutes for a drained and travel-weary Alexander have been carefully monitored in the course of the crew’s closing two video games in Australia.
Alexander Will get Preseason Hype
League coaches did not give Ty-Shon Alexander something greater than Honorable Point out All-BIG EAST acclaim following final season, however do not inform that to the publishers of Avenue & Smith’s.
The journal named Alexander as a Preseason Second Workforce All-American in its annual basketball subject.
Alexander was additionally named to the John R. Wood Award Preseason Watch Listing, the Jerry West Taking pictures Guard of the Yr Award Watch Listing and was a Preseason First Workforce All-BIG EAST selection.
Getting Votes A Good Signal
Creighton acquired 4 votes within the Related Press preseason ballot, good for 40th place.
It is the fifth time that Creighton has picked up votes within the preseason ballot below Greg McDermott. Every of the primary 4 instances that is occurred, the Bluejays would end high three within the league, attain the finals of the convention match, and play within the NCAA Event.
Preseason Ballot Votes Beneath Greg McDermott
Yr Preseason Rank League End NCAA’s?
2011-12 34th 2nd, MVC Sure
2012-13 16th 1st, MVC Sure
2013-14 27th 2nd, BIG EAST Sure
2016-17 22nd T-Third, BIG EAST Sure
2019-20 40th TBD TBD
Preseason BIG EAST Ballot
Creighton was picked seventh within the preseason BIG EAST Convention ballot that was chosen by way of a vote of league coaches.
Seton Corridor edged Villanova by one level to be named league favorites for the primary time since 1992-93, as each the Pirates and Wildcats garnered 5 first place votes.
Xavier was third, with Marquette and Windfall tying for fourth place. Georgetown was tabbed sixth, simply forward of Creighton, whereas Butler, St. John’s and DePaul spherical out the ballot.
Seton Corridor standout Myles Powell was named Preseason BIG EAST Participant of the Yr, and was joined on the Preseason All-BIG EAST Workforce by Ty-Shon Alexander (Creighton), Kamar Baldwin (Butler), Alpha Diallo (Windfall), Markus Howard (Marquette) and Naji Marshall (Xavier).
Creighton has met or exceeded its preseason BIG EAST prognostication yearly since becoming a member of the league, as seen under:
Creighton’s BIG EAST Preseason Ballot Historical past
Yr Preseason Precise Preseason All-BIG EAST
2013-14 Third 2nd Doug McDermott (1st)
2014-15 Ninth T-Ninth –
2015-16 Ninth sixth –
2016-17 Third T-Third Maurice Watson Jr. (1st); Marcus Foster (HM)
2017-18 fifth T-Third Marcus Foster (1st); Khyri Thomas (HM)
2018-19 Ninth T-Third Martin Krampelj (HM)
2019-20 seventh TBD Ty-Shon Alexander (1st)
#ProJays
Creighton has 5 NBA gamers on NBA contracts as Kyle Korver (Milwaukee Bucks), Anthony Tolliver (Portland Path Blazers), Doug McDermott (Indiana Pacers, Justin Patton (Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder) and Khyri Thomas (Detroit Pistons) are all within the league.
Together with 2019-20, Creighton has now had an NBA participant in 36 of the final 37 years.
Korver ranks fourth in NBA historical past with 2,383 three-pointers and is 10th in league historical past with 42.81 % marksmanship from three-point vary. He set a single-season NBA mark that also stands along with his 53.6 % capturing from three-point vary in 2009-10, and is the one participant in league historical past to guide the NBA in three-point proportion 4 instances. Korver is capturing 36.Zero % from three-point vary this season and averages 5.Four factors per sport.
Tolliver is averaging Three.Three factors and three.1 rebounds per sport this season for the Path Blazers.
McDermott is in his sixth season within the NBA, and second with the Indiana Pacers. He’s averaging 9.7 factors and a couple of.Eight rebounds per sport this 12 months whereas capturing 47.5 % from three-point vary (fifth-best within the NBA this season).
Patton is on his fourth group since being the 16th decide within the 2017 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. He signed with the Thunder in August and has performed in two video games this season for OKC. He has additionally hung out with the OKC Blue within the G-League, the place he performs for former Bluejay Grant Gibbs.
Thomas was the 38th decide within the 2018 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers earlier than being traded minutes later to the Detroit Pistons. Thomas was a two-time BIG EAST Defensive Participant of the Yr who has performed in two video games this winter for Detroit, however underwent foot surgical procedure on Nov. 13th that can sideline him for six weeks.
Downtown Duo
Creighton is certainly one of two colleges that return a pair of gamers who every made 95 or extra three-pointers at their present college final season, becoming a member of UTSA.
Creighton’s Ty-Shon Alexander drained 97 triples final 12 months, two greater than Mitch Ballock’s 95.
UTSA’s dynamic duo contains Keaton Wallace (121) and Jhivvan Jackson (104).
Creighton made a school-record 372 three-pointers a 12 months in the past, which ranked tied for fifth nationally.
Going For 20, Once more
Creighton has received 20 or extra video games in 19 of the earlier 21 seasons, a feat that places the Jays amongst an unique group, nationally.
Simply three colleges nationally have had 20 or extra wins every of the final 21 years: Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas. Kentucky and Florida have carried out it in 20 of the final 21 seasons.
Creighton and Syracuse every are within the 19-of-21 seasons membership.
Most 20-Win Seasons, Final 21 Years
Workforce 20-Win Seasons 2018-19 W-L
Gonzaga 21 33-Four
Duke 21 32-6
Kansas 21 26-10
Kentucky 20 30-7
Florida 20 20-16
Creighton 19 20-15
Syracuse 19 20-14
CHI Well being Heart Omaha Success
Creighton has performed 283 common and postseason contests at CHI Well being Heart Omaha all-time within the 17-year-old facility.
The Bluejays personal a 233-50 (.823) document all-time on the facility, and have by no means misplaced there on a Friday (19-Zero).
Creighton’s Nov. 25, 2017 win over SIU Edwardsville was this system’s 200th on the facility, coming in its 242nd house sport. CU’s 100th win got here on Nov. 17, 2010, a 63-58 win over Louisiana.
Creighton has outscored its opponents 22,099-18,536 in video games at CHI Well being Heart Omaha, a mean margin of 12.59 factors per sport. Creighton has not trailed 79 completely different instances.
Creighton can also be 28-30 all-time within the 58 video games on the area during which it is fallen behind by double-figures at any level, 7-11 when down by 10+ factors at halftime within the facility, and 35-25 when trailing at halftime at CHI Well being Heart Omaha.
Creighton is 136-32 (.810) at CHI Well being Heart Omaha below Greg McDermott, together with an 80-6 document vs. non-conference groups.
Consider a 17-Zero house mark on the Omaha Civic Auditorium in 2002-03 and two wins on the Civic within the 2010 CIT, and the Bluejays are 252-50 (.834) at house for the reason that begin of the 2002-03 marketing campaign.
Full Home
Final 12 months Creighton averaged 15,980 followers per sport at house, good for seventh place. The Jays common of 17,108 previous to the NIT would have positioned this system sixth.
It is the 14th straight season that CU has been among the many nation’s high 25 in common house attendance, and the eighth straight season within the top-10.
2018-19 Attendance Leaders
Rk. Faculty Common
1. Syracuse 21,992
2. Kentucky 21,695
Three. North Carolina 19,715
Four. Tennessee 19,Zero34
5. Wisconsin 17,170
6. Kansas 16,236
7. Creighton 15,980
Eight. Louisville 15,748
9. Marquette 15,611
10. Nebraska 15,341
McDermott Ranks Second On CU Wins Listing
Greg McDermott at present has 215 victories at Creighton, good for second place on CU’s all-time wins checklist.
McDermott’s .660 successful proportion is Creighton’s greatest since Arthur A. Schabinger’s .714 win charge extra 80 years in the past.
Beneath is an inventory of probably the most victorious Creighton coaches in program historical past.
Most Teaching Wins, Creighton Historical past
Rk. W-L Title Years
1. 327-176 Dana Altman 1994-2010
2. 215-111 Greg McDermott 2010-Pres.
Three. 165-66 Arthur A. Schabinger 1922-35
Four. 138-118 John J. “Purple” McManus 1959-69
5. 130-64 Tom Apke 1974-81
CHI Well being Heart Omaha Dramatics
Creighton is 7-Eight in video games with a game-winning go-ahead rating within the closing 10 seconds at CHI Well being Heart Omaha, which opened within the fall of 2003.
Creighton’s Go-Forward Scores in Wins at
CHI Well being Heart Omaha, Final 10 Seconds
Date Opponent Rating Participant/Rating Time
11/26/05 Dayton W 91-90* Funk FG :5.7
01/28/06 Wichita St. W 57-55 Tolliver FG :Zero.Zero
11/25/06 George Mason W 58-56 Watts FT :7.5
03/18/08 Rhode Island W 74-73 Witter 3FG :Three.2
01/13/10 Southern Illinois W 71-69 Younger FG :1.Three
02/18/12 Lengthy Seashore St. W 81-79 Younger FG :Zero.Three
01/28/14 St. John’s W 63-60 McDermott 3FG :2.Eight
*double-overtime
Opponent Go-Forward Scores in CU Losses at
CHI Well being Heart Omaha, Final 10 Seconds
Date Opponent Rating Participant/Rating Time
03/20/06 Miami (Fla.) L 53-52 G. Diaz FT :2.6
01/20/07 Southern Illinois L 58-57 B. Mullins FG :Four.1
01/10/15 #19 Seton Corridor L 68-67 S. Gibbs 3FG :2.2
02/16/15 #19 Butler L 58-56 R. Jones FG :1.9
03/07/15 Xavier L 74-73 D. Davis FT’s :6.Three
01/12/16 #12 Windfall L 50-48 Okay. Dunn FG :Zero.Zero
02/22/17 Windfall L 68-66 Okay. Cartwright 3FG :2.Four
02/10/18 #5 Xavier L 71-72 Q. Goodin FT’s :Zero.Three
Prime-20 Crowds
Here is a have a look at Creighton’s top-20 house crowds all-time, which options 5 video games from final 12 months. Final season’s Gonzaga sport ranks fifth on that checklist, and was the best-attended non-conference house sport in program historical past.
Rank Att. Opponent Date
1. 18,868 Windfall 03/08/14
2. 18,859 Georgetown 01/25/14
Three. 18,831 #1 Villanova 12/31/16
Four. 18,797 #6 Villanova 02/16/14
5. 18,759 #1 Gonzaga 12/01/18
6. 18,742 Seton Corridor 02/23/14
7. 18,735 Wichita State 02/11/12
Eight. 18,613 Wichita State 03/02/13
9. 18,525 Marquette 12/31/13
10. 18,518 Georgetown 01/27/18
11. 18,495 Marquette 02/17/18
12. 18,494 Illinois State 02/09/13
13. 18,458 Evansville 12/29/12
14. 18,436 Bradley 01/28/12
15. 18,323 DePaul 02/07/14
16. 18,321 #Three Villanova 02/24/18
17. 18,257 #5 Xavier 02/10/18
18. 18,191 DePaul 02/27/18
19. 18,160 Central Arkansas 11/14/14
20. 18,145 Marquette 01/21/17
Some Loyal Followers
Creighton has performed in entrance of greater than 300,000 followers at house in every of the previous two seasons.
Creighton had by no means attracted greater than 141,000 house followers in any season previous to the opening of CHI Well being Heart Omaha, and now has carried out it within the earlier 16 seasons coming into 2019-20.
Creighton has led its convention in common house attendance yearly since shifting into CHI Well being Heart Omaha, which is in its 17th season.
Highest Common Attendance, Creighton Historical past
Avg. Att. Faculty Yr
17,896 Creighton 2013-14
17,413 Creighton 2016-17
17,155 Creighton 2012-13
17,Zero48 Creighton 2014-15
17,000 Creighton 2017-18
Creighton’s Most Residence Followers, Season
Rk. Yr G Attendance Common
1. 2017-18 18 306,000 17,000
2. 2018-19 19 303,629 15,980
Three. 2015-16 19 302,887 15,941
Four. 2008-09 19 302,676 15,930
5. 2010-11 22 297,161 13,507
BIG EAST Taking part in Massive
Although the BIG EAST will not be thought of of the normal “Soccer 5” Conferences because of its lack of huge time soccer, the efficiency of the league has been large time for a very long time.
The league has owned a top-five RPI within the NCAA RPI rankings in each season since 2000-01, as seen under:
BIG EAST in Convention RPI Rankings
2000-01: Third
2001-02: Third
2002-03: fifth
2003-04: 4th
2004-05: 2nd
2005-06: Third
2006-07: fifth
2007-08: fifth
2008-09: 4th
2009-10: Third
2010-11: 1st
2011-12: 2nd
2012-13: 2nd
2013-14: 4th
2014-15: Third
2015-16: 4th
2016-17: Third
2017-18: 2nd
2018-19 fifth
2019-20: Third
Eight Out Of 21 Tourney Titles
Creighton owns eight league match titles within the earlier 21 years.
On a nationwide foundation, the one colleges that may declare this are Gonzaga (16), Duke (12), Winthrop (10), Kentucky (10), New Mexico State (10), Kansas (9), Creighton (Eight), Iona (Eight), Montana (Eight) and Murray State (Eight).
Ticket Info
Single-game tickets for the 2019-20 season went on sale on October 14th.
Followers should buy single-game tickets at CHI Well being Heart Omaha Field Workplace, Ryan Athletic Heart, by calling Ticketmaster or visiting Ticketmaster.com, and charging by cellphone at (800) 745-3000. Solely higher bowl seats might be accessible for any regular-season sport.
For extra info, name the Creighton Ticket Workplace at (402) 280-JAYS.