Men’s Basketball
No. 19 Bluejays Hitting Road for Tough Two-Game Stretch
No. 19 Creighton men’s basketball ended its recent home stand on a sour note, and now the Jays will hit the road for a tough two-game stretch looking to get back on track. Creighton will head to Providence on Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. CT tipoff on FS2. Dave Sims and...
No. 13 Creighton Men’s Basketball Falls to Butler in Shootout
No. 13 Creighton men’s basketball dropped a shootout on its home court Friday night, falling to Butler 99-98. The Bluejays fell to 16-6 overall including 7-4 in Big East play and will hit the road for two games next week. Here are three takeaways from the loss. Missed...
No. 13 Creighton Men’s Basketball to Host Butler Bulldogs After Five-Day Break
For the first time since the Christmas break, the No. 13 Creighton men’s basketball team is enjoying an extended break. Before this week, the Jays haven’t had more than three days between games since late December. They’ll return to the court on Friday to host Butler...
Trey Alexander Keys Creighton Men’s Basketball Success
Creighton junior Trey Alexander picked up his second Big East Player of the Week award on Monday after a 2-0 week for the Bluejays, who are sitting alone in second-place in the conference at 7-3 and have risen to No. 13 in the AP Poll. Alexander was also on the 10-man...
Big Second Half Pushes No. 17 Creighton Past DePaul in Pink Out Game
After letting DePaul hang around for a half, No. 17 Creighton men’s basketball put the Blue Demons away in the second half for an 85-62 victory Saturday night. “Another amazing crowd, amazing Pink Out,” Coach Greg McDermott said. “Everything was good except for our...
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No. 17 Creighton Men’s Basketball to Host DePaul for Annual Pink Out Game
No. 17 Creighton men’s basketball will continue its home stand on Saturday, but CHI Health Center Omaha will look a little different when the Bluejays take the court. The arena will be filled with fans decked out in pink instead of their traditional blue for the...
Alexander, Scheierman Lead No. 17 Creighton Men’s Basketball Past Xavier
No. 17 Creighton men’s basketball outscored Xavier by 14 points in the final eight minutes to pull out an 85-78 win at CHI Health Center Omaha Tuesday night. Just a few days after surviving a triple-overtime thriller at Seton Hall, Creighton’s veterans played heavy...
Xavier Leads Off Home Stand for No. 17 Creighton Men’s Basketball
Big East play has been anything but smooth sailing for No. 17 Creighton men’s basketball, but each time the Jays have found themselves in a bit of trouble they’ve responded to keep their conference title hopes alive as we approach the midway-point. Creighton dropped...
No. 18 Creighton Men’s Basketball Survives Triple-Overtime Thriller at Seton Hall
No. 18 Creighton men’s basketball survived the second triple-overtime game in program history, taking down Seton Hall in Newark 97-94 on Saturday afternoon. Here are three takeaways from the game. Gut-Check Shortly before tipoff, I called Saturday’s game a gut check...
No. 18 Bluejays Fall at No. 1 UConn as Huskies Dominate Glass, Turnovers
The UConn Huskies showed why they’ve risen to the No. 1 spot in the AP Poll on Wednesday night by dispatching No. 18 Creighton 62-48 at Gampel Pavilion. The Huskies led by as much as 22 at one point before Creighton made a late run to make the final score look a bit...
No. 18 Creighton Men’s Basketball Set to Take On No. 1 UConn
On Wednesday night, No. 18 Creighton men’s basketball will get the chance to play the best of the best as the Bluejays travel to Storrs to take on No. 1 UConn at 6 p.m. CT. After a wild week of results that saw most of the top 10 suffer losses, Coach Danny Hurley’s...
No. 22 Creighton Men’s Basketball Wins “Mud Fight” with St. John’s
No. 22 Creighton men’s basketball survived a 66-65 rock fight with St. John’s on Saturday to improve to 13-4 and 4-2 in Big East play. The sub-zero temperatures and snow-packed roads impacted the size of the crowd, but players and coaches alike praised the energy in...
No. 22 Creighton Men’s Basketball Set to Host Red Red Storm
After a quick business trip to Chicago, No.22 Creighton men’s basketball will be back at CHI Health Center Omaha on Saturday to host a red-hot St. John’s team at noon CT. The Red Storm has won five of its last six games, with the only loss coming at No. 4 UConn, and...
No. 22 Creighton Men’s Basketball Blows Out Blue Demons, 84-58
No. 22 Creighton men’s basketball secured its 19th straight win over DePaul on Tuesday night, blowing out the Blue Demons in Chicago 84-58. The 19 straight wins are the most in program history against a single team, as are the 11 straight road wins over the Blue...
Trey Alexander’s Recent Surge Sparks No. 22 Creighton Basketball
This season for Creighton basketball will largely go as Trey Alexander goes. The junior guard has a lot on his plate — he’s the team’s best playmaker, off-the-dribble scorer and perimeter defender. His efficiency has been up and down this season, but Alexander has...
Takeaways: Creighton Tops No. 23 Providence, 69-60
Creighton improved to 2-2 in Big East play and secured its first win over a top-25 team on Saturday as the Bluejays held off a second-half rally at home against No. 23 Providence for a 69-60 win. The Jays (11-4) won despite shooting just 30.3% (7-for-23) from 3-point...
Bluejays Hoping Turnover Woes Behind Them With Providence up Next
Through Creighton’s first 11 games, the Creighton men were top-50 nationally in turnover rate. The Jays hadn’t given the ball away more than 12 times in a game and had put together five games with single-digit turnovers. Then Big East play began, and Creighton gave...
