Men's Basketball Heads To Cayman Islands Classic; Meets Boise State First

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Game #4: Boise State Broncos vs. Creighton Bluejays
Monday, Nov. 19, 2018 • 6:30 p.m. CST
John Gray Gymnasium (2,000) • George Town, Cayman Islands
Radio: KOZN 1620 AM, www.1620thezone.com
Television: None
Series History: Boise State leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: Boise State 83, Creighton 70 in Omaha, Neb., on Nov. 28, 2012
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Next Game
Creighton (2-1) hits the road for the first time this season when it plays three games in three days at the Cayman Islands Classic in George Town, Cayman Islands.
   The Bluejays will open tournament play at 6:30 p.m. CST on Monday, Nov. 19 when it meets Boise State (1-1).
   With a loss, Creighton would play at 4 p.m. CST on Tuesday against the St. Bonaventure/Georgia State loser.
   With a win, Creighton would play at 6:30 p.m. CST on Tuesday against the St. Bonaventure/Georgia State winner.

Radio Broadcast Information
KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton men's basketball games during the 2018-19 season, while KOOO (101.9 FM) will also broadcast all home games. John Bishop and former Bluejay Nick Bahe will call the action. The audio is also webcast live at www.1620thezone.com.

Television Broadcast Information
Creighton's 68-game streak of televised games will come to an end at the Cayman Islands Classic, as none of the games will be televised.
   Creighton's last non-televised tilt was its 103-77 victory over Washington State in the opening round of the Paradise Jam. CU went on to win that event after following it up with televised victories over North Carolina State (112-94) and Ole Miss (86-77).

Video Webcast Information
All 12 games of the Cayman Islands Classic will be broadcast by Stadium, which can be viewed at http://watchstadium.com/live or via the Stadium app.
   Exact links to each contest will also be posted to the men's basketball schedule page on the GoCreighton.com website.
   Sharing broadcast duties at the tournament will be Noah Coslov, Doug Gottlieb, Kristen Balboni and Tim Scarborough.

Live Stats Information
All of Creighton's games this season will have free live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at the top of the page for the event of your choosing.
   Home games can also be followed by those who have mobile devices with internet capability at www.gocreightonstats.com.

Scouting Creighton
Creighton is 2-1 after opening the season with wins over Western Illinois (78-67) and East Tennessee State (75-69) before losing to Ohio State (69-60). The Bluejays have made 29-of-63 three-pointers to date (46.0 percent).
   Creighton returns eight lettermen and two starters from last year's team that finished 21-12 and tied for third in the BIG EAST Conference with a 10-8 league record.
   The Bluejays advanced to its fifth NCAA Tournament in the past seven seasons, where it fell to eventual Elite Eight qualifier Kansas State.
   Juniors Davion Mintz (10.0 ppg.) and Martin Krampelj (8.0 ppg.) are the returning starters, but it is three sophomores who are among CU's top four scorers.
   Ty-Shon Alexander (16.0 ppg.), Mitch Ballock (9.3 ppg.) and New Mexico transfer Damien Jefferson (8.0 ppg., 6.0 rpg.) have combined to score 100 of CU's 213 points this year.
   The Bluejays feature just two seniors, Kaleb Joseph (4.7 ppg.) and Connor Cashaw (0.7 ppg.). Joseph is transitioning to the off-guard spot, while Cashaw is a graduate transfer from Rice after averaging 15.5 points per game last winter for the Owls.
   Two true freshmen have seen action so far, Marcus Zegarowski (7.7 ppg.) and Samson Froling (4.3 ppg.).

Scouting Boise State
Boise State is 1-1 on the season after losing to Idaho State (72-70) and winning against Jackson State (70-53).
   RJ Williams averages 16.5 points per game and 6.0 rebounds per contest, connecting on 13-of-24 shots from the field thus far.
   Also scoring at a double-digit clip are Derrick Alston (11.5 ppg.) and Zach Haney (11.5 ppg., 8.5 rpg.).
   The Broncos shoot 43.9 percent from the field, 26.7 percent from three-point range and 66.7 percent at the line while outrebounding foes by 2.5 caroms per contest.

The Series With Boise State
Boise State won the only previous meeting against Creighton, 83-70, on Nov. 28, 2012 in Omaha. Derrick Marks had 28 of his game-high 35 points in the second half to lead the Broncos to an upset road win over the No. 11 Bluejays.
   Doug McDermott led Creighton with 21 points and four rebounds.
   Greg McDermott is 0-1 all-time against Boise State and coach Leon Rice.

The Creighton Coaches
Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) is in his ninth season as head coach at Creighton, where he is 189-95 with the Bluejays. McDermott has previously 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 career mark of 469-290 in his 25th season and is 338-226 in his 18th Division I campaign. McDermott is assisted by Preston Murphy, Alan Huss and Paul Lusk.

Tournament Success
Creighton has had some great success in tournament play in recent seasons, especially under Greg McDermott. In McDermott's tenure, CU is 25-5 in regular-season tournament action with four titles (most recently the 2016 Paradise Jam) in eight completed events.
   Since 2002-03, Creighton is 39-9 (21-0 at home) with seven titles in 14 (including the ETSU game on 11/11) preseason tournaments, as seen below. Creighton last lost at home in a regular-season tournament in 1975.
   Not counting campus games, Creighton has lost the first game of a regular-season tournament just twice in the last 16 seasons, falling to Ole Miss in the 2014 Emerald Coast Classic and to Michigan in the 2009 Old Spice Classic.
Preseason Tournament Performances, Last 16 Seasons
Year   Tourney (Site)   W-L (Home W-L)
2002-03   Guardians Classic (Omaha/KC)   4-0 (2-0)
2004-05   Guardians Classic (Omaha/KC)   4-0 (2-0)
2006-07   Rainbow Classic (Honolulu)   2-1
2008-09   Las Vegas Classic (Omaha/Las Vegas)   4-0 (2-0)
2009-10   Old Spice Classic (Orlando)   0-3
2010-11   Hy-Vee Challenge (Omaha/Des Moines)   3-1 (3-0)
2011-12   Dale Howard Classic (Omaha/Des Moines)   4-0 (3-0)
2012-13   Las Vegas Invite (Omaha/Las Vegas)   4-0 (2-0)
2013-14   Wooden Legacy (Fullerton/Anaheim)   1-2
2014-15   Emerald Coast Classic (Omaha/Niceville)   3-1 (2-0)
2015-16   MGM Grand Main Event (Omaha/Las Vegas)   4-0 (2-0)
2016-17   Paradise Jam (U.S. Virgin Islands)   3-0
2017-18   Hall of Fame Classic (Omaha/Kansas City)   3-1 (2-0)
2018-19   Cayman Islands Classic (Omaha/Cayman Islands)   1-0 (1-0)

Alexander The Great
Ty-Shon Alexander is the lone Bluejay to score in double-figures in each of Creighton's first three games this season, pouring in 12, 20 and 16 points. He's the first sophomore to score in double-figures in three straight games to start the year since Isaiah Zierden did it in four games in a row in 2014-15.
   Alexander had nine games last season with 10 or more points, including a career-long streak of four games in a row from Nov. 12-21.
   Alexander has averaged 10.7 points per career game in the month of November, compared to 5.0 points per game in all other months, though his role is certainly much more prominent this season.

Lucky Number Nine
There were 53 head coaches hired nationwide prior to the 2010-11 season, including Creighton's Greg McDermott and Boise State's Leon Rice. Only 17 of those men still remain in their current role, including fellow Cayman Islands Classic participating coach Brad Brownell of Clemson.
   Here's the record of those 17 men, entering the 2018-19 campaign. McDermott is tied for first on that list in NCAA trips, and second on that list in wins trailing only his predecessor at Creighton, Dana Altman.
W-L   Name, School (NCAA Trips)
210-82   Dana Altman, Oregon (5)
187-94   Greg McDermott, Creighton (5)
182-92   Tim Cluess, Iona (5)
166-110   Tad Boyle, Colorado (4)
165-96   Leon Rice, Boise State (2)
158-112   Jason Hooten, Sam Houston State
157-122   Russell Turner, UC Irvine
155-111   Bob Marlin, Louisiana-Lafayette (1)
151-120   Fran McCaffrey, Iowa (3)
150-114   Kevin Willard, Seton Hall (3)
150-122   Andy Toole, Robert Morris (1)
149-113   Brad Brownell, Clemson (2)
141-119   Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo
133-126   Greg Lansing, Indiana State (1)
115-136   Glenn Braica, St. Francis (NY)
106-148   John Gallagher, Hartford
93-158   Keith Richard, Louisiana-Monroe
79-177   Kevin Nickelberry, Howard

Defensive-Minded Early
Creighton has allowed 67, 69 and 69 points in the first three contests this season.
   It marks the first time since 2012-13 that the Bluejays have held each of its first three opponents under 70 points. That team would go on to win the Missouri Valley Conference and reach the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament.
   Creighton has had seven teams in the last 30 years hold the first three opponents under 70 points. Five of them reached the NCAA Tournament, and those seven squads averaged 25 wins per season.
   The last time Creighton held its first four foes under 70 points came in 2012-13.

They All Can Shoot
Creighton is shooting 46 percent from three-point range this season, tops in the BIG EAST through Nov. 15.
   Of the 10 men to appear in a game this season, nine have already made a three-pointer and attempted multiple three-pointers.
   The exception in those categories is Connor Cashaw, who actually leads the team with 133 three-pointers at the college level (all at Rice).

Going Young
Creighton trailed 63-56 with 5:25 to play against East Tennessee State on Nov. 11 when it went with a youthful line-up featuring three sophomores and two true freshmen (Ty-Shon Alexander, Damien Jefferson, Mitch Ballock, Samson Froling, Marcus Zegarowski).
   By the time Creighton subbed 3:21 later, the Bluejays had a 69-65 lead with 2:04 to go after a 13-2 spurt.
   Combined, that group outscored the opposition 23-12 in just under seven minutes together against the Buccaneers.

Big Deficits, No Big Deal
Creighton owns 20 victories under Greg McDermott after trailing by double-figures at some point, including the Nov. 11 win vs. East Tennessee State when CU trailed by 12 points with seven minutes left. Ten of those comebacks have come away from home.
   The comeback win over East Tennessee State was just the second time in nine seasons under Greg McDermott that the Bluejays had trailed by 12+ points with less than seven minutes left and won. It first happened on Feb. 21, 2012, when Creighton trailed 73-61 to Evansville with 6:20 left before rallying to post a 93-92 overtime win.
   Creighton also overcame a 12-point second half deficit against Ohio State to go ahead by four, only to surrender the last 13 points of the game and lose by nine.
Double-Digit Comebacks Under Greg McDermott
Deficit   Opponent   Date
18   #18 Oklahoma   11/19/14
17   at San Diego State   11/30/11
16   at Evansville   02/16/13
14   Evansville   02/21/12
13   at Saint Joseph's   11/16/13
13   Xavier   01/12/14
12   Saint Joseph's   12/11/10
12   at DePaul   01/17/16
12   East Tennessee State   11/11/18
11   at Wichita State   12/31/11
11   Northern Iowa   01/10/12
11   vs. Alabama   03/16/12
11   vs. Ole Miss   11/21/16
10   UAB   11/14/12
10   vs. Drake   03/02/12
10   at Nebraska   12/07/14
10   South Dakota   12/09/14
10   St. John's   01/03/18
10   at DePaul   02/07/18
10   Bemidji State   02/13/18

Rebound Bonanza
Damien Jefferson had to sit out last year after transferring in from New Mexico, but he made up for lost time on the glass in the season-opener.
   Jefferson grabbed 12 rebounds in just 23 minutes of work, breaking his previous high by three.
   Jefferson's 12 rebounds were the most by any Creighton player in their debut since Cyril Baptiste snared 17 boards in 1969.
   In his second game at CU, Jefferson had 14 points and two blocked shots vs. East Tennessee State. The two blocks were a career-high, while the 14 points matched his previous best.

November Reign
Creighton is 86-17 in regular-season November games at all sites since the start of the 1998-99 campaign.
   Creighton has not lost two consecutive games in the month of November since 2009, and hasn't lost twice in the month of November since 2010.

Playing With The Lead
In 260 games at CHI Health Center Omaha all-time, Creighton has not trailed in 73 of those contests, a staggering 28.1 percent of the time.
   Under Greg McDermott at home, Creighton is 118-27 and hasn't trailed in 48 of those games.

CHI Health Center Omaha Success
Creighton has played 260 regular and postseason contests at CHI Health Center Omaha all-time in the 16-year-old facility.
   The Bluejays own a 215-45 (.827) record all-time at the facility, and have never lost there on a Friday (14-0).
   Creighton's Nov. 25, 2017 win over SIU Edwardsville was the program's 200th at the facility, coming in its 242nd home game. CU's 100th win came on Nov. 17, 2010, a 63-58 win over Louisiana.
   Creighton has outscored its opponents 20,170-16,905 in games at CHI Health Center Omaha, an average margin of 12.56 points per game. Creighton has not trailed 73 different times, including 21 of its last 57 home games.
   Creighton is also 28-26 all-time in the 54 games at the arena in which it's fallen behind by double-figures at any point, 7-10 when down by 10+ points at halftime in the facility, and 34-24 when trailing at halftime at CHI Health Center Omaha.
   Creighton is 118-27 (.814) at CHI Health Center Omaha under Greg McDermott, including a 68-5 record vs. non-conference teams.
   Factor in a 17-0 home mark at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in 2002-03 and two wins at the Civic in the 2010 CIT, and the Bluejays are 233-45 (.838) at home since the start of the 2002-03 campaign.

Preseason BIG EAST Poll Picks CU Ninth
Creighton has been picked to finish ninth in a preseason poll of BIG EAST coaches.
   Villanova earned 8-of-9 possible first place votes and finished ahead of Marquette and Providence. St. John's and Butler rank fourth and fifth, while the bottom half consists of Xavier, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Creighton and DePaul.
   Creighton is one of two schools (Providence) to match or exceed its preseason prognostication every year since the reconfiguration of the BIG EAST.
   St. John's junior guard Shamorie Ponds was tabbed Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year, and Providence's David Duke and Villanova's Jahvon Quinerly shared Preseason Freshman of the Year laurels.
   Creighton's Martin Krampelj was a Preseason Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST pick.

#ProJays
For the first time ever, Creighton has five NBA players at the same time as Kyle Korver (Cleveland Cavaliers), Anthony Tolliver (Minnesota Timberwolves), Doug McDermott (Indiana Pacers, Justin Patton (Philadelphia 76ers) and Khyri Thomas (Detroit Pistons) are all in the league.
   Including 2018-18, Creighton has now had an NBA player in 35 of the last 36 years.
   Korver leads all active players and ranks fourth in NBA history with 2,225 three-pointers. He's also second among active players and seventh all-time in league history with 43.11 percent marksmanship from three-point range. He set a single-season NBA mark that still stands with his 53.6 percent shooting from three-point range in 2009-10, and is the only player in league history to lead the NBA in three-point percentage four times.
   Tolliver is averaging 5.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game on 40.4 percent shooting from deep this season for the Timberwolves.
   McDermott is in his fifth season in the NBA, and first with the Indiana Pacers. He's averaging 5.3 points per game on 42.1 percent three-point shooting this year.
   Patton was traded on Nov. 10 from Minnesota to Philadelphia, but currently rehabbing an injured foot. Patton redshirted in 2015-16 before turning pro and being the 16th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. He spent most of last year in the G-League, but did score two points in his lone NBA appearance last April.
   Creighton's newest NBA product is Khyri Thomas, who was the 38th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers before being traded minutes later to the Detroit Pistons. Thomas was a two-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year. He scored three points in his NBA debut on Nov. 9th.

Among The Nation's Best
Below is where Creighton ranks nationally in the since Greg McDermott took over in 2010-11, per Basketball-Reference.com.
2010-11 to Nov. 15, 2018
Category   Stat   NCAA Rank
3FG Percentage   .386   4th
FG Percentage   .482   4th
3FG Made   2,451   4th
Assists   4,615   5th
FG Made   7,698   11th
Wins   189   T-31st
Winning Percentage   .665   39th

Full House
Creighton averaged 17,000 fans per home game last season, good for fifth-best nationally.
   Last year was the 13th straight season that CU has been among the nation's top 25 in average home attendance, and the seventh straight season in the top-10 nationally in attendance, as well.
   Creighton is averaging 16,700 fans per game this season at home.
2017-18 Attendance Leaders
   Rk.   School   Average
   1.   Kentucky   21,875
   2.   Syracuse   21,462
   3.   North Carolina   18,379
   4.   Wisconsin   17,272
   5.   Creighton   17,000
   6.   Louisville   16,883
   7.   Kansas   16,345
   8.   Tennessee   16,210
   9.   Arkansas   16,181
   10.   Indiana   15,591

Some Loyal Fans
Creighton played in front of 306,000 home fans last season, surpassing the 200,000 mark for the 13th straight season.
   Creighton had never attracted more than 141,000 home fans in any season prior to the opening of CHI Health Center Omaha, and now has done it in the past 15 seasons.
   Creighton has led its conference in home attendance every year since moving into CHI Health Center Omaha, which is in its 16th season.
Highest Average Attendance, Creighton History
   Avg. Att.   School   Year
   17,896   Creighton   2013-14
   17,413   Creighton   2016-17
   17,155   Creighton   2012-13
   17,048   Creighton   2014-15
   17,000   Creighton   2017-18
   16,700 so far   Creighton   2018-19
   16,665   Creighton   2011-12

Creighton's Most Home Fans, Season
Rk.   Year   G   Attendance   Average
1.   2017-18   18   306,000   17,000
2.   2015-16   19   302,887   15,941
3.   2008-09   19   302,676   15,930
4.   2010-11   22   297,161   13,507
5.   2016-17   17   296,013   17,413

Release, Rotation, Splash, Repeat
Creighton has made at least one three-pointer in 819 straight games since a 59-53 loss at Illinois State on Feb. 20, 1993. The streak is the nation's 17th-longest active streak.
   Creighton's last win without making a three-point basket came on March 3, 1991 when the Jays went 0-for-2 from three-point range in a 71-66 win over Southern Illinois in the championship game of the MVC Tournament.
   Below is a list of the nation's longest active three-point streaks.
Longest Active 3-Point Streak
   Rk.   Streak   School   Next Game
   1.   1,042   UNLV   11/20
   2.   1,034   Vanderbilt   11/19
   3.   1,024   Duke   11/19
   4.   978   Arkansas   11/18
       978   Western Kentucky   11/18
   6.   963   East Tennessee State   11/17
   7.   953   Pacific   11/20
   8.   940   Oakland   11/19
   9.   931   Texas   11/22
   10.   906   Princeton   11/21
   11.   882   Marshall   11/19
   12.   872   Baylor   11/23
   13.   852   Gonzaga   11/19
   14.   849   LIU-Brooklyn   11/18
   15.   833   Cornell   11/17
   16.   828   Mount St. Mary's   11/18
   17.   819   Creighton   11/19
   18.   818   Tennessee State   11/17
   19.   815   East Carolina   11/19

McDermott Ranks Second On CU Wins List
Greg McDermott currently has 189 victories at Creighton, good for second place on CU's all-time wins list.
   McDermott's .665 winning percentage is Creighton's best since Arthur A. Schabinger's .714 win rate more 80 years ago.
   Below is a list of the most victorious Creighton coaches in program history.
Most Coaching Wins, Creighton History
Rk.   W-L   Name   Years
1.   327-176   Dana Altman   1994-2010
2.   189-95   Greg McDermott    2010-Pres.
3.   165-66   Arthur A. Schabinger    1922-35
4.   138-118   John J. "Red" McManus    1959-69
5.   130-64   Tom Apke   1974-81

Scoring In Bunches
Creighton scored 2,756 points and ranked 12th nationally with 83.5 points per contest last season.
   The 2,756 points rank tied for fourth-most in program history for one season, and were 128 behind the 2,864 points that the 2016-17 team scored to establish the record.
   Greg McDermott is 54-2 as a Division I head coach when his teams score 90 or more points, including a 48-2 mark on the Creighton sideline.
   Creighton is 62-2 all-time when scoring 100 points or more, including 35 straight wins since a 1977 loss to North Texas State.

CHI Health Center Omaha Dramatics
Creighton is 7-8 in games with a game-winning go-ahead score in the final 10 seconds at CHI Health Center Omaha, which opened in the fall of 2003.
Creighton's Go-Ahead Scores in Wins at
CHI Health Center Omaha, Last 10 Seconds
Date   Opponent   Score   Player/Score   Time
11/26/05   Dayton   W 91-90*   Funk FG   :5.7
01/28/06   Wichita St.   W 57-55   Tolliver FG   :0.0
11/25/06   George Mason   W 58-56   Watts FT   :7.5
03/18/08   Rhode Island   W 74-73   Witter 3FG   :3.2
01/13/10   Southern Illinois   W 71-69   Young FG   :1.3
02/18/12   Long Beach St.   W 81-79   Young FG   :0.3
01/28/14   St. John's   W 63-60   McDermott 3FG   :2.8
*double-overtime

Opponent Go-Ahead Scores in CU Losses at
CHI Health Center Omaha, Last 10 Seconds
Date   Opponent   Score   Player/Score   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   :4.1
01/10/15   #19 Seton Hall   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   :6.3
01/12/16   #12 Providence   L 50-48   K. Dunn FG   :0.0
02/22/17   Providence   L 68-66   K. Cartwright 3FG   :2.4
02/10/18   #5 Xavier   L 71-72   Q. Goodin FT's   :0.3

Going For 20, Again
Creighton has won 20 or more games in 18 of the last 20 seasons (entering 2018-19), a feat that puts the Jays among an exclusive group, nationally.
   Just three schools nationally have had 20 or more wins each of the last 20 years: Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas.    Kentucky and Florida have done it in 19 of the last 20 seasons.
   Creighton, Xavier, Syracuse and Arizona each are in the 18-of-20 seasons club.

Top-20 Crowds
Here's a look at Creighton's top-20 home crowds all-time, which features five games from last year.
      Rank   Att.   Opponent   Date
   1.   18,868   Providence   03/08/14
   2.   18,859   Georgetown   01/25/14
   3.   18,831   #1 Villanova   12/31/16
   4.   18,797   #6 Villanova   02/16/14
   5.   18,742   Seton Hall   02/23/14
   6.   18,735   Wichita State   02/11/12
   7.   18,613   Wichita State   03/02/13
   8.   18,525   Marquette   12/31/13
   9.   18,518   Georgetown   01/27/18
   10.   18,495   Marquette   02/17/18
   11.   18,494   Illinois State   02/09/13
   12.   18,458   Evansville   12/29/12
   13.   18,436   Bradley   01/28/12
   14.   18,323   DePaul   02/07/14
   15.   18,321   #3 Villanova   02/24/18
   16.   18,257   #5 Xavier   02/10/18
   17.   18,191   DePaul   02/27/18
   18.   18,160   Central Arkansas   11/14/14
   19.   18,145   Marquette   01/21/17
   20.   18,111   Bradley   02/02/13

Home Run
Since Greg McDermott took over in 2010, Creighton is averaging 80.52 points per home game (11,676 points in 145 home games), a figure that climbs to 84.73 points in non-conference home games (6,185 points in 73 home games).
   Creighton is 97-3 all-time at CHI Health Center Omaha when scoring 80 or points and has won 89 straight non-conference home games when scoring 80 or more points, dating to a 90-85 loss to Nebraska on Dec. 7, 1991.

Eight Out Of 20 Tourney Titles
Creighton owns eight league tournament titles in the last 20 years. On a national basis, the only schools that can claim this are Gonzaga (16), Duke (11), Winthrop (10), Kentucky (10), Kansas (9), New Mexico State (9) and Creighton (8).

BIG EAST Playing Big
Though the BIG EAST may not be considered of the traditional "Football 5" Conferences due to its lack of big time football, the performance of the league has been big time for a long time.
   The league has owned a top-five RPI in the NCAA RPI rankings in every season since 2000-01, as seen below:
BIG EAST in Conference RPI Rankings
2017-18:   2nd
2016-17:   3rd
2015-16:   4th
2014-15:   3rd
2013-14:   4th
2012-13:   2nd
2011-12:   2nd
2010-11:   1st
2009-10:   3rd
2008-19:   4th
2007-08:   5th
2006-07:   5th
2005-06:   3rd
2004-05:   2nd
2003-04:   4th
2002-03:   5th
2001-02:   3rd
2000-01:   3rd

Clear Bag Policy Now In Place
CHI Health Center Omaha has adopted new clear bag regulations for all arena events, including Creighton University men's home basketball games. Bags permitted under the policy include clear plastic, vinyl or PVC totes.
   Additionally, small clutch-sized bags will also be allowed inside the arena after a proper security inspection. However, oversized bags or purses will no longer be allowed inside the premises.
   After observing the success and ease of transition with arenas and venues across the state, MECA and Creighton University believe the updated policy to be the best safety practice for the thousands of fans who loyally attend each basketball game, and countless concert-goers who walk through the doors at CHI Health Center Omaha.
   Here are the main bullet-points of the new bag policy.
•   Clear plastic bags, measuring 12 inches tall, 12 inches long, and 6 inches wide.
•   Small or clutch-sized purses or wallets, not exceeding 4.5 inches tall by 6.5 inches long.
•   One-gallon, clear plastic freezer bags are permitted (Ziploc bag or similar).
•   No large purses, bags, backpacks or fanny-packs will be allowed inside.
•   MECA staff members are not allowed to hold bags during an event.
•   Exceptions will be made for bags with medical necessity after appropriate inspection.

Ticket Information
Single-game tickets for the 2018-19 season went on sale on October 16th.
   Fans can purchase single-game tickets at CHI Health Center Omaha Box Office, Ryan Athletic Center, by calling Ticketmaster or visiting Ticketmaster.com, and charging by phone at (800) 745-3000. Only upper bowl seats will be available for any regular-season game.
   For more information, call the Creighton Ticket Office at (402) 280-JAYS.

Men's Basketball Heads To Cayman Islands Classic; Meets Boise State First

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Players Mentioned

Ty-Shon Alexander

Mitch Ballock

Connor Cashaw

Samson Froling

Damien Jefferson

Kaleb Joseph

Martin Krampelj

Davion Mintz

Khyri Thomas

Marcus Zegarowski