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Men's Basketball To Host Nebraska-Omaha on Dec. 1
11/3/2020 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Bluejays and Mavericks will meet in regular-season for first time in 25 years.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Men's Basketball head coach Greg McDermott announced that Creighton's 2020-21 home-opener will take place on Tuesday, December 1 when the Bluejays host Nebraska-Omaha.
It'll be the 44th all-time regular-season meeting between the schools, but first in the regular-season since November 30, 1995 (a 74-71 CU win). Creighton leads the all-time series 40-3, with Omaha's last win in the series coming on Dec. 11, 1982. The teams have never competed against each other in a game that counted as Division I competitors.
The Bluejays and Mavericks have met seven times in exhibition play since that 1995 match-up, most recently a 96-67 Creighton win in an October 26, 2017 exhibition game that benefited the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund. CU also won exhibition games in 2000 (74-53), 2001 (62-53), 2002 (75-72), 2003 (72-66 in OT), 2006 (73-56) and 2009 (93-77).
The December 1 game is the ninth game on Creighton's 2020-21 schedule to be announced, which includes four BIG EAST games. Start times and television details have not yet been finalized for all but CU's season-opener vs. South Dakota State on November 25, and additional games will be announced in the weeks to come.
2020-21 Creighton Men's Basketball Schedule (as of 11/3/20)
Nov. 25 – vs. South Dakota State #
Nov. 26 – vs. Dayton/Wichita State #
Nov. 27 – vs. Memphis/Ohio State/West Virginia/Texas A&M #
Dec. 1 - Nebraska-Omaha
Dec. 8 – at Kansas !
Dec. 14 – Marquette*
Dec. 17 – at St. John's*
Dec. 20 – at Connecticut*
Dec. 23 – Xavier*
# - Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
! - Big 12 / BIG EAST Battle
* - BIG EAST Conference game
It'll be the 44th all-time regular-season meeting between the schools, but first in the regular-season since November 30, 1995 (a 74-71 CU win). Creighton leads the all-time series 40-3, with Omaha's last win in the series coming on Dec. 11, 1982. The teams have never competed against each other in a game that counted as Division I competitors.
The Bluejays and Mavericks have met seven times in exhibition play since that 1995 match-up, most recently a 96-67 Creighton win in an October 26, 2017 exhibition game that benefited the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund. CU also won exhibition games in 2000 (74-53), 2001 (62-53), 2002 (75-72), 2003 (72-66 in OT), 2006 (73-56) and 2009 (93-77).
The December 1 game is the ninth game on Creighton's 2020-21 schedule to be announced, which includes four BIG EAST games. Start times and television details have not yet been finalized for all but CU's season-opener vs. South Dakota State on November 25, and additional games will be announced in the weeks to come.
2020-21 Creighton Men's Basketball Schedule (as of 11/3/20)
Nov. 25 – vs. South Dakota State #
Nov. 26 – vs. Dayton/Wichita State #
Nov. 27 – vs. Memphis/Ohio State/West Virginia/Texas A&M #
Dec. 1 - Nebraska-Omaha
Dec. 8 – at Kansas !
Dec. 14 – Marquette*
Dec. 17 – at St. John's*
Dec. 20 – at Connecticut*
Dec. 23 – Xavier*
# - Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
! - Big 12 / BIG EAST Battle
* - BIG EAST Conference game
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