#8 Men's Basketball Heads to New York For BIG EAST Tournament

Game #32: Georgetown Hoyas (9-22) or Providence Friars (19-12) vs. #8 Creighton Bluejays (23-8)
Thursday, March 14, 2024 • 6:00 p.m. CT • New York, N.Y. • Madison Square Garden
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Next Game
No. 8 Creighton (23-8) opens the postseason as the No. 2 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament on Thursday, March 14, when it takes on the winner of Wednesday's First Round game between seventh-seeded Providence (19-12) against 10th-seeded Georgetown (9-22) First Round game.
   Thursday's tip-off at Madison Square Garden (19,812) is set for 6 p.m. Central.

Radio Broadcast Information
KOZN (1620 AM) and KOOO (101.9 FM) will carry all Creighton games during the 2023-24 season. John Bishop and Taylor Stormberg will call the action.    The audio is webcast at 1620thezone.com and can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 138 or 221 or https://sxm.app.link/964.

Telecast Information
Thursday's game will be called by Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery, with Kristina Pink serving as sideline reporter, and televised on FS1. It will be CU's 98th consecutive televised game (and 260th of its last 266). The game will also be video webcast at https://FoxSports.com/live. Cable authorization may be required.

Live Stats Information
All of Creighton's games this season will have free live stats. Visit Creighton.StatBroadcast.com for the exact link.

Scouting No. 10 Creighton
Creighton is 23-8 this year and went 14-6 in BIG EAST play. The Bluejays have won seven of their past eight games, including an 85-66 win over No. 1 UConn on Feb. 20 and an 89-75 win vs. No. 5 Marquette on March 2. The Jays share the national lead among Power 6 teams with eight road wins and also own eight Quad 1 wins (fifth nationally).
   The nucleus of the team is formed by three returning starters as senior forward Baylor Scheierman (18.5 ppg., 8.8 rpg., 4.1 apg), senior center Ryan Kalkbrenner (17.1 ppg., 7.3 rpg., 3.0 bpg., 65.0 FG%), and junior guard Trey Alexander (17.5 ppg., 5.8 rpg., 4.9 apg.) all put their professional aspirations on hold and came back.
   Add in senior transfer Steven Ashworth (10.5 ppg,. 4.2 apg.), the USBWA District VII Player of the Year last year at Utah State, and it's easy to see why CU was one of three BIG EAST teams picked in the top-10 nationally in the preseason.
   The Bluejays boast an offense that shoots 49.0 percent from the floor, 77.5 percent at the line and 36.5 percent from three-point land while draining 10.7 three-pointers per contest (sixth-best nationally), which contributes to CU's 80.8 points per game. The Jays also outrebound foes by 4.6 caroms per contest.
   The Bluejay defense has held teams to 69.5 points per game and allowed opponents to make just 179 three-pointers all year. Creighton's 11.26 fouls per game are the fewest in the nation.

The Creighton Coaches
Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) owns a 323-158 record in his 14th season with the Bluejays. He ranks 16th among active coaches in victories with a career mark of 603-353 in his 30th season, and is 472-289 in his 23rd Division I campaign.
   McDermott led Creighton to its first BIG EAST regular-season title in 2019-20, taking a Bluejay team that was picked seventh in the league's preseason poll and ending the year ranked seventh nationally. The Cascade, Iowa native has coached Creighton to a share of its first regular-season BIG EAST title in 2019-20 its first Sweet 16 since 1974 in 2020-21 and first Elite Eight since 1941 in 2022-23. His 600th career win was a memorable one, as Creighton knocked off No. 1 UConn on Feb. 20, 2024.
   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 is assisted by Ryan Miller, Jalen Courtney-Williams and Derek Kellogg.

With A Win...
- Creighton would advance to Friday's 7 p.m. Central semifinal against either Marquette, Villanova or DePaul in a game that will air on FS1 and KOZN (1620 AM).
- Creighton would improve to 11-9 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament, including a 6-4 mark in the quarterfinals.
- Improve to 5-2 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament as a No. 2 seed (3-0 in the quarterfinals), and 25-5 all-time in conference tournament action as a No. 2 seed (including the MVC Tournament).
- Improve to 3-0 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament vs. No. 7 seeds or 3-0 against No. 10 seeds.
- Creighton would improve to 3-2 in the BIG EAST Tournament against Providence or 1-2 against Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament.

Milestone Watch
- Trey Alexander owns 1,305 points to rank 21st in CU history and can pass Ryan Sears (1,309) and Kenny Lawson Jr. (1,313) with nine more points.
- Ryan Kalkbrenner is eight blocks shy of 100 this season and nine swats shy of 300 in his career.
- Baylor Scheierman owns 97 three-pointers and is three trifectas shy of joining Kyle Korver (twice) and Ethan Wragge as the third player in CU history with 100 or more in a season.
- Baylor Scheierman has attempted 256 three-pointers this season, 13 attempts shy of Kyle Korver's school record from 2002-03.
- Steven Ashworth is two steals away from 100 in his career.

McDermott's Tournament History
Greg McDermott owns 17 wins in conference tournaments at CU (10 in the BIG EAST Tournament, 7 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament). He led Creighton to the 2012 and 2013 MVC Tournament titles.
   Greg McDermott owns a 10-9 record at the BIG EAST Tournament. The other 10 coaches in the league own a combined nine BIG EAST Tournament victories at their current schools, though Rick Pitino is 15-7 between his previous stints at Providence and Louisville and Ed Cooley was 10-10 at the BIG EAST Tourney from his days as Providence coach.
BIG EAST Tournament Records at Current School
Coach, Current School   W   L   Titles
Greg McDermott, CU   10   9   -
Shaka Smart, MU   3   1   1
Dan Hurley, UConn   3   3   -
Sean Miller, XU   2   1   -
Kyle Neptune, VU   1   1   -
Thad Matta, BU   0   1   -
Shaheen Holloway, SHU   0   1   -
Matt Brady, DPU   First    Year   -
Rick Pitino, SJU   First    Year   -
Ed Cooley, GU   First    Year   -
Kim English, PC   First    Year   -

Conference Tournament History
Creighton is 10-9 all-time as it enters its 10th appearance at the BIG EAST Tournament, which includes trips to the finals in 2014, 2017, 2021 and 2022. That doesn't include the 2020 trip that was halted at halftime of the quarterfinal round game vs. St. John's at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
   Since joining the BIG EAST, Creighton is 1-0 in the opening round, 5-4 in the quarterfinals, 4-1 in the semifinals and 0-4 in championship games.
   Creighton lost in the title game to Providence in 2014 (65-58), Villanova in 2017 (74-60), Georgetown (73-48) in 2021 and Villanova (54-48) in 2022.
   Creighton has won at least one conference tournament game in nine of the previous 12 seasons (which includes three trips to the MVC Tournament). That's tied with Villanova for the most of any current league school in those 12 seasons.
   Creighton also enjoyed a highly-successful run at the MVC Tournament in the previous three decades. The Bluejays owned a 43-20 all-time record in MVC Tournament play. Creighton's 12 MVC Tournament titles were seven more than any other school, while its 43 wins and .683 winning percentage in league tourney action also remain tops in event history.
   Creighton was 19-12 in the quarterfinals, 12-7 in the semifinals and 12-1 in the championship games as a Valley member. Creighton won the MVC Tournament nine of the last 13 times it won its first game in the event.
   Creighton won its MVC Tournament titles in 1978, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012 and 2013.

Ring Bearers
Creighton's current full-time coaching staff and student-athletes have combined for 15 postseason Division I conference tournament titles as student-athletes or assistant/head coaches, but none have won a BIG EAST Tournament.
   Greg McDermott owns three MVC Tourney titles under his belt (one as Northern Iowa coach, two as Creighton coach). CU assistant coach Ryan Miller was an assistant coach on the 2012 New Mexico team that won the Mountain West Conference Tournament.
   Assistant coach Derek Kellogg won four Atlantic-10 Conference Tournaments as a student-athlete (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) at Massachusetts, one as head coach at LIU in 2018 and three as an assistant coach at Memphis (2006, 2007, 2008) and one as an assistant at George Mason (1999).
   In addition, Baylor Scheierman won the 2022 Summit League Tournament title while at South Dakota State and Johnathan Lawson played for the 2023 American Athletic Conference champion Memphis squad.
   Here's a breakdown of how many conference tournament titles each person has been a part of:
Name      Titles Won    Years With A Title
Derek Kellogg   9   1992^, '93^, '94^, '95^, '99•, 2006+, '07+, '08+¶, '18%
Greg McDermott   3   2004@, 2012*, 2013*
Ryan Miller   1   2012!
Baylor Scheierman   1   2022$
Johnathan Lawson   1   2023#
^ won four A-10 titles as a player at Massachusetts
• won a CAA title as an assistant coach at George Mason
+ won a Conference USA title as an assistant at Memphis
¶ later vacated
% won one NEC title as a head coach at LIU
@ won a MVC title as a head coach at Northern Iowa
* won two MVC titles as a head coach at Creighton
! won a MWC title as an assistant at New Mexico
$ won an Summit League title as a player at South Dakota St.
# won a AAC title as a player at Memphis

Random League Tournament Facts
-Creighton has won 13 of its last 15 conference tournament games decided by four points or less.
-Creighton is 12-8 in its last 20 conference tournament games when playing an opponent with a better seed than the Bluejays.
-The top two seeds have met in a BIG EAST final just once since 2004, with that coming last year when No. 1 Marquette topped No. 2 Xavier.
-The No. 2 seed has reached the BIG EAST Tournament final each of the previous three years, including No. 2 Villanova's 2022 title game victory over Creighton.
-Creighton is 24-5 all-time in 11 previous conference tournament appearances as a No. 2 seed, including six titles as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (1981, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012).
   The Jays have are 4-2 all-time in two previous appearances as the No. 2 seed at the BIG EAST Tournament.
Creighton As the #2 Seed (20-3 MVC; 4-2 BIG EAST)
   Year   League   Record
   1980   Missouri Valley   1-1
   1981   Missouri Valley   3-0
   1998   Missouri Valley   0-1
   1999   Missouri Valley   3-0
   2002   Missouri Valley   3-0
   2003   Missouri Valley   3-0
   2007   Missouri Valley   3-0
   2009   Missouri Valley   1-1
   2012   Missouri Valley   3-0
   2014   BIG EAST   2-1
   2021   BIG EAST   2-1
   2024   BIG EAST   0-0 so far

Eight Tourney Titles Since 1999
Creighton owns eight league tournament titles since 1999. On a national basis, the only schools that can claim this (entering this March) are Gonzaga (20), Duke (13), Winthrop (12), New Mexico State (11), Kentucky (10), Kansas (10), Iona (10), Murray State (9), Vermont (9), Belmont (8), Creighton (8), Memphis (8), Montana (8), Penn (8), Texas Southern (8) and Utah State (8).
   Creighton has appeared in four title games since the reconfiguration of the BIG EAST in the summer of 2013. That trails only Villanova (6), and are twice as many as Providence (2), Seton Hall (2) and Xavier (2). Georgetown and Marquette have advanced to one final apiece.

Previous All-Tourney Picks
This week marks Creighton's 10th trip to the BIG EAST Tournament, not counting the 2020 abbreviated trek that was halted at halftime of its first game.
   In the previous nine trips played to completion, the only men to earn All-Tournament Team honors has been Doug McDermott and Austin Chatman, who helped take CU to the finals in 2014, Marcus Foster, who led the Jays to the 2017 title tilt, Marcus Zegarowski when CU reached the final in 2021, both Arthur Kaluma and Ryan Kalkbrenner in CU's 2022 trip to the final, and Kalkbrenner again in 2023.
   McDermott scored 94 points in his three games, making 34-of-63 shots from the field, 14-of-28 three-point shots and 12-of-14 attempts from the line. He set a BIG EAST Tournament record for points in a half (since broken) when he scored 27 in the first half vs. DePaul.
   Chatman averaged 8.7 points, 6.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game in 2014 while directing the Bluejay offense. He made 9-of-16 shots from the floor.
   In 2017 Foster averaged 16.3 points, 3.3 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game at The Garden. His three-pointer in the closing seconds of the semifinal lifted Creighton to a 75-72 win and advanced the Bluejays to their second title game in four seasons.
   In 2021, Zegarowski averaged 16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game while shooting 61.5 percent from three-point range as the Bluejays reached the finals.
   In 2022 Kalkbrenner averaged 16.0 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game, while Kaluma averaged 13.3 points and 6.3 rebounds en route to the finals.
   Last year Kalkbrenner averaged 19.5 points and 1.5 blocked shots while making 16-of-19 shots (84.2 percent) to help CU to the semifinals.
   Creighton has never had a BIG EAST Tournament MVP. It's last conference tournament MVP was Doug McDermott in both 2012 and 2013 when CU belonged to the Missouri Valley Conference. McDermott is also CU's last player to earn be named to three different All-Conference Tournament accolades.

Famous Moment, Famous Coach, Famous Arena
Madison Square Garden is often referred to as the "World's Most Famous Arena", and a former Creighton coach is involved in what a 2013 Bleacher Report poll named the greatest moment in Madison Square Garden history.
   After missing Game 6 with a severe thigh injury, NBA MVP Willis Reed limped out of the tunnel prior to Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to raucous applause. He would start and make the New York Knicks' first two baskets. Though he wouldn't score again, the tone was set and he was named Finals MVP.
   Reed would later serve as head coach at Creighton from 1981-85, winning 52 games.

Kalkbrenner A Top Defender
Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner was named 2024 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year for the third straight season.
   Kalkbrenner is just the third player in league history to win the recognition three times or more, joining Georgetown greats Patrick Ewing (4x) and Alonzo Mourning (3x).
   Between Kalkbrenner and 2017 & 2018 winner Khyri Thomas, Creighton has now had a BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year in five of the last eight seasons.
Most BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Honors
   Honors   Name, School   Years (*ties)
   4   Patrick Ewing, Georgetown   1982, 83, 84, 85
   3   Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown   1989, 90*, 92
   3   Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton   2022, 23, '24
   2   Dikembe Mutombo, Georgetown   1990*, 91
   2   Allen Iverson, Georgetown   1995, 96
   2   Etan Thomas, Syracuse   1999, 00
   2   John Linehan, Providence   2001, 02
   2   Emeka Okafor, Connecticut   2003, 04
   2   Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut   2008, 09
   2   Kris Dunn, Providence   2015*, 16
   2   Khyri Thomas, Creighton   2017*, 18

Accomplished, To Say The Least
No Creighton player has put up career totals at the BIG EAST Tournament like Ryan Kalkbrenner has.
   Not only is he the only two-time All-BIG EAST Tournament Team honoree in program history, but he also owns the following records as well:
Single-Game
Field Goal Pct. (min. 5 att.)   1.000 vs. Xavier, 3/10/23
Single-Tournament
Rebounds   26 (2022)
Field Goal Pct. (min. 8 FG made)   .842 (2023)
Free Throws Attempted   14 (2022)
Blocked Shots   9 (2022)
Career
Points   99
Rebounds   38
Field Goals Made   41
Field Goal Pct. (min. 8 FG made)   .774
Free Throws Made   16
Free Throws Attempted   25
Blocked Shots    15
Minutes   204
Games Played   8
Games Started   5
Wins Played In   5

KenPom Predicts The Future
Since 2002, every national champion has finished the season ranked Top-40 in KenPom adjusted offense and Top-25 in KenPom adjusted defense.
   Through games of Sunday, the following 10 teams met this criteria: Houston, Tennessee, North Carolina, Auburn, Connecticut, Arizona, Marquette, Purdue, Creighton and Duke.

Firing On All Cylinders
Creighton finished last season ranked 12th overall by KenPom.com. That included the nation's No. 23 offense, and No. 14 defense. Creighton's No. 14 defense was its best mark in the 21 seasons of the KenPom era.
   Creighton has had a top-25 offense per KenPom seven times in 13 seasons under Greg McDermott and a top-25 defense twice.
Year   Off. Rating   Def. Rating   Overall Rank
2010-11   66   174   98
2011-12   5   166   28
2012-13   5   66   15
2013-14   2   124   17
2014-15   59   138   79
2015-16   43   76   40
2016-17   32   46   28
2017-18   25   58   30
2018-19   47   83   55
2019-20   3   78   12
2020-21   25   32   22
2021-22   112   19   50
2022-23   23   14   12
2023-24   10   22      9

A Dozen Will Do
Creighton scored the first 12 points in its March 9 win at Villanova as it never trailed in the win.
   Since Greg McDermott was hired in 2010, it was the 12th time that Creighton has opened a game by scoring the first 10 points (or more).
   The 12-0 start was CU's third-best start under McDermott, and best in a road game.
Best Game Starting Runs Under Greg McDermott
   Run   School   Final Score   Date
   19-0   Georgetown   CU 99-59   03/01/23
   13-0   Maryland-Eastern Shore   CU 87-36   12/15/17
   12-0   at Villanova   CU 69-67   03/09/24
   11-0   North Carolina A&T   CU 97-65   11/11/11
   11-0   Drake   CU 76-69   01/03/12
   11-0   at DePaul   CU 91-80   01/17/16
   11-0   St. John's   CU 82-68   02/.28/17
   10-0   Houston Christian   CU 97-62   12/17/11
   10-0   UCF   CU 82-64   03/23/11
   10-0   Chicago State   CU 84-66   11/16/14
   10-0   at Providence   CU 78-64   01/07/17
   10-0   Nebraska   CU 95-76   12/07/19

Trey Terrific
Trey Alexander's basket with 0.2 seconds left lifted Creighton to a 69-67 victory at Villanova in the regular-season finale on March 9th.
   It wasn't the first time in his career that he's come through in the clutch...it was actually the third time this season he's scored the go-ahead points in the final 30 seconds of a win.
   Below is a list of Creighton's victories under Greg McDermott in which it scored a go-ahead points in the final 30 seconds of a victory.
Player   Time   Opponent   Date
Kenny Lawson Jr.   18.1, Dunk   Northern Arizona   11/14/10
Antoine Young   0.3, FG   Long Beach St.   02/18/12
Josh Jones   22.6, FG   Evansville   02/21/12
Doug McDermott   4.9, FG   at Saint Joseph's   11/16/13
Doug McDermott   2.8, 3FG   St. John's   01/28/14
Marcus Foster   6.6, 3FG   vs. Xavier   03/10/17
Marcus Foster   14.4, 3FG   at DePaul   02/07/18
Marcus Zegarowski   3.2 3FG   Providence   01/18/20
Christian Bishop   0.8, Dunk   at Providence   01/02/21
Christian Bishop   16.0, 2 FT   vs. UCSB   03/20/21
Ryan Nembhard   0.0, FG   vs. So. Illinois   11/22/21
Trey Alexander   26.2, 2 FT   Villanova   02/04/23
Trey Alexander   12.3, 2 FT   St. John's   01/13/24
Trey Alexander   28.4, 3FG   at Seton Hall   01/20/24
Trey Alexander   0.2, FG   at Villanova   03/09/24

Fool Me Once...But 10 Times?
Creighton has met or exceeded its preseason BIG EAST prognostication all but one year since joining the league in 2013, as seen below.
   This year marks the eighth straight year that Creighton has finished in fourth place or better.
Creighton's BIG EAST Preseason Poll History
Year    Preseason    Actual    Preseason All-BIG EAST
2013-14    3rd    2nd    Doug McDermott (1st)
2014-15    9th    T-9th    -
2015-16    9th    6th    -
2016-17    3rd    T-3rd    Maurice Watson Jr. (1st); Marcus Foster (HM)
2017-18    5th    T-3rd    Marcus Foster (1st); Khyri Thomas (HM)
2018-19    9th    T-3rd    Martin Krampelj (HM)
2019-20    7th    T-1st   Ty-Shon Alexander (1st)
2020-21    2nd    2nd   Marcus Zegarowski (1st); Mitch Ballock (2nd)
2021-22   8th   4th   -
2022-23   1st   3rd   Ryan Kalkbrenner (1st); Arthur Kaluma (2nd)
           Ryan Nembhard (2nd); Baylor Scheierman (HM)
2023-24   2nd   T-2nd   Ryan Kalkbrenner (1st); Trey Alexander (1st)
           Baylor Scheierman (2nd)

The Great Eight
The only two BIG EAST teams to make the Elite Eight (or beyond) last season have also have a pretty great eight game stretch to close the regular-season.
   Both Creighton and UConn are a league-best 7-1 since February 10th.
   During that time, Creighton has shot 50.6 percent from the field, made 11.4 three-pointers per game, and drained 79.1 percent of its free throw attempts.
   Ryan Kalkbrenner (18.6 ppg.), Trey Alexander (18.5) and Baylor Scheierman (18.3) have all averaged at least 18 points per game in that time.
   Impressively, six of Creighton's eight games were Quad 1 games.

Among The Best
Creighton owns more BIG EAST wins (67) than any other school in the last five seasons, seven more than Villanova's 60.
   Since the league's 2013 realignment, Villanova has 150 league wins to lead the BIG EAST by a wide margin, but Creighton's 123 league victories are second-most.
Most Men's Basketball BIG EAST Wins
(2019-20 to 2023-24)
Team   W   L   Pct.
Creighton   67   30   .691
Villanova   60   33   .645
Providence   58   36   .617
Marquette   58   38   .604
Seton Hall   57   39   .594
UConn   55   21   .724
Xavier   46   44   .511
St. John's   41   55   .427
Butler   39   59   .398
Georgetown   16   77   .172
DePaul   14   79   .151

Most Men's Basketball BIG EAST Wins
(2013-14 to 2023-24)
Team   W   L   Pct.
Villanova   150   51   .746
Creighton   123   82   .600
Providence   116   86   .574
Xavier   112   86   .566
Marquette   110   94   .539
Seton Hall   110   94   .539
Butler   93   113   .451
St. John's   81   123   .397
Georgetown   62   139   .308
UConn   55   21   .724
DePaul   39   162   .194

Seeing Three's
Creighton has made 13 or more three-pointers in 12 different games this year, tied for second-most nationally behind BYU's 14. It's the most games of 13 three-pointers in any season under Greg McDermott.
   Creighton has made at least 13 three-pointers in each of its last three games, the first time any BIG EAST school has done that since Creighton itself in December of 2020. The last non-Creighton team from the BIG EAST to do it was Villanova's 2017-18 national champion team, which had three such streaks.
   The only BIG EAST team since 2005-06 to make 13 three-pointers in four straight games was Marquette from Dec. 21, 2017 - Jan. 3, 2018.
   Creighton owns seven different games this season in which it has made 10 or more three-pointers than its opponent, which leads the nation.
   The Bluejays have had three different games this season in which they've made 10 or more triples before halftime.
   Creighton has made three or more three-pointers in all but five halves this season.

Let It Fly
Creighton tied the BIG EAST single-season record for league play by making 206 three-pointers and broke the single-season record by taking 585 three-point attempts.
   The previous record was 206 three-pointers made by Villanova's 2017-18 national champion team, while the previous mark for triple tries in league play was 557 by Villanova in 2018-19.

Not So Regular Of A Season
Creighton enters the postseason with 23 victories, tied for its seventh-most ever entering conference tournament play.
   Each of its other teams with 23 regular-season wins posted at least one conference tournament victory, and three went on to cut down the nets.
Most CU Regular-Season Wins
   RS Wins   Season   League Tourney   NCAA/NIT
   26   2002-03   3-0   0-1 NCAA
   25   2008-09   1-1   1-1 NIT
   25   2011-12   3-0   1-1 NCAA
   24   2012-13   3-0   1-1 NCAA
   24   2013-14   2-1   1-1 NCAA
   24   2019-20   Cancelled   Cancelled
   23   2000-01   1-1   0-1 NCAA
   23   2016-17   2-1   0-1 NCAA
   23   2023-24   TBD   TBD

Alexander Shines on Brightest Stage
Trey Alexander became the third different Creighton player to score 30 or more points at Madison Square Garden in the 22 games the Jays have played there since joining the BIG EAST in 2013.
   The 31 points for Alexander, who was playing his 100th career game, were a season-high and one shy of his career-high done on Dec. 25, 2022 vs. DePaul.
   Alexander was Creighton's first player to score 30 or more since Ryan Nembhard had 30 points in a win over No. 11 Baylor on March 19, 2023.
   Creighton has not had a player score 30 points in consecutive games since Doug McDermott did in three straight games on March 8-14, 2014, with the latter two games taking place at MSG.
   Alexander has averaged 20.5 points in Creighton's last 11 games. The only other Bluejays to score 225 points or more in a 11-game stretch since 2005-06 have been Doug McDermott and Marcus Foster.
   Here's a look at Creighton's 30-point games at The World's Most Famous Arena since 2013:
CU's Most Points at Madison Square Garden Since 2013
   Points   Name, Opponent   Date
   35   Doug McDermott vs. DePaul   3/13/14
   35   Cole Huff vs. Seton Hall   3/10/16
   32   Doug McDermott vs. Xavier   3/14/14
   31   Trey Alexander at St. John's   2/25/24

Best BIG EAST Years
Creighton's 14 league wins tie a program record for most conference wins in any of its 11 seasons in the BIG EAST.
   Three of CU's five previous teams to win 12 or more BIG EAST games reached the BIG EAST Tournament final, with the prematurely cancelled 2019-20 campaign being one of the exceptions.
   Creighton's most wins ever in any league was the 15 it picked up in 2002-03 when it was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Creighton's Most BIG EAST Wins, Season
   W-L   Year   BIG EAST Tourney
   14-4   2013-14   Lost in Final
   14-6   2020-21   Lost in Final
   14-6   2022-23   Lost in Semi's
   14-6   2023-24   TBA
   13-5   2019-20   Tourney Cancelled
   12-7   2021-22   Lost in Final

League (Arena) Bound
Creighton has played 56 games in a full-time NBA arena since Greg McDermott was hired in 2010.
   In that time, Creighton is 28-28 in such games, including a 4-4 mark in the NCAA Tournament and a 10-9 record in the BIG EAST Tournament.
    Creighton has played in nine different NBA arenas under McDermott, including Madison Square Garden (10-12), Fiserv Forum (4-2), Verizon Center/Capital One Arena (5-5), Wells Fargo Center (4-3), Ball Arena (2-0), Bradley Center (2-3), AT&T Center (1-1), Golden 1 Center (0-1) and Spectrum Center (0-1).
Creighton in NBA Arenas Since 2010
Date   Score   NBA Arena
03/22/13   CU 67, Cincinnati 63   Wells Fargo Center#
03/24/13   Duke 66, CU 50   Wells Fargo Center#
01/20/14   CU 96, Villanova 68   Wells Fargo Center
02/09/14   St. John's 70, CU 65   Madison Square Garden
02/19/14   CU 85, Marquette 70   Bradley Center
03/04/14   Georgetown 75, CU 63   Verizon Center
03/13/14   CU 84, DePaul 62   Madison Square Garden$
03/14/14   CU 86, Xavier 78   Madison Square Garden$
03/15/14   Providence 65, CU 58   Madison Square Garden$
03/21/14   CU 76, Louisiana 66   AT&T Center#
03/23/14   Baylor 85, CU 55   AT&T Center#
01/03/15   Georgetown 76, CU 61   Verizon Center
01/14/15   Marquette 53, CU 52   Bradley Center
02/07/15   St. John's 84, CU 66   Madison Square Garden
03/11/15   CU 78, DePaul 63   Madison Square Garden$
03/12/15   Georgetown 60, CU 55   Madison Square Garden$
01/26/16   Georgetown 74, CU 73   Verizon Center
02/13/16   CU 65, Marquette 62   Bradley Center
03/10/16   Seton Hall 81, CU 73   Madison Square Garden$
01/25/17   Georgetown 71, CU 51   Verizon Center
03/04/17   Marquette 91, CU 83   Bradley Center
03/09/17   CU 70, Providence 58   Madison Square Garden$
03/10/17   CU 75, Xavier 72    Madison Square Garden$
03/11/17   Villanova 74, CU 60   Madison Square Garden$
03/17/17   Rhode Island 84, CU 72   Golden 1 Center#
01/06/18   CU 90, Georgetown 66   Capital One Arena
02/01/18   Villanova 98, CU 78   Wells Fargo Center
03/03/18   Marquette 85, CU 81   Bradley Center
03/08/18   Providence 72, CU 68   Madison Square Garden$
03/16/18   Kansas State 69, CU 59   Spectrum Center#
01/21/19   CU 91, Georgetown 87   Capital One Arena
03/03/19   CU 66, Marquette 60   Fiserv Forum
03/14/19   Xavier 63, CU 61   Madison Square Garden$
01/15/20   Georgetown 83, CU 80   Capital One Arena
02/01/20   CU 76, Villanova 61   Wells Fargo Center
02/18/20   CU 73, Marquette 65   Fiserv Forum
02/06/21   CU 71, Marquette 68   Fiserv Forum
03/11/21   CU 87, Butler 56   Madison Square Garden$
03/12/21   CU 59, UConn 56   Madison Square Garden$
03/13/21   Georgetown 73, CU 48   Madison Square Garden$
01/01/22   CU 75, Marquette 69 (2OT)   Fiserv Forum
02/12/22   CU 80, Georgetown 66   Capital One Arena
03/10/22   CU 74, Marquette 63   Madison Square Garden$
03/11/22   CU 85, Providence 58   Madison Square Garden$
03/12/22   Villanova 54, CU 48   Madison Square Garden$
12/16/22   Marquette 69, CU 58   Fiserv Forum
02/01/23   CU 63, Georgetown 53   Capital One Arena
02/25/23   Villanova 72, CU 60   Wells Fargo Center
03/09/23   CU 87, Villanova 74   Madison Square Garden$
03/10/23   Xavier 82, CU 60   Madison Square Garden$
03/17/23   CU 72, NC State 63   Ball Arena#
03/19/23   CU 85, Baylor 76   Ball Arena#
12/30/23   Marquette 72, CU 67   Fiserv Forum
01/02/24   CU 77, Georgetown 60   Capital One Arena
02/25/24   St. John's 80, CU 66   Madison Square Garden
03/09/24   CU 69, Villanova 67   Wells Fargo Center
# NCAA Tournament   $ BIG EAST Tournament

Scheierman's Week Recognized
Senior Baylor Scheierman was named BIG EAST Player of the Week and FOX Sports Army National Guard of the Week on March 4th after helping Creighton to a pair of double-digit home wins.
   Scheierman averaged 23.0 points, 13.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game as Creighton posted wins over Seton Hall (85-64) and No. 5 Marquette (89-75). Scheierman made 14-of-28 shots from the floor, including 12-of-22 three-pointers, and was also perfect in six free throw attempts.
   Scheierman had 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and three steals in an 85-64 win over Seton Hall. During the contest he became the 11th men's player in history to surpass 1,000 career points at multiple Division I schools, and also surpassed Kenneth Faried's mark for most career defensive rebounds by any player in the country since 1999-2000.
   In the March 2 win over Marquette, Scheierman had 26 points and a season-high 16 rebounds to go with four rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot in his final home game. The performance made him the first Power 6 player with a game of 16 rebounds and six three-pointers since Marquette's Steve Novak in January of 2006. Scheierman is the nation's first Power 6 men's player since Texas' Kevin Durant in 2007 with at least 25 rebounds and 10 three-pointers made over any two-game stretch.
   He also became the first Creighton player ever to make six three-pointers in consecutive games. Scheierman is the BIG EAST's third player to make six three-pointers in back-to-back games since 2020, joining Marquette's Kam Jones (Feb. 21-25, 2024) and Georgetown's Jayden Epps (Nov. 19-25, 2023).
   It was the second time this season that Scheierman has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week, having also been recognized on December 4th.

Baylor The Beast
Baylor Scheierman's performance of 26 points and 16 rebounds vs. No. 5 Marquette was just the third Creighton performance in the last 20 years with at least 25 points and 15 rebounds.
   The only other men to do it were Doug McDermott (33 & 15) vs. Tulsa on Nov. 23, 2013 and Kenny Lawson Jr. (30 & 18) vs. Saint Joseph's on Dec. 11, 2010.
   Scheierman's 16 rebounds were the most by a Bluejay since Arthur Kaluma at Connecticut on Jan. 7, 2023.

Chasing A Bid
Even though a certain NCAA bid was wiped away in 2020 by COVID-19, Creighton has still appeared in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments (2021, 2022, 2023), and is in great shape to make it four in a row in a few weeks on Selection Sunday.
   The only previous time that Creighton has appeared in more than three straight NCAA Tournaments was a run of five straight from 1999-2003.
   Creighton has made 24 previous NCAA Tournament appearances, including eight under Greg McDermott, and was one of the final eight teams remaining in both 1941 and 2023.

Bonus From The Bench
Creighton's bench went 7-for-7 from the field and 2-for-2 from three-point range in its March 2 win over No. 5 Marquette.
   It was the first time since Jan. 17, 1987 that Creighton's bench has been perfect from the floor on multiple shots, and first time it was perfect from three-point range with multiple attempts since shooting 3-for-3 from deep on March 10, 2017 in a BIG EAST Tournament semifinal win vs. Xavier.
   Creighton's bench is averaging 11.4 points per game this year and shooting 50 percent from deep and 37.8 percent from the floor. That's the most points per game from its reserve corps since 2020-21 (15.4 ppg.) and best three-point shooting percentage off the pine since the 2018-19 subs shot 42.2 percent.

Trey Dishes, Too
Trey Alexander had back-to-back career-high assist totals, following up his 10 dimes vs. Seton Hall on Feb. 28 with 11 helpers vs. No. 5 Marquette on March 2nd.
   Alexander joined Maurice Watson Jr. (Dec. 9 & Dec. 17, 2016) as Creighton's only players with back-to-back points/assists double-doubles since 1978-79.
   Besides Watson (twice in 2016-17) and Grant Gibbs (once in 2011-12), Creighton had not had another player with two straight games of 10 or more assists since at least 1979-80, and none of them extended the streak to three in a row either.
   The only other BIG EAST player since 2020 with back-to-back points/assists double-doubles is Marquette's Tyler Kolek, who did it twice.

Trouble With The Top 10
Creighton beat No. 1 UConn (Feb. 20) and No. 5 Marquette (March 2), becoming the fifth BIG EAST team ever to earn back-to-back Top 5 wins without losing in between.
   Nationally, Creighton, Kansas and Purdue are the only three schools with multiple Top 5 wins this season.
BIG EAST History, Consecutive Top 5 Wins
Year   Team   Game 1   Game 2
2023-24   Creighton   #1 UConn   #5 Marquette
2017-18   Villanova   #4 Xavier   #4 Kansas
2002-03   Syracuse   #3 Oklahoma   #5 Texas
1984-85   Georgetown   #1 St. John's   #3 St. John's
1981-82   Georgetown   #4 Missouri   #4 Oregon St.

Creighton vs. Everybody
Creighton has beaten every other BIG EAST team this season.
   It's the fourth time in 11 years in the BIG EAST that Creighton has earned a victory over every other league rival, joining 2013-14, 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Kalkbrenner Chases 100 Rejections
Ryan Kalkbrenner owns 92 blocked shots this season and is eight away from 100. Kalkbrenner, who has had 72, 89 and now 92 blocks the past three seasons, joins Benoit Benjamin (who had 92, 157 and 162 swats) as the only players in CU history with more than 70 rejections in a season.
   Kalkbrenner's 92 blocks this year are 22 more than the previous CU record by a senior, a mark that had been set by Chad Gallagher in 1990-91.
Most Blocked Shots, Season
   Blk.   Name (Class)   Year
   162   Benoit Benjamin (Jr.)   1984-85
   157   Benoit Benjamin (So.)   1983-84
   92   Benoit Benjamin (Fr.)   1982-83
   92   Ryan Kalkbrenner (Sr.)   2023-24
   89   Ryan Kalkbrenner (So.)   2021-22
   72   Ryan Kalkbrenner (Jr.)   2022-23
   70   Chad Gallagher (Sr.)   1990-91
   62   Chad Gallagher (Jr.)   1989-90
   62   Gregory Echenique (Sr.)   2012-13
   57   Doug Swenson (Jr.)   1997-98
   57   Anthony Tolliver (Sr.)   2006-07
   57   Gregory Echenique (Jr.)   2011-12

Scheierman Eyes Century Club
Already one of three players in Creighton history with multiple seasons of 87 three-pointers (joining Kyle Korver and Mitch Ballock), Baylor Scheierman is just three three-pointers shy of 100 for the season.
   He'd be the third different player to reach the century mark, joining Kyle Korver (who did it twice) and Ethan Wragge.
Most 3-Pointers Made, Season
   3FG   Name (Class)   Year
   129   Kyle Korver (Sr.)   2002-03
   110   Ethan Wragge (Sr.)   2013-14
   100   Kyle Korver (So.)   2000-01
   97   Ty-Shon Alexander (So.)   2018-19
   97   Baylor Scheierman (Sr.)   2023-24
   96   Doug McDermott (Sr.)   2013-14
   95   Marcus Foster (Sr.)   2017-18
   95   Mitch Ballock (So.)   2018-19
   93   Mitch Ballock (Jr.)   2019-20
   91   Booker Woodfox (Sr.)   2008-09
   87   Baylor Scheierman (Sr.)   2022-23

The Chairman From Aurora
Baylor Scheierman is averaging 8.84 rebounds per game, which puts him on pace for CU's best single-season average since Nate King averaged 8.96 rebounds per game in 1993-94.
   The last Creighton player to average more than King's 8.96 rebounds per game was Bob Harstad's 9.35 in 1988-89.

He's Done It Again
Baylor Scheierman owns 274 rebounds and 97 three-pointers this year. Since 1992-93, Scheierman is just the fourth player in the country with a season like that, joining Shane Battier, Brandon Miller and Dylan Windler.
   Scheierman's Senior Day performance on March 2 vs. No. 5 Marquette made him the first Power 6 player with at least 16 rebounds and six three-pointers in a game since Marquette's Steve Novak vs. Connecticut on Jan. 3, 2006.
274 Rebounds & 97 3-Pointers - Since 1992-93
Name   REB   3FG   Year
Shane Battier, Duke   285   124   2000-01
Brandon Miller, Alabama   305   106   2022-23
Dylan Windler, Belmont   357   100   2018-19
Baylor Scheierman, Creighton   274   97   2023-24

Leading The Way?
Creighton had three men lead the league in a statistical category for league play only, which requires participation in at least 75 percent of conference games.
   Ryan Kalkbrenner shot 64.7 percent from the field in league play, becoming CU's sixth player in 11 years to lead that BIG EAST category and joining Doug McDermott (.541 in 2013-14), Geoffrey Groselle (.656 in 2015-16), Justin Patton (.663 in 2016-17), Christian Bishop (.654 in 2020-21) and Kalkbrenner himself (.675 in 2022-23). Kalkbrenner is the first player to lead the league in that category in back-to-back years since UConn's Emeka Okafor in 2002-03 and 2003-04.
   Kalkbrenner also led the league with 3.4 blocked shots per game. Kalkbrenner (last year) is the only previous Bluejay to lead the BIG EAST in blocks per game. Kalkbrenner's 67 blocks this year in conference contests are the most by any BIG EAST player since Rutgers' Hamady Ndiaye had 69 in 2009-10.
   Baylor Scheierman owned the BIG EAST lead with 8.9 defensive rebounds per game in league play, becoming Creighton's first player to lead the BIG EAST in defensive rebounds per game.
   Scheierman also led the conference with 9.8 reobunds per league game. He's CU's first player to do that since joining the BIG EAST.
   Last but not least, Trey Alexander (38.2) led the BIG EAST in minutes per game, CU's first minutes per game leader since joining the BIG EAST.

Keep An Eye On
Ryan Kalkbrenner owns the league record for career field goal percentage in BIG EAST play at 64.2 percent, well ahead of runner-up Georgetown's Patrick Ewing (.608). The list requires five field goals made per game, and Kalkbrenner qualifies thanks to his 392 hoops in 78 games.
   Kalkbrenner also owns 193 career blocked shots in league play. That ranks seventh-most all-time, trailing only Patrick Ewing (247), Hasheem Thabeet (243), Etan Thomas (232), Alonzo Mourning (224), Jason Lawson (216) and Emeka Okafor (207) and just ahead of Dikembe Mutombo (184).

Why Creighton Will Win The National Title
We've come up with three reasons why Creighton is a lock to win the 2024 NCAA title.
   Each of the last three times that Villanova hosted their final game of the regular-season, the winner of that game went on to win the NCAA title. The Wildcats beat Georgetown 84-71 in 2016, then beat the Hoyas 97-73 in 2018. Last year, UConn defeated the Wildcats 71-59. All three of those games took place at Wells Fargo Center. This year, Creighton defeated Villanova 69-67 on March 9th.
   Secondly, since 2010-11, the only two BIG EAST teams to finish a season making 150 three-pointers or more than the opposition have been Villanova (+192 in 2018) and Connecticut (+159 in 2023). Both the Wildcats and Huskies went on to win the NCAA title. Creighton is currently +154.
   Additionally, Creighton's 22-point win at Butler on Feb. 17th was tied for the 14th-largest home loss suffered inside HInkle Fieldhouse, which opened in 1928. In the past 32 seasons, the only two teams to beat Butler there by 22 points or more both went on to win the NCAA title.
Butler's Home Losses By 22+ Points Since 1992-93
   Score   Opponent   Date
   103-56   North Carolina   12/20/1992
   68-46   Connecticut   12/17/2022
   79-57   Creighton   02/17/2024

McDermott Ranks Second On CU Wins List
Greg McDermott has 323 victories at Creighton, good for second place on CU's all-time wins list.
   McDermott's .672 winning percentage is Creighton's best since Arthur A. Schabinger's .714 win rate more than 85 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.   323-158   Greg McDermott   2010-Pres.
3.   165-66   Arthur A. Schabinger    1922-1935
4.   138-118   John J. "Red" McManus    1959-1969
5.   130-64   Tom Apke   1974-1981

Top 10 Wins Under McDermott
Creighton owns 14 Top 10 victories under Greg McDermott, which includes the 85-66 win over No. 1 UConn on Feb. 20 and an 89-75 triumph vs. No. 5 Marquette on March 2nd.
   Here's a list of all 19 Top 10 wins in program history, which includes two Top 10 wins in 2013-14 (No. 4 Villanova; No. 6 Villanova) and three Top 10 wins in 2019-20 (No. 8 Villanova, No. 10 Seton Hall and No. 8 Seton Hall).
   This year is the first time Creighton has beaten two Top 5 teams in the same season.
Creighton's Top 10 Wins All-Time
Date   Opponent   Score   Head Coach
12/13/63   #4 Arizona State   W 84-83   McManus
12/01/65   #10 Kansas State   W 83-75   McManus
01/29/70   #5 New Mexico State   W 72-68   Sutton
02/17/73   #7 Houston   W 78-77   Sutton
02/09/74   at #6 Marquette   W 75-69   Sutton
01/20/14   at #4 Villanova   W 96-68   McDermott
02/16/14   #6 Villanova   W 101-80   McDermott
02/09/16   #5 Xavier   W 70-56   McDermott
11/15/16   #9 Wisconsin   W 79-67   McDermott
02/24/18   #3 Villanova   W 89-83 (OT)   McDermott
03/03/19   at #10 Marquette   W 66-60   McDermott
02/01/20   at #8 Villanova   W 76-61   McDermott
02/12/20   at #10 Seton Hall   W 87-82   McDermott
03/07/20   #8 Seton Hall   W 77-60   McDermott
02/13/21   #5 Villanova   W 86-70   McDermott
12/17/21   #9 Villanova   W 79-59   McDermott
11/22/22   vs. #9 Arkansas   W 90-87   McDermott
02/20/24   #1 Connecticut   W 85-66   McDermott
03/02/24   #5 Marquette   W 89-74   McDermott

Top 25 Victims
This is Creighton's ninth straight season with multiple Top 25 wins, and 13th time overall (and 10th time under Greg McDermott).
   This year is also the seventh time in the last eight seasons with three or more Top 25 wins, something that had never happened prior to 2016-17.
Creighton's Most Top-25 Wins, Season
   Wins   Season   Top-25 Victims
   6   2019-20   #8 Villanova, #10 Seton Hall,
           #12 Texas Tech, #19 Marquette,
           #21 Butler, #8 Seton Hall
   6   2022-23   #9 Arkansas, #11 Baylor, #13 Xavier,
           #19 Providence, #21 Texas Tech,                #21 Connecticut
   5   2021-22   #9 Villanova, #11 Providence,
           #17 UConn, #18 UConn, #24 BYU
   4   2016-17   #9 Wisconsin, #12 Butler,
           #16 Butler, #22 Xavier
   4   2017-18   #3 Villanova, #19 Seton Hall,
           #20 Northwestern, #23 UCLA
   3   2020-21   #5 Villanova, #22 Xavier, #23 UConn
   3   2023-24   #1 UConn, #5 Marquette, #23 Providence
   2   1973-74   #6 Marquette, #16 Louisville
   2   2001-02   #15 Florida, #17 Western Kentucky
   2   2006-07   #11 Southern Illinois, #24 Xavier
   2   2013-14   #4 Villanova, #6 Villanova
   2   2015-16   #5 Xavier, #18 Butler
   2   2018-19   #10 Marquette, #16 Clemson

More Than Just Being Tall
Ryan Kalkbrenner owns 227 dunks in his career, including six on Feb. 28 vs. Seton Hall. He has more than 100 career dunks more than any other Bluejay player since Greg McDermott's arrival in 2010.
   Here's a look at the Creighton student-athletes with 20 or more dunks in a season, and 25 or more dunks in a career, under McDermott:
Most Creighton Dunks, Season, Since 2010-11
Dunks   Name   Year
74   Martin Krampelj   2018-19
72   Justin Patton   2016-17
69   Ryan Kalkbrenner   2021-22
66   Ryan Kalkbrenner   2023-24
63   Ryan Kalkbrenner   2022-23
50   Christian Bishop   2020-21
38   Christian Bishop   2019-20
36   Gregory Echenique   2012-13
33   Martin Krampelj   2017-18
30   Gregory Echenique   2011-12
29   Marcus Foster   2017-18
29   Ryan Kalkbrenner   2020-21
25   Fredrick King   2022-23
24   Gregory Echenique   2010-11
23   Marcus Foster   2016-17
22   Kenny Lawson Jr.   2010-11
22   Arthur Kaluma   2022-23
21   Alex O'Connell   2021-22
21   Arthur Kaluma   2021-22
20   Khyri Thomas   2017-18

Most Creighton Dunks, Career, Since 2010-11
Dunks   Name   Years
227   Ryan Kalkbrenner   2020-Pres.
121   Martin Krampelj   2015-19
103   Christian Bishop   2018-21
90   Gregory Echenique   2010-13
72   Justin Patton   2016-17
52   Marcus Foster   2016-18
51   Khyri Thomas   2015-18
43   Arthur Kaluma   2021-23
38   Will Artino   2011-15
36   Fredrick King   2022-Pres.
33   Zach Hanson   2013-17
25   Geoffrey Groselle   2012-16
25   Damien Jefferson   2018-21

Most Creighton Dunks, Team, Season, Since 2010-11
Dunks   Year   Team W-L
144   2016-17   25-10 (NCAA)
132   2021-22   23-12 (NCAA)
115   2022-23   24-13 (NCAA)
107   2017-18   21-12 (NCAA)
106   2018-19   20-15 (NIT)
93   2023-24   23-8 so far
90   2020-21   22-9 (NCAA)
60   2019-20   24-7 (Postseason Canceled)
58   2015-16   20-15 (NIT)
56   2010-11   23-16 (CBI)
54   2012-13   28-8 (NCAA)
42   2011-12   29-6 (NCAA)

Dime Time For Alexander
Trey Alexander dished a career-high 10 assists on Feb. 28 vs. Seton Hall as the junior produced his first career points/assists double-double when you consider his 15 points. He earned his second such contest just three days later when he had 18 points and established a new career-high with 11 assists.
   Alexander has also had two points/rebounds double-doubles this season, finishing with 23 points and 11 rebounds vs. Iowa on Nov. 14 and 16 points and 15 rebounds vs. Villanova on Dec. 20th.

Taking Away The Three
Not only does Creighton have three-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Ryan Kalkbrenner patrolling the paint, but the Jays have been remarkably effective in running opponents off the three-point line as well.
   Creighton has allowed opponents to make just 25-of-82 three-pointers over the past five games, while the Jays have drained 59 three-pointers in that same time.
   For the year, Creighton has made 333 three-pointers while surrendering just 179 triples. That +154 differential is third-best in the country, behind only North Florida (+183) and BYU (+156). Since 2010-11, the only two BIG EAST teams to finish a season at +150 or better were Villanova (+192 in 2018) and Connecticut (+159 in 2023). Both the Wildcats and Huskies went on to win the NCAA title.
   Creighton's 5.77 three-pointers allowed per game is second-fewest in the nation among Power 6 schools, trailing only Maryland (5.13).

Sold Out in Omaha
Creighton sold out six home games this season: Iowa, Alabama, DePaul, Butler, UConn and Marquette.
   Creighton has also played in front of six sell out crowds on the road this year, doing so at Nebraska, Marquette, UConn, Xavier, Butler and Seton Hall this season.
   Creighton ranks sixth nationally this season with 17,269 fans per home game.
2023-24 NCAA Home Attendance Per Game Leaders
Through 3/10/24
   Rank   School   Average
   1.   North Carolina   20,593
   2.   Syracuse   20,288
   3.   Kentucky   19,928
   4.   Tennessee   19,664
   5.   Arkansas   19,106
   6.   Creighton   17,269
   7.   Indiana   16,468
   8.   Marquette   16,307
   9.   Kansas   16,300
   10.   BYU   15,689

Some Loyal Fans
Creighton's average home crowd of 17,269 this year ranked fourth-most in program history.
   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 each of the last 20 non-COVID seasons.
   Creighton has led its conference in average home attendance every year (except the 2020-21 COVID season) since moving into CHI Health Center Omaha, which is in its 21st season.
Highest Average Attendance, Creighton History
   Avg. Att.   School   Year
   17,896   Creighton   2013-14
   17,413   Creighton   2016-17
   17,314   Creighton   2019-20
   17,269   Creighton   2023-24
   17,163   Creighton   2022-23
   17,155   Creighton   2012-13
   17,048   Creighton   2014-15
   17,000   Creighton   2017-18

Terrific Trio
The trio of Baylor Scheierman (18.5 ppg.), Trey Alexander (17.5) and Ryan Kalkbrenner (17.1) have accounted for 65.7 percent of Creighton's points this season.
   They are the first Creighton trio with 500+ points in the same season since 1953-54 (Ray Yost, Eddie Cole, Elton Tuttle).
   Creighton has not had three men finish a season averaging 14 points per game or more in the same year since 1983-84, when Benoit Benjamin (16.2), Vernon Moore (15.0) and Gregory Brandon (14.5) did it.
   Creighton has not had three men finish a season averaging 15 points per game or more in the same year since 1966-67, when Bob Portman (18.3), Tim Powers (17.5) and Wally Anderzunas (15.5) did it.
   Creighton has not had three men finish a season averaging 16 points per game or more in the same year since 1953-54, when Ray Yost (19.9), Eddie Cole (19.6) and Elton Tuttle (18.5) did it.
   Per Elias Sports Bureau, no "Power 6" team has finished a season with three men averaging 16 points per game since LSU in 2020-21 (Ja'Vonte Smart, Cameron Thomas, Trendon Watford). Going a step further, no "Power 6" team has finished a season with three men averaging 17 points per game since Duke in 2009-10 (Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith). No BIG EAST team has done it since Syracuse in 1989-90 (Derrick Coleman, Billy Owens and Stephen Thompson).

Give Me 10
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Baylor Scheierman and Trey Alexander own three of the BIG EAST's five longest active streaks for games with 10 or more points, as seen below.
   Kalkbrenner has also scored eight points or more in 54 straight games, the nation's fifth-longest active streak.
Consecutive Games With 10+ Points
Active Streaks - BIG EAST Players (through 3/12)
   Streak   Name, School   Next Game
   31   Devin Carter, Providence   3/13
   28   Quincy Olivari, Xavier   3/13
   18   Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton   3/14
   16   Baylor Scheierman, Creighton   3/14
   13   Trey Alexander, Creighton   3/14

Consecutive Games With 8+ Points
Active Streaks - Nationally (through 3/10)
   Streak   Name, School   Next Game
   81   Zach Edey, Purdue   3/15
   58   Dillon Jones, Weber State   3/11
   55   Mervin James, Rider   3/14
   54   Tristan Enaruna, Cleveland State   3/11
   54   Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton   3/14

Scheierman Passes 1,000 Points at Creighton
With 20 points on Feb. 28th vs. Seton Hall, Baylor Scheierman became the 47th player to score 1,000 points in a Bluejay uniform. He accomplished the feat in his 66th game at CU, becoming the first Bluejay to reach 1,000 points in fewer than 75 games at CU since Marcus Foster needed just 54 in 2018.
   Scheierman is the third Bluejay transfer from a four-year school to reach 1,000 career points at CU, joining Gregory Echenique (Rutgers) and Marcus Foster (Kansas State). Two other junior college transfers (Rod Mason and Johnny Mathies) have also scored 1,000 points after joining the Bluejays but starting elsewhere.
   Here's a list of Creighton's top scorers ever, as well as how long it took CU's last 23 men to reach 1,000 points.
Most Career Points, Creighton History
   Rank   Pts.   Name   Years
   1.   3,150   Doug McDermott   2010-14
   2.   2,116   Rodney Buford   1995-99
   3.   2,110   Bob Harstad    1987-91
   4.   1,983   Chad Gallagher    1987-91
   5.   1,876   Bob Portman    1966-69
   6.   1,801   Kyle Korver   1999-03
   7.   1,754   Nate Funk   2002-07
   8.   1,696   Ryan Kalkbrenner   2020-Pres.
   9.   1,682   Rick Apke    1974-78
   10.   1,661   Paul Silas   1961-64
   11.   1,654   Vernon Moore    1981-85
   12.   1,575   Benoit Benjamin    1982-85
   13.   1,526   John C. Johnson   1975-79
   14.   1,500   Kevin McKenna   1977-81
   15.   1,437   Eddie Cole   1951-55
   16.   1,369   Gene Harmon   1971-74
   17.   1,361   Duan Cole   1987-92
   18.   1,342   Antoine Young   2008-12
   19.   1,313   Kenny Lawson Jr.   2006-11
   20.   1,309   Ryan Sears   1997-01
   21.   1,305   Trey Alexander   2021-Pres.
   22.   1,304   Mitch Ballock   2017-21
   23.   1,303   Elton Tuttle   1951-54
   24.   1,293   Marcus Zegarowski   2018-21
   25.   1,292   Marcus Foster   2016-18
   26.   1,272   Bob Gibson   1954-57
   27.   1,267   Wally Anderzunas   1965-67, 1968-69
   28.   1,254   Gary Swain   1983-87
   29.   1,241   Ty-Shon Alexander   2017-20
   30.   1,238   Ben Walker   1997-01
   31.   1,196   Ray Yost   1951-54
   32.   1,172   Dick Harvey   1956-59
   33.   1,155   Ethan Wragge   2009-14
   34.   1,152   Dane Watts   2004-08
   35.   1,140   Khyri Thomas   2015-18
   36.   1,116   Kenny Evans   1982-87
   37.   1,115   Doug Brookins   1972-75
       1,115   Daryl Stovall   1978-82
   39.   1,093   Tim Powers   1964-67
   40.   1,050   Reggie Morris   1982-86
   41.   1,045   Baylor Scheierman   2022-Present
   42.   1,031   Johnny Mathies   2003-06
   43.   1,024   P'Allen Stinnett   2007-10
   44.   1,023   Rod Mason   1986-88
   45.   1,013   Austin Chatman   2011-15
   46.   1,006   Gregory Echenique   2010-13
   47.   1,004   Anthony Tolliver   2003-07

Games To 1,000 Points, Last 23 Bluejays
Name   CU Games to 1,000 pts.    Date
Baylor Scheierman   66   02/28/24
Trey Alexander   87   01/06/24
Ryan Kalkbrenner   91   02/25/23
Marcus Zegarowski   75   01/20/21
Mitch Ballock   100   11/29/20
Ty-Shon Alexander   85   01/15/20
Khyri Thomas   94   02/10/18
Marcus Foster   54   01/17/18
Austin Chatman   138   03/11/15
Ethan Wragge   132   01/18/14
Gregory Echenique   101   03/24/13
Doug McDermott   57   01/15/12
Antoine Young   115   12/10/11
Kenny Lawson Jr.   108   11/21/10
P'Allen Stinnett   86   01/16/10
Dane Watts   115   01/22/08
Anthony Tolliver   124   03/16/07
Johnny Mathies   91   03/03/06
Nate Funk   92   02/28/05
Kyle Korver   81   01/30/02
Ben Walker   105   01/06/01
Ryan Sears   97   12/01/00
Rodney Buford   59   03/01/97

More History For Scheierman
Baylor Scheierman is also the 11th player in NCAA history to score 1,000 points at multiple Division I schools.
Player   School 1   School 2
Jon Manning   Oklahoma City 1039   N. Texas 1090
Kenny Battle   N. Illinois 1072   Illinois 1112
Jalen Pickett   Siena 1139   Penn State 1068
Gary Neal   La Salle 1041   Towson 1254
Andrew Rowsey   UNC Asheville 1244   Marquette 1087
Juanya Green   Niagara 1131   Hofstra 1186
Matt Bradley   California 1289   San Diego St. 1033
Tyler Thomas*   Sacred Heart 1001   Hofstra 1288
Antonio Reeves*   Illinois St. 1195   Kentucky 1115
Jahmir Young*   Charlotte 1421   Maryland 1176
Baylor Scheierman*   So. Dakota St. 1114   Creighton 1045
*active player

Getting Defensive
Baylor Scheierman owns 1,100 career defensive rebounds. That's more than any other player in the country since 1999-2000, just ahead of Morehead State great Kenneth Faried (1,071) and current North Carolina star Armando Bacot (1,081).

Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Creighton's first 11 years in the BIG EAST have featured 25 games against Villanova decided by an average of 13.60 points, a surprisingly wide margin considering how good both programs have been.
   Avg. Margin   CU W-L   Opponent
   7.11   7-2   Connecticut
   7.13   12-11   Marquette
   8.31   13-13   Xavier
   9.92   11-14   Providence
   10.78   13-10   Seton Hall
   13.74   14-9   Butler
   13.50   16-6   St. John's
   13.60   9-16   Villanova
   14.63   14-10   Georgetown
   17.29   22-1   DePaul

One Of The Best Q Ratings
Through games of Sunday, Creighton owns a combined 15-8 record in Quad 1 (8-6) and Quad 2 (7-2) games this season.
   Creighton's combined 15 Quad 1 or 2 wins this year trailed only Purdue (19-3), UConn (18-3) and Houston (17-3) through games of Sunday, and were fourth-most nationally.
   Creighton is 8-6 in Quad 1 games this season and entered this season 30-28 in Quad 1 contests since 2019-20. Creighton, Baylor and Kansas are the only three schools to have posted at least six Quad 1 wins in each of the previous four seasons.
   Creighton's eight Quad 1 victories are tied for fourth-most in the country this season.
Most Combined Q1 & Q2 Wins (through 3/10)
   Rk.   Total   Q1   Q2   Team
   1.   19   11   8   Purdue
   2.   18   11   7   Connecticut
   3.   17   13   4   Houston
   4.   15   8   7   Creighton
   5.   14   8   6   Arizona
   6.   13   9   4   Baylor
       13   8   5   Iowa State
       13   8   5   Marquette
       13   7   6   Kansas
       13   7   6   Tennessee
       13   7   6   North Carolina

NET Gains
Creighton and UConn are the nation's only teams with eight or more true road wins and eight or more Quad 1 wins.
   Creighton, Tennessee, Connecticut, South Carolina and North Carolina are the nation's only "Power 6" teams with eight or more true road wins this season.
   Creighton, UConn, Tennessee, North Carolina, Gonzaga and Saint Mary's are the nation's only teams in the top 25 of the NET with eight or more true road wins this season.
   Creighton, UConn and South Carolina are the nation's only teams from a "Power 6" conference with eight road wins in both men's and women's basketball this season.
   Creighton's five true road wins by 14 points or more lead all Power 6 schools. Auburn (5), Duke (4), Arizona (4) are the only other "Power 6" schools with more than three against "Power 6" foes.

22 Going On 23
Creighton is one of 10 teams in the nation with 23 or more wins in both men's basketball and women's basketball this season.
   That list consists of Creighton, Drake, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, James Madison, Marquette, Princeton, Richmond, South Carolina and UConn.
   Creighton is one of eight schools to have men's and women's basketball programs to both own 22 wins or more each of the previous two seasons, a list that included Creighton, Gonzaga, Liberty, Princeton, Tennessee, Texas, Toledo and UConn.
   Of those clubs, Creighton, Gonzaga, Princeton and UConn have done it yet again, while Liberty, Tennessee, Texas and Toledo are trying to join them.
22+ Wins, Each of 2 Previous MBB & WBB Years
Team   23-24 MBB Wins   23-24 WBB Wins
Creighton   22+   22+
Gonzaga   22+   22+
Princeton   22+   22+
UConn   22+   22+
Texas   20   22+
Toledo   20   22+
Tennessee   22+   19
Liberty   18   16

McDermott Earns 600th Win
Greg McDermott picked up his 600th career win on Feb. 20 vs. No. 1 Connecticut. McDermott now owns 603 victories, has won 50 or more games at four different schools, and owns a .632 career winning percentage in 30 seasons and 956 games as a head coach. Only 17 active Division I men's coaches, and only 28 active men's coaches across all levels, own 600 or more career victories.
Greg McDermott's Milestone Victories
Date   W-L   Opponent & Site   Score
11/19/94   1-0   York at Wayne State   137-38
01/14/00   100-50   Moorhead St. at Wayne St.   92-59
11/23/05   200-117   UNI at Western Michigan   69-63
03/15/11   300-209   San Jose State at Creighton   85-74
02/24/15   400-248   Creighton at DePaul   75-62
01/11/20   500-308   Creighton at Xavier   77-65
02/20/24   600-352   #1 Connecticut   85-66

Twenty, Again
Creighton is one of six schools with 20 or more wins in each of the last nine seasons (including 2023-24), joining Belmont, Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas and Oregon.
Longest 20-Win Season Streaks (Includes 2023-24)
   Streak   Team
   35   Kansas
   27   Gonzaga
   14   Belmont
   14   Oregon
   9   Creighton
   9   Houston

24 of 26 Seasons With 20 Wins
Creighton has won 20 or more games in 24 of the last 26 seasons (1998-99 to 2023-24), a feat that puts the Jays among an exclusive group, nationally.
   Entering this year, just two schools have had 20 or more wins each of the last 25 years: Gonzaga and Kansas. Duke has done it 24 times, Creighton and Kentucky 23 times each.
   Creighton is one of seven teams (including 2023-24) to post 22 or more wins in each of the last five seasons, joining Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston and San Diego State. Liberty and Southern California can still get there.
Most 20-Win Seasons, Previous 25 Seasons
Entering 2023-24
Team   20-Win Seasons   2023-24 W-L if <>
Gonzaga   25*   --
Kansas   25*   --
Duke   24*   --
Creighton   23*   --
Kentucky   23*   --
Arizona   21*   --
Florida   21*   --
Michigan State   21   18-13
Ohio State   21   19-12
BYU   20*   --
Kent State   20   15-16
Memphis   20*   --
North Carolina   20*   --
Xavier   20   15-16
Wisconsin   20   19-12
Syracuse   19*   --
Texas   19*   --
Vermont   19*   --
*already have 20+ wins

Most Consecutive 22-Win Seasons
Entering 2023-24
Team   Consec. 22-Win Years     2023-24 W-L if <>
Gonzaga   26*   --
Houston   6*   --
Liberty   6   18-13
Creighton   4*   --
San Diego State   4*   --
Baylor   4*   --
Southern California   4   14-17
*already have 22+ wins

20/20 Vision
Creighton has won 20 or more games 35 times in program history, including a program-record 13 times under Greg McDermott.
Creighton's 20 Win Seasons
   Total Wins   How Often   Last Time
   29   2 times   2011-12
   28   1 time   2012-13
   27   2 times   2013-14
   25   1 time   2016-17
   24   4 times   2022-23
   23   7 times   2023-24
   22   5 times   2020-21
   21   6 times   2017-18
   20   7 times   2018-19

Most 20-Win MBB Seasons at Creighton, Coaches
   How Often   Head Coach
   13   Greg McDermott
   11   Dana Altman
   3   Tom Apke
   3   Tony Barone
   2   Red McManus
   1   Charles Kearney
   1   Eddie Sutton
   1   Willis Reed

A Dozen Will Do
Creighton has owned a .500 mark or better in league play 28 times in the last 29 seasons (including 2023-24), a figure it extended with its Feb. 17 win at Butler. Creighton is one of seven schools with a non-losing conference record in 28 of the last 29 seasons.
   The only BIG EAST teams to finish .500 or better in league play each of the last nine seasons (including 2023-24) are Creighton, Villanova and Seton Hall.
   Creighton finished 14-6 in the BIG EAST last season and with 13 years already is assured a fifth straight season with 12 or more league wins. Among the other "Power 6" Conference schools, only Virginia (7 straight years) also has an active streak of five years or longer after 2023-24.
Most Seasons .500 or Better League Record
Last 29 Seasons (includes 2023-24)
   Seasons   Team
   29   Duke
   29   Kansas
   29   Gonzaga
   28   Kentucky
   28   Michigan State
   28   Creighton
   28   Murray State

Consecutive Seasons .500 or Better League Record
Power 6 Schools (includes 2023-24)
   Seasons   Team
   35   Kansas
   29   Duke
   13   Virginia
   13   Oregon
   12   Villanova
   9   Creighton
   9   Houston
   9   Seton Hall
   9   Florida

Consecutive Seasons 12+ League Wins
Power 6 Schools (includes 2023-24)
   Seasons   Team
   7   Virginia
   5   Creighton

Getting Hot In Here
Creighton went 4-3 in its first seven BIG EAST games this season, when it averaged 68.1 points per contest.
   The Jays have turned it up a notch or two since then, averaging 84.4 points in the past 13 games. That includes 85+ points nine times, and 69, 78 and 79 in three of the exceptions (each wins).
   In those 13 games, Trey Alexander (20.1 ppg.), Baylor Scheierman (19.6) and Ryan Kalkbrenner (19.0) are all on a scoring terror. That makes them the nation's ONLY Power 6 trio in the past 20 years with three men to average 19 points per game or more over a 13-game stretch. In all leagues, it hadn't been done since Marshall from Nov. 10-Dec. 22, 2017 (C.J. Burks, Jon Elmore, Ajdin Penava).
   Scheierman has averaged 19.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists in the past 13 games. He joins Trayce Jackson-Davis (Indiana), Ethan Happ (Wisconsin) and Ben Simmons (LSU) as the only Power 6 players since with those averages in any single-season 13-game span since 2005-06.
   Creighton's 84.4 points per game is its most prolific 13-game stretch of conference play in program history, far ahead of a 13-game stretch in 1990-91 when it averaged 80.4 points per game.
Category   First 7 in BE   Last 13 in BE
Creighton W-L   4-3   10-3
Points Per Game   68.1   84.4
Scoring Margin/Game   +4.6   +9.3
Alexander PPG   15.9   20.1
Scheierman PPG   16.4   19.6
Kalkbrenner PPG   15.0   19.0
Ashworth PPG   8.6   13.3
Ashworth 3FG/Game   1.57   2.77
Ashworth 3FG%   .256   .355
Green Points Scored   0   23
Team FG%   .444   .499
Team 3FG%   .296   .379
Team FT%   .761   .799
Team A/TO Ratio   1.12   1.95

The Road Difference
Creighton has outscored teams by 68 points in its 13 true road games this season. That's the 14th-best mark in the nation, with Duke's +85, Auburn's +70 and UConn's +70 the only better figures among "Power 6" schools.
Best Point Differential, True Road Games (3/10)
   Rk.   Team   Road W-L   Differential
   1.   McNeese State   11-3   +163
   2.   Saint Mary's   9-0   +153
   3.   Gonzaga   8-2   +143
   4.   James Madison   12-2   +113
   5.   Princeton   11-3   +111
   6.   Charleston   10-2   +91
   7.   UNC Wilmington   10-6   +86
   8.   Duke   7-4   +85
   9.   UMass-Lowell   10-6   +81
   10.   Grand Canyon   8-3   +78
   11.   Auburn   5-5   +70
       UConn   8-3   +70
   13.   Louisiana Tech   8-7   +69
   14.   Creighton   8-5   +68

Storm Season
Creighton's Feb. 20 win over No. 1 Connecticut was just the third time in the 21-year history of CHI Health Center Omaha that fans stormed the court following a Bluejay game.
   The first time it happened came on Feb. 18, 2012 in a last-second 81-79 win vs. Long Beach State. Ironically, fans stormed twice on that late-night evening, once when Antoine Young's shot at the buzzer went through the net, and again moments later after the court was cleared and time was put back on the clock and the final 0.3 seconds were played.
   It also happened on March 7, 2020, when Creighton defeated No. 8 Seton Hall to clinch a share of its first BIG EAST regular-season title.

Down Goes No. 1
Creighton defeated No. 1 UConn, 85-66, on Feb. 20th. It was the largest win over a top-ranked team since 2018, when UMBC upset Virginia 74-54 in the NCAA Tournament.
   Per Elias, here is a list of the 18 times in history that a No. 1 team has lost by 19 points or more.
Top-Ranked Losses by 19+ Points
Date   Winner   Loser   Score
12/17/51   #2 Kentucky   #1 St. John's   81-40
03/03/62   Wisconsin   #1 Ohio State   86-67
12/11/65   #6 Duke   #1 UCLA   94-75
03/22/68*   #2 UCLA   #1 Houston   101-69
01/26/74   #2 UCLA   #1 Notre Dame   94-75
03/07/81   #5 Arizona State   #1 Oregon State   87-67
01/18/89   #13 N. Carolina   #1 Duke   91-71
01/06/90   Villanova   #1 Syracuse   93-74
02/27/90   #5 Oklahoma   #1 Kansas   100-78
01/12/94   #17 Ga. Tech   #1 N. Carolina   89-69
11/25/94   #3 UMass   #1 Arkansas   104-80
02/18/95   #15 Villanova   #1 UConn   96-73
02/05/98   #2 N. Carolina   #1 Duke   97-73
03/11/04#   Xavier   #1 St. Joseph's   87-67
01/23/13   #25 Miami Fla.   #1 Duke   90-63
01/10/17   #10 West Virginia   #1 Baylor   89-68
03/16/18*   UMBC   #1 Virginia   74-54
02/20/24   #15 Creighton   #1 UConn   85-66
* NCAA Tournament   #Conference Tournament

Jays Beat No. 1 UConn
Creighton had been 0-6 all-time against No. 1 ranked teams before its Feb. 20 win vs. UConn.
Creighton vs. #1 Teams
Date   Opponent   Final Score
1/28/1980   #1 DePaul   L 73-84
12/31/2016   #1 Villanova   L 70-80
2/1/2018   at #1 Villanova   L 78-98
12/1/2018   #1 Gonzaga   L 92-103
3/28/2021   vs. #1 Gonzaga   L 65-83
1/17/2024   at #1 Connecticut   L 48-62
2/20/2024   #1 Connecticut   W 85-66

State Of The Nation
Both Creighton (UConn) and Nebraska (Purdue) have beaten No. 1-ranked teams this season.
   Per Sports Radar, the last time two teams from the same state beat No. 1's in the same season was 2019-20, when Stephen F. Austin beat Duke and Texas Tech topped Louisville.
   According to college basketball stats extraordinaire Jared Berson, it's the first time ever that two different schools from the same state beat the No. 1                                                              team by 15+ points in the same season.
   This year marks just the fourth time that Creighton and Nebraska will both finish with 21 wins in the same season, as it also previously happened in 1990-91 and 2017-18. Both teams also did it in 1976-77 but Nebraska had some wins vacated later.

Working Overtime
Creighton has played in three different overtime games this season, losing to Villanova (Dec. 20), winning at Seton Hall in triple-overtime (Jan. 20) and losing at Providence (Feb. 7).
   It was just the second triple-overtime game in history for Creighton, joining a Feb. 1, 1978 loss (85-82) in Omaha to No. 13 DePaul in a non-conference contest.
   Creighton's last overtime win had been its 72-69 win over San Diego State during the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
   Creighton is 62-53 all-time in all games with at least one overtime, including a 12-9 mark under Greg McDermott. The Jays are 11-10 in the next game after an overtime battle.

You Can't Spell McDermott Without OT
Greg McDermott is 17-14 in single-overtime games (9-8 at Creighton), 6-3 in double-overtime games (2-1 at Creighton) and 1-0 in triple-overtime games (1-0 at Creighton).
   McDermott's first overtime game as a Division I head coach was a 2002 Northern Iowa win over Creighton. His first double-overtime game as a Division I coach was a 2004 victory over Missouri State in the MVC Tournament title game, which clinched his first appearance in the NCAA Tournament as a Division I head coach.

Extra, Extra, Extra!
Creighton has played five overtime sessions this season. That's already third-most in program history, trailing only the 1989-90 team (7 OTs) and the 2001-02 squad (6 OTs).
   This is the sixth time that Creighton's played an overtime game in three consecutive months, something also done in 1988-89, 1989-90, 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2014-15.
    This season also marks the 12th time in Creighton history that the Bluejays have played three or more overtime games in the same season. The program record is four such contests, done in 1989-90, 1993-94, 2001-02 and 2018-19.
   This is the third time that Creighton's played three or more conference games to go overtime in the same campaign, joining 1994-95 (4) and 2018-19 (4).
   Lastly, this is the third time in program history that Creighton has played an overtime road game in back-to-back seasons against the same team. It also happened in 1989 & 1990 at Wichita State (CU won both) as well as in 2010 & 2011 at Southern Illinois (CU won both).
Most Overtime Sessions, Creighton Season
   OT's   Year
   7   1989-90
   6   2001-02
   5   2023-24

Most Overtime Games, Creighton Season
   OT's   Year
   4   1989-90
   4   1993-94
   4   2001-02
   4   2018-19
   3   1983-84
   3   1988-89
   3   1995-96
   3   1999-00
   3   2005-06
   3   2007-08
   3   2014-15
   3   2023-24

On The Triple
The Jan. 20th triple-overtime thriller was the first BIG EAST game to go three overtimes or longer since No. 11 Providence beat Xavier 99-92 on Feb. 23, 2022.
   In fact, that's the only other triple-overtime game since the BIG EAST reconfigured on July 1, 2013.
   This season, there's only been nine games nationally to go three overtimes or longer, as seen below:
Date   Winner   Loser   Score
11/16/23   Nicholls   at South Alabama   102-97
11/29/23   at Temple   La Salle   106-99
01/03/24   Fordham   at George Washington   119-113
01/13/24   at Winthrop   Radford   92-88
01/20/24   Creighton   at Seton Hall   97-94
01/27/24   TCU   at Baylor   105-102
02/08/24   Arizona   at Utah   105-99
02/28/24   Drake   at UIC   108-106
03/06/24   Texas A&M-Commerce   Northwestern St.   83-80

Scheierman Makes Triple-Double History
Before Baylor Scheierman had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists on Feb. 13th against Georgetown, Creighton had never had a player earn a triple-double in points/rebounds/assists.
   Benoit Benjamin attained the only three previous triple-doubles in Creighton history, but each one consisted of 10 or more points, rebounds and blocks.
   Here's a look at games this season when a Creighton player has had at least six points, six rebounds and six assists.
6+ Points, 6+ Rebounds, 6+ Assists This Season
Name   Opponent   Pts.   Reb.   Ast.
Alexander   Iowa   23   11   9
Scheierman   Texas Southern   23   9   6
Alexander   Texas Southern   20   7   8
Scheierman   Central Michigan   13   6   9
Alexander   Central Michigan   15   7   8
Scheierman   at UNLV   16   7   7
Scheierman   Alabama   20   6   9
Alexander   at #10 Marquette   18   6   6
Alexander   at Seton Hall   23   8   7
Scheierman   at Seton Hall   20   10   6
Kalkbrenner   at Seton Hall   28   9   7 blk
Scheierman   at Xavier   16   12   8
Scheierman   Georgetown   15   11   11
Scheierman   #1 Connecticut   12   7   6
Kalkbrenner   at St. John's   12   10   8 blk
Scheierman   at Villanova   18   8   6
Ashworth   at Villanova   8   7   8

Baylor On The Boards
Baylor Scheierman recently became Creighton's first player to snare 10 or more rebounds in six straight games since Benoit Benjamin in 1984-85. The streak was snapped on Feb. 20 when he had a team-leading seven in the win vs. No. 1 UConn.
Consecutive Games, 10+ Rebounds
Creighton Players Since 1984-85
   Streak   Player       Dates
   28   Benoit Benjamin   03/15/84-02/16/85
   6   Baylor Scheierman   01/27/24-02/17/24
   4   Bob Harstad   11/29/89-12/08/89
   4   Bob Harstad   02/23/91-03/03/91
   4   Mike Amos       12/07/92-12/23/92
   4   Nate King       12/29/93-01/08/94
   4   Doug McDermott   11/25/11-12/10/11
   4   Gregory Echenique   01/07/12-01/15/12
   4   Baylor Scheierman   11/23/22-12/10/22

Double Time
Speaking of double-doubles, Baylor Scheierman is up to 14 double-doubles this season, and 27 in his Creighton career (not including his 25 at South Dakota State). Both put him among the Creighton leaders since 1985-86.
Most Double-Doubles, Season Since 1985-86
   D-D   Player       Year
   14   Baylor Scheierman, Sr.   2023-24
   13   Bob Harstad, So.   1988-89
   13   Baylor Scheierman, Sr.   2022-23
   12   Bob Harstad, Jr.   1989-90
   11   Bob Harstad, Sr.   1990-91
   11   Doug McDermott, So.   2011-12
   11   Ryan Hawkins, Sr.   2021-22
   10   Chad Gallagher, Sr.   1990-91
   10   Doug McDermott, Jr.   2012-13

Most Double-Doubles, Career Since 1985-87
   D-D   Player       Year
   42   Bob Harstad   1987-91
   37   Doug McDermott   2010-14
   27   Baylor Scheierman   2022-Present
   24   Chad Gallagher   1987-91
   15   Kenny Evans   1985-87
   14   Ryan Kalkbrenner   2020-Present
   13   Martin Krampelj   2015-19

On The Double
Baylor Scheierman also had a stretch of six straight double-doubles snapped on Feb. 20 vs. UConn, Creighton's longest streak since Benoit Benjamin had 28 in a row 1984-85.
Consecutive Double-Doubles
Creighton Players Since 1984-85
   Streak   Player       Dates
   28   Benoit Benjamin   03/15/84-02/16/85
   6   Baylor Scheierman   01/27/24-02/17/24
   4   Bob Harstad   11/29/89-12/08/89
   4   Nate King       12/29/93-01/08/94
   4   Doug McDermott   11/25/11-12/10/11
   4   Baylor Scheierman   11/23/22-12/10/22

Long Distance Marksmen
Baylor Scheierman and Steven Ashworth own two of the BIG EAST's longest active streaks for games with a three-point field goal, as seen below:
Consecutive Games With A 3FG
Active Streaks - BIG EAST Players
   Streak   Name, School   Next Game
   32   Kam Jones, Marquette   3/14
   23   Alex Karaban, UConn   3/14
   23   Devin Carter, Providence   3/13
   19   Baylor Scheierman, Creighton   3/14
   19   Jalen Terry, DePaul   3/13
   19   Quincy Oivari, Xavier   3/13
   15   Steven Ashworth, Creighton   3/14

Scheierman Makes NCAA History
Baylor Scheierman owns 2,159 points, 1,215 rebounds, 568 assists and 343 career three-pointers. He is the nation's first Division I men's player in history with career totals of at least 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists and 300 three-pointers.
   Scheierman is one of 30 players since 1992-93 with 500 or more assists and 300 or more three-pointers. Scheierman's 1,215 rebounds are more than 550 ahead of the next-most (658 by ASU/Toledo guard Marreon Jackson).
   Among the nation's active players Scheierman is fifth in rebounds, trailing only Armando Bacot (North Carolina), Fardaws Aimaq (California), Norchad Omier (Miami Fla.) and Enrique Freeman (Akron).

A True Unicorn
Just how good are Baylor Scheierman's career numbers?    Here's where the fifth-year senior would rank in Creighton history if all his stats were attained with the Bluejays:
   Category   CU Career Rank*   Baylor's Totals
   Games Played   1st   158
   3-Point Field Goals Att.   1st   879
   Rebounds   2nd   1,215
   Assists   2nd   568
   3-Point Field Goals   2nd   343
   Points   2nd   2,159
   Field Goals Attempted   4th   1,593
   Field Goals Made   6th   739
   Free Throw Percentage   6th   .814
   Steals   8th   153
*if all of Scheierman's stats had come at Creighton

Doing It All
Creighton's Baylor Scheierman and Providence's Devin Carter are the only men in the BIG EAST to average at least 17.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game this season.
   Prior to this year, only five BIG EAST players have ever accomplished that feat over the course of a full season, and none since Providence's Ryan Gomes in 2004-05.
   Up the average to 3.5 assists per game and prior to Scheierman and Carter, no one's done it since Syracuse's Billy Owens in 1989-90.
BIG EAST Players To Average 17 PPG, 8 RPG, 3 APG
Season   Name, School   PPG   RPG   APG
1989-90   Billy Owens, Syracuse   18.2   8.4   4.6
1990-91   Billy Owens, Syracuse   23.3   11.6   3.46
1995-96   Adrian Griffin, Seton Hall   19.5   8.3   3.1
1999-00   Ricardo Greer, Pitt   18.1   9.8   3.2
2004-05   Ryan Gomes, Providence   21.6   8.2   3.2
2023-24   Baylor Scheierman, CU   18.5   8.8   4.1
2023-24   Devin Carter, PC   19.4   8.6   3.6

Kalk Of The Walk
In a league that features two of the five finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award (Kalkbrenner and Clingan), Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner has performed at a high level as he's averaging 17.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots per game.
   Prior to this year, only seven BIG EAST players since 1992-93 have averaged 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks over the course of a full season, and none since Providence's Herbert Hill in 2006-07.
BIG EAST Players To Average 16 PPG, 7 RPG, 2.5 BPG
Season   Name, School   PPG   RPG   BPG
1993-94   Donyell Marshall, UConn   25.1   8.9   3.3
2000-01   Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall   17.8   10.8   4.4
2001-02   Ryan Humphrey, Notre Dame18.9   10.9   2.8
2002-03   Mike Sweetney, Georgetown   22.8   10.4   3.2
2003-04   Emeka Okafor, UConn   17.6   11.5   4.1
2006-07   Herbert Hill, Providence   18.1   8.8   2.9
2023-24   Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton   17.1   7.3   3.0

Block Party
Ryan Kalkbrenner owned a career-high eight blocked shots on Feb. 25 at St. John's. That made him the first Bluejay with eight rejections since Doug Swenson at UMKC on Nov. 18, 1998, and the first BIG EAST player with eight swats in a game since DePaul's Nick Ongenda vs. St. John's on Feb. 14, 2023.
   Benoit Benjamin dominates Creighton's single-game blocked shot list, as seen below:
   Blk.   Name, Opponent   Date
   12   Benoit Benjamin at Bradley   02/02/85
   11   Benoit Benjamin vs. Tulsa   02/16/84
   10   Benoit Benjamin vs. Omaha   12/22/83
       Benoit Benjamin at Illinois State   03/08/84
       Benoit Benjamin vs. Southern Illinois   01/17/85
   9   Benoit Benjamin vs. West Texas A&M   01/21/84
   8   Benoit Benjamin vs. Iowa State   12/10/83
       Benoit Benjamin at Chaminade   12/19/84
       Benoit Benjamin at Tulsa   01/12/85
       Doug Swenson at UMKC   11/18/98
       Ryan Kalkbrenner at St. John's   02/25/24

More Fun With Numbers
Ryan Kalkbrenner's just the third player in the last eight years to have eight or more blocks while playing 39 or more minutes of a regulation game.
   The other two also have a Creighton connection.
   One was LIU's Ty Flowers (coached by current Creighton assistant Derek Kellogg) vs. UMass-Lowell on Nov. 8, 2019.
   The other was Memphis' Dedric Lawson (brother of current Creighton guard Johnathan Lawson) vs. UAB on Dec. 10, 2016.

A Look Back To Newark
Ryan Kalkbrenner played 53:34 on Jan. 20th at Seton Hall, including the final 45:57 without a break. Since 2005-06, the only other 7-footer to play 53 minutes or more in any college game was former Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet. The 7-foot-3 UConn big man played 53 minutes in a memorable six-overtime loss to Syracuse that started on March 12, 2009 at the BIG EAST Tournament.
   Speaking of Kalkbrenner, his seven blocked shots that day tied the most ever by one of Greg McDermott's players in 23 seasons as a Division I head coach. Gregory Echenique also had seven vs. Missouri State on Jan. 22, 2011.
   Kalkbrenner became the first player from a "Power 6" conference with at least 28 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks in a game since Providence's Herbert Hill (29/15/8) vs. Syracuse on Feb. 24, 2007.
   Baylor Scheierman (20/10/6/0) became the first BIG EAST player since Georgetown's Jessie Govan (20/10/6/0) vs. UNC Greensboro on Dec. 22, 2016) to finish with at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and no turnovers.
   Kadary Richmond attempted 32 field goals were the most against Creighton by a single player in at least 40 seasons, four more than the 28 by Western Michigan's Jim Havrilla on Dec. 8, 1990.
   Creighton had 82 field goal attempts at Seton Hall, its most in a game in at least 35 years. Seton Hall had 86 field goal attempts, the most by a Creighton opponent in at least 35 years. It was the first BIG EAST game since at least 2010 in which both teams attempted 80 or more shots.
   Creighton made 13 three-pointers and blocked 10 shots in that game vs. Seton Hall. It was its first time with 10 or more in both categories since Feb. 17, 2002 vs. Wichita State.

55 Minutes For Number 55
Baylor Scheierman played all 55 minutes on Jan. 20th at Seton Hall, setting a Creighton single-game record.
   He's the first BIG EAST player to play 55 minutes or more in a game since four men 60 by Eric Atkins; 56 each by Pat Connaughton, Chane Behanan and Russ Smith) did in a five-overtime Louisville/Notre Dame game on Feb. 9, 2013.
   He's the first BIG EAST player to play 55 minutes or more without leaving the floor since DePaul's Will Walker played all 55 minutes vs. St. John's on March 5, 2010.
   Scheierman is the second player in the country to play 55 minutes or more this season in a game, joining La Salle's Khalil Brantley at Temple on Nov. 29th.
   Scheierman finished second in the BIG EAST with 38.0 minutes per game in conference action this winter. Take out two lopsided wins against DePaul and Georgetown when he played only 129 of a possible 160 minutes, and he averaged 39.6 minutes per league game.

Road Work
Creighton's 79-57 win at Butler on Feb. 17th was its third road victory by 20 points or more this season, as the Jays have also dominated Nebraska (89-60) and DePaul (84-58) away from home.
   It's the fifth time in program history that Creighton's had three such wins in a season, but just the second time in the last 30 years.
Most 20+ Point Road Wins, Season, CU History
   Games   Year   Opponents
   3   1917-18   Trinity (IA), South Dakota, Parsons
   3   1963-64   Nevada, South Dakota, Miami (Fla.)
   3   1990-91   Cleveland St., Drake, Notre Dame
   3   2012-13   Nebraska, Missouri St., So. Illinois
   3   2023-24   Nebraska, DePaul, Butler

Bench Provides A Boost
Creighton has won 36 straight games when scoring 17 or more bench points. That's the nation's longest streak since Baylor's streak of 48 games in a row from Nov. 5, 2019 - Jan. 8, 2022.

Stability Is Key
One reason for Creighton's extended run of success has been the continuity within its coaching staff. The Bluejays have had just two head coaches in the last 30 years, Dana Altman (1994-2010) and Greg McDermott (2010-Present).
   With help from Elias Sports Bureau, here's a list of current "Power 6" schools to have a coach with 300 wins at that school, and their predecessor also had 300 wins at the school:
School   Former Coach   Current Coach
Creighton   Dana Altman   Greg McDermott
Kansas   Roy Williams   Bill Self
Michigan State   Jud Heathcote   Tom Izzo
Purdue   Gene Keady   Matt Painter

Not Tired Yet
Senior Ryan Kalkbrenner ranks 152nd nationally in minutes per game, averaging 33:45 per contest.
   That ranks tops nationally among 7-footers, just ahead of Kansas All-American Hunter Dickinson (32:12).
   Last year while at Michigan, Dickinson (32:42) was narrowly ahead of Kalkbrenner (32:15) among minutes per game among 7-footers.
   No player as tall as 7-foot-1 has averaged more than Kalkbrenner's current 33:45 average since USC's Evan Mobley (33:53) in 2020-21.

Making History
Baylor Scheierman (26), Steven Ashworth (26), Trey Alexander (22) and Ryan Kalkbrenner (20) all scored 20 or more points against Butler on Feb. 2.
   It was the first time since at least 1980 that Creighton has had four men score 20 or more points in the same game.
   The 26 points were Creighton-highs for both Ashworth and Scheierman, though Scheierman scored 27 his next time out at Providence.
   Creighton was the first team nationally with four men to score 20 in the same game since March 5th, 2022 when North Carolina did it vs. Duke (Armando Bacot 23; Caleb Love 22; RJ Davis 21; Brady Manek 20).
   Creighton was the first BIG EAST school with four players with 20+ points since Syracuse vs. UConn in their famous six-OT thriller on March 12, 2009 (Jonny Flynn 34; Paul Harris 29; Eric Devendorf 22; Andy Rautins 20).
   It was just the fifth time in 14 seasons under Greg McDermott that Creighton's had three men score 20+ in the same game, but second time in two weeks (also Jan. 20th at Seton Hall).
   It was the first time that Creighton's had two men score 25 or more in the same game since Booker Woodfox (26) and P'Allen Stinnett (30) vs. New Mexico on Nov. 16, 2008.

Twenty Is Plenty
Trey Alexander owns 14 games this season with 20 points or more, while Baylor Scheierman has done it 14 times and Ryan Kalkbrenner on 10 occasions.
   In 14 seasons under Greg McDermott, only Doug McDermott (3x), Marcus Foster (2x), Ryan Kalkbrenner and Marcus Zegarowski have also done that 10 or more times in an entire season.
Most Games With 20+ Points, Season, Since 2005-06
   20+ Pts.   Name   Season
   30   Doug McDermott, Sr.   2013-14
   26   Doug McDermott, Jr.   2012-13
   24   Doug McDermott, So.   2011-12
   18   Marcus Foster, Sr.   2017-18
   14   Trey Alexander, Jr.   2023-24
   14   Baylor Scheierman, Sr.   2023-24
   12   Marcus Foster, Jr.   2016-17
   11   Nate Funk   2006-07
   10   Ryan Kalkbrenner, Sr.   2023-24

Give Me Twenty
Creighton has had 41 individual scoring performances of 20 or more points this season, including 22 such outings in the past 12 games alone.
   Creighton is 20-3 all-time when Ryan Kalkbrenner scores 20 points or more.
   Creighton is 13-4 when Baylor Scheierman scores 20 points or more.
   Creighton is also 17-2 all-time when Trey Alexander scores 20 points or more.
   Nationally, when Alexander scores 20 or more points (min. 15 games of 20+ points) Creighton does almost as well as anyone, as seen below in this list from Elias Sports Bureau:
Best Team Record When Scoring 20+ Points
(Min. 15 games of 20+ points, active players only, thru 3/6)
   Win Pct.   W-L   Player, Team
   .941   16-1   Ja'Monta Black, Austin Peay
   .913   21-2   LJ Cryer, Houston/Baylor
   .903   28-3   Graham Ike, Gonzaga/Wyoming
   .895   17-2   Trey Alexander, Creighton
   .895   17-2   Justin Wright, Loyola Marymount

Best Team Record When Scoring 20+ Points
(Min. 20 games of 20+ points, active players only, thru 3/6)
   Win Pct.   W-L   Player, Team
   .913   21-2   LJ Cryer, Houston/Baylor
   .903   28-3   Graham Ike, Gonzaga/Wyoming
   .872   34-5   Tucker DeVries, Drake
   .870   20-3   Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
   .846   44-8   Zach Edey, Purdue

Watch This
Two Bluejays are finalists for being the best in the nation at their position.
   Baylor Scheierman is one of five men up for the Julius Erving Award, given to the nation's top small forward.
   Ryan Kalkbrenner is one of five men in the running for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, given to the nation's top center.

Give Me 10
Creighton went 14-2 inside CHI Health Center Omaha and earned at least 10 home wins for the 27th time in the last 28 seasons in 2023-24. The only exception in that time came in 2014-15, when the Jays won nine times at home.
   Creighton also surpassed 200,000 total home fans for the season. It is the 18th time in the last 19 years that's happened. The only exception was the 2020-21 season that was impacted by COVID-19, which restricted crowds nationwide.

Yearly Pink Out Totals
Creighton has raised $605,089.18 since the start of the 2011-12 season during its annual men's basketball Pink Out auctions, plus additional money collected on gameday, underwriting or matching donations.
2011-12:   $20,600
2012-13:   $24,444
2013-14:   $48,247.11
2014-15:   $16,384.03
2015-16:   $16,527.90
2016-17:   $26,361.64
2017-18:   $28,796
2018-19:   $19,595
2019-20:   $31,803.18
2020-21:   $40,381
2021-22:   $24,165
2022-23:   $27,432
2023-24:   $36,002.46
Additional Donations:   $244,349.86
13-Year Totals: $605,089.18

Pink Out Auction Raises $36,002.46
When Creighton hosted DePaul on January 27th in its 14th Annual Pink Out game, Bluejay players wore pink shooting shirts and pink-trimmed jerseys for the game.
   Fans had the opportunity to honor a friend or family member who has battled cancer or is currently battling cancer by purchasing the apparel via auction.
   All funds raised went to benefit American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Omaha, which provides a free home away from home for cancer patients and their caregivers who must travel to Omaha to receive their lifesaving treatment. More than just a roof over their heads, it's a nurturing community that helps patients access the care they need. This year Nebraska Cancer Specialists generously agreed to match all donations to Hope Lodge raised at the game, up to $30,000.
   The annual Creighton Men's Basketball Pink Out game has raised over $605,089.18 (including the 2023-24 auction) benefiting the Hope Lodge facility in Omaha and the guests it serves.
   This year's auction ran from Jan. 11-21 and raised $36,002.46, while the matching donation and in-game donations generated an additional $72,119.54.
   Below is the final numbers for each jersey/item in the auction this year.
#0   $945   #1   $2025   #2   $1050
#4   $887   #5   $1725   #10   $870
#11   $3600   #12   $847.46   #13   $2000
#14   $872   #15   $2250   #23   $3650
#32   $1005   #33   $1675   #41   $1825
#55   $3150   Golf:   $3250
Greg McDermott's Shoes   $935   Ball 1: $710
Ball 2: $710 Ball 3: $680 Ball 4: $655   Ball 5: $686

McDermott Among The Best
Greg McDermott ranks tied for eighth in league history with 123 regular-season league wins.
   McDermott, along with Ed Cooley and Pitino, are the only three active coaches with 100 regular-season BIG EAST wins. The list contains six different coaches who have won at least one national title.
   McDermott has been at his current job (14 seasons) longer than any active BIG EAST coach, but since his first three years were as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, Cooley's 13 years in the BIG EAST lead all active league coaches.
Most League Wins, BIG EAST MBB Coaches
   Rk.   Wins   Name, School
   1.   366   Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
   2.   274   Jim Calhoun, UConn
   3.   244   Jay Wright, Villanova
   4.   198   John Thompson Sr., Georgetown
   5.   136   Mike Brey, Notre Dame
   6.   131   John Thompson III, Georgetown
   7.   127   Lou Carnesecca, St. John's
   8.   123   Greg McDermott, Creighton
       123   Ed Cooley, Providence/G'Town
       123   Rick Pitino, Prov./Louisville/SJU
   11.   115   Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh

Overtime Is Trey'sTime
Trey Alexander's three-pointer with 28.4 seconds left in triple-overtime gave Creighton a 93-91 lead it would not surrender at Seton Hall, but it's not the first time he's provided overtime heroics. He had also given CU a 90-89 lead with 55.6 left on a jumper.
   Alexander has been on the court for all 40 overtime minutes of each of Creighton's last five games to go beyond 40 minutes, and he's been excellent almost every time.
   He's shot 10-for-18 from the field (.556), including 1-for-3 from three-point range (.333) while making 7-of-8 free throws (.875). Alexander also has two assists, two blocked shots and two steals in that span.
   Alexander has scored 28 of Creighton's 70 overtime points in those five contests.

Scheierman Makes Wooden Award Cut
Creighton's Baylor Scheierman has landed a spot on the Midseason Top 25 for the John R. Wooden® Award presented by Principal®. Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 25 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious individual honor.
   This year marks the seventh time in the past 13 seasons that Creighton is represented on the Wooden Award Midseason 25 list. Creighton's Doug McDermott won the Wooden Award following the 2013-14 season after also being a finalist in both 2011-12 and 2012-13. Maurice Watson Jr. was on the list of 25 in 2016-17 and Marcus Foster was among those listed a year later, as was Marcus Zegarowski in 2020-21. None of those three most recent men advanced to the final cut.
   The only other BIG EAST players to make the Midseason Top 25 list are Tyler Kolek and Tristen Newton.

Sultan of Swat
Ryan Kalkbrenner ranks second in program history in blocked shots with 291.
   Kalkbrenner has joined Benoit Benjamin as the only Bluejays with three different seasons of 60 or more blocks.
   Kalkbrenner is just the seventh BIG EAST player since 1992-93 with three campaigns of 72 or more swats, joining Jason Lawson (4x) and Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (3x), Chris Obekpa (3x), Emeka Okafor (3x), Hasheem Thabeet (3x) and Etan Thomas (3x).
Most Creighton Blocked Shots, Since 1979-80
   Blk.   Name   Years
   411   Benoit Benjamin   1982-85
   291   Ryan Kalkbrenner   2020-Pres.
   183   Chad Gallagher   1987-91
   174   Gregory Echenique   2010-13

Most Creighton Blocked Shots, Since 1979-80
   Blk.   Name (Class)   Year
   162   Benoit Benjamin (Jr.)   1984-85
   157   Benoit Benjamin (So.)   1983-84
   92   Benoit Benjamin (Fr.)   1982-83
   92   Ryan Kalkbrenner (Sr.)   2023-24
   89   Ryan Kalkbrenner (So.)   2021-22
   72   Ryan Kalkbrenner (Jr.)   2022-23
   70   Chad Gallagher (Sr.)   1990-91

Baylor Ball
Of the 1,215 career rebounds that Baylor Scheierman has snared, only 115 of them (9.5 percent) have come on the offensive glass.
   Scheierman leads all BIG EAST players with 250 defensive rebounds this season, but is tied for 45th with 25 offensive rebounds.
   Last year Scheierman became the only "Power 6" player in the last 25 seasons with at least 270 defensive rebounds and less than 40 offensive rebounds.
   Scheierman owns 25 career games of 10 or more rebounds without snaring an offensive board. Per Basketball-Reference.com, that makes him one of just two players nationally since 2010-11 with more than 10 such contests, joining Weber State's Dillon Jones (25).
   One other quirky stat about Scheierman? He owned 1,088 career rebounds in his first 145 career games. Those are the exact same numbers that Doug McDermott finished his college career with.

Meet The Alexander's
Though they're not related, the stats of Ty-Shon Alexander (2017-20) and Trey Alexander (2021-Present) are pretty similar. Ty-Shon played 98 games, while Trey has played in 103 contests.
   That's a positive development considering that Ty-Shon was a First Team All-BIG EAST choice who helped Creighton to a share of the 2020 BIG EAST title and later played for the 2021 NBA runner-up Phoenix Suns.
Career Statistics
Name   PTS   REB   AST   BLK   STL   FG%   3FG%   FT%
Ty-Shon   1241   360   222   22   91   .418   .372   .813
Trey   1305   467   335   42   101   .445   .351   .821

Scheierman The Scorer?
Baylor Scheierman is third in the BIG EAST Conference in scoring at 18.5 points per game, and has scored in double-figures every game but one this season.
   Before being held to nine points on Jan. 6 vs. Providence, Scheierman had become just the third Creighton player in the last 25 seasons to score in double-figures each of the first 14 games of a year, joining Doug McDermott (all 35 games in 2011-12) and Marcus Foster (first 15 in 2017-18).
   The fifth-year senior is aiming to become the first Creighton player to lead the BIG EAST in scoring since Doug McDermott in 2013-14. McDermott led the nation with 26.7 points per game en route to National Player of the Year accolades.
   Keep in mind that Scheierman has proven he can do way more than score. Two years ago at South Dakota State, Scheierman led the Summit League in the rare combination of both rebounds and assists.

Biggest in the BIG EAST
Creighton's average height of 78.56 inches puts the Bluejays as the nation's 11th-tallest team, and the biggest in the BIG EAST.
   The second-tallest team in the BIG EAST is Connecticut, which ranks tied for 24th-biggest at 78.29 inches per player.

Jays Don't Foul...Do You Follow?
Creighton leads the nation with just 11.3 fouls per game...let's take a minute to appreciate just how few that is.
   Lipscomb is second-best at avoiding fouls, committing 12.9 per game.
   Creighton is the only team nationally that has not had a player foul out this season. Per Elias, Creighton's streak of 50 straight games without a foul out is the nation's longest since Purdue's streak of 50 straight games from March 1, 2022 - Nov. 28, 2023, with a 51-game streak by Colgate (Nov. 16, 2021 - Jan. 11, 2023) being the only other streak of 50+ since 2005-06.
   Only two teams total (Nebraska and Alabama), have gotten into the bonus in the first half this season against Creighton.
   Creighton has committed three fouls or less in 15 different halves this year.
   Creighton has had more than nine fouls in just five halves (including OT) this season, which means its opponents have been in the double-bonus just four times.
    Creighton has allowed just 33 made free throws in a 1-and-1 situation all year, and just 12 made free throws in the double bonus all season (6 of those came in an overtime session). Only two of those free throws in a 1-and-1 situation came in the first half (vs. Alabama).
   Here's a look at how many fouls Creighton has been called for this season by half:
Creighton Fouls By Half
Opponent   First Half   Second Half
Florida A&M   4   5
North Dakota State   1   3
Iowa   6   8
Texas Southern   1   6
Loyola (Chicago)   3   7
Colorado State   2   5
Oklahoma State   6   7
Nebraska   7   7
Central Michigan   3   2
UNLV   5   5
Alabama   9   7
Villanova   5   4 (4 more in OT)
#10 Marquette   5   11
Georgetown   4   6
#23 Providence   5   6
St. John's   3   5
DePaul   6   10
#1 Connecticut   5   9
Seton Hall   3   5 (6 more in 3 OT's)
Xavier   6   8
DePaul   5   4
Butler   3   8
at Providence   5   3 (6 more in OT)
at Xavier   6   7
Georgetown   5   7
at Butler   3   5
#1 Connecticut   4   9
at St. John's   2   10
Seton Hall   6   10
#5 Marquette   2   8
at Villanova   3   3
Total   133   200 (16 more in OT)

Kalkbrenner's A Handful
Ryan Kalkbrenner swatted five shots on Dec. 16 at UNLV, then did it again on Jan. 17 at No. 1 UConn. He notched a career-high eight rejections on Feb. 25 at St. John's.
   That's now 13 times in his Bluejay career that he's had five or more rejections. During his four years at Creighton, all his teammates have combined for one such game, a five-swat effort by Fredrick King last year in Las Vegas. Kalkbrenner is the only Creighton player with multiple games of five or more swats since the Bluejays joined the BIG EAST in 2013 as King, Jacob Epperson and Justin Patton have each done it once.
   Kalkbrenner's 291 career blocked shots rank third among the nation's active players.
   In January, Kalkbrenner had four or more blocks in four straight games, Creighton's longest such streak since Benoit Benjamin did it in an incredible 12 straight games from Jan. 12-, Feb. 20, 1985. The streak featured games of 8, 10, 5, 4, 7, 12, 6, 5, 5, 6, 4 and 4 blocks.

Among The Nation's Best
Below is where Creighton ranks nationally since the start of the 2010-11 season among teams to have played 100 or more Division I games, per Basketball-Reference.com.
2010-11 to 3/10/24
Category   CU Stat   CU Rank
3FG Made   4276   2nd
2FG Percentage   .550   3rd
FG Percentage   .477   4th
Assists   7,698   6th
3FG Percentage   .374   6th
FG Made   13,167   7th
Points   36,784   9th
Wins   323   23rd
Winning Percentage   .672   30th

Don't Forget The Two's
While attention tends to focus on Creighton's proficiency from three-point range, the Bluejays are also pretty efficient from inside the arc.
   Through games of March 10, CU ranks third in the country in two-point percentage (.610) in 2023-24 and third-best nationally (.550) among Division I schools to have played 100 or more games since Greg McDermott's arrival in 2010-11.
   Creighton shot 26-for-32 (.813) from two-point range on Dec. 9 vs. Central Michigan, just the third time in Greg McDermott's 14 seasons at CU its converted on better than 80 percent of its two-point shots. The only better game was when it shot 22-for-26 (.846) in a March 2, 2013 win over Wichita State in CU's final regular-season game as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Century Mark
Creighton's 109 point effort on Dec. 9 vs. Central Michigan was the 25th time under Greg McDermott that Creighton has scored 100 or more points.
   That ranks third-most among all Power 5/BIG EAST teams nationally in that span, trailing only North Carolina (37) and Iowa (26).
   No other BIG EAST team has cracked the century mark more than 13 times since 2010-11.
   Greg McDermott's teams at Northern Iowa (153 games) and Iowa State (127 games) never scored more than 100 points in any game.

Road Dubs
Before its Dec. 13 loss at UNLV, Creighton had started 2-0 on the road this season, doing so in impressive fashion in both games.
   On Nov. 30 Creighton beat Oklahoma State 79-65, its second-biggest non-conference home loss since 1978.
   Four days later on Dec. 3, Creighton won 89-60 at Nebraska, handing the Cornhuskers their largest non-conference home loss since 1938.
   It's the first time that Creighton has won its first two true road games since 2016-17, when the Jays won their first five road contests.
   It's also just the 12th time in the last 50 seasons that CU has won each of its first two true road games. Ten of the 11 most recent teams to do so made the NCAA Tournament, and each won 20 or more games.
Started 2-0 Or Better On The Road, Last 50 Years
   Road W's to Start   Season   Final W-L (Postseason)
   2   1976-77   21-7 (NCAA)
   2   1980-81   21-9 (NCAA)
   2   1998-99   22-9 (NCAA)
   3   1999-00   23-10 (NCAA)
   2   2002-03   29-5 (NCAA)
   4   2003-04   20-9 (NIT)
   2   2004-05   23-11 (NCAA)
   2   2011-12   29-6 (NCAA)
   4   2012-13   28-8 (NCAA)
   4   2013-14   27-8 (NCAA)
   5   2016-17   25-10 (NCAA)
   2   2023-24   TBD

He Does It All
Baylor Scheierman owns 2,159 points, 1,215 rebounds, 568 assists and has made 343 career three-pointers in 158 total games when you combine his Creighton and South Dakota State stats.
   Creighton's only other players to reach 1,000 career rebounds (only at Creighton) have been Paul Silas (1,751), Bob Harstad (1,126), Doug McDermott (1,088) and Benoit Benjamin (1,005).
   If you're curious, how many games it took to get to 1,000 rebounds for each man, we've got you covered:
Games to 1,000 Rebounds
Name   GP   Opponent, Date
Paul Silas   47   at Utah State, 2/23/63
Benoit Benjamin   89   at Bradley, 3/5/85
Bob Harstad   115   Siena, 2/3/91
Doug McDermott   132   DePaul, 2/7/14
Baylor Scheierman*   135   at Nebraska, 12/3/23
*includes games at South Dakota State

1,000+ Rebounds, 274+ 3FG Nationally, Since 1992-93
**Stats earned at Division I schools only**
Name, School(s)   REB   3FG
Baylor Scheierman, SDSU/Creighton   1,215   343
Doug McDermott, Creighton   1,088   274

1,100+ Rebounds, 500 Assists Nationally, Since 1992-93
**Stats earned at Division I schools only**
Name, School(s)   REB   AST
Baylor Scheierman, SDSU/Creighton   1,215   568
Brian Voelkel, Vermont   1,168   679
John Konchar, IPFW   1,149   553
Max Fiedler, Rice   1,155   562

Can't Stop Scheierman
Baylor Scheierman made a three-point basket in all 37 games he played last season and each of his first 11 contests this season, stretching his streak dating to last year to 58 in a row if you include his final 10 games at South Dakota State in 2021-22. The streak ended on Dec. 20, 2023 vs. Villanova, when Scheierman went 0-for-7 from deep.
   Scheierman's streak of 48 straight as a Bluejay was the longest streak in Creighton history, 15 more than Ty-Shon Alexander's 33.
   Since Scheierman's streak was snapped, he's made a three-ball in 19 straight games, meaning he's drained at least one triple in 77 of his past 78 contests and all but one of his 68 games in a Bluejay uniform.
Consecutive Games With A 3-Pointer, Creighton History
   Streak   Name   Dates of Streak
   48   Baylor Scheierman   Nov. 7, 2022 - Dec. 16, 2023
   33   Ty-Shon Alexander   Feb. 27, 2018-March 6, 2019
   31   Booker Woodfox   Nov. 25, 2008-March 23, 2009
   28   Kyle Korver   Feb. 4, 2001-Feb. 6, 2002
   27   Kyle Korver   Feb. 13, 2002-Jan. 20, 2003

Road Openers
Creighton is 7-7 under Greg McDermott in its first true road game of the season.
   The road opener has been the barometer for Creighton's postseason plans in the previous 13 years. Creighton has made the NCAA Tournament all six times it has won the road opener, and missed the NCAA Tournament four of the other six years where a postseason was contested.
   That's encouraging since CU defeated Oklahoma State 79-65 in its road opener this winter.
   CU would have made the 2020 NCAA Tournament that was canceled even though it lost its road opener that year.
Creighton in Road Openers, Last 14 Years
Year   Opponent   Score   CU in NCAA's?
2010-11   Northwestern   L 52-65   No (CBI)
2011-12   UAB   W 70-60   Yes
2012-13   Nebraska   W 64-42   Yes
2013-14   Saint Joseph's   W 83-79   Yes
2014-15   Tulsa   L 64-77   No
2015-16   #14 Indiana   L 65-86   No (NIT)
2016-17   Nebraska   W 77-62   Yes
2017-18   #20 Northwestern   W 92-88   Yes
2018-19   Nebraska   L 75-94   No (NIT)
2019-20   Michigan   L 69-79   No (Postseason CCD)
2020-21   #5 Kansas   L 72-73   Yes
2021-22   Nebraska   W 77-69   Yes
2022-23   #2 Texas   L 67-72   Yes
2023-24   Oklahoma State   W 79-65   TBD

Among The Best...EVER!
Ryan Kalkbrenner has made 684 of 1,033 career shots, putting him at 66.2 percent overall. That places the senior center fifth in field goal percentage in NCAA history among players to make 500 or more field goals and at least four field goals per game.
   However, Kalkbrenner is first among all such players who have ever attempted 50 or more three-point field goal attempts.
Best Career FG%, NCAA History (min. 500 FG, 4FG/game)
   Pct. (FG-FGA)   Name, School   Years
   .678 (828-1222)   Steve Johnson, Oregon State   1976-81
   .668 (566-847)   Murray Brown, Florida State   1976-80
   .667 (740-1109)   Evan Bradds, Belmont   2013-17
   .664 (702-1058)   Todd MacCulloch, Washington   1995-99
   .662 (684-1033)   Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton   2020-Pres.
   .657 (606-923)   Max Fiedler, Rice   2020-Pres.
   .656 (552-841)   Kevin Magee UC Irvine   1980-82

Trey's Bien
Trey Alexander has made the leap in his junior season. Here's how this year compares to his first two years combined.
Category   2023-24   2021-23
Games Played   31   72
20-Point Games   14   5
Dunks   5   2
Double-Doubles   4   0
Points Per Game   17.5   10.6
Rebounds Per Game   5.8   4.0
Assists Per Game   4.9   2.5

Nationally Speaking
Through games of March 10th, Creighton is all over the NCAA stat leaders. The Bluejays rank in the top 20 of 11 different team and nine individual categories.
   Rank   Category   Stat
   1   Fouls Per Game   11.4
   2   Blocks Per Game (Kalkbrenner)   3.00
   3   Blocks (Kalkbrenner)   90
   3   Effective FG%   .579
   4   Defensive Rebounds Per Game   29.55
   6   Field Goal Pct. (Kalkbrenner)   .650
   6   Def. Rebounds/Game (Scheierman)   8.03
   6   Average Home Attendance   17,269
   6   Three-Pointers Per Game   10.7
   7   Triple-Doubles (Scheierman)   1
   7   Three-Point Attempts Per Game   29.5
   9   Total Home Attendance   276,300
   10   Minutes Per Game (Alexander)   36:50
   13   Assist/Turnover Ratio   1.64
   17   3FG Attempts (Scheierman)   256
   18   Assists Per Game   17.3
   18   Free Throw Percentage   .775
   19   Field Goal Percentage   .490
   19   3FG Made (Scheierman)   97
   20   3FG Made/Game (Scheierman)   3.13

This Is 20/20
Trey Alexander started his junior season with 20 points vs. Florida A&M, 21 points vs. North Dakota State, 23 points vs. Iowa and 20 points vs. Texas Southern
   That made him just the second Bluejay in the last 25 years to score 20 or more in each of CU's first four games, joining Doug McDermott in 2013-14. McDermott did it the first six games of his senior season in 2013-14 and went on to be named National Player of the Year that season.
   Alexander is the first Bluejay to score 20 points or more in four consecutive games at any time of year since Marcus Foster did it in seven consecutive contests from Jan. 16-Feb. 10, 2018.

Bahamas Bounce
Creighton got a jump start on the season with nine practices in July before heading to the Bahamas to play in three games during the first week of August.
   Creighton won all three games by 14 points or more, averaged 98.3 points, and outrebounded foes by 21.3 caroms per contest.
   Trey Alexander led CU by averaging 20.0 points before missing the final contest, but Ryan Kalkbrenner (11.0 ppg.), Baylor Scheierman (10.0 ppg.) and Fredrick King (10.0 ppg.) also scored at a double-digit clip.
   Steven Ashworth led CU with 15 assists, King and Brock Vice had a team-high 18 rebounds and Kalkbrenner topped the team with 10 swats.
       A 2019 trip to Australia helped the Bluejays open the year 12-2.
   A 2015 trip to Italy helped the Bluejays start the season 5-1.
   A 2011 trip to the Bahamas helped get the Bluejays ready for a 7-0 start.
   A 2007 trip to Canada paid dividends as Creighton started 5-0.
   In 2003, the Bluejays also went to Canada and started the subsequent season 12-0.

Who's Back?
With Creighton returning seven of the 13 men who appeared in a game last season, it's no surprise that a similar ratio of the production from 2022-23 is also gone. Below is a breakdown of what is back:
Stat   Returners   Departures
Blocks   126 (82.9%)   26 (17.1%)
Rebounds   860 (67.9%)   411 (32.1%)
3FG Made   207 (64.9%)   112 (35.1%)
Points   1833 (64.8%)   995 (35.2%)
Steals   119 (64.3%)   66 (35.7%)
Minutes   4693 (63.0%)   2757 (37.0%)
Starts   111 (60.0%)   74 (40.0%)
Charges Taken   16 (59.3%)   11 (40.7%)
Assists   308 (53.0%)   273 (47.0%)

Preseason Top 10
The Creighton men's basketball team was ranked eighth in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 poll, its highest preseason AP ranking ever. That's one spot better than the previous best, done last year, when the Bluejays started the season ranked ninth. CU is ranked eighth in the March 11th AP poll.
   The announcement marks just the sixth time in program history the writers have voted CU to the top-25 in the preseason, joining 2006-07 (No. 19), 2012-13 (No. 16) and 2016-17 (No. 22), 2020-21 (No. 11) and 2022-23 (No. 9). All five of those teams would end up in the NCAA Tournament, with the last two making the Sweet 16 and last year's club reaching the Elite Eight.
   Creighton has been ranked in the Top 10 on 29 different occasions in program history, with all but one of those occasions happening under head coach Greg McDermott. Creighton's best ranking in program history is seventh, done five times (Jan. 16, 2017, March 10, 2020, March 18, 2020, Jan. 7, 2021 and Nov. 28, 2022).
   Creighton has now been ranked 139 times in program history, with 112 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 173-71 all-time as a ranked team, including a 139-59 mark under McDermott. Creighton has now been ranked at least one week in 10 of McDermott's 14 seasons on The Hilltop after doing it just five different seasons in program history before his 2010 arrival.
       Creighton is one of four schools to be ranked in the preseason top-10 each of the past two seasons, joining Kansas, Duke and Houston.
   Along with No. 5 Marquette, No. 6 Connecticut and No. 8 Creighton, this year marked the first time since 2011-12 that the BIG EAST had three Preseason Top-10 teams.
   Creighton was also eighth in the preseason USA Today Coaches poll, its best preseason mark ever. CU is sixth in the March 11th Coaches poll.

Downtown Duo
Only two players nationally that are returning in 2023-24 had 120+ assists, 87+ three-pointers and 38+ steals in 2022-23.
   Baylor Scheierman and Steven Ashworth.
   Both are playing for Creighton this season.

Let's Go On A Run
Creighton has won at least one NCAA Tournament game in 2021, 2022 and 2023. That makes CU one of seven teams in the country to have a win in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments, joining Arkansas, Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas and UCLA.
   The only other time that Creighton has won an NCAA Tournament game in consecutive seasons came in 2012, 2013 and 2014, also under Greg McDermott.
   Creighton is one of just eight teams to have reached at least two of the last three Sweet 16s. Gonzaga, Houston and UCLA have done it each of the last three seasons, while Alabama, Creighton, Michigan and Villanova have done it twice each.

Big Deficits, No Big Deal
Creighton owns 27 victories since the start of the 2010-11 season after trailing by double-figures at some point. Thirteen of those 27 comebacks have come away from home.
   If you're curious, CU's largest comeback win since 2000 came on Jan. 28, 2006, when the Jays trailed 25-6 early before rallying to beat Wichita State on a buzzer-beater by Anthony Tolliver.
CU's Double-Digit Comebacks Under McDermott
Deficit   Opponent   Date
18   #18 Oklahoma   11/19/14
17   at San Diego State   11/30/11
16   at Evansville   02/16/13
16   at Seton Hall   01/27/21
16   SIU Edwardsville   11/27/21
15   Arkansas-Pine Bluff   11/09/21
14   Evansville   02/21/12
14   vs. San Diego State   03/17/22
13   at Saint Joseph's   11/16/13
13   Xavier   01/12/14
13   #22 Xavier   12/23/20
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
11   vs. Connecticut   03/12/21
11   DePaul   01/22/22
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

Release, Rotation, Splash, Repeat
Creighton has made at least one three-pointer in 1,016 straight games. The streak is the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
   Creighton's last game without a three-pointer came at Illinois State on Feb. 20, 1993, when the Jays were 0-for-5. 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 Streaks (3/10)
   Rk.   Streak   School   Next Game
   1.   1,224   UNLV   3/14
   2.   1,220   Duke   3/14
   3.   1,157   East Tennessee State   3/11
   4.   1,129   Oakland   3/11
   5.   1,128   Pacific   Season Over
   6.   1,125   Texas   3/13
   7.   1,067   Marshall   Season Over
   8.   1,052   Gonzaga   3/11
   9.   1,048   Princeton   3/16
   10.   1,016   Creighton   3/14
   11.   1,013   Long Island   Season Over
   12.   1,005   Mount St. Mary's   3/12

Dynamic Duo
Creighton is one of eight schools to have men's and women's basketball programs to both own 22 wins or more each of the previous two seasons, a list that includes Creighton, Gonzaga, Liberty, Princeton, Tennessee, Texas, Toledo and UConn.
   This season, Creighton was one of eight teams with a preseason top-25 squad on both the men's and women's side, joining Baylor, Connecticut, Illinois, North Carolina, Southern California, Tennessee and Texas.
   The only five schools to be ranked in the preseason men's and women's basketball Top 25 of the AP Poll both this season and last season were Baylor, Creighton, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
   Creighton is one of 11 schools to make the NCAA Tournament in both men's and women's basketball each of the past two seasons, a list that consists of Arizona, Baylor, Creighton, Gonzaga, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Miami (Fla.), Tennessee, Texas and UConn.
   The only schools with at-large bids in each of the previous two years in both men's and women's basketball are Baylor, Creighton, Indiana and Miami (Fla.).

Triple Trouble
During Creighton's current streak of 1,016 straight games with a three-pointer, the Jays have drained 8,118 trifectas, an average of 7.99 treys per game.
   That's not surprising since during the streak, Creighton has made exactly seven three-pointers 149 times, more than any figure.
   Only five times in the streak has Creighton made just one three-pointer, but on 301 occasions the Bluejays have made 10 or more trifectas, including three games of 20 or more.
   Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Bluejays are 82-19 when making eight or more three-pointers, compared to a 32-29 mark when making seven treys or fewer.
Team 3FG Made During Creighton's 3-Point Streak
1:    5 times   2: 19 times   3: 36 times
4:    75 times   5:   104 times   6: 106 times
7:   149 times   8:   127 times   9: 94 times
10: 84 times   11: 58 times   12: 60 times
13: 49 times   14: 24 times   15: 8 times
16: 8 times   17: 4 times   18: 1 time
19: 2 times   20: 1 time   21: 1 time   22: 1 time

CHI Health Center Omaha Success
Creighton has played 354 regular and postseason contests at CHI Health Center Omaha all-time in the 21-year-old facility.
   The Bluejays own a 292-62 (.825) record all-time at the facility, and is 22-1 there on Friday's.
   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 27,802-23,230 in games at CHI Health Center Omaha, an average margin of 12.92 points per game. Creighton has not trailed 91 different times.
   Incredibly, Creighton hasn't trailed in its home opener in 10 of the past 23 seasons (2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2016-17 and 2019-20).
   Creighton is also 32-36 all-time in the 68 games at the arena in which it's fallen behind by double-figures at any point, 8-11 when down by 10+ points at halftime in the facility, and 41-29 when trailing at halftime at CHI Health Center Omaha.
   Creighton is 195-44 (.816) at CHI Health Center Omaha under Greg McDermott and hasn't trailed in 65 of those games. In that same span, CU owns a 101-9 home record (.918) 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 311-62 (.834) at home since the start of the 2002-03 campaign.

Home Run
Under Greg McDermott Creighton is averaging 80.79 points per home game (19,308 points in 239 home games), a figure that climbs to 84.37 points in non-conference home games (9,281 points in 110 home games).
   Creighton is 147-7 all-time at CHI Health Center Omaha when scoring 80 or points.

Elite Eight
Greg McDermott guided his team to the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time last season. That put him in the company of some of the greatest coaches in CU Athletics history, and most among basketball coaches.
   McDermott is one of three head coaches in Creighton history to lead eight or more NCAA Tournament teams.
Name   Sport   NCAA's @CU
Kirsten Bernthal Booth   Volleyball   13
Bob Warming   Men's Soccer   11
Greg McDermott   Men's Basketball   8
Dana Altman   Men's Basketball   7
Brent Vigness   Softball   7

Creighton Retires McDermott's No. 3 Jersey
Creighton Men's Basketball retired Doug McDermott's No. 3 jersey prior to its Dec. 20 game vs. Villanova. McDermott was a three-time All-American (2012, 2013, 2014) and consensus National Player of the Year (2014) during an incredible four-year career spanning from 2010-14.
   McDermott finished his career with an NCAA-record 135 double-figure scoring games and wrapped up his time on The Hilltop with 3,150 points, which was fifth in NCAA history. He was named winner of the Oscar Robertson, John R. Wooden and Naismith trophies as the National Player of the Year in 2013-14, when he led the country in scoring and helped Creighton to a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
   The son of current Bluejay head coach Greg McDermott, Doug McDermott was a three-time Conference Player of the Year and remains the sport's only three-time Associated Press First Team All-American since 1985.
   McDermott received his Marketing degree from Creighton in 2014 and is currently in his 10th year in the NBA, as a member of the San Antonio Spurs.
   McDermott's number hangs in the rafters on the west side of the arena alongside five other Bluejay greats (#25 Kyle Korver, #30 Bob Harstad, #33 Bob Portman, #35 Paul Silas, #45 Bob Gibson).

McDermott In The NBA
Doug McDermott is in his 10th year in an NBA career that saw him selected 11th overall by Denver, with stops in Chicago, Oklahoma City, New York, Dallas, Indiana and San Antonio. He was traded from San Antonio back to Indiana in the final hours of the trade deadline on Feb. 8th.
   Overall, he is averaging 5.7 points per game this season and shooting 41.5 percent from three-point range.
   In his career, McDermott has played in 643 games and averaged 9.0 points per game. He ranks 23rd in NBA history with 41.0 percent marksmanship from three-point range in his career.
   The 10-year NBA vet gives Creighton at least one NBA player in 40 of the last 41 seasons. Other famous Bluejays to play in the NBA in the past include Paul Silas, Kyle Korver and Anthony Tolliver.

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Trey Alexander

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Arthur Kaluma

Fredrick King

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Ryan Nembhard

Baylor Scheierman

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