2024-25 Men's Basketball Season Recap

2024-25 Creighton Men's Basketball Recap
25-11 Overall • 15-5 BIG EAST • NCAA Tournament Round of 32
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    Strong leadership on and off the court by seniors Ryan Kalkbrenner, Steven Ashworth and Jamiya Neal helped lead the Creighton men's basketball team to a 25-11 record in 2024-25 and a fifth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
    After defeating defending NCAA runner-up Purdue in a Charity Exhibition game, Creighton opened its season on Nov. 6th with a bang. Kalkbrenner, named Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year, made 20-of-22 field goal attempts and finished with 49 points and 11 rebounds. Kalkbrenner's 49 points were second-most in program history and just two shy of Bob Portman's school-record, helping the 7-foot-1 All-American earn National Player of the Week honors to open his fifth season.
    CU blew out FDU before a 78-43 win against Houston Christian on Nov. 13 that made Greg McDermott Creighton's winningest coach in program history. It was McDermott's 328th victory on the Bluejay sideline, one more than Dana Altman.
    A 4-0 start quickly turned into a 4-3 record after a home loss to Nebraska and setbacks in Las Vegas to San Diego State and No. 20 Texas A&M to open the Players Era Festival. Playing without Kalkbrenner, CU won its final contest in Sin City with an 80-76 victory over Notre Dame.
    CU used that momentum to return home less than a week later to take down top-ranked Kansas, 76-63, which led to a court storming inside CHI Health Center Omaha. It would be the final game of the year for junior guard Pop Isaacs (16.3 ppg.), who had hip surgery a short time later. The Jays then beat UNLV but lost at No. 7 Alabama to close non-conference play with a 7-4 record.
    Creighton's season reached rock-bottom on Dec. 18th, when it opened BIG EAST play with a 81-57 loss at Georgetown. The Bluejays got their season back on track when it returned home to defeat Villanova 86-79 four days before Christmas, then closed out 2024 with a 57-56 win over eventual BIG EAST champion St. John's. CU lost its first contest of 2025 at No. 8 Marquette, 79-71, to fall to 2-2 in the BIG EAST before catching fire.
    The Bluejays embarked on a program-record nine-game winning streak in BIG EAST play, a stretch that started with an 80-76 win at Butler. Following a 20-point win over Providence, CU proved its mettle with a 68-63 road win at two-time defending national champion Connecticut.
    CU followed up that with wins over DePaul, Seton Hall, Xavier, Villanova and Providence before gaining revenge on Marquette with a 77-67 victory over the No. 11 Golden Eagles. The win streak helped CU improve to 18-6 overall and 11-2 in BIG EAST play.
    UConn snapped CU's win streak at nine, earning its first victory in Omaha in five tries, and the Bluejays then fell at No. 9 St. John's five days later to end its best chance for a regular-season league title.
    CU regrouped again, defeating Georgetown and DePaul to secure its 10th consecutive 20-win campaign.
    The Jays lost at Xavier before closing the regular-season witih wins over Seton Hall and Butler, after which CU honored Sami Osmani, Ashworth, Neal and Kalkbrenner. CU's 15 BIG EAST wins tied a program-record for conference wins and helped the Jays secure second-place in the league.
    Creighton opened the BIG EAST Tournament with a wild win over 10th-seeded DePaul. CU trailed by 11 points with less than two minutes left in regulation before a wild rally forced overtime. The Jays then raced out to an eight-point lead in OT, only to have DePaul counter to force a second overtime period. After Ashworth fouled out, freshman point guard Ty Davis made five clutch free throws down the stretch to help CU prevail, 85-81. CU then continued its mastery over UConn with a 70-66 victory one night later to advance the Bluejays to a fifth BIG EAST Tournament final.
    CU's quest for an elusive BIG EAST Tournament title fell just short, as a big St. John's run overwhelmed the Bluejays in the final.
    Creighton's 24-10 record was good enough to earn it a fifth straight at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, with the selection committee handing out a No. 9 seed and a difficult First Round test against eighth-seeded but 10th-ranked Louisville, just over an hour from UofL's campus in Lexington, Ky.
    Neal had his best game as a Bluejay, contributing career-highs with 29 points and 12 rebounds, as an early three-point barrage by CU helped secure an 89-75 victory. It was the fifth straight season that CU won an NCAA Tournament game.
    Creighton's season came to an end in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament, as top-seeded Auburn overcame a two-point halftime deficit to defeat CU, 82-70.
    Kalkbrenner closed out a Bluejay career for the ages that had fans calling for his No. 11 to be retired. He ranks second in Creighton history in points, rebounds, field goal percentage and blocks and played in more wins than any player in school history. He joined Patrick Ewing as the second player to be a four-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, and he was also named Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year as well as the NABC National Defensive Player of the Year. Kalkbrenner was named a Second or Third Team All-American by all the major outlets, in addition to earning the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award as the nation's top center.
    Ashworth was a Second Team All-BIG EAST honoree after leading the league in free-throw percentage, assists and three-pointers made and becoming the first player in CU history with at least 500 points and 200 assists in the same season.
    Neal ranked as one of two players to rank in the top 10 in the BIG EAST in both rebounds per game and assists per game, and Jackson McAndrew landed on the BIG EAST's All-Freshman Team. McAndrew's 69 three-pointers were a program-record by a freshman.

The Creighton Coaches
Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) owns a 350-171 record after 15 seasons with the Bluejays, as he passed Dana Altman (327-176) as the winningest coach in program history on Nov. 13, 2024. He owns a career mark of 630-366 in his 31st seasons, and is 499-302 after his 24th 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 its first Elite Eight since 1941 in 2022-23.
    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 was assisted by Ryan Miller, Derek Kellogg and Trey Zeigler.

NCAA Tournament History
Creighton made its 26th NCAA Tournament appearance all-time, and 17th in the last 27 years. The Bluejays are 21-27 all-time in NCAA action, including a 14-12 record in its first game.
    Creighton has had at least one sport reach the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 38 academic calendar years, as the Bluejays also have gone dancing in volleyball and women's basketball this academic year.
    Including the NCAA's, NIT, CBI and CIT, Creighton made its 26th postseason appearance in the last 28 seasons. The 2019-20 team was one of those exceptions, but was likely headed for a 2 or 3 seed in the NCAA's before COVID-19 canceled the event.

Men's & Women's Success
Creighton is one of six schools to make the NCAA Tournament in both men's and women's basketball each of the last four seasons, a list that consists of Baylor, Creighton, Iowa State, Tennessee, Texas and UConn.
    Creighton is also one of four schools nationally to win at least one NCAA Tournament game each of the past five seasons, a group that includes Baylor, Creighton, Gonzaga and Houston.
    Creighton is the nation's only school to reach the Elite Eight in women's volleyball (2024), women's basketball (2021), men's basketball (2022) and men's soccer (2022) since the start of the 2021-22 academic year.

Make It Five
Even though a certain NCAA bid was wiped away in 2020 by COVID-19, Creighton has still appeared in each of the last five NCAA Tournaments (2021-25).
    The only previous time that Creighton has appeared in five straight NCAA Tournaments was from 1999-2003. The only other BIG EAST team with an active streak of five straight NCAA trips is UConn.
    Including this season, Creighton has made 26 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 10 under Greg McDermott, and was one of the final eight teams remaining in both 1941 and 2023.

High Five
Creighton is one of 13 teams to have appeared in each of the last five NCAA Tournaments (2021-25).
    That list consists of Alabama, Baylor, Connecticut, Creighton, Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan State, Purdue, San Diego State, Tennessee and Texas.
    Creighton is also one of four schools nationally to win at least one NCAA Tournament game each of the past five seasons, a group that includes Baylor, Creighton, Gonzaga and Houston.
    This is the first time that Creighton has won an NCAA Tournament game in five straight years. The only other time that Creighton had won an NCAA Tournament game in consecutive seasons came in 2012, 2013 and 2014, also under Greg McDermott.
    The only other Creighton program in any sports to win an NCAA Tournament game in five straight seasons is Creighton Volleyball (2015-19).

25
Creighton earned at least 25 wins for eighth time ever, with six of those seasons coming under Greg McDermott.
    It was also the first time with 25+ wins in back-to-back seasons since doing it in three straight seasons from 2011-12 to 2013-14, also under McDermott.
    Creighton, which also owned 26 women's basketball wins, was one of seven schools nationally with 25+ wins in both men's and women's basketball this season. The only schools to do it this season were Creighton, Duke, George Mason, Grand Canyon, Liberty, Maryland and North Texas.
    Creighton is the nation's only school to win 25+ games in both men's and women's basketball each of the past two seasons.

Something Special
Creighton's basketball success is nearly unmatched nationwide.
    Creighton is one of two schools (Duke) to be ranked in the year-end Coaches poll in both men's and women's basketball each of the past two seasons.
    Creighton is also one of two schools (Kentucky) to be ranked in the year-end Coaches poll in men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball in 204-25.

Two Dozen, Cousin
Creighton is one of 15 schools to have won 24 games or more in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25. That group consists of Alabama, Arizona, Charleston, Connecticut, Creighton, Drake, Duke, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Houston, Purdue, Saint Mary's, Tennessee, Utah State and VCU.

Sweetness!
Creighton is one of just nine teams to have reached at least three of the last five Sweet 16s.
    Houston has done it each of the last five years, while Alabama, Arkansas and Gonzaga have done it four times each. Doing it three times in the past five years are Duke, Michigan, Purdue, Tennessee, UCLA and Creighton.
Most Sweet 16's, Last Five Years
    #    Team    Years
    5    Houston    2021    2022    2023    2024    2025
    4    Alabama    2021       -    2023    2024    2025
    4    Gonzaga    2021    2022    2023    2024    -
    3    Creighton    2021        -    2023    2024    -
    3    UCLA    2021    2022    2023         -    -
    3    Duke    -    2022    -    2024    2025
    3    Michigan    2021    2022    -    -    2025
    3    Purdue    -    2022    -    2024    2025
    3    Tennessee    -    -    2023    2024    2025

Dance Partners
Creighton went 7-9 against teams in the 2025 NCAA Tournament field, including two wins over UConn and one each against Kansas, Louisville, St. John's, Xavier, and Marquette.
    Statistically, Pop Isaacs averaged 23.3 points in the three games he appeared in against those NCAA qualifiers. Ryan Kalkbrenner averaged 16.1 points and 8.3 rebounds while Steven Ashworth (15.7 ppg., 6.7 apg.) and Jamiya Neal (13.6 ppg., 6.3 rpg.) also averaged in double-figures.

Postseason Wins In 14 of Last 16 Openers
Creighton has won at least one game in 14 of its last 16 postseason appearances. The stretch began in 2007-08.
Creighton's Last 16 Postseason Openers
Year    Tourney    First Game
2007-08    NIT    Beat Rhode Island, 74-73
2008-09    NIT    Beat Bowling Green, 73-71
2009-10    CIT    Beat South Dakota, 89-78
2010-11    CBI    Beat San Jose State, 85-74
2011-12    NCAA    Beat Alabama, 58-57
2012-13    NCAA    Beat Cincinnati, 67-63
2013-14    NCAA    Beat Louisiana, 76-66
2015-16    NIT    Beat Alabama, 72-54
2016-17    NCAA    Lost to Rhode Island, 84-72
2017-18    NCAA    Lost to Kansas State, 69-59
2018-19    NIT    Beat Loyola (Chicago), 70-61
2020-21    NCAA    Beat UCSB, 63-62
2021-22    NCAA    Beat San Diego St., 72-69 (OT)
2022-23    NCAA    Beat NC State, 72-63
2023-24    NCAA    Beat Akron, 77-60
2024-25    NCAA    Beat Louisville, 89-75

Perfect 10
Greg McDermott has guided his team to the NCAA Tournament 10 times at Creighton. 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 10 or more NCAA Tournament teams.
Name    Sport    NCAA's @CU
Kirsten Bernthal Booth    Volleyball    14
Bob Warming    Men's Soccer    11
Greg McDermott    Men's Basketball    10
Jim Flanery    Women's Basketball    8
Dana Altman    Men's Basketball    7
Brent Vigness    Softball    7

McDermott In The Postseason
Creighton coach Greg McDermott made his 13th postseason appearance at Creighton, and 16th overall as a Division I head coach when you include his time at Northern Iowa.
    McDermott's Division I teams own an 20-17 record in those 16 postseason appearances, including a 20-14 mark in 13 appearances at Creighton.
McDermott's Division I Postseason Appearances
Year (School)    Tourney    Postseason W-L
2003-04 (UNI)    NCAA    0-1
2004-05 (UNI)    NCAA    0-1
2005-06 (UNI)    NCAA    0-1
2010-11 (CU)    CBI    4-2
2011-12 (CU)    NCAA    1-1
2012-13 (CU)    NCAA    1-1
2013-14 (CU)    NCAA    1-1
2015-16 (CU)    NIT    2-1
2016-17 (CU)    NCAA    0-1
2017-18 (CU)    NCAA    0-1
2018-19 (CU)    NIT    2-1
2020-21 (CU)    NCAA    2-1
2021-22 (CU)    NCAA    1-1
2022-23 (CU)    NCAA    3-1
2023-24 (CU)    NCAA    2-1
2024-25 (CU)    NCAA    1-1

Most Postseason Bids By CU Coaches
This year's bid to the NCAA Tournament was the 13th postseason bid for Greg McDermott at Creighton, tying him with Dana Altman for the most postseason appearances in men's basketball in school history.
    McDermott's 10 NCAA Tournament trips are the most in program history as well, three more than what Altman did.
    McDermott's 12 NCAA Tournament wins are a school record, nine more than second-place John J. "Red" McManus.
    McDermott's 20 postseason wins at Creighton are the most in school history, 13 more than Altman's seven.
    McDermott (20-14) is one of two coaches in program history with a winning record in postseason play, joining Eddie Sutton (2-1).
Coach (Bids)    NCAA    NIT    CBI    CIT    NCIT    Total
Hickey (3)    1-1    2-2    0-0    0-0    0-0    3-3
Belford (1)    0-0    0-0    0-0    0-0    0-1    0-1
McManus (3)    3-3    0-0    0-0    0-0    1-1    4-4
Sutton (1)    2-1    0-0    0-0    0-0    0-0    2-1
Apke (4)    0-3    0-1    0-0    0-0    0-0    0-4
Barone (3)    1-2    0-1    0-0    0-0    0-0    1-3
Altman (13)    2-7    3-5    0-0    2-1    0-0    7-13
McDermott (14)    12-10    4-2    4-2    0-0    0-0    20-14

Coaching Experience In The Dance
Creighton's full-time coaching staff boasts a combined 84 Division I NCAA Tournament games under their collective belts as either a player (10-8, full-time assistant coach (24-15) or head coach (12-15), winning 46 of those games.
    Greg McDermott is 12-13 in NCAA Tournament action as a Division head coach. He went 0-3 at Northern Iowa (0-1 in 2004, 2005 and 2006) and is 12-10 at Creighton (3-1 in 2023, 2-1 in 2021 and 2024, 1-1 in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2022 and 2025 and 0-1 in 2017 and 2018). In 2022, McDermott led the Bluejays to their first Elite Eight since 1941.
    Ryan Miller has been a part of seven NCAA Tournaments as an assistant coach, going 1-2 in two appearances (0-1 in 2010, 1-1 in 2012) with New Mexico, 0-1 in 2018 with TCU, 1-1 in 2022 and 2025 at Creighton, 3-1 in 2023 and 2-1 in 2024 with Creighton. He was also part of three tournaments as a player at Division II Northern State, going 2-1 to reach the Elite Eight in 1998, 1-1 in 1996 and 0-1 in 1997.
    Trey Zeigler is 1-2 in the NCAA Tournament, losing his lone appearance as a player in 2013 with Pittsburgh. He is now 1-1 as an assistant coach.
    Derek Kellogg is no stranger to the NCAA Tournament either, He went 7-4 while playing in four NCAA Tournaments at UMass (2-1 in 1992; 1-1 in 1993 & 1994; 3-1 in 1995). As an assistant coach, Kellogg helped Kentucky to a 12-5 record in five appearances (0-1 in 2003; 1-1 in 2004; 3-1 in 2006 and 2007 and 5-1 in 2008 [though those games were later vacated]). As a head coach, he went 0-1 with both LIU in 2018 and UMass in 2014. He also went 2-1 last year and 1-1 this year with Creighton.

BIG EAST Success
Creighton was one of five BIG EAST teams to make the NCAA Tournament this season, joining St. John's, Marquette, Connecticut and Xavier.
    The BIG EAST has had a Sweet 16 squad in 28 of the last 31 tournaments, and multiple Sweet 16 teams in 17 of the last 23 tournaments, though it didn't have any such squads in 2024-25.
    Even when you remove Louisville's vacated 2013 men's title, the BIG EAST Conference has won a combined 17 NCAA men's and women's basketball titles in the last 25 tournaments.
    The BIG EAST is responsible for four of the last nine NCAA men's basketball titles (2016 & 2018 Villanova; 2023 & 2024 Connecticut).

History As A No. 9 Seed
Since the NCAA began seeding all the teams in 1979, this year marked the second time Creighton has been a No. 9 seed (also 2022).
    Creighton's best seed ever was being a No. 3 in 2014 and 2024.
    Since 1985, No. 9 seeds are 83-77 (.519) against No. 8 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 9 seed has won at least one game in nine of the past 10 years, and are 22-14 in the past nine tournaments.
    The only two No. 9 seeds to ever make the Final Four was Wichita State in 2013, a team that Creighton defeated in the regular-season finale, as well as a week later in the MVC Tournament final, and also Florida Atlantic in 2023.
Creighton's NCAA Tourney Seeds
(since seeding began in 1979)
Year    Seed    Record
1981    8th    0-1
1989    14th    0-1
1991    11th    1-1
1999    10th    1-1
2000    10th    0-1
2001    10th    0-1
2002    12th    1-1
2003    6th    0-1
2005    10th    0-1
2007    10th    0-1
2012    8th    1-1
2013    7th    1-1
2014    3rd    1-1
2017    6th    0-1
2018    8th    0-1
2021    5th    2-1
2022    9th    1-1
2023    6th    3-1
2024    3rd    2-1
2025    9th    1-1

Planting Seeds
Since NCAA Tourney seeding began in 1979, there have been 57 teams that finished BIG EAST play alone in first or second place.
    Sixteen of those teams earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, 18 were a No. 2 seed and 11 were a No. 3 seed. There's also been four No. 4 and No. 5 seeds, one No. 6 seed, two No. 7 seeds and one No. 9 seed. That No. 9 seed was this year's Creighton team.
BIG EAST Teams to Finish Alone in 1st or 2nd Place
Since NCAA Seeding Began in 1979
Year    Team    BE Finish    NCAA Seed
1981    Boston College    1st    5
1981    Georgetown    2nd    7
1982    Villanova    1st    3
1982    Georgetown    2nd    1
1984    Georgetown    1st    1
1985    St. John's    1st    1
1985    Georgetown    2nd    1
1988    Pittsburgh    1st    2
1988    Syracuse    2nd    3
1989    Georgetown    1st    1
1989    Seton Hall    2nd    3
1991    Syracuse    1st    2
1991    St. John's    2nd    4
1993    Seton Hall    1st    2
1993    St. John's    2nd    5
1994    UConn    1st    2
1994    Syracuse    2nd    4
1995    UConn    1st    2
1995    Villanova    2nd    3
1996    UConn    1st    1
1996    Villanova    2nd    3
1998    UConn    1st    2
1998    St. John's    2nd    7
1999    UConn    1st    1
1999    Miami    2nd    2
2001    Boston College    1st    3
2002    UConn    1st    2
2002    Pittsburgh    2nd    3
2004    Pittsburgh    1st    3
2004    UConn    2nd    2
2007    Georgetown    1st    2
2008    Georgetown    1st    2
2009    Louisville    1st    1
2010    Syracuse    1st    1
2011    Pittsburgh    1st    1
2011    Notre Dame    2nd    2
2012    Syracuse    1st    1
2012    Marquette    2nd    3
2014    Villanova    1st    2
2014    Creighton    2nd    3
2015    Villanova    1st    1
2016    Villanova    1st    2
2016    Xavier    2nd    2
2017    Villanova    1st    1
2017    Butler    2nd    4
2018    Xavier    1st    1
2018    Villanova    2nd    1
2019    Villanova    1st    6
2019    Marquette    2nd    5
2021    Villanova    1st    5
2022    Providence    1st    4
2022    Villanova    2nd    2
2023    Marquette    1st    2
2023    Xavier    2nd    3
2024    UConn    1st    1
2025    St. John's    1st    2
2025    Creighton    2nd    9

McAndrew Madness
Jackson McAndrew had 11 points in his NCAA Tournament debut against Louisville, then added 12 more two days later against Auburn.
    He was just the sixth Bluejay freshman with 11 or more points in a Round of 64 game, joining Tony Pruitt (1981), Terrell Taylor (2000), Mitch Ballock (2018), Arthur Kaluma (2022) and Trey Alexander (2022).
    McAndrew's dozen points vs. Auburn helped him join Kaluma and Alexander to become the third CU freshman to score 10 points or more in each of his first two NCAA Tournament games.

Neal's Noteworthy NCAA Debut
Jamiya Neal's 29 points against Louisville were the fourth-most by a Creighton player ever in an NCAA Tournament game, and the most ever by a Bluejay in their NCAA debut (it's worth noting Neal played in the NCAA Tournament for Arizona State).
    The only players with more points in an NCAA Tourney game for Creighton are Ryan Kalkbrenner (31), Doug McDermott (30) and Ryan Nembhard (30).
    Neal's 11 field goals trail only McDermott's 13 baskets vs. Louisiana in 2014 for second-most in CU's NCAA Tournament history.
    Neal's 29 points were a career-high, five more than his previous high done earlier this year in a road win at No. 14 Connecticut.
    Neal also tied a career-high with 12 rebounds vs. the Cardinals (also Feb. 23 vs. Georgetown), and his six assists were the 10th time this season he's had six or more dimes after doing it exactly zero times in 93 games the previous three years at Arizona State.
    Neal was just the second Creighton player in the last 20 seasons to have at least 29 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in the same game, joining Ryan Hawkins at Georgetown (30/12/6) in 2022.
    Neal was the first player with 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists on 65 percent shooting from the field in an NCAA Tournament game since Marquette's Dwyane Wade in the 2003 Elite Eight vs. Kentucky.
    Neal became the first Creighton player to lead the team in points, rebounds and assists in an NCAA Tournament game since assists became an official stat in the early 1980s. The only others in that time to lead CU in points and rebounds (without assists) had been Arthur Kaluma vs. Kansas (24 & 12 in 2022) and Mitch Ballock vs. Kansas State (16 & 8 in 2018).

Seeing Double
Jamiya Neal (29 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists vs. Louisville) and Steven Ashworth (22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists) were the second pair of teammates in the past 20 years to each post a 20/5/5 line in the same NCAA Tournament game, joining Colorado's KJ Simpson and Eddie Lampkin.
    The only other BIG EAST team to do it was UConn in 1996, when Ray Allen (25/10/7) and Doron Sheffer (27/7/5) did it vs. Eastern Michigan.
    Neal and Ashworth were the fourth and fifth Creighton players with 20+ pts/5+ reb/5+ ast in a NCAA Tourney game.
Year    Round    Player Name    PTS    REB    AST
1973-74    QT2    Gene Harmon    22    8    5
2002-03    R64    Kyle Korver        21    9    5
2023-24    R32    Trey Alexander    20    7    5
2024-25    R64    Steven Ashworth    22    5    5
2024-25    R64    Jamiya Neal    29    12    6

Top 10 Wins Under McDermott
Creighton went 14,588 days from Feb. 10, 1974 to Jan. 19, 2014 without a win over a Top 10 team.
    Since Jan. 20, 2014, it has 16 such wins, including at least one Top 10 win in each of the last 10 seasons.
    Here's a list of all 21 Top 10 wins in team history.
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 89-75    McDermott
12/04/24    #1 Kansas    W 76-63    McDermott
03/20/25    vs. #10 Louisville    W 89-75    McDermott

How They Rank?
Creighton's March 22nd game against No. 4 Auburn was its ninth game of the year against a top-25 team.
    This was the 11th straight season that the Bluejays have faced at least six ranked teams in one season, after doing it twice total prior to Greg McDermott's arrival in 2010-11.
    Creighton also played seven games this season against Top 10 foes, breaking the mark of five done last season.
Most Games vs. Top 25 Teams, Season
    Games (W-L)    Season    Coach
    14 (6-8)    2022-23    Greg McDermott
    12 (5-7)    2021-22    Greg McDermott
    10 (4-6)    2017-18    Greg McDermott
    10 (4-6)    2024-25    Greg McDermott
    8 (1-7)    2014-15    Greg McDermott
    8 (2-6)    2015-16    Greg McDermott
    8 (6-2)    2019-20    Greg McDermott
    7 (4-3)    2016-17    Greg McDermott
    6 (1-5)    1968-69    John J. Red McManus
    6 (1-5)    1971-72    Eddie Sutton
    6 (2-4)    2018-19    Greg McDermott
    6 (3-3)    2020-21    Greg McDermott
    6 (3-3)    2023-24    Greg McDermott

Most Games vs. Top 10 Teams, Season
    Games (W-L)    Season    Coach
    7 (2-5)    2024-25    Greg McDermott
    5 (2-3)    2023-24    Greg McDermott
    4 (1-3)    1965-66    Red McManus
    4 (0-4)    1971-72    Eddie Sutton
    4 (0-4)    1981-82    Willis Reed
    4 (1-3)    2015-16    Greg McDermott
    4 (1-3)    2016-17    Greg McDermott
    4 (0-4)    2017-18    Greg McDermott
    4 (3-1)    2019-20    Greg McDermott
    4 (1-3)    2022-23    Greg McDermott

Top 25 Victims
This was Creighton's 10th straight season with multiple Top 25 wins, and 14th time overall (and 11th time under Greg McDermott).
    This year is the eighth time in the last nine seasons with three or more Top 25 wins, something that had never happened even once in program history 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
    4    2024-25    #1 Kansas, #10 Louisville
            #11 Marquette, #14 UConn
    3    2020-21    #5 Villanova, #22 Xavier, #23 UConn
    3    2023-24    #1 UConn, #5 Marquette, #23 Providence
    2    1972-73    #7 Houston, #20 Santa Clara
    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 Top 25 Notes
Creighton is 62-176 all-time against top 25 teams.
    Creighton is 42-59 under Greg McDermott against nationally-ranked teams, 35 more top 25 wins than any other coach in Creighton history. Prior to McDermott's arrival, Creighton was 20-117 all-time against top 25 foes.
    Creighton has beaten at least one ranked team in each of the last 12 seasons (including 2024-25). On a national basis, the only teams with a top-25 win each of the last 12 seasons (including 2024-25) are Baylor, Creighton, Duke, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas Tech, Villanova, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
    Creighton has beaten multiple ranked foes in each of the last 10 seasons (including 2024-25), something only Baylor, Creighton, Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan State, Purdue and Villanova can claim.
    Creighton owns at least one Top 10 win each of the last 10 seasons (including 2024-25). The only schools with at least one top-10 win every season from 2015-16 to 2024-25 have been Creighton, Kansas and Texas Tech.

Accomplished, To Say The Least
No Creighton player has put up career totals at the NCAA Tournament like Ryan Kalkbrenner has.
    He owns the following program records:
Single-Game
Points    31 vs. NC State, 3/17/23
FT Percentage    1.000 (6-6) vs. San Diego State, 3/17/22
Blocked Shots    5 vs. Oregon, 3/23/24
Single-Tournament
Points    80 (2023)
Field Goals Made    32 (2023)
Blocked Shots    10 (2024)
Career
Points    186
Field Goals Made    73
Field Goals Attempted    124
Free Throws Made    35
Blocked Shots    22
Fouls    25
Years Played In    5
Wins Played In    9
Games Played    13
Games Started    10

Kalkbrenner A Top Defender, Again
Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year in 2024-25 for the fourth straight season.
    Kalkbrenner is just the second player in league history to win the recognition four times, joining Georgetown great Patrick Ewing.
    Between Kalkbrenner and 2017 & 2018 winner Khyri Thomas, Creighton has now had a BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year in six of the last nine seasons.
Most BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Honors
    Honors    Name, School    Years (*ties)
    4    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton    2022, 23, '24, '25
    4    Patrick Ewing, Georgetown    1982, 83, 84, 85
    3    Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown    1989, 90*, 92
    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

All-Conference Honors Roll In
Creighton seniors Ryan Kalkbrenner and Steven Ashworth earned All-BIG EAST honors and Jackson McAndrew landed a spot on the BIG EAST's All-Freshman Team.
    Kalkbrenner was a unanimous selection to the First Team, while Ashworth was a Second Team honoree. It's the sixth time in the last nine seasons that Creighton has had at least one honoree on both the First and Second Teams.
    Kalkbrenner led the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (.653), rebounds (8.7) and blocked shots per game (2.7) and ranked third with 19.2 points per contest. An All-BIG EAST First Team pick in 2022-23 and Second Team choice last year, Kalkbrenner was just the second player in program history to be a two-time First Team selection, joining Marcus Foster (2016-17 and 2017-18).
    Ashworth topped the BIG EAST with 6.83 assists per game, 3.14 three-pointers per game and a .926 free-throw percentage, in addition to averaging 16.4 points per game. This was Ashworth's second All-Conference selection, as he was named First Team All-Mountain West Conference while playing for Utah State in 2022-23.
    McAndrew was Creighton's first All-Freshman Team honoree since 2021-22, when Trey Alexander, Arthur Kaluma and Ryan Nembhard were all recognized. The Wayzata, Minn., native averaged 7.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game this season and picked up his first BIG EAST Freshman of the Week accolade on March 9th.

Thank You Seniors!
Creighton honored Jamiya Neal, Steven Ashworth, Sami Osmani and Ryan Kalkbrenner, following last its March 8th game vs. Butler as part of Senior Day festivities.
    Over the last five years, Creighton has been to three Sweet 16's, one Elite Eight, beat seven Top 10 teams, including victories over No. 1 UConn last year and No. 1 Kansas this year. Creighton has also spent 51-of-96 weeks in the Top 25 of the AP poll, including 16 weeks in the Top 10.
    The Bluejays are 119-55 (.684) since the start of the 2020-21 campaign, tied for the nation's 19th-most victories. Its 69 BIG EAST wins in league play over the past five years lead the league.
    Creighton also recognized managers Julien Berry and Gabe Greene following the game.

Best BIG EAST Years
Creighton's 15 league wins set a program record for most conference wins in any of its 12 seasons in the BIG EAST. It was the third straight season CU has won 14 league games or more, something only Villanova (2013-14 to 2017-18) and Connecticut (1993-94 to 1995-96) have done in BIG EAST history.
    Four of CU's seven 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 15 conference wins matched its most as a member of any league, as it picked up 15 conference wins in 2002-03 when it was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
    Creighton has now set or tied program records for most conference wins in a one-year span (15), two-year span (29), thee-year span (43), four-year span (55), five-year span (69), six-year span (82) and seven-year span (91).
    Creighton has now finished first or second in the BIG EAST in four of the last six seasons.
Creighton's Most BIG EAST Wins, Season
    W-L    Year    BIG EAST Tourney
    15-5    2024-25    Lost in Final
    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    Lost in Quarterfinals
    13-5    2019-20    Tourney Cancelled
    12-7    2021-22    Lost in Final

Creighton's Most Conference Wins, Season
    W-L    Year    League
    15-3    2002-03    MVC
    15-5    2024-25    BIG EAST
    14-4    2000-01    MVC
    14-4    2001-02    MVC
    14-4    2008-09    MVC
    14-4    2011-12    MVC
    14-4    2013-14    BIG EAST
    14-6    2020-21    BIG EAST
    14-6    2022-23    BIG EAST
    14-6    2023-24    BIG EAST

The First With 500/200
Steven Ashworth owns 538 points and 226 assists this season, becoming the first player in Creighton history with at least 500 points and 200 assists in the same season. The only five other players that can say that this season are Purdue's Braden Smith (567/313), New Mexico's Donovan Dent (715/224), Drake's Bennett Stirtz (672/200), Marquette's Kam Jones (653/200) and Tennessee's Zakai Zeigler (504/275).
    He's one of 14 different BIG EAST players to compile the a 500/200 season in league history.
BIG EAST Men With Seasons of 500 Points & 200 Assists
Name, School    Year    Points    Assists
Pearl Washington, SYR    1985-86    554    250
Sherman Douglas, SYR    1986-87    659    289
Billy Donovan, PC    1986-87    702    243
Sherman Douglas, SYR    1987-88    562    288
Sherman Douglas, SYR    1988-89    693    326
Doron Sheffer, UCONN    1995-96    560    212
Chris Thomas, ND    2001-02    516    252
Brandin Knight, PITT    2001-02    546    251
Chris Thomas, ND    2002-03    637    236
Gerry McNamara, SYR    2005-06    560    207
Jonny Flynn, SYR    2008-09    663    254
Jordan Theodore, SHU    2011-12    546    226
Bryce Cotton, PC    2013-14    763    205
Kris Dunn, PC    2014-15    515    247
Kris Dunn, PC    2015-16    542    206
Tristen Newton, UCONN    2023-24    603    248
Steven Ashworth, CU    2024-25    573    239
Kam Jones, MU    2024-25    653    200

Creighton Players With 200+ Assists In A Season
Name    Year    Points    Assists
Ralph Bobik    1973-74    266    252
Steven Ashworth    2024-25    573    239
Maurice Watson Jr.    2015-16    492    229
Grant Gibbs    2012-13    306    210
Randy Eccker    1976-77    132    205

Kalkbrenner Passes BIG EAST Legends
Ryan Kalkbrenner set five BIG EAST career records in league play. He now owns the career record for field goal percentage in BIG EAST play (min. 5 FG/game) among multi-year players at 64.2 percent, as well as with 248 blocked shots, 557 career field goals made, 98 games played and 2,930 minutes played.
    Kalkbrenner finished his career third all-time with 1,400 career points in BIG EAST play and third all-time with 674 career rebounds in BIG EAST play.
    Kalkbrenner became the 11th man with 1,000+ points and 500+ rebounds in BIG EAST action over a career, but the only man in history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 blocked shots in BIG EAST play during a career.
Best Career FG% in BIG EAST Play (min. 5 FG/game)
    Pct.    FG-FGA    Name, School
    .642    557-868    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    .608    377-620    Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
    .593    270-455    Emeka Okafor, UConn
    .575    337-586    Otis Thorpe, Providence

Most Career Games in BIG EAST Play
    Rk.    Games    Name, School
    1.    98    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    2.    92    Myles Cale, Seton Hall
        92    Dylan Addae-Wusu, STJ/BU/SHU
    4.    91    Eric Dixon, Villanova
    5.    90    Nate Watson, Providence

Most Career Minutes in BIG EAST Play
    Rk.    Minutes    Name, School
    1.    2,930    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    2.    2,660    LaDontae Henton, Providence
    3.    2,610    Eric Dixon, Villanova
    4.    2,512    Collin Gillespie, Villanova
    5.    2,510    Tory Jackson, Notre Dame

Most Career Blocks in BIG EAST Play
    Rk.    Blocks    Name, School
    1.    248    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    2.    247    Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
    3.    243    Hasheem Thabeet, UConn
    4.    232    Etan Thomas, Syracuse
    5.    224    Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown

1,000 Career Points & 500 Rebounds in BIG EAST Play
    PTS    REB    Name, School
    1,400    674    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    1,329    662    Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
    1,177    561    Bill Curley, Boston College
    1,173    534    Ryan Gomes, Providence
    1,170    582    John Wallace, Syracuse
    1,152    580    Zendon Hamilton, St. John's
    1,148    609    Danya Abrams, Boston College
    1,071    563    LaDontae Henton, Providence
    1,062    545    Tim James, Miami (Fla.)
    1,047    502    Charles Smith, Pittsburgh
    1,033    701    Derrick Coleman, Syracuse

Most Career Field Goals in BIG EAST Play
    Rk.    FG Made    Name, School
    1.    557    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    2.    506    Markus Howard, Marquette
    3.    503    Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
    4.    499    Lawrence Moten, Syracuse
    5.    472    Eric Dixon, Villanova

Most Career Points in BIG EAST Play
    Rk.    Points    Name, School
    1.    1,587    Markus Howard, Marquette
    2.    1,405    Lawrence Moten, Syracuse
    3.    1,400    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    4.    1,388    Troy Bell, Boston College
    5.    1,365    Eric Dixon, Villanova

Most Career Rebounds in BIG EAST Play
    Rk.       Rebounds    Name, School
    1.    828    Angel Delgado, Seton Hall
    2.    701    Derrick Coleman, Syracuse
    3.    674    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    4.    662    Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
    5.    630    Michael Smith, Notre Dame

League Leaders in BIG EAST Play
Ryan Kalkbrenner led all players in BIG EAST play with 9.35 rebounds per game, finishing ahead of Zuby Ejiofor's 8.45 per contest. Kalkbrenner is Creighton's second straight league rebounding champ (after Baylor Scheierman last year).
    Kalkbrenner also earned his third straight BIG EAST title in field goal percentage in league play. The CU center shot 64.2 percent from the floor, while no other player that met the league minimum of 5 FG/game shot better than 52 percent.
    Kalkbrenner also won his third straight title in blocks per league game with 2.75 swats per game. The only others to lead the BIG EAST in blocks in three straight years are Patrick Ewing (1981-85), Jason Lawson (1995-97), Emeka Okafor (2004-06) and Hasheem Thabeet (2007-09).
    Kalkbrenner also was tops with 6.90 defensive rebounds per game.
    Steven Ashworth led the BIG EAST with 7.45 assists per game in league play. CU's only other BIG EAST assist champ was Maurice Watson Jr. (6.7) in 2015-16. Ashworth was also tops in free throw percentage (.884). CU's only other prior BIG EAST free throw titlist was Denzel Mahoney (.898) in 2019-20.
    Lastly, Ashworth made 3.25 three-pointers per game in league action, edging UConn's Solo Ball (3.20) on the final day of the regular-season.

Half The Story
Creighton shot 84.2 percent in the second half of its March 4th win at Seton Hall, sinking 14-of-17 shots.
    It was the program's best shooting percentage in any half since making 84.2 percent of its second half shots (also 14-17) at Wichita State on Feb. 16, 2005.
    It was the fourth time in 515 games under Greg McDermott that Creighton shot 75 percent or better from the field.
Creighton's Best FG% in a Half Under McDermott
    FG%    FG-FGA    Opponent, Date    Half
    .842    14-17    at Seton Hall, 3/4/25    2nd
    .800    16-20    at Southern Illinois, 2/14/12    2nd
    .759    22-29    Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/9/21    2nd
    .750    15-20    at Southern Illinois, 2/14/12    1st
    .750    18-24    vs. Connecticut, 3/14/25    1st

On Your Mark
Creighton was 13-0 when scoring 80+ points this year and averaged 79.6 points in its 25 wins, compared to its 66.2 points per game average in its 11 losses.
    Creighton has won a BIG EAST-leading 18 straight games when scoring 80+ points, and is 190-21 under McDermott when scoring 80 points or more.

Ain't Too Proud To Brag
Creighton's win over DePaul on Feb. 26th extended its streak of 20-win seasons to 10 in a row, tied for the nation's fourth-longest active streak. Kansas leads the way with 36 (including 2024-25). The others on that list have already won 20+ games this year, a group that features Gonzaga (28 including 2024-25), Belmont (15 including 2024-25), Oregon (10 including 2024-25) and Houston (10 including 2024-25).
    Creighton has now won 22 games or more in six straight seasons (including 2024-25). Only Gonzaga (28 including 2024-25) and Houston (8 including 2024-25) have longer streaks.
    Creighton is one of two schools to have men's and women's basketball programs to both own 22 wins or more each of the last four seasons (including 2024-25), a list that includes Creighton and UConn.
    Creighton is one of two teams in the nation with 25 or more wins in both men's basketball and women's basketball last season and this season. That list consists of Creighton and Gonzaga.
Most Consecutive 20-Win Seasons
(Including 2024-25)
Team                 Consecutive 20-Win Seasons
Kansas    36
Gonzaga    28
Belmont    15
Oregon    15
Creighton    10
Houston    10

Most Consecutive 22-Win Seasons
(Including 2024-25)
Team                 Consec. 22-Win Yrs.    2024-25 W-L
Gonzaga    28    26-9
Houston    8    35-5
Creighton    6    25-11

25 of 27 Seasons With 20 Wins
Creighton has won 20 or more games in 25 of the last 27 seasons (including 2024-25), a feat that puts the Jays among an exclusive group, nationally.
    Entering 2024-25, just two schools have had 20 or more wins each of the previous 26 years: Gonzaga and Kansas. Duke has done it 25 times, Creighton and Kentucky 24 times each.
Most 20-Win Seasons, Previous 26 Seasons
(Entering 2024-25)
Team                 20-Win Seasons    2024-25 W-L
Gonzaga    26    26-9
Kansas    26    21-13
Duke    25    35-4
Creighton    24    25-11
Kentucky    24    24-12
Arizona    22    24-13
Florida    22    36-4
Ohio State    22    17-15
Michigan State    22    30-7
BYU    21    26-10
Memphis    21    29-6
North Carolina    21    23-14
Wisconsin    21    27-9

Seeking 20
Including 2024-25, Creighton has won 20 or more games 36 times in program history. That includes a program-record 14 times under Greg McDermott.
Creighton's 20 Win Seasons
    Total Wins    How Often    Last Time before '24-25
    29    2 times    2011-12
    28    1 time    2012-13
    27    2 times    2013-14
    25    3 times    2024-25
    24    4 times    2022-23
    23    6 times    2021-22
    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
    14    Greg McDermott
    11    Dana Altman
    3    Tom Apke
    3    Tony Barone
    2    Red McManus
    1    Charles Kearney
    1    Eddie Sutton
    1    Willis Reed

League Of Their Own
Creighton has finished with a .500 mark or better in league play 29 times in the last 30 seasons (including 2024-25), one of seven schools nationally that can say that.
    The only BIG EAST teams to finish .500 or better in league play each of the previous 10 seasons are Creighton and Villanova.
    Creighton is the only "Power 5" school with an active streak of six years or longer with 12 or more league wins.
Most Seasons .500 or Better League Record
Last 30 Seasons (Includes 2024-25)
    Seasons    Team
    30    Duke
    30    Kansas
    30    Gonzaga
    29    Creighton
    29    Kentucky
    29    Michigan State

Consecutive Seasons .500 or Better League Record
Power 5 Schools (Includes 2024-25)
    Seasons    Team
    36    Kansas
    30    Duke
    14    Oregon
    13    Villanova
    10    Creighton
    10    Houston
    10    Florida

Consecutive Seasons 12+ League Wins
Power 5 Schools (Includes 2024-25)
    Seasons    Team    2024-25 W-L
    6    Creighton    15-5

20 & 10 For Kalkbrenner
Ryan Kalkbrenner closed the regular-season with 27 points and 13 rebounds vs. Butler, his 12th career game with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the same contest and sixth this season.
    In the last 20 seasons, the only other two Creighton basketball players (men or women) with eight or more 20/10 career games were both First Round NBA Draft picks.
CU's Most Career Games With 20 Points & 10 Rebounds
(Since 2005-06)
    Qty.    Name    Years
    25    Doug McDermott    2010-14
    12    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2020-Pres.
    8    Baylor Scheierman    2022-24

    Kalkbrenner owned 26 career double-doubles, the third-most by any Bluejay under Greg McDermott.
Most CU Double-Doubles Under Greg McDermott
    Qty.    Name    Years
    37    Doug McDermott    2010-14
    29    Baylor Scheierman    2022-24
    26    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2020-Pres.
    13    Martin Krampelj    2015-19
    11    Ryan Hawkins    2021-22

Kalkbrenner Named All-Tourney, Again
Ryan Kalkbrenner averaged 19.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game at the BIG EAST Tournament to earn All-BIG EAST Tournament Team honors for the third time.
    The only players in league history to be named to three All-Tournament Teams are Ryan Kalkbrenner (2022-23-25), Marquette's Kam Jones (2023-24-25, Connecticut's Ben Gordon (2002-03-04) and Khalid El-Amin (1998-99-2000). Georgetown's Alonzo Mourning (1989-91-92), Patrick Ewing (1982-84-85) and Eric Floyd (1980-81-82), Louisville's Peyton Siva (2011-12-13), Syracuse's Sherman Douglas (1987-88-89) and Leo Rautins (1981-82-83), Villanova's Josh Hart (2015-16-17) and Ed Pinckney (1982-84-85) and Xavier's Trevon Bluiett (2016-17-18).

Neal's Near Triple-Double
Jamiya Neal had 13 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists in the Feb. 23rd win over Georgetown, coming just one assist shy of Creighton's second point/rebound/assist triple-double in program history.
    Neal picked up his ninth assist with 5:44 left. In the rest of the game, Neal made seven passes in the front court, but his teammates missed all four shots they took that could have helped Neal make history.
    Neal's 12 rebounds and nine assists both tied his career-highs, and he and St. John's guard Kadary Richmond are the only players to rank in the Top 10 in the BIG EAST in both categories.
    Neal was the first BIG EAST player since at least 2005-06 with at least 13 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists and one or fewer turnovers in a league game.

All About The Benchamins
Creighton's bench has scored 479 points in 36 games this season, easily outscoring last year's point production of 367 in 35 games a season ago.
    Creighton had not scored 400 bench points or more since 2020-21 after doing it for 14 straight seasons from 2007-08 to 2020-2. Its 479 points were its most since scoring 661 in 2018-19.
    The Bluejays have won 48 straight games when scoring 17 or more bench points.

Mr. Reliable
Ryan Kalkbrenner finished his career with three different streaks of 14 games or longer with at least 10 points and 10 blocked shots. He was the only Bluejay in the past 20 seasons to have done it in 10 or more consecutive games even once in his career.
    Kalkbrenner had a streak of 20 straight such games late in his final season. The nation's only player with a longer streak since 2005-06 was Johni Broome's 22 in a row during the 2021-22 campaign while at Morehead State.
    Since 2005-06, the only player with more than Kalkbrenner's 119 career games with 10+ points and a block is Broome's 127, which includes his current run starring at Auburn after transferring.
    After not having anyone average at least 18.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game for 32 years from 1991-92 to 2022-23, Kalkbrenner (19.2 ppg., 8.7 rpg.) gave Creighton a second straight player as he joined Baylor Scheierman (18.5 ppg., 9.0 rpg. in 2023-24).
    Kalkbrenner was one of two major conference players this season to average at least 19.0 points and 8.7 rebounds per game this season, joining Stanford's Maxime Raynaud (20.2 ppg., 10.6 rpg.).

Big Man With Big Numbers
The numbers surrounding Ryan Kalkbrenner's career continue to impress.
    Kalkbrenner had 672 points this season, joining Doug McDermott (3), Bob Portman (2) and Marcus Foster (2) as the only Bluejay men in history with multiple seasons of 600 or more points.
    Kalkbrenner is also one of three Bluejay men with four seasons of 400 or more points along with McDermott and Rodney Buford.
    Kalkbrenner also had 93 blocked shots this season. He's now responsible for four seasons of 69 swats or more in his career, while all other Bluejays in program history have four total (three by Benoit Benjamin, one by Chad Gallagher).
    Kalkbrenner is one of 24 players in NCAA history with four seasons of 69+ blocks.

Coaching Consistency Is Key
Between women's basketball coach Jim Flanery (453) and men's basketball coach Greg McDermott (350), Creighton is the nation's only school with a pair of active head coaches with at least 350 victories at their current school.
    Flanery (hired in 2002) and McDermott (2010) also make Creighton one of three schools to have the same men's and women's basketball head coaches each of the last 15 seasons, joining Boise State (Leon Rice and Gordy Presnell) and Northern Iowa (Ben Jacobsen and Tanya Warren).
    Jacobsen played on teams McDermott assisted at North Dakota from 1989-93 and later replaced McDermott as head coach at UNI In 2006, while Warren was a former Creighton player and assistant and is one of two women in program history to have her number retired.

Long Run
Greg McDermott finished his 15th season on the Creighton sideline in 2024-25. That's tied for the 15th-longest active run of any men's coach with his current team.
Most Consecutive Years as Head Coach, Current Team
    Years    Name    School
    1995-Pr.    Tom Izzo    Michigan State
    1998-Pr.    Greg Kampe    Oakland
    1999-Pr.    Mark Few    Gonzaga
    1999-Pr.    James Jones    Yale
    2002-Pr.    Bill Self    Kansas
    2003-Pr.    Scott Drew    Baylor
    2005-Pr.    Matt Painter    Purdue
    2006-Pr.    Ben Jacobsen    Northern Iowa
    2006-Pr.    Bill Coen    Northeastern
    2007-Pr.    Mark Schmidt    St. Bonaventure
    2007-Pr.    Brent Reed    Lehigh
    2007-Pr.    Tommy Amaker    Harvard
    2009-Pr.    Matthew Driscoll    North Florida
    2009-Pr.    LaVelle Moton    North Carolina Central
    2010-Pr.    Greg McDermott    Creighton
    2010-Pr.    Andy O'Toole    Robert Morris
    2010-Pr.    Tad Boyle    Colorado
    2010-Pr.    Leon Rice    Boise State
    2010-Pr.    Dana Altman    Oregon
    2010-Pr.    Russell Turner    UC Irvine
    2010-Pr.    Brad Brownell    Clemson
    2010-25    Fran McCaffrey    Iowa
    2010-25    Bob Marlin    Louisiana

Some Loyal Fans
Creighton's average home crowd of 17,366 this year ranked third-most in program history and included eight sellout crowds.
    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 21 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 22nd season.
Highest Average Attendance, Creighton History
    Avg. Att.    School    Year
    17,896    Creighton    2013-14
    17,413    Creighton    2016-17
    17,366    Creighton    2024-25
    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

McDermott Among The Best
Greg McDermott ranks sixth in BIG EAST history with 138 regular-season league wins.
    McDermott, along with Ed Cooley and Rick 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 (15 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 14 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 Jr., Georgetown
    5.    140    Rick Pitino, Prov./Louisville/SJU
    6.    138    Greg McDermott, Creighton
    7.    136    Mike Brey, Notre Dame
    8.    131    John Thompson III, Georgetown
    9.    129    Ed Cooley, Providence/G'Town
    10.    127    Lou Carnesecca, St. John's

Automatic Ashworth
Steven Ashworth set a Creighton single-game record on Nov. 6 vs. UTRGV when he was a perfect 17-for-17 at the free throw line. It's the most attempts without a miss in a game in CU history.
    The 17 makes at the line were an arena record (two others had made 15), and tied for second-most in a game in CU history behind only Bob Portman's 19 vs. UW-Milwaukee on Dec. 16, 1967.
    Ashworth's 17 attempts were 10th-most in CU history, and the most by a Bluejay since Nate Funk shot 18 in a double-overtime win vs. Dayton on Nov. 26, 2005.
    Ashworth's streak of 41 consecutive made free throws was snapped on Nov. 27th vs. Texas A&M, four shy of the record set by Doug McDermott in 2013-14. Ashworth shook off that rare miss and then made 38 free throws in a row, CU's third-longest streak ever. Ashworth made his first nine tries at the charity stripe on Feb. 11th before a miss, snapping his streak at 31 in a row.
    Ashworth is the lone player in program history with multiple streaks of 30 free throws made or more, and now has three such streaks this year.
Most Consecutive Free Throws Made Since 1980
    FT    Name    Dates of Streak
    45    Doug McDermott    Dec. 1, 2013-Jan. 4, 2014
    41    Steven Ashworth    March 2 - Nov. 22, 2024
    38    Steven Ashworth    Nov. 27, 2024 - Jan. 11, 2025
    36    Booker Woodfox    Dec. 6, 2008-Jan. 6, 2009
    35    Bob Portman    1967-68
    32    Michael Lindeman    Jan. 23-Nov. 29, 2003
    31    Baylor Scheierman    Feb. 17-March 29, 2024
    31    Steven Ashworth    Jan. 18 - Feb. 11, 2025
    28    Kyle Korver    Jan. 27-March 15, 2001
    28    Doug McDermott    March 10-Nov. 8, 2013
    27    Matt West    Nov. 27, 1999-Jan. 15, 2000
    27    Kyle Korver    Jan. 29-Nov. 20, 2000
    27    Nate Funk    Dec. 30, 2006-Jan. 12, 2007

#1 In Your Program, #1 In Your Record Book
Steven Ashworth has made 93.0 percent of his free throw attempts this season, fourth-best in the nation this year and a new Creighton single-season record.
    Ashworth shot 60-for-65 (.923) at the line at CHI Health Center Omaha this season, setting a single-season facility record.
Best Season FT Percentage, Creighton History (Min. 70 Attempts)
    Pct.    Name (Class, Year)    FTM-FTA
    .930    Steven Ashworth (Sr., 2024-25)    119-128
    .908    Kyle Korver (Sr., 2002-03)    109-120
    .907    Steven Ashworth (Sr., 2023-24)    68-75
    .890    Kyle Korver (Jr., 2001-02)    97-109
    .882    Doug Brookins (Sr., 1974-75)    98-111
    .880    Mike Caruso (Sr., 1970-71)    95-108
    .876    Baylor Scheierman (Sr., 2023-24)    99-113
    .875    Doug McDermott (Jr., 2012-13)    189-216
    .871    Ryan Nembhard (So., 2022-23)    74-85
    .868    Booker Woodfox (Sr., 2008-09)    99-114
    .867    Kyle Korver (So., 2000-01)    72-83

Road Trio
Creighton was just the fifth team since 1993-94 to beat Connecticut, Villanova and Providence on the road in the same season.
    The only other teams to do it since 1993-94 were Xavier (2022-23), Marquette (2011-12) and Syracuse (2011-12 and 1996-97), though Syracuse later vacated the wins from 2011-12.

Among The Best
Creighton owns more BIG EAST wins (82) than any other school in the last six seasons, 11 more than Marquette and Villanova's 71.
    Since the league's 2013 realignment, Villanova has 161 league wins to lead the BIG EAST by a wide margin, but Creighton's 138 league victories are second-most.
Most Men's Basketball BIG EAST Wins
(2019-20 to 2024-25)
Team    W    L    Pct.
Creighton    82    35    .701
Villanova    71    42    .628
Marquette    71    45    .612
UConn    69    27    .719
Providence    64    50    .561
Seton Hall    59    57    .509
Xavier    59    51    .536
St. John's    59    57    .509
Butler    45    73    .381
Georgetown    24    89    .212
DePaul    18    95    .159

Most Men's Basketball BIG EAST Wins
(2013-14 to 2024-25)
Team    W    L    Pct.
Villanova    161    60    .729
Creighton    138    87    .613
Xavier    125    93    .573
Marquette    123    101    .549
Providence    122    100    .550
Seton Hall    112    112    .500
Butler    99    127    .438
St. John's    99    125    .442
Georgetown    70    151    .317
UConn    69    27    .719
DePaul    43    178    .195

McAndrew Moves Up The Charts
Jackson McAndrew made 69 three-pointers and drained at least one three-pointer in all but five games this season.
    McAndrew's 69 triples were the most in program history by a freshman.
    Most 3-Pointers Made by a Creighton Freshman
    3FG-FGA    3FG%    Name    Year
    69-195    .354    Jackson McAndrew    2024-25
    68-157    .433    Ethan Wragge    2009-10
    63-161    .391    Ryan Sears    1997-98
    63-145    .434    Kyle Korver    1999-00
    60-141    .426    Marcus Zegarowski    2018-19
    47-116    .405    Doug McDermott    2010-11
    46-118    .390    Rodney Buford    1995-96
    45-125    .360    Toby Hegner    2014-15
    44-135    .326    Mitch Ballock    2017-18
    41-105    .390    Jahenns Manigat    2010-11

Guarding The Paint
The presence of four-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Ryan Kalkbrenner was key to Creighton's success in defending the paint.
    While Creighton opponents shot a respectable 60.4 percent at the rim, that number falls off from there. Bluejay foes shot 38.4 percent from the paint outside the charge circle, and just 37.9 percent from two-point range outside the paint.
    In other words, Creighton shot 63.8 percent from the painted area this year, while its opponents shot 48.5 percent.
Area    Opp.    FG%    CU    FG%
Inside Circle    331-548    .604    380-533    .713
Paint No Circle    246-641    .384    197-371    .531
2FG Outside Paint    129-340    .379    53-140    .379
3-Point FG's    272-834    .326    344-998    .345

More Than Just Being Tall
Ryan Kalkbrenner owned 331 dunks in his career, including 95 this season. He has 210 more career dunks more than any other Bluejay player since Greg McDermott's arrival in 2010, as well as the single-season high in that time.
     Here's a look at the Creighton student-athletes with 25 or more dunks in a season, and 30 or more dunks in a career, under McDermott:
Most Creighton Dunks, Season, Since 2010-11
Dunks    Name    Year
95    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2024-25
75    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2023-24
74    Martin Krampelj    2018-19
72    Justin Patton    2016-17
69    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2021-22
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

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

Most Creighton Dunks, Team, Season, Since 2010-11
Dunks    Year    Team W-L
155    2024-25    25-11 (NCAA)
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)
102    2023-24    25-10 (NCAA)
90    2020-21    22-9 (NCAA)
60    2019-20    24-7 (Postseason Canceled)
58    2015-16    20-15 (NIT)

The Bank of Morman
Steven Ashworth's final 30 seconds at Villanova on Feb. 1 was quite the roller coaster. His turnover led to a breakaway dunk with 15.3 left by Wooga Poplar that gave the Wildcats a 60-59 lead.
    Ashworth then brought the ball upcourt and airballed a pull-up three-pointer, only to have teammate Jasen Green grab the rebound and alertly call timeout while falling out of bounds.
    Given another chance to redeem himself, Ashworth caught Green's inbounds pass in the left corner and improbably banked in a game-winning three-pointer with 5.8 seconds left to seal the regular-season sweep over the Wildcats.
    It was the first time Creighton has squandered a lead in the final minute of an eventual win since its memorable triple-overtime win at Seton Hall on Jan. 20, 2024. On that day, CU led 90-89 before the Pirates took the lead on two Kadary Richmond foul shots with 42.3 seconds left in triple-OT. CU answered with a Trey Alexander three-pointer with 28.4 seconds left, followed by two game-clinching free throws each from Steven Ashworth and Baylor Scheierman in the final 12 seconds.
    It was also Creighton's first go-ahead basket in the final 10 seconds of a victory since Trey Alexander's game-winner with 0.2 seconds left at Villanova last season.
    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.
Go-Ahead Points in Last 30 Seconds* of Wins Under McDermott
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
Steven Ashworth    5.8, 3FG    at Villanova    02/01/25
*go-ahead points in regulation not listed if game went to overtime

Kalkbrenner Passes 1,100 at CHI
Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 1,133 career points inside CHI Health Center Omaha. He's the second player to score 1,000 points in the facility, joining Doug McDermott (1,573 points).
Most Career Points at CHI Health Center Omaha
    Rk.    Name, Years    Points (Games)
    1.    Doug McDermott, 2010-14    1,573 (71)
    2.    Ryan Kalkbrenner, 2020-Pres.    1,133 (77)
    3.    Nate Funk, 2003-07    735 (47)
    4.    Marcus Zegarowski, 2018-21    728 (50)
    5.    Ty-Shon Alexander, 2017-20    727 (55)
    6.    Marcus Foster, 2016-18    723 (35)
    7.    Mitch Ballock, 2017-21    721 (69)
    8.    Kenny Lawson Jr., 2006-11    707 (76)
    9.    Trey Alexander, 2021-24    655 (43)
    10.    Antoine Young, 2008-12    634 (71)
    Kalkbrenner set the facility records for career field goal percentage (.727), offensive rebounds (204) and blocks (177) and also ranked second in arena history in field goals made (457; McDermott had 563), field goal attempts (629; McDermott had 999), free throws made (200; McDermott had 313), free throws attempted (286; McDermott had 376), and rebounds (525; McDermott had 534).

Chairmen Of The Boards
Ryan Kalkbrenner owned 1,146 rebounds in his career, far ahead of Eric Dixon's 904 to rank tops among active BIG EAST players. That ranks second-most in CU history.
    Reb.    Name    Years
    1,751    Paul Silas    1961-64
    1,146    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2020-Pres.
    1,126    Bob Harstad    1987-91
    1,088    Doug McDermott    2010-14
    1,005    Benoit Benjamin    1982-85

Into The Top 30
Ryan Kalkbrenner finished his career tied for 29th in NCAA history with 399 blocked shots.
      Rank    Blk.    Name    School
    1.    564    Jarvis Varnado    Mississippi State
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    26.    412    Shaquille O'Neal    LSU
    27.    411    Benoit Benjamin    Creighton
    28.    409    Kevin Roberson    Vermont
    29.    399    Ryan Kalkbrenner    Creighton
        399    Jim McIlvaine    Marquette
        399    Stephane Lasme    Massachusetts
    32.    396    Mickell Gladness    Alabama A&M

Kalkbrenner Passes 2,400 Points
Ryan Kalkbrenner finished with 2,443 career points after passing the 2,000 point milestone on Jan. 3 at Marquette.
    He was the fourth player to surpass 2,000 career points for Creighton, joining Doug McDermott (3,150), Rodney Buford (2,116) and Bob Harstad (2,110).
    McDermott reached 2,000 points in 101 games, Buford needed 111 games, Harstad required 121 contests to reach 2,000 points, and Kalkbrenner did it in 148 games.
    Kalkbrenner reached 1,000 career points in his 91st career game on Feb. 25, 2023. McDermott got to 1,000 in 57 games, Buford needed 59 and Harstad reached that milestone in 73 games.
    Here's a list of Creighton's top scorers ever.
Most Career Points, Creighton History
    Rank    Pts.    Name    Years
    1.    3,150    Doug McDermott    2010-14
    2.    2,443    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2020-Pres.
    3.    2,116    Rodney Buford    1995-99
    4.    2,110    Bob Harstad     1987-91
    5.    1,983    Chad Gallagher     1987-91

2Kalkbrenner
Ryan Kalkbrenner finished his career with 2,443 points and 1,146 career rebounds after becoming the 132nd men's player in NCAA history have recorded at least 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career on Jan. 25 vs. Seton Hall.
    He joined Doug McDermott (3,150/1,088) and Bob Harstad (2,110/1,126) as the third player in CU history in the exclusive 2,000/1,000 club.
    Creighton is now the seventh school in NCAA history to have three different men reach 2,000 points & 1,000 rebounds with only one school, joining Duke (4), Kansas (3), La Salle (3), North Carolina (3), Syracuse (3) and Utah (3).
    Baylor Scheierman surpassed 2,000 career points and 1,000 rebounds last year, but that combined three years at South Dakota State with two campaigns at Creighton.

He Shoots, He Scores
There's been 717 players in NCAA history to score 2,000 career points, but Ryan Kalkbrenner ranks second among that list in field goal percentage.
    The top seven men on that list combined to win six AP National Player of the Year awards.
Best FG%, 2,000 Point Scorers, NCAA History
    FG%    FG-FGA    Name    School
    .678    828-1222    Steve Johnson    Oregon State
    .658    984-1495    Ryan Kalkbrenner    Creighton
    .639    943-1476    Lew Alcindor    UCLA
    .621    925-1490    Zach Edey    Purdue
    .620    857-1382    Patrick Ewing    Georgetown
    .618    910-1473    Drew Timme    Gonzaga
    .613    1032-1683    David Robinson    Navy

Can't Stop, Won't Stop
Ryan Kalkbrenner has played in 169 games in his career, a Creighton record. Fellow fifth-year senior Steven Ashworth has played in 167 career games, but the first 97 of those came with Utah State.
Most Games Played For Creighton
    Games    Name    Years
    169    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2020-Pres.
    149    Ethan Wragge    2009-14
    145    Jahenns Manigat    2010-14
    145    Doug McDermott    2010-14
    143    Kenny Lawson Jr.    2006-11

All He Does Is Win
Ryan Kalkbrenner appeared in 118 wins over the past five seasons and is easily the winningest player in program history.
    Here's a list of the only players on record to have appeared in at least 98 wins in a Creighton uniform:
Most Wins Played In For Creighton
    Wins    Name    Years
    118    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2020-Pres.
    107    Ethan Wragge    2009-14
    107    Jahenns Manigat    2010-14
    107    Doug McDermott    2010-14
    98    Kyle Korver    1999-03
    98    Austin Chatman    2011-15

Give Me 10
Creighton owned 15 home wins this season, the 28th time in the last 29 seasons that CU has won at least 10 games at home.
    The only exception in that time came in 2014-15, when the Jays won nine times at home.

Filling The Building
Creighton ranked sixth nationally in average home attendance. Excluding the 2020-21 season that had limited fans due to COVID, this is Creighton's 13th straight season in the Top 10 in average home attendance.
Average Home Attendance Leaders
    Rk.    Avg.    Team
    1.    20,521    North Carolina
    2.    20,334    Kentucky
    3.    20,026    Tennessee
    4.    18,996    Arkansas
    5.    18,888    Syracuse
    6.    17,366    Creighton
    7.    17,054    BYU
    8.    16,447    Indiana
    9.    15,571    Marquette
    10.    15,300    Kansas

Yearly Pink Out Totals
Creighton has raised $1,000,074.65 since the start of the 2011-12 season during its annual men's and basketball Pink Out auctions, plus additional money collected on gameday, underwriting, matching donations and volleyball/women's basketball jersey auctions.
    The numbers below show the annual figures for the men's basketball jersey auction unless otherwise noted, but do not include the matching totals or donations collected at the door in 2025, as those were still being calculated at press time.
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
2024-25:    $43,995.92
MBB Auction Totals = $404,735.24
WBB/VB Auctions + Additional Donations: $595,339.41
14-Year Totals: $1,000,074.65

Taking Down The Champs, And #1
Creighton beat No. 1 Kansas on December 4th, defeated defending NCAA champion UConn on Jan. 18th and defending NIT champion Seton Hall on Jan. 25th. For good measure, CU also topped defending runner-up Purdue in an exhibition game this season.
    Even when you take out the Purdue win, Creighton is first team to defeat the defending NCAA champ, the defending NIT champ and the No. 1 team in the country in the same season since Michigan State in 2008-09. The Spartans beat NCAA champ Kansas (twice), NIT champ Ohio State (twice) and No. 1 Louisville.

Hands Off
Creighton owned a nation-leading 19 games this season with 10 fouls or less, more than double any other school except Central Connecticut State (16).
    Creighton had 10 fouls or less in 13-of-20 BIG EAST games, while all other BIG EAST teams did it a combined total of 13 times this season.
    Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Creighton owns 48 games with 10 fouls or less, with Central Connecticut State second with just 26 such contests.
    Since the start of last season, Creighton also owns a nation-leading 14 conference games with nine fouls or less.

The McDermott Era
Greg McDermott owns 350 wins in 521 games at Creighton since his arrival in 2010-11.
    That gives Creighton the 23rd-most wins nationally in that span, but it's eighth-most of programs that have had the same coach the entire time.
Schools With Most Wins Since 2010-11, Only 1 Coach
Rk.    Wins    School    Coach
1.    451    Gonzaga    Mark Few
2.    426    Kansas    Bill Self
3.    382    Saint Mary's    Randy Bennett
4.    373    Michigan State    Tom Izzo
5.    370    Oregon    Dana Altman
6.    359    Purdue    Matt Painter
7.    357    Baylor    Scott Drew
8.    350    Creighton    Greg McDermott
9.    316    Boise State    Leon Rice
10.    312    Colorado    Tad Boyle

    McDermott's 350 wins since the start of the 2010-11 season started are 11th-most nationally among all coaches at the Division I level, including those at multiple schools and/or retired coaches.
Most Division I Coaching Wins Since 2010-11
(Can Include Multiple Schools)
Rk.    W-L    Coach
1.    450-79    Mark Few
2.    422-113    Bill Self
3.    396-135    John Calipari
4.    378-119    Randy Bennett
5.    373-143    Mick Cronin
6.    373-156    Tom Izzo
7.    370-162    Dana Altman
8.    359-159    Matt Painter
9.    357-156    Scott Drew
10.    351-134    Sean Miller
11.    350-171    Greg McDermott
12.    349-120    Tony Bennett
13.    343-174    Shaka Smart

Jays Don't Foul...Do You Follow?
Creighton committed the fewest fouls per game in the country for the second straight season. After averaging 11.5 fouls per contest in 2023-24, CU lowered that figure to 11.43 per game this year.
    Creighton was on pace to break the NCAA single-season record for fewest fouls per game of 11.00 fouls per game set by 1961-62 Air Force team for much of the season, but a Feb. 16 game with 23 fouls put CU's hopes at the record out of reach.
    Creighton's streak of 60 straight games without a foul out was snapped on Nov. 30 vs. Notre Dame. Per Elias, that streak had been the nation's longest since at least 2005-06.
    Since the start of last year, Creighton has committed three fouls or less in 32 different halves.
    In 71 games since the start of last season, Creighton has allowed just 75 made free throws in a 1-and-1 situation, and just 34 made free throws in the double bonus (and 6 of those came in an overtime session). Only four of those made free throws in a 1-and-1 situation came in the first half (2 each vs. Alabama and San Diego State).
    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    OT
UTRGV    4    7
FDU    5    7
Houston Christian    2    6
Kansas City    2    4
Nebraska    7    12
San Diego State    1    5
Texas A&M    9    8
Notre Dame    5    8
#1 Kansas    3    4
UNLV    4    4
#7 Alabama    7    11
Georgetown    4    4
Villanova    1    7
St. John's    3    6
#8 Marquette    3    9
Butler    1    8
Providence    5    3
#14 UConn    3    5
DePaul    5    7
Seton Hall    4    5
Xavier    4    7
Villanova    7    7
Providence    5    5
#11 Marquette    3    4
UConn    4    9
#9 St. John's    7    16
Georgetown    2    8
DePaul    4    9
Xavier    3    7
Seton Hall    1    7
Butler    5    4
DePaul    5    7    3
Connecticut    2    7
St. John's    1    11
Louisville    4    7
Auburn    5    12
Total    140    257    3

Video Game Numbers
Ryan Kalkbrenner's numbers defy logic. Let's take a look:
    In his career, Kalkbrenner has been fouled 593 times, owns 399 blocked shots, 331 dunks and just 274 career personal fouls in 169 games played.
    This year only, he's been fouled 160 times and had 93 blocks, 95 dunks and committed 49 fouls.
    The only major conference men's players in history besides Kalkbrenner (+125) to block at least 360 shots and own at least 125 more blocks than fouls are Jarvis Varnado (+220), Tim Duncan (+178), Emeka Okafor (+170), Calvin Booth (+165), Hasheem Thabeet (+159) and Shaquille O'Neal (+125).

Neal Passing The Rock
Jamiya Neal played 93 games in the previous three seasons at Arizona State and had just one outing with five assists in a game.
    He transformed his game in Omaha, where he was sixth in the BIG EAST with his 4.4 assists per game average, and he was one of two players (St. John's Kadary Richmond) in the BIG EAST to finish in the top 10 in the league in both rebounds and assists per game.
    Neal owned six assists or more 13 times this season, with Creighton going 11-2 in those games.
    Neal's 150 assists were more than his 119 total in three seasons at ASU.
    Neal opened his senior season with 17 straight games of three assists or more before it was snapped in the win at UConn, when he scored a then-career-high 24 points.

More Kalkbrenner Unicornisms
Ryan Kalkbrenner owned 2,443 points and 399 blocks in his career.
    Per Basketball-Reference.com, he is the seventh player in Division I men's basketball history with at least 2,100 points and 350 blocked shots in a career.
    Each of the first five men to do it were picked No. 1 in the NBA Draft. The other, Auburn star Johni Broome, is currently active.
2,100 Points & 350 Career Blocks, NCAA History
    PTS    BLK    DRAFT    Name, School
    2,669    516    1    David Robinson, Navy
    2,184    493    1    Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
    2,117    481    1    Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
    2,228    462    1    Ralph Sampson, Virginia
    2,698    419    Active    Johni Broome, Morehead St./Auburn
    2,443    399    Active    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    2,143    374    1    Pervis Ellison, Louisville

How Much Is 2,443 Points?
Per Basketball-Reference.com, Ryan Kalkbrenner finished his career ranked 106th in NCAA history with 2,443 career points.
Most Points, NCAA History, Spots 100-110
    RANK    PTS    Name, School
    100.    2,461    Tom Gola, LaSalle
    101.    2,460    Christian Laettner, Duke
    102.    2,,459    Tony Dumas, Kansas City
    103.    2,456    Stefon Jackson, UTEP
    104.    2,455    Souley Boum, San Francisco, UTEP, Xavier
    105.    2,450    Vernon Maxwell, Florida
    106.    2,443    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
    107.    2,442    Glen Rice, Michigan
        2,442    Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont
    109.    2,440    Chris Mullin, St. John's
    110.    2,439    Mike McGee, Michigan

Rare Air
Ryan Kalkbrenner is the nation's only high major player to average at least 17.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots per game this season.
    In the last 25 seasons, only eight high-major players have finished a season hitting each of those benchmarks, with five of those men hailing from the BIG EAST.
High Major Players to Average 17 PPG, 8 RPG & 2.6 BPG
(Last 25 Seasons)
Name, School    Year    PPG    RPG    BPG
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton    '24-25    19.2    8.7    2.7
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana    '22-23    20.9    10.8    2.9
Herbert Hill, Providence    '06-07    18.1    8.8    2.9
Shelden Williams, Duke    '05-06    18.8    10.7    3.8
Emeka Okafor, UConn    '03-04    17.6    11.5    4.1
David Harrison, Colorado    '03-04    17.1    8.8    2.9
Mike Sweetney, Georgetown    '02-03    22.8    10.4    3.2
Ryan Humphrey, Notre Dame    '01-02    18.9    10.9    2.8
Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall    '00-01    17.8    10.8    4.4

On The Double
After not having a double-double in the first 143 games of his career, Steven Ashworth had five double-doubles in his last 24 games.
    He's one of just five Bluejay men to have multiple points/assists double-doubles in a season since 1992-93.
    Ashworth, who averaged 16.4 points and 6.8 assists per game, is the fifth different BIG EAST player in the last 40 years to average at least 16.4 points and 6.8 assists per game. Of that grouping, he's the first to do it while making at least 3.00 three-pointers per game.
Most Points/Assists Double-Doubles, Season (Since 1992-93)
    P/A D-D    Name    Years
    6    Maurice Watson Jr.    2016-17
    4    Steven Ashworth    2024-25
    3    Maurice Watson Jr.    2015-16
    2    Edward St. Fleur    1995-96
    2    Marcus Zegarowski    2020-21
    2    Trey Alexander    2023-24

BIG EAST Seasons With 16.4 PPG & 6.8 APG (Since 1986-87)
    PPG    APG    3FG/G    Name, School    Year
    17.3    7.8    --    Pearl Washington, Syracuse    1985-86
    17.3    7.6    0.4    Sherman Douglas, Syracuse    1986-87
    20.6    7.1    2.9    Billy Donovan, Providence    1986-87
    18.2    8.6    1.0    Sherman Douglas, Syracuse    1988-89
    18.7    6.9    2.4    Chris Thomas, Notre Dame    2002-03
    16.4    6.8    3.1    Steven Ashworth, Creighton    2024-25

Sniper!
Jackson McAndrew made a three-pointer in each of his first nine BIG EAST games before being blanked on Jan. 29 vs. Xavier. He was Creighton's first freshman in the BIG EAST era to make a triple in nine straight league games. After that, he started a new streak and made a trey in CU's final 10 league games again to break his own record.
    McAndrew became the first freshman in BIG EAST history to make a three-pointer in 19 different conference games of the same season.
    Before McAndrew, no CU freshman had made a triple in at least 10 straight league games since Ethan Wragge's streak of 16 in a row from Jan. 3 - Feb. 27, 2010 when the Bluejays were part of the Missouri Valley Conference.
    McAndrew was the only freshman in the BIG EAST to make a three-pointer in 10 straight league games this season, and was the league's first freshman to do it in 10 straight conference games since Villanova's Cam Whitmore's 11 game streak in 2022-23.
Consecutive BIG EAST Games With A 3FG
Creighton Freshmen
    3FG Streak    Name    Year
    10    Jackson McAndrew    2024-25
    9    Jackson McAndrew    2024-25
    6    Marcus Zegarowski    2018-19

Let's Compare
How did Jackson McAndrew's league stats as a freshman compare to some other Creighton power forwards of note in recent years?
    Let's have a look...
Name, Year    MPG    PPG    RPG    3FG    3FG%
Jackson McAndrew, 2024-25    22.2    7.4    4.5    38    .373
Arthur Kaluma, 2021-22    26.5    9.9    5.1    14    .304
Toby Hegner, 2014-15    16.8    5.5    3.4    22    .373
Doug McDermott, 2010-11    30.6    15.3    8.1    23    .442
Ethan Wragge, 2009-10    15.4    5.8    1.9    32    .390
Dane Watts, 2004-05    19.3    6.3    3.1    17    .370
Anthony Tolliver, 2003-04    6.1    0.6    1.1    0    .000
Kyle Korver, 1999-00    18.6    10.5    3.3    41    .526

McAndrew Making History
Jackson McAndrew scored 13 points in each of his first two BIG EAST games and scored in double-figures 14 times this winter.
    McAndrew was Creighton's first true freshman with 13 or more points in each of Creighton's first two conference games since Chad Gallagher in 1988-89 when CU was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. Gallagher is now Creighton's fifth-leading scorer in program history with 1,983 career points.
    CU's only other freshman in the last 35 years to score 13+ in his first four league games was redshirt freshman Justin Patton, who did it in his first four BIG EAST games in 2016-17. Patton would go on to earn BIG EAST Freshman of the Year honors and went on to become the No. 16 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.
    McAndrew's 14 games this season with 10 or more points ranks tied for fifth-most among Creighton true freshmen in the last 25 seasons. All of them, including McAndrew, went on to be named to the conference's All-Freshman Team.
    This season, the only other BIG EAST players with more than eight double-digit performances this season were UConn's Liam McNeeley (22) and Georgetown's Thomas Sorber (18).
Most 10+ Point Games, Creighton True Freshmen
Since 1999-2000
    Rk.    10+ Pts    Player (All-Frosh Team?)    Year
    1.    32    Doug McDermott (Y)    2010-11
    2.    21    P'Allen Stinnett (Y)    2007-08
    3.    17    Marcus Zegarowski (Y)    2018-19
        17    Ryan Nembhard (Y)    2021-22
    5.    14    Arthur Kaluma (Y)    2021-22
        14    Jackson McAndrew (Y)    2024-25
    7.    13    Kyle Korver (Y)    1999-00
    8.    11    Trey Alexander (Y)    2021-22
        11    Terrell Taylor (Y)    1999-00
    10.    10    Mitch Ballock (Y)    2017-18

Kalkbrenner On Midseason Wooden Award List
Ryan Kalkbrenner was named to the John R. Wooden Award Top 15 List by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on March 9th.
    Selected by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list comprises 15 student-athletes who are frontrunners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball: the Wooden Award All-American Team™ and the Wooden Award® Most Outstanding Player.
    The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2025 John R. Wooden Award® Men's Player of the Year. Players not selected for the midseason list remain eligible for inclusion on the Wooden Award® National Ballot. The National Ballot will feature 15 top players who have demonstrated to their universities that they meet or exceed the Wooden Award® qualifications.
    Nearly 1,000 voters will be invited to rank 10 of the 15 players on the ballot in order of preference when voting opens during the NCAA Tournament. Voters will also consider performances in the tournament's early rounds, players' contributions to their teams and their character. The Wooden Award All-American Team™ will be announced during the week of the NCAA Tournament's "Elite Eight."
    The winners and the All Americans of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award®, presented by Principal, will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 11.

Big Deficits, No Big Deal
Creighton owns 30 victories since the start of the 2010-11 season after trailing by double-figures at some point, including three such games this year.
    Fourteen of those 30 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
17    vs. DePaul    03/13/25
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
11    St. John's    12/31/24
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
10    Georgetown    02/23/25

Stat Leaders, Nationally
Here's a list of the categories that Creighton was in the Top 20 in in 2024-25.
Category    Rank    Stat
Team Fouls Per Game    1st    11.1
Field Goals Made (Kalkbrenner)    2nd    271
Blocks (Kalkbrenner)    3rd    93
Blocks Per Game (Kalkbrenner)    4th    2.66
Field Goal Percentage (Kalkbrenner)    4th    .653
FT Pct. (Ashworth)    4th    .930
Team Defensive Rebounds Per Game    5th    28.97
Assists (Ashworth)    7th    239
Assists Per Game (Ashworth)    8th    6.8
3-Pointers Made (Ashworth)    11th    110
3-Point Attempts (Ashworth)    12th    294
Team Assists Per Game    16th    17.1
Team Effective FG%    18th    .561

300 In The Books
Creighton is 307-64 all-time inside CHI Health Center Omaha.
    Creighton needed 118 games to reach 100 victories, with that coming on Nov. 1\7, 2010, a 63-58 win over Louisiana.        Creighton's Nov. 25, 2017 win over SIU Edwardsville was the program's 200th at the facility and came in its 242nd home game.
    Creighton won its 300th game vs. St. John's on Dec. 31, 2024 in its 363rd game.

Thomas Earns Scholarship Under Xmas Tree
Redshirt freshman guard Shane Thomas was surprised on Christmas morning, as one of the gifts he received was an envelope from the Creighton Basketball program.
    Thomas opened the letter and read it to himself with a puzzled look. After his family asked him what the letter said, Thomas recited aloud "full grant in aid, spring of 2025...I think it's a scholarship."
    Thomas' guess was accurate, as the former walk-on will now be on scholarship for the spring semester.

Steven's Streaks    Speaking of streaks owned by Steven Ashworth, the senior had buried a three-pointer in 42 games in a row before it was snapped on Feb. 11th vs. UConn. That's the second-longest in program history, trailing Baylor Scheierman's 48 in a row (which didn't include his final 10 games at South Dakota State).
    Ashworth's streak of 16 straight games with multiple three-pointers was snapped on Jan. 3 at Marquette, but it was still tied for the second-longest in the BIG EAST since 2005-06.
Consecutive Games With A 3-Pointer, Creighton History
    Streak    Name    Dates of Streak
    48    Baylor Scheierman    Nov. 7, 2022 - Dec. 16, 2023
    42    Steven Ashworth    Jan. 13, 2024 - Feb. 8, 2025
    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

Consecutive Games With Multiple 3-Pointers
BIG EAST Players Since 2005-06
    Streak    Name, School    Streak
    25    Frank Young, WVU    Nov. 18, 2006 - Feb. 20, 2007
    16    Steven Ashworth, CU    March 21 - Dec. 31, 2024
    16    Ethan Wragge, CU    Nov. 28, 2013 - Jan. 25, 2014
    16    Taquan Dean, LOU    Jan. 25-March 28, 2006
    16    Steve Novak, MU    Nov. 25, 2005 - Jan. 20, 2006
    15    Baylor Scheierman, CU    Nov. 7, 2022 - Jan. 1, 2023
    15    Myles Powell, SHU    Jan. 30 - Nov. 2019

Isaacs To Miss Remainder Of Season
Junior guard Pop Isaacs will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season as the Las Vegas native underwent hip surgery on Dec. 11th.
    At the time of his injury, Isaacs ranked second on the team with 16.3 points per game in eight appearances, including a season-high 27 points in CU's victory over No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 4 in his final game, which helped him earn BIG EAST Player of the Week honors.

Combo #7
Creighton used seven different starting line-up combinations thanks to a variety of injuries and other circumstances, even though it kept the same starting five over each of the last 22 games.
    In McDermott's 15 years patrolling the Bluejay sideline, this year's seven different line-ups were the second-most he's used over the course of an entire campaign.
    Different Starting Lineups Under Greg McDermott
Year        Entire Season
2010-11        5
2011-12        1
2012-13        1
2013-14        3
2014-15        10
2015-16        6
2016-17        4
2017-18        5
2018-19        5
2019-20        3
2020-21        3
2021-22        4
2022-23        2
2023-24        2
2024-25        7

Preseason BIG EAST Poll
The Creighton men's basketball team was picked to finish second in the BIG EAST Conference in the annual survey of league coaches, which was unveiled as part of BIG EAST Media Day.
    It marks the second straight year CU has been picked second, and fourth time in the past five seasons the Bluejays have been tabbed for a top-two finish. CU's 2020-21 squad and 2023-24 teams were also both picked second, and eventually finished in second place, while the 2022-23 squad that eventually reached the Elite Eight was picked first and finished in third place.
    Connecticut, the defending BIG EAST regular season and tournament champion and the reigning national champion, was chosen to finish first in the poll. The Huskies received all possible 10 first-place votes and 100 points from the league's head coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own teams.
    Creighton will be led by Ryan Kalkbrenner, who is a Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST selection for the third time and also earned his first Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year accolade. Kalkbrenner remains the only player in program history to earn Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST honors multiple times. The only other Bluejays to be named Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year have been Doug McDermott (2013-14) and Marcus Zegarowski (2020-21).
    Joining Kalkbrenner with Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST acclaim was Connecticut's Alex Karaban, Marquette's Kam Jones, Providence's Bryce Hopkins, St. John's Kadary Richmond and Villanova's Eric Dixon.
    Creighton has matched or exceeded its preseason projection in all but one season since joining the BIG EAST in 2013-14, the best showing in the league in that time. The Bluejays earned their ninth straight finish in the top four of the league standings in 2024-25. CU's team three years ago was predicted to finish eighth in the BIG EAST, then ended up in fourth. Five years ago, a team picked seventh in the BIG EAST's preseason poll went 13-5 in league play to share its first league title with Villanova and Seton Hall. That Bluejay team ended the year ranked seventh in the entire nation.
Creighton's BIG EAST Preseason Poll History
Year     Preseason     Actual     Preseason All-BIG EAST
2013-14     3rd     2nd     Doug McDermott (POY, 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 (POY, 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)
2024-25    2nd    2nd    Ryan Kalkbrenner (POY, 1st); Steven Ashworth (3rd)

Reserves Get It Done
Creighton's bench combined for a season-high 33 points in its Dec. 7th win vs. UNLV, making 13-of-20 shots overall and 7-of-9 three-pointers.
    The 33 bench points were CU's most since scoring 47 on Dec. 9, 2023 vs. Central Michigan.
    Creighton scored 29 bench points vs. Providence on Jan. 14th, its most in a league game since also scoring 29 vs. St. John's on Jan. 25, 2023.
    Creighton has won 48 straight games when scoring 17 bench points or more.

Did You Know?
Ryan Kalkbrenner had 17 points and 10 rebounds vs. No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 4th, making him Creighton's first player ever with a double-double against a top-ranked team.
    Kalkbrenner's 10 rebounds also tied the most ever by a Bluejay against a No.1 squad, as George Morrow also had 10 boards vs. DePaul on Jan. 28, 1980.
    Pop Isaacs' 27 points tied a program-record for the most by any Bluejay against a top-ranked team, something Ty-Shon Alexander also did vs. Gonzaga on Dec. 1, 2018. Isaacs is also the first player since Marquette's Dwyane Wade (vs. Kentucky in 2003) with at least 27 points, seven rebounds and four assists in a win over the No. 1 ranked team.

Something Special
Per OptaStats, Creighton became the first team to beat two different AP No. 1 teams by double digits in the same calendar year since Oklahoma did it in back-to-back games in February 1990 (beat Missouri & Kansas). In addition to the 76-63 win over Kansas on Dec. 4, CU also topped UConn 85-66 on Feb. 20th.
    Per ESPN, the Dec. 4 loss to Creighton was the third-largest margin in 105 all-time losses by a top-ranked Kansas team to an unranked foe, and the most since losing by 16 in 2011 to Kansas State.
    At the time, the only other unranked team in the last five seasons (2020-21 to 2024-25) to beat the No. 1 team by 13+ points was Nebraska vs. Purdue on Jan. 9, 2024.
    Elias Sports Bureau has confirmed that Creighton is the nation's third team in the last 20 seasons to beat a top-ranked program with a +13 advantage in both scoring and rebounding, joining No. 5 Kentucky vs. #1 Tennessee on Feb. 16, 2019 as well as No. 3 Baylor over No. 1 Gonzaga in the 2021 national title game.

Down Goes #1
Creighton is one of just eight teams in the last 15 seasons to defeat a No. 1 team in the country in back-to-back seasons. Here's a list at the others to have done it:
Creighton    2023-24 (UConn) and 2024-25 (Kansas)
Northwestern    2022-23 (Purdue) and 2023-24 (Purdue)
Rutgers    2021-22 (Purdue) and 2022-23 (Purdue)
Kentucky    2018-19 (Tennessee) and 2019-20 (Michigan State)
Butler    2016-17 (Villanova) and 2017-18 (Villanova)
UCLA    2015-16 (Kentucky) and 2016-17 (Kentucky)
West Virginia    2015-16 (Kansas) and 2016-17 (Baylor)
Indiana    2011-12 (Kentucky) and 2012-13 (Michigan)

Unsung Heroes
Creighton has the luxury of bringing three veterans off the bench who can play a variety of positions and shoot it from deep in Mason Miller, Isaac Traudt and Jasen Green.
    The trio scored 306 points (12.2 ppg.) in Creighton's 25 wins, but had a total of 70 points (6.4 ppg.) in CU's 11 losses.

Denied!
Ryan Kalkbrenner had four different streaks of 20 straight games or more with a blocked shot in his college career. He is the nation's only player since 2005-06 with four such streaks.
    Kalkbrenner's owns five or more blocks 22 times in his career. All other Bluejay players since 2005-06 have combined for 16 such games (7 by Gregory Echenique, 4 by Anthony Tolliver, 2 by Kenny Lawson Jr. and 1 each by Fredrick King, Jacob Epperson and Justin Patton).
Creighton's Longest Streaks With A Block, Since 1984-85
    Streak    Name    Dates
    28    Benoit Benjamin    12/14/84 - 3/5/85
    27    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2/2/24 - 12/31/24
    26    Ryan Kalkbrenner    11/16/21 - 2/26/22
    25    Ryan Kalkbrenner    11/14/22 - 3/1/23
    20    Ryan Kalkbrenner    1/11/25 - 3/20/25
    17    Brody Deren    2/4/03 - 12/6/03
    17    Gregory Echenique    2/16/11 - 11/25/11

Action Jackson
Jackson McAndrew had 12 points and 14 rebounds on Nov. 26 vs. San Diego State, then followed that up with a season-high 16 points vs. No. 20 Texas A&M a day later.
    McAndrew was the first Bluejay freshman with a double-double since Fredrick King had 16 points and 10 rebounds at Marquette on Dec. 16, 2022.
    McAndrew was the first Bluejay with a double-double in his first start at Creighton since South Dakota State transfer Baylor Scheierman had 11 points and 10 rebounds on Nov. 7, 2022 vs. Florida A&M.
    McAndrew was the first Bluejay freshman with a double-double in his first career start since Ryan Nembhard (15 points, 10 assists). No Bluejay freshman since at least 1987-88 had owned a points/rebounds double-double in his first career start.
    McAndrew was one of three freshmen in the BIG EAST this season to have a double-double in his first career start, joining UConn's Liam McNeeley (18 & 10 vs. Sacred Heart) and Georgetown's Thomas Sorber (20 & 13 vs. Lehigh).
    McAndrew's 14 rebounds were the third-most by any freshman in Greg McDermott's 15 years as Creighton head coach (491 games). Doug McDermott had 17 at Bradley on Feb. 1, 2011 and 16 at Akron on Feb. 19, 2011.
    McAndrew was also the first Bluejay freshman since Fredrick King in December of 2022 to score 12+ points in consecutive games.

McDermott Passes Altman On CU Wins List
Greg McDermott has 350 victories at Creighton, passing his predecessor Dana Altman (327) for the most in program history in CU's Nov. 13 win vs. Houston Christian.
    McDermott broke a different record on Jan. 21 at DePaul when he coached his 504th game on the Bluejay sideline, breaking the mark of 503 held by Altman.
    McDermott's .672 winning percentage is Creighton's best since Arthur A. Schabinger's .714 win rate from 90 years ago.
    Below is a list of the most victorious Creighton coaches in program history, as well as the history of the Creighton Athletic Department.
Most Coaching Wins, Creighton MBB History
Rk.    W-L    Name    Years
1.    350-171    Greg McDermott    2010-Pres.
2.    327-176    Dana Altman    1994-2010
3.    165-66    Arthur A. Schabinger     1922-1935
4.    138-118    John J. "Red" McManus     1959-1969
5.    130-64    Tom Apke    1974-1981

Most Wins, Creighton Athletics History (after 4/21/25)
Coach, Sport    Victories
Brent Vigness, Softball    819
Ed Servais, Baseball    701*
Mary Higgins, Softball    564
Tom Lilly, Men's & Women's Tennis    551*#
Kirsten Bernthal Booth, Volleyball    502
Jim Flanery, Women's Basketball    453*
Greg McDermott, Men's Basketball    350*
Ed Hubbs, Men's & Women's Tennis    347
Dana Altman, Men's Basketball    327
*still active coaching at Creighton
#currently just the women's tennis coach

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 31 years, Dana Altman (1994-2010) and Greg McDermott (2010-Present).
    Here's a list of major conference 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

The Launch Pad
Basketball-Reference.com did the math, and Creighton owns 9,645 three-pointers in 1,261 games since the rule went national in 1986-87.
    That ranks second-most in the country in that span, trailing only Duke (10,084).
    Additionally, Creighton's 7.65 three-pointers per game in that time lead the nation among programs who are currently in a major conference.

7-Foot-1 Of Awesome
A few notes about Ryan Kalkbrenner.
    There's only two BIG EAST players to score 73+ points in 60 minutes or less in any two game span since 2005-06. Ryan Kalkbrenner (73 points in 58 minutes) in the opening week this season and UConn's Kemba Walker (73 points in 60 minutes) in 2010.
    Ryan Kalkbrenner is one of three major conference players since 2005-06 to score 73 points and block six shots in any two game span, joining Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis and Kansas State's Michael Beasley.
    There's been only four BIG EAST players to score 73+ points to score any two-game span since 2012: Marquette's Markus Howard (7x), DePaul's Max Strus, Creighton's Doug McDermott and Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner.
    Kalkbrenner is the nation's second player since 2005-06 to score 24+ points and shoot 90 percent (min. 10 FGA) in consecutive games, joining Belmont's Evan Bradds from November of 2015.
    Evan Bradds (7x) and Ryan Kalkbrenner (7x) are the only men in the country with five or more career games of 90 percent shooting (min. 10 FGA) since 2005-06.

Kalkbrenner Block Machine
Ryan Kalkbrenner ranked second in program history in blocked shots with 399. Kalkbrenner had 107 swats last year and finished his career 12 blocks behind Benoit Benjamin.
Most Creighton Blocked Shots, Since 1979-80
    Blk.    Name    Years
    411    Benoit Benjamin    1982-85
    399    Ryan Kalkbrenner    2020-25
    183    Chad Gallagher    1987-91

Among The Best...EVER!
Ryan Kalkbrenner made 984 of 1,495 career shots, putting him at 65.8 percent overall. That places the senior center fourth in field goal percentage in NCAA history among players to make 700 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....he's taken 148.
Best Career FG%, NCAA History (min. 700 FG, 4FG/game)
    Pct. (FG-FGA)    Name, School    Years
    .678 (828-1222)    Steve Johnson, Oregon State    1976-81
    .667 (740-1109)    Evan Bradds, Belmont    2013-17
    .664 (702-1058)    Todd MacCulloch, Washington    1995-99
.658 (984-1495)    Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton    2020-Pres.
    .651 (747-1147)    Bill Walton, UCLA    1971-74

He Shoots, He Scores
Ryan Kalkbrenner had a night for the ages on Nov. 6 in the season-opener vs. UTRGV, finishing with 49 points on 20-of-22 shooting from the floor and 7-of-8 free throws while adding 11 rebounds and three blocked shots.
    Kalkbrenner's 49 points were the second-most in program history, two behind Bob Portman's 51 on Dec. 16, 1967 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Portman made 16-of-35 field goal attempts and 18-of-23 foul shots in his record-setting contest.
    Below is a list of the previous Bluejay performances of 40 points or more
Most Points, Creighton Game
    Pts.    Name, Opponent    Date    FG    FT
    51    Bob Portman vs. UW-Milwaukee    12/16/1967    16    19
    49    Ryan Kalkbrenner vs. UTRGV    11/06/2024    20*    7
    47    Eddie Cole vs. Morningside (OT)    11/29/1954    18    11
    46    Bob Portman vs. Weber State    12/23/1968    19    8
    45    Tim Powers at Idaho State    01/29/1966    17    11
    45    Benoit Benjamin vs. Indiana State    01/19/1985    18    9
    45    Doug McDermott vs. Providence    03/08/2014    17#    6
    44    Doug McDermott at Bradley    01/07/2012    18@    5
    43    Bob Portman at Kansas State    02/12/1968    16    11
    43    Benoit Benjamin vs. Southern Illinois    01/17/1985    18    7
    42    Bob Portman vs. LaSalle    01/30/1968    19    4
    42    Cavel Witter vs. Bradley (2OT)    03/01/2008    13%    12
    41    Doug McDermott vs. Wichita State    03/02/2013    15#    6
    40    Chad Gallagher vs. Wichita State    02/17/1990    14    12
    40    Rodney Buford vs. Bradley    12/30/1998    13$    8
*includes 2 three-pointers
@includes 3 three-pointers
%includes 4 three-pointers
#includes 5 three-pointers
$includes 6 three-pointers

Honors Roll In For Kalkbrenner
Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner was named the first BIG EAST Player of the Week of the 2024-25 season, the conference announced on Nov. 11. He also picked up National Player of the Week acclaim from ESPN's Dick Vitale, NCAA.com's Andy Katz, the USBWA, Associated Press as well as the Lute Olson Award.
    The 7-foot-1 center averaged 36.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots per game as No. 15 Creighton posted a pair of double-digit victories to open the season. The three-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year shot 90.6 percent from the field (29-32), including 100 percent from three-point range (3-3), and also made 92.3 percent (12-13) of his free throw attempts.
    It was the first weekly honor from the BIG EAST of Kalkbrenner's career, though he's certainly no stranger to hardware. Kalkbrenner is one of three men to earn at least three BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year honors. He was named First Team All-BIG EAST in 2022-23, Second Team All-BIG EAST in 2023-24 and Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST in 2021-22. Prior to this season, Kalkbrenner was named the league's Preseason Player of the Year. He is also a four-time member of the BIG EAST's All-Academic Team.

Kalkbrenner Scoring Tidbits
Ryan Kalkbrenner's 49 points vs. UTRGV on Nov. 6 bring up all sorts of notes.
- In the last 25 years, the only player nationally with more points in a season-opener than Kalkbrenner's 49 was Arkansas' Rotnei Clarke, who had 51 in 2009 against Alcorn State.
-    Kalkbrenner's 49 points are the fourth-most ever in a season-opener by a player on a Top 25 team, trailing only LSU's Bob Pettit (60 in 1953), UCLA's Lew Alcindor (56 in 1966) and Jacksonville's Artis Gilmore (50 in 1970). Those other three men are in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Kalkbrenner is the first Bluejay with 40+ points and 10+ rebounds in the same game since Chad Gallagher had 40 points and 11 rebounds vs. Wichita State on Feb. 17, 1990.
- Kalkbrenner's 49 points were the fifth-most points in a game in BIG EAST history. Marquette's Markus Howard had games of 53, 52 and 51, while Providence's MarShon Brooks had a 52 point game as well.
- Kalkbrenner's 49 points were the most in a double-double performance in BIG EAST history.
- Before Kalkbrenner's 49 points and 11 rebounds, no other high major player has posted as many points and rebounds in any game over the past 30 years.
- Kalkbrenner is also the nation's only player with 49+ points and 3+ blocks in the same game since at least 2005-06.
- Kalkbrenner scored Creighton's first eight points and got better as the game went on. He had nine points in the first 10 minutes, then scored 11 in the final 10 minutes before half for the highest-scoring first half of his career.
    Kalkbrenner then scored 14 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half before closing his masterpiece with 15 points in the final 10 minutes.
- Kalkbrenner's 49 points broke Doug McDermott's record of 45 points by a Creighton player at CHI Health Center Omaha. The overall record is 53 by Marquette's Markus Howard on Jan. 9, 2019.

Having A Field Day
Ryan Kalkbrenner's 20 field goals made on Nov. 6 were a Creighton single-game record, eclipsing the previous mark of 19 done twice by Bob Portman in 1968.
    Kalkbrenner's 20 field goals are the most in a season-opener by any player nationally in the last 15 seasons.
    Kalkbrenner is the only player in the BIG EAST in at least 30 years with 49+ points and 20+ field goals in a game.
    Kalkbrenner's 20 field goals tied the single-game BIG EAST record held by Providence's MarShon Brooks vs. Notre Dame in 2011.
    Kalkbrenner's 20 field goals made were a CHI Health Center Omaha record, breaking the old mark of 17 done twice by Doug McDermott and once by Evansville's Colt Ryan.
    Kalkbrenner's 20 field goals made were the most by any player in a game against a Division I foe since Iowa State's Melvin Ejim made 20 hoops vs. TCU on Feb. 8, 2014.
    Kalkbrenner's 90.9 percent shooting from the field was the highest field goal percentage in a 45-point game by any Division I player in the past 25 seasons, and the highest by a player to attempt 20 or more shots in a game in the past 25 years.
- Kalkbrenner was the first player with 20 field goals on 90 percent shooting in a Division I game since UCLA's Bill Walton made 21-of-22 shots vs. Memphis in the 1973 NCAA final.
- Kalkbrenner missed just three shots (2 FG, 1 FT). He's the first Division I or NBA player to score 45+ points while missing no more than three shots (FG or FT) since Dirk Nowitzki did in the 2011 NBA playoffs.
- Kalkbrenner made his final three field goal attempts in the first half, then made 11-of-11 shots in the second half, giving him 14 buckets in a row. That's two shy of the NCAA single-game record of 16 made field goals in a row set by Kent State's Doug Grayson vs. North Carolina on Dec. 6, 1967.

Dynamic Duo
Ryan Kalkbrenner (49) and Steven Ashworth (25) combined for 74 points on Nov. 6th. It was the most points by any BIG EAST duo since at least 1996-97.
    It's the second-most points by any Creighton pair in the same game, one point shy of the mark set on Jan. 19, 1985 when Benoit Benjamin (45) and Vernon Moore (30) combined for 75.
    It's the most points by any Creighton duo in 15 seasons under Greg McDermott. The previous high was 62, done on March 9, 2019 by Mitch Ballock (39) and Martin Krampelj (23) vs. DePaul. Ballock is now a graduate manager on the Bluejay staff.
     In addition to Ballock and Krampelj, Creighton's only other duo to combine for 62+ points in a game since 1996-97 was Nate Funk (38) and Johnny Mathies (24), who did it in double-overtime on Nov. 26, 2005 vs. Dayton.
    The last Division I duo to combine for 74+ points in a non-overtime game was Austin Peay's Terry Taylor and Jordyn Adams (both with 37) vs. Tennessee State on Jan. 23, 2020.

Nifty Fifty Leads To Postseason?
Not counting 2019-20, when there was no postseason, Creighton has made the postseason each of the last 12 times (including 2024-25) in which it has made at least 50 percent of its field goal attempts to open the year.
    Ten of those postseason trips were NCAA Tournament berths. The last time that didn't hold true was 1991-92, when CU shot 51.0 percent in the opener but finished just 9-19.
    Creighton has shot 50 percent or better in nine of its last 13 season-openers.
CU Season-Opener Field Goal Percentage 50+%
Since 1993-94
FG%    Year    Opponent    Postseason
.541    1997-98    UMKC    NIT
.524    1998-99    Towson State    NCAA
.569    2000-01    Western Illinois    NCAA
.594    2002-03    UT Arlington    NCAA
.500    2012-13    North Texas    NCAA
.556    2013-14    Alcorn State    NCAA
.528    2015-16    Texas Southern    NIT
.508    2016-17    UMKC    NCAA
.558    2017-18    Yale    NCAA
.524    2019-20    Kennesaw St.    Postseason Ccd.
.585    2021-22    Ark.-Pine Bluff    NCAA
.567    2023-24    Florida A&M    NCAA
.600    2024-25    UTRGV    NCAA

The Push For 90
Of Creighton's 25 all-time NCAA Tournament teams, 12 have scored 90 or more points in their season-opener.
    Put another way...of CU's 20 teams (including 2024-25) to score 90 points in an opener, 13 would reach the NCAA Tournament.
    Here's a look at Creighton's last 12 teams to score 90 or more points in a season-opener:
                Final    Post-
    Score    Opponent    Date    W-L    Season
    93-47    UT-San Antonio    11/30/90    24-8    NCAA
    93-48    Towson State    11/14/98    22-9    NCAA
    96-50    Western Illinois    11/20/00    24-8    NCAA
    106-50    Texas-Arlington    11/17/02    29-5    NCAA
    97-65    North Carolina A&T    11/11/11    29-6    NCAA
    107-61    Alcorn State    11/08/13    27-8    NCAA
    104-77    Central Arkansas    11/14/14    14-19    --
    93-70    Texas Southern    11/14/15    20-15    NIT
    92-76    Yale    11/10/17    21-12    NCAA
    90-77    Arkansas-Pine Bluff    11/09/21    23-12    NCAA
    105-54    Florida A&M    11/07/23    25-10    NCAA
    99-86    UTRGV    11/06/24    25-11    NCAA

Who's Back?
With Creighton returning six of the 11 men who appeared in a game last season, it's no surprise that a similar ratio of the production from 2023-24 is also gone. Below is a breakdown of what is back:
Stat    Returners    Departures
Blocks    119 (83.2%)    24 (16.8%)
Starts    105 (60.0%)    70 (40.0%)
Minutes    3684 (51.3%)    3491 (48.7%)
Rebounds    636 (51.1%)    608 (48.9%)
Points    1383 (49.1%)    1432 (50.9%)
3FG Made    171 (45.6%)    204 (54.4%)
Assists    226 (38.4%)    362 (61.6%)
Steals    42 (31.3%)    92 (68.7%)
Charges Taken    4 (30.8%)    9 (69.2%)

Preseason Top 15
The Creighton men's basketball team was ranked 15th in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 poll, the third straight season the Bluejays have been ranked among the nation's best in the preseason.
    This year's announcement marks the seventh 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), 2022-23 (No. 9) and 2023-24 (No. 8). All six of those teams would end up in the NCAA Tournament, with the last three most recent squads making the Sweet 16.
    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 been ranked 146 times in program history, with 118 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 180-76 all-time as a ranked team, including a 146-64 mark under McDermott. Creighton has now been ranked at least one week in 11 of McDermott's 15 seasons on The Hilltop after doing it just five different seasons in program history before his 2010 arrival.
    Creighton is one of 13 schools ranked in the Top 25 of the Preseason AP poll each of the last three years, joining Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor, Creighton, Duke, Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Narrow that list to just the Preseason Top 15 the past three seasons and only seven schools can claim that, with Creighton joining Duke, Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas, North Carolina and Tennessee.
    Creighton was one of three BIG EAST Conference schools in the preseason poll, joining No. 3 Connecticut and No. 18 Marquette. Two of Creighton's December opponents, No. 1 Kansas (Dec. 4) and No. 2 Alabama (Dec. 14), are atop the poll. CU met preseason No. 13 Texas A&M on Nov. 27 in Las Vegas.
    Creighton was also 14th in the preseason USA Today Coaches poll.
    CU dropped out of both polls on Monday, Dec. 9 but returned on Feb. 11th when it was No. 24 in the AP poll and No. 21 in the Coaches poll before dropping out again on Feb. 17th.
    Creighton was ranked 25th in the Feb. 24th USA Today Coaches poll and finished the year No. 24 in the year-end Coaches poll.

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 2024-25
Category    CU Stat    CU Rank
3FG Made    4,662    2nd
2FG Percentage    .552    3rd
FG Percentage    .477    4th
Assists    8,364    5th
3FG Percentage    .372    6th
FG Made    14,244    7th
Points    39,812    9th
Wins    350    23rd
Winning Percentage    .672    30th

Who Are These Guys?
Creighton returns 105 starts from last year's team, the fifth time in the past six seasons its returned at least 100 starts.
    Creighton has won 20 or more games each of the previous nine times (and 13 of the last 14 times) it has returned 100 or more starts.
    Returning    Returning Starts     Final
Year    Starters    From Previous Year    W-L
2024-25    3    105    25-11
2023-24    3    111    25-10
2022-23    3    104    24-13
2021-22    0    2    23-12
2020-21    5    124    22-9
2019-20    4    136    24-7
2018-19    2    57    20-15
2017-18    2    72    21-12
2016-17    4    130    25-10
2015-16    1    64    20-15
2014-15    1    49    14-19
2013-14    4    144    27-8
2012-13    4    140    28-8
2011-12    3    101    29-6
2010-11    4    123    23-16
2009-10    3    106    18-16
2008-09    3    83    27-8
2007-08    1    44    22-11
2006-07    4    120    22-11
2005-06    4    134    20-10
2004-05    2    58    23-11
2003-04    3    101    20-9
2002-03    5    159    29-5
2001-02    2    65    23-9
2000-01    3    90    24-8
1999-00    3    84    23-10
1998-99    3    84    22-9
1997-98    4    72    18-10
1996-97    4    126    15-15
1995-96    4    100    14-15
1994-95    2    52    7-19
1993-94    3    73    7-22
1992-93    2    64    8-18
1991-92    2    51    9-19
1990-91    4    132    24-8
1989-90    4    127    21-12
1988-89    4    123    20-11
1987-88    3    83    16-16
1986-87    2    65    9-19
1985-86    1    48    12-16
1984-85    4    124    20-12
1983-84    3    72    17-14
1982-83    3    77    8-19
1981-82    2    78    7-20
1980-81    4    112    21-9

#ProJays
Creighton had three alums in the NBA this season.
    Former Creighton All-American Doug McDermott is with the Sacramento Kings as he spends his 11th year in the NBA.
    Baylor Scheierman was a First Round pick in the 2024 NBA Draft by the NBA champion Boston Celtics.
    Trey Alexander went undrafted, but was signed on a two-way contract by the Denver Nuggets.
    These men give Creighton at least one NBA player for the 41st time in the last 42 seasons.
    Other famous Bluejays to play in the NBA in the past include Paul Silas, Kyle Korver, Benoit Benjamin and Anthony Tolliver.

Top 25 Men & Women
Creighton was one of 12 schools with a preseason top-25 squad on both the men's and women's side in 2024-25, joining Alabama, Baylor, Connecticut, Duke, Indiana, Iowa State, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Texas and UCLA.
    The only five schools to be ranked in the preseason men's and women's basketball Top 25 of the AP Poll each of the last three seasons are Baylor, Creighton, North Carolina and Texas.
    Creighton is one of six schools to make the NCAA Tournament in both men's and women's basketball each of the last four seasons, a list that consists of Baylor, Creighton, Iowa State, Tennessee, Texas and UConn.
    Creighton is one of 14 schools that won an NCAA Tournament game last season in both men's and women's basketball: Alabama, Arizona, Baylor, Colorado, Creighton, Duke, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Kansas, North Carolina, NC State, Tennessee, Texas, and UConn.

Release, Rotation, Splash, Repeat
Creighton has made at least one three-pointer in 1,056 straight games. That ranks as 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
    Rk.    Streak    School    Next Game
    1.    1,264    Duke    Season Over
    2.    1,260    UNLV    Season Over
    3.    1,191    East Tennessee State    Season Over
    4.    1,167    Oakland    Season Over
    5.    1,162    Texas    Season Over
    6.    1,161    Pacific    Season Over
    7.    1,099    Marshall    Season Over
    8.    1,094    Gonzaga    Season Over
    9.    1,080    Princeton    Season Over
    10.    1,056    Creighton    Season Over
    11.    1,047    Long Island    Season Over
    12.    1,041    Mount St. Mary's    Season Over

Triple Trouble
During Creighton's current streak of 1,056 straight games with a three-pointer, the Jays have drained 8,504 trifectas, an average of 8.05 treys per game.
    Only five times in the streak has Creighton made just one three-pointer, but on 323 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 103-26 when making eight or more three-pointers, compared to a 37-35 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: 113 times
7:   153 times    8:   132 times    9: 96 times
10: 89 times    11: 66 times    12: 64 times
13: 50 times    14: 26 times    15: 9 times
16: 9 times    17: 4 times    18: 1 time
19: 2 times    20: 1 time    21: 1 time    22: 1 time

Top-20 Crowds
Here's a look at Creighton's top-20 home crowds all-time.
      Rank    Att.    Opponent    Date
    1.    18,868    Providence    03/08/14
    2.    18,859    Georgetown    01/25/14
    3.    18,831    #1 Villanova    12/31/16
    4.    18,797    #6 Villanova    02/16/14
    5.    18,759    #1 Gonzaga    12/01/18
    6.    18,742    Seton Hall    02/23/14
    7.    18,735    Wichita State    02/11/12
    8.    18,613    Wichita State    03/02/13
    9.    18,571    DePaul    01/22/24
    10.    18,525    Marquette    12/31/13
    11.    18,519    #8 Seton Hall    03/07/20
    12.    18,518    Georgetown    01/27/18
    13.    18,509    Villanova    02/04/23
    14.    18,495    Marquette    02/17/18
    15.    18,494    Illinois State    02/09/13
    16.    18,475    Nebraska    11/22/24
    17.    18,458    Evansville    12/29/12
    18.    18,436    Bradley    01/28/12
    19.    18,430    Seton Hall    01/25/25
    20.    18,323    DePaul    02/07/14

Jays Reach 29K at CHI
Creighton has outscored its opponents 29,153-24,362 in games at CHI Health Center Omaha, an average margin of 12.91 points per game in 371 all-time games in the building that count.
    Creighton is 27-2 all-time in games where it moves over any 1,000 point milestone at CHI Health Center Omaha, as seen below:
Date    Pts-Opp (CLCO Game #)    Who/How vs. Opp.
02/18/04    1,000-787 (14)    Lindeman FG vs. Indiana State
02/05/05    2,000-1,696 (28)    Funk FG vs. Missouri St.
01/18/06    3,000-2,504 (41)    Watts FT vs. Bradley
01/09/07    4,000-3,359 (56)    Tolliver FG vs. Drake
12/17/07    5,000-4,174 (69)    Kaleb Korver 3FG vs. Hou. Baptist
11/16/08    6,000-5,048 (82)    Dotzler FG vs. New Mexico
02/11/09    7,000-5,870 (95)    Witter 3FG vs. Bradley
01/16/10    8,000-6,750 (109)    Young FG vs. Wichita State
12/20/10    9,000-7,645 (123)    Wragge FG vs. W. Illinois
03/23/11    10,000-8,500 (136)    Lawson FG vs. UCF
01/21/12    11,000-9,310 (148)    McDermott FG vs. Ind. St.
12/19/12    12,000-10,136 (161)    Echenique FG vs. Tulsa
11/23/13    13,000-10,922 (173)    Artino FG vs. Tulsa
02/23/14    14,000-11,711 (185)    Gibbs FG vs. Seton Hall
01/28/15    15,000-12,612 (198)    Hanson FT vs. St. John's
12/28/15    16,000-13,498 (211)    Huff FG vs. Coppin State
11/15/16    17,000-14,349 (224)    Patton FG vs. #9 Wisconsin
01/28/17    18,000-15,166 (235)    Hanson FG vs. DePaul
12/18/17    19,000-15,927 (246)    Foster 3FG vs. UT Arlington
11/06/18    20,000-16,741 (258)    Ballock 3FG vs. W. Illinois
02/03/19    21,000-17,619 (270)    Zegarowski FG vs. Xavier
12/07/19    22,000-18,463 (282)    Ballock 3FG vs. Nebraska
03/07/20    23,000-19,280 (294)    Mahoney 3FG vs. #8 Seton Hall
02/13/21    24,000-20,103 (306)    Zegarowski FG vs. #5 Villanova
02/14/22    25,000-20,950 (320)    Hawkins 3FG vs. Georgetown
01/25/23    26,000-21,786 (333)    Nembhard 3FG vs. St. John's
12/20/23    27,000-22,535 (345)    Kalkbrenner FG vs. Villanova
11/13/24    28,000-23,388 (357)    Isaacs 3FG vs. Hou. Christian
02/26/25    29,000-24,231 (370)    Kalkbrenner FG vs. DePaul

Firing On All Cylinders
Creighton finished the 2024-25 season ranked 35th overall by KenPom.com. That included the nation's No. 33 offense, and No. 44 defense.
    Creighton has finished with a top-25 offense per KenPom eight times and a top-25 defense three times in 15 completed seasons under Greg McDermott.
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    9    24    11
2024-25    33    44    35

CHI Health Center Omaha Success
Creighton has played 371 regular and postseason contests at CHI Health Center Omaha all-time in the now 22-year-old facility.
    The Bluejays own a 307-64 (.827) record all-time at the facility.
    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 29,153-24,362 in games at CHI Health Center Omaha, an average margin of 12.91 points per game. Creighton has not trailed 93 different times, including twice this year (Kansas City, #1 Kansas).
    Incredibly, Creighton hasn't trailed in its home opener in 10 of the past 24 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 34-37 all-time in the 71 games at the arena in which it's fallen behind by double-figures at any point, 8-12 when down by 10+ points at halftime in the facility, and 42-30 when trailing at halftime at CHI Health Center Omaha.
    Creighton is 210-46 (.820) at CHI Health Center Omaha under Greg McDermott and hasn't trailed in 66 of those games. In that same span, CU owns a 106-10 home record (.914) 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 325-64 (.835) at home since the start of the 2002-03 campaign.

Home Run
Under Greg McDermott Creighton is averaging 80.70 points per home game (20,659 points in 256 home games), a figure that climbs to 84.23 points in non-conference home games (9,855 points in 117 home games).
    Creighton is 155-7 all-time at CHI Health Center Omaha when scoring 80 or points.

New Court Debuts
Creighton played home games on a new basketball court designed to tell the story of Creighton University and the program's proud history.
    The court was designed by GLGR out of Beaverton, Ore., and produced by Ledford Sports Floors out of Jenks, Okla.
    The court includes multiple intricate features that merit up-close inspection to gain a full appreciation for the attention to detail in the new Creighton-centric design.
• Six numbers will appear on the west sideline, three in front of each bench, to recognize the retired jersey numbers for No. 3 (Doug McDermott), No. 25 (Kyle Korver), No. 30 (Bob Harstad), No. 33 (Bob Portman), No. 35 (Paul Silas) and No. 45 (Bob Gibson).
• Within the eye of the Bluejay logo at midcourt will be the number 1916, a nod to Creighton's first recognized year of intercollegiate basketball.
• Just inside the three-point line on the South end will be text of seven core Jesuit values, such as "Women and Men For and With Others". It is believed that Creighton is the nation's first Division I team with its school motto included inside its basketball court.
• Also inside the three-point line on the North side of the court are Heritage logos to honor Creighton's history.
• The new color scheme also features an updated courtside gradient, in addition to a feather pattern inside the three-point line, a nod to Creighton's Bluejay nickname.

McDermott's Coaching Tree
Greg McDermott's coaching tree owns 11 men who are currently a head coach at the Division I level. Here's a list:
Darian DeVries - Indiana
Eric Henderson - Drake
Ben Jacobson - Northern Iowa
Steve Lutz - Oklahoma State
Ryan Miller - Murray State
TJ Otzelberger - Iowa State
Bryan Petersen - South Dakota State
David Richman - North Dakota State
Daniyal Robinson - North Texas
Paul Sather - North Dakota
Patrick Sellers - Central Connecticut State

Players Mentioned

Trey Alexander

Steven Ashworth

Ty Davis

Jasen Green

Pop Isaacs

Ryan Kalkbrenner

Fredrick King

Jackson McAndrew

Mason Miller

Jamiya Neal

Sami Osmani

Baylor Scheierman

Shane Thomas

Isaac Traudt

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