Men's Basketball Visits Iowa State in Exhibition Opener

Sunday, October 18

Ames, Iowa

12 PM

Creighton University

Iowa State

Men's Basketball Visits Iowa State in Exhibition Opener

10/15/2026 9:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Creighton Notes (PDF)

By: Rob Anderson

Exhibition Game #1: Creighton Bluejays at Iowa State Cyclones
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 • 12:00 p.m. • Ames, Iowa • Hilton Coliseum
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Next Game

Creighton Men's Basketball opens the 2026-27 season with an exhibition game against Iowa State on Sunday, Oct. 18.

Tip-off at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, is set for 12 p.m.

Television/Webcast Information

Sunday's game will be streamed on ESPN+, with Alex Cohen and Derrin Hansen on the call.

You can access the premium service at WatchESPN.com.

It's worth noting that YouTube TV subscribers now have access to ESPN+ events via ESPN Unlimited at no additional charge.

Radio Broadcast Information

KOZN (1620 AM) will carry all Creighton men's basketball games during the 2026-27 season, including Sunday's exhibition.

John Bishop and Connor Happer will call the action. The audio is also webcast live at www.1620thezone.com.

Live Stats Information

All of Creighton's games this season will have free live stats at http://Creighton.StatBroadcast.com.

Scouting Creighton

Creighton returns three starters and six lettermen from last season's team that finished 16-18 and ended the year in Las Vegas asx semifinalists at the College Basketball Crown.

Josh Dix (13.2 ppg.) and Nik Graves (10.9) both graduated, leaving Austin Swartz (10.9 ppg.) and Jasen Green (10.5 ppg., 6.3 rpg.) as the leading returning scorers. Also back is Jackson McAndrew (6.8 ppg.), who missed all but four games a year ago due to injury after landing on the BIG EAST's All-Freshman Team in 2024-25.

CU's influx of newcomers includes transfers BJ Davis (San Diego State), Kayden "Bugg" Edwards (TCU), Wes Enis (South Florida), Oswin Erhunmwunse (Providence) and Wesly Rosa (Garden City CC).

Scouting Iowa State

Iowa State went 29-8 last season and was 16-1 at home, with the lone setback in Ames coming to Texas Tech.

ISU's top two scorers from a year ago are gone, as Milan Momcilovic (16.9 ppg.) transferred to Kentucky and Joshua Jefferson (16.4 ppg., 7.4 rpg., 4.8 apg.) was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves late in the First Round of the NBA Draft.

Star point guard Tamin Lipsey (13.5 ppg., 5.1 apg.) is back for a fifth year due to a September court ruling in Indiana. Rising sophomore star Killyan Toure (8.6 ppg.), will not play on Sunday but is expected to play a major role when he returns in January from a right shoulder injury.

The Series With Iowa State

Iowa State owns an 18-15 record all-time against Creighton in games that count, and are 8-3 against the Bluejays in games that count in Ames.

The teams met twice last season. Creighton rode an early 23-0 run to post a 71-58 exhibition victory in Omaha on Oct. 17th, with Nik Graves leading CU with 13 points and five assists.

The teams then played a regular-season game on Nov. 25th at the GEICO Players Era Men's Championship, with ISU winning 78-60. CU was paced by 15 points each from Jasen Green and Josh Dix.

This year marks the fifth straight year the teams have played an exhibition game or scrimmage against each other, including closed scrimmages decided by one possession in both 2023 and 2024.

The Creighton Coaches

Alan Huss (Creighton, 2002) is entering his first season as head coach at Creighton. Huss served as a Bluejay assistant from 2017-23, then returned in 2025-26 as associate head coach and head coach in waiting.

In between, Huss went 56-15 as head coach in two seasons at High Point, leading the Panthers to a pair of Big South Conference titles and the program's first NCAA Tournament bid.
Huss played at Creighton from 1997-2001, appearing in three NCAA Tournaments. The Kansas City, native is the program's first head coach to lead his alma mater since Tom Apke from 1974-81.

Huss is assisted by Derek Kellogg, Trey Zeigler, Mitch Ballock, Mike Nesbitt, Corey Edwards and Tom Ostrom.

Recent Exhibition History

Creighton is 58-6 since 1981 in fall exhibition games thanks to 26 straight victories. The only team since 1994 to beat Creighton in an exhibition setting has been Global Sports, which eventually merged and changed their name to EA Sports and had three victories.

Among the teams that Creighton has defeated in recent exhibitions include No. 16 Iowa State last year and No. 14 Purdue in 2024.

A complete listing of Creighton's exhibition games since the 1981-82 season can be found on page four of this release.

Huss Introduced As Next Head Coach

Alan Huss was introduced as the 17th head coach in the Creighton men's basketball history on March 25, 2026 and officially took over roughly two weeks later on April 7, 2026.

Huss, who served six years as assistant coach (2017-23) before returning last April as associate head coach and head coach in waiting, took over after the retirement of Greg McDermott following Creighton's postseason run at the College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas.

A 2002 Creighton graduate, Huss becomes the first alum to take the reins of the men's basketball program since Tom Apke patrolled the Bluejay sideline from 1974-81.

Huss compiled a head coaching record of 56-15 during his two years at High Point University from 2023-25, highlighting his ability to build and lead teams to success. High Point achieved historic milestones, including the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in Division I history and a then-program-record 29 Division I wins during the 2024-2025 season, showcasing his capacity to elevate a program to new heights. Huss was named the Big South Conference Coach of the Year in 2023-24 and 2024-25.

In seven seasons assistant coach under McDermott (2017-23, 2025-26), Huss has helped CU to 150 victories, eight wins in four NCAA Tournament appearances and its first BIG EAST title in 2019-20. He worked closely with Creighton's big men, the Bluejay offense and recruiting.

Huss was a four-year member of the Creighton men's basketball team from 1997-2001, where he played under head coach Dana Altman and alongside future NBA sharpshooter Kyle Korver. During his collegiate career with the Bluejays, Huss was part of three NCAA Tournament teams (1999, 2000, 2001), two Missouri Valley Conference Tournament titles (1999, 2000) and one MVC regular-season title (2001).

Huss' 56 wins are tied for the third-most this century by any head coach in their first two seasons as a Division I head coach, trailing only Brad Underwood (61) and Tommy Lloyd (61), and tied with Brad Stevens (56).

All Aboard The Huss Bus

When Alan Huss was named head coach at High Point in 2023, he took over a program that had won 59 games in the previous five seasons, with all but one of those seasons being led by legendary head coach (and High Point alum) Tubby Smith.

Huss wasted no time making an impact, leading High Point to a 27-9 record in his first season and a 29-6 mark his second campaign. Huss led both teams to Big South Conference titles, including the program's first Division I NCAA Tournament bid, while bringing home back-to-back Big South Coach of the Year recognition.

Last year's High Point team, which upset Wisconsin, featured three returners from Huss' final squad as well as three players that Huss and his staff recruited before he was hired back at Creighton in April of 2025.

High Point, Previous 10 Seasons

Year Head Coach W-L

2016-17 Scott Cherry 15-16

2017-18 Scott Cherry 14-16

2018-19 Tubby Smith 16-15

2019-20 Tubby Smith 16-15

2020-21 Tubby Smith 9-15

2021-22 Tubby Smith 11-15

G.G. Smith 3-3

2022-23 G.G. Smith 14-17

2023-24 Alan Huss 27-9

2024-25 Alan Huss 29-6

2025-26 Flynn Clayman 31-5

Huss Among New Hires

Alan Huss is one of 57 new head coaching hires at the Division I level this season, and just one of 15 from a Power 5 Conference. The new Power 5 head coaches are listed below:

School New Coach

Arizona State Randy Bennett

Boston College Luke Murray

Butler Ronald Nored

Cincinnati Jerrod Calhoun

Creighton Alan Huss

Georgia Tech Scott Cross

Kansas State Casey Alexander

LSU Will Wade

Michigan Mike Boynton

North Carolina Michael Malone

NC State Justin Gainey

Oregon Tony Stubblefield

Providence Bryan Hodgson

Syracuse Gerry McNamara

Sweet 16 Years

There were 53 head coaches hired nationwide prior to the 2010-11 season, including Greg McDermott. At the close of the 2025-26 season, only eight of those men remained in that role, though McDermott and Oregon coach Dana Altman (McDermott's predecessor at Creighton) have since retired.

Among the coaches still at their school to end 2025-26, McDermott was first on that list in NCAA trips, and second on that list in wins. He trailed only his predecessor at Creighton, Dana Altman, who was at Oregon. Here's the record of those eight men.

W-L Name, School (NCAA Trips)

382-182 Dana Altman, Oregon (9)

366-189 Greg McDermott, Creighton (10)

344-199 Russell Turner, UC Irvine (2)

336-189 Leon Rice, Boise State (5)

329-219 Tad Boyle, Colorado (6)

316-207 Brad Brownell, Clemson (6)

315-211 Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo (0)

273-252 Andy Toole, Robert Morris (2)

The McDozen

One of McDermott's assistants on the Cyclone bench was TJ Otzelberger, who is now the Iowa State coach.

Otzelberger is one of 12 former McDermott assistants who is currently a Division I head coach:

Darian DeVries - Indiana

Eric Henderson - Drake

Alan Huss - Creighton

Ben Jacobson - Utah State

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

McDermott, Then & Now

Greg McDermott coached at Creighton from 2010-26, but before that he served as the head coach at Iowa State for four seasons.

Here's how his time at CU compared to his tenure with Iowa State.

Stat ISU (2006-10) CU (2010-26)

Overall W-L 59-68 366-189

League W-L 18-46 184-115

NCAA's None 10

NIT's None 2

League Titles None 2

Tourney Titles None 2

Top 25 Wins 1 43

Top 10 Wins 1 17

McDermott's Accomplishments

Over 16 seasons from 2010-26, Greg McDermott transformed Creighton from a strong mid-major to a BIG EAST power.

Here's some of his biggest accomplishments....

- 366 wins (CU MBB record)

- 147 BIG EAST wins (CU MBB record; 6th league history)

- 10 NCAA Tournament trips (CU MBB record)

- 12-10 NCAA Tournament record (CU MBB record)

- 3 Sweet 16's (2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24)

- 1 Elite Eight (2022-23)

- 121 weeks in AP poll (CU MBB record)

- 43 Top 25 wins (CU MBB record)

- 17 Top 10 wins (CU MBB record)

- 14 seasons of 20+ wins (CU MBB record)

- 14 Postseason trips (CU MBB record)

- 21 Postseason wins (CU MBB record)

- 6 NBA Draft Picks (3 First Round, 3 Second Round)

- 2 MVC Tournament titles (2011-12, 2012-13)

- 1 MVC regular-season title (2012-13)

- 1 BIG EAST regular-season title (2019-20)

- 1 National Player of the Year (Doug McDermott)

- Over $1 million raised for Hope Lodge

Merfeld Gets Hall Call

Longtime Creighton men's basketball staffer Steve Merfeld was part of the 2026 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame induction class in late September.

Merfeld is a Wisconsin native who graduated from Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1984 and then got his coaching start at St. John's Military Academy in 1984. He served as an assistant coach at Bowling Green (1986-96) and Hampton (1996-97) before serving as head coach at Hampton from 1997-2002.

Merfeld then went on to be head coach at Evansville from 2002-07 and an assistant coach at Bradley before joining the Greg McDermott's original Creighton staff as an assistant coach in 2010. He has been the Bluejays' assistant to the head coach since 2013.

Perhaps the crowning achievement of Merfeld's career was a 2001 NCAA Tournament win over Iowa State when he was head coach at Hampton. As the final buzzer sounded, Hampton forward David Johnson grabbed and lifted a jubilant Merfeld into the air, creating one of the most famous images in March Madness history and an enduring highlight still seen on CBS' March Madness coverage.

Who's Back?

With Creighton returning only six of the 15 men who appeared in a game last season -- including its top two scorers -- much of the production is gone.

Below is a breakdown of what is back:

Stat Returners Departures

3FG Made 169 (51.4%) 160 (48.6%)

Blocks 42 (43.8%) 54 (56.3%)

Starts 71 (41.8%) 99 (58.2%)

Rebounds 453 (41.7%) 633 (58.3%)

Points 1,039 (40.6%) 1,517 (59.4%)

Minutes 2,672 (39.2%) 4,153 (60.8%)

Steals 69 (35.8%) 124 (64.2%)

Charges Taken 4 (30.8%) 9 (69.2%)

Assists 152 (29.0%) 372 (71.0%)

October Madness!

It wasn't that long ago that October 15th signified the first day that practice was allowed and many teams held a Midnight Madness to celebrate the start of the college hoops season. Those days are long gone.

Instead, the Bluejays and Cyclones will throw the ball up on Sunday, October 18th, marking CU's second-earliest public exhibition game on the calendar ever.

The only earlier game came when the Bluejays and Cyclones tangled in Omaha on Oct. 17, 2025.

Court Report

Fifth-year seniors Jasen Green and Isaac Traudt are both eligible, as both men redshirted their initial college season in 2022-23.

Fifth-year seniors Brody Robinson and Fredrick King are not currently eligible (as of Oct. 15). Robinson is part of the lawsuit in Tennessee to get eligible, while King is part of the lawsuit in Kentucky.

Have We Met?

Of the 165 players listed on BIG EAST rosters just five years ago (2022-23), only two of those men are still playing for the same school without transferring. Those men are Creighton's Jasen Green and former Xavier walk-on Michael Wolf.

Here's a list of who remains from 2022-23:

Team 2022-23 Roster Size Who's Still There?

Butler 13 -

Connecticut 16 -

Creighton 16 Jasen Green

DePaul 15 -

Georgetown 14 -

Marquette 18 -

Providence 14 -

Seton Hall 16 -

St. John's 15 -

Villanova 12 -

Xavier 16 Michael Wolf

Newcomer Report

Nine players (Trevon Carter-Givens, BJ Davis, Kayden Edwards, Wes Enis, Oswin Erhunmwunse, Katrelle Harmon and Brody Robinson) could make their fall exhibition debut in a Creighton uniform against Iowa State.

In his first go-round with Creighton, Fredrick King had 10 points, six rebounds, two blocks and an assists vs. Drury in October of 2022.

Below is a look at how Creighton's newcomers have produced in their exhibition debuts since 2018:

2025

Dimitrijevic/Dix/Graves/Greer/Harper

Konan/McChesney/Swartz

46 pts., 20 reb., 7 ast., 111 min. (W 71-58)

2024

Davis/Isaacs/McAndrew/Neal

36 pts., 9 reb., 10 ast., 76 min. (W 93-87)

2023

Ashworth/Lawson/Knox/Thomas

Vice/Dotzler/Townley-Thomas/Traudt

44 pts., 23 reb., 15 ast., 84 min. (W 109-57)

2022

Scheierman/Farabello/King

Shtolzberg/Green/Young

44 pts., 23 reb., 15 ast., 84 min. (W 109-57)

2021

Alexander/Andronikashvili/Christofilis

Feazell/Hawkins/Kaluma/Kancleris

Miller/Nembhard/Yates

56 pts., 37 reb., 15 ast., 155 min. (W 76-61)

2019

Mitchell/Windham/Zeil/Jones

25 pts., 18 reb., 0 ast., 68 min. (W 95-63)

2018

Bishop/Canfield/Cashaw/

Froling/Jefferson/Zegarowski

40 pts., 20 reb., 9 ast., 96 min. (W 101-57)

Hudson Takes On The Big 12

Hudson Greer played in three games against the Big 12 Conference last season, and it turned out to be the three highest-scoring games of his freshman campaign.

Opponent FG-FGA 3FG-FGA REB PTS

Baylor 7-8 2-2 3 16

Iowa State 4-7 3-4 5 12

West Virginia 4-6 3-4 1 15

vs. Big 12 Teams 15-21 (.714) 8-10 (.800) 9 (3.0) 43 (14.3)

All Other Games 22-62 (.355) 11-37 (.297) 36 (1.9) 60 (3.2)

Preseason All-BIG EAST Votes Revealed

The Creighton men's basketball team was picked to finish seventh in the BIG EAST Conference in the annual survey of league coaches, which was unveiled as part of 2026 BIG EAST Media Day on October 1.

It's not the first time that Creighton has been picked to finish seventh by BIG EAST coaches. It also happened in 2019-20, when the Bluejays won their only BIG EAST title and finished the year ranked seventh nationally. This year's prediction snapped a four-year streak of being tabbed for a top-three finish.

Creighton has matched or exceeded its preseason projection in all but two seasons since joining the BIG EAST in 2013-14, the best showing in the league in that time.

Both Jackson McAndrew and Oswin Erhunmwunse were chosen as Third Team Preseason All-BIG EAST selections.

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)

2025-26 3rd 5th Owen Freeman (1st); Josh Dix (2nd)
Jackson McAndrew (3rd); Nik Graves (3rd)

2026-27 7th ??? Jackson McAndrew (3rd); Oswin Erhunmwunse (3rd)

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 End of 2025-26

Category CU Stat CU Rank

3FG Made 4,991 2nd

2FG Percentage .552 3rd

FG Percentage .475 5th

Assists 8,888 5th

FG Made 15,141 8th

Points 42,368 8th

3FG Percentage .370 9th

Wins 366 26th

Winning Percentage .655 37th

Freshman Starts Almost Unheard Of

Since Latrell Wrightsell in 1988, only four true freshmen have started Creighton's first exhibition game. The first was Khyri Thomas in 2015-16, while in 2018-19 Samson Froling got the starting nod. In 2021-22 both Ryan Nembhard and Arthur Kaluma started the first exhibition game.

Since 1992-93, only six true freshmen have started Creighton's regular-season opener.

Ryan Sears did so in 1997-98. The point guard would go on to start all 124 games of his CU career and remains the program's all-time career assist (570) and steals (283) leader.

Doug McDermott did so in 2010-11, and he went on to start all 145 games of his career. He would graduate as the fifth-leading scorer in NCAA history with 3,150 career points and is the only three-time First Team All-American since 1986. He now plays for the Sacramento Kings.

Khyri Thomas got a start in 2015-16 and remained in CU's starting five each of his first 24 games, and 96-of-102 career contests with the Jays. He later spent parts three seasons in the NBA.

Shereef Mitchell joined this elite group in 2019-20 when he got the starting nod against Kennesaw State.

In 2021-22, both Ryan Nembhard and Arthur Kaluma started the opener vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, marking the first time Creighton started two true freshmen in a regular-season opener since 1991-92 (Eric Dantzler and Mike Amos). Both men ended up on the BIG EAST's All-Freshman Team, with Nembhard being named Freshman of the Year.

The last time Creighton started three true freshmen in a regular-season opener was 1987-88 (Chris Rodgers, Bob Harstad, Chad Gallagher).

Who Are These Guys?

Creighton returns 71 starts from last year's team (30 by Jasen Green, 23 by Isaac Traudt, 14 by Austin Swartz, 4 by Jackson McAndrew).

All 20 of Creighton's teams since 1997-98 to have returned 71 or more starts have played in the postseason other than the 2019-20 club that was ranked No. 7 nationally when COVID-19 cancelled the postseason.

Returning Returning Starts Final
Year Starters From Previous Year W-L

2026-27 3 71 ? ? ?

2025-26 2 61 16-18

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

25 of 28 Seasons With 20 Wins

Creighton has won 20 or more games in 25 of the last 28 seasons, a feat that puts the Jays among an exclusive group, nationally.

Most 20-Win Seasons, Last 28 Seasons

Team 20-Win Seasons

Gonzaga 28

Kansas 28

Duke 27

Kentucky 26

Creighton 25

Arizona 24

Florida 24

Michigan State 24

BYU 23

North Carolina 23

Ohio State 23

Wisconsin 23

Among The Best

Creighton owns more BIG EAST wins (91) than any other school since the 2019-20 season started, five more than Connecticut's 86.

Since the league's 2013 realignment, Villanova has 176 league wins to lead the BIG EAST by a wide margin, but Creighton's 147 league victories are second-most.

Most Men's Basketball BIG EAST Wins

(2019-20 to 2025-26)

Team W L Pct.

Creighton 91 46 .664

UConn 86 30 .741

Villanova 86 47 .647

Marquette 78 58 .574

St. John's 77 59 .566

Providence 71 63 .530

Seton Hall 69 67 .507

Xavier 65 65 .500

Butler 52 86 .377

Georgetown 30 103 .226

DePaul 26 107 .195

Most Men's Basketball BIG EAST Wins

(2013-14 to 2025-26)

Team W L Pct.

Villanova 176 65 .730

Creighton 147 98 .600

Xavier 131 107 .550

Providence 129 113 .533

Marquette 130 114 .533

Seton Hall 122 122 .500

St. John's 117 127 .480

Butler 106 140 .431

UConn 86 30 .741

Georgetown 77 165 .318

DePaul 51 191 .211

Postseason Regulars

Not counting the 2019-20 season when the postseason was canceled due to COVID-19 (Creighton was ranked No. 7 nationally in the final poll), Creighton is one of 11 schools to have made the postseason each of the last 10 seasons.

Here's that list, which doesn't count 2019-20 (COVID-19), nor any postseason trips that were later vacated.

Most Consecutive Postseasons, Active Streaks

(includes 2025-26, but not 2019-20 due to COVID-19)

Streak Team NCAA NIT Crown

37 Michigan State 33 4 -

36 Kansas 36 - -

28 Gonzaga 27 1 -

17 Saint Mary's 11 6 -

14 Baylor 11 2 1

13 Villanova 10 2 1

11 Alabama 7 4 -

11 Purdue 11 - -

10 Creighton 7 2 1

10 Houston 8 2 -

10 Florida 7 3 -

Top Five Finish

Despite a 9-11 league record last winter, Creighton finished fifth in the BIG EAST. It was the 10th straight season CU has finished in the top-five or better, good for the league's longest streak in more than three decades.

It's the longest active streak in the BIG EAST, and third-longest in league history. Georgetown finished in the top-five in the first 11 seasons of the BIG EAST from 1979-80 to 1989-90, and Syracuse did it in 15 years in a row from 1981-82 to 1995-96.

Creighton's BIG EAST Finish History

Year Finish Final League W-L

2013-14 2nd 14-4

2014-15 T-9th 4-14

2015-16 6th 9-9

2016-17 T-3rd 10-8

2017-18 T-3rd 10-8

2018-19 T-3rd 9-9

2019-20 T-1st 13-5

2020-21 2nd 14-4

2021-22 4th 12-7

2022-23 3rd 13-7

2023-24 T-2nd 14-6

2024-25 2nd 15-5

2025-26 5th 9-11

Longest BIG EAST Streaks, 5th Place or Better

Streak Team Streak Started Streak Ended

15 Syracuse 1981-82 1995-96

11 Georgetown 1979-80 1989-90

10 Creighton 2016-17 Present

Release, Rotation, Splash, Repeat

Creighton has made at least one three-pointer in 1,090 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 Entering 2026-27

Rk. Streak School Next Game

1. 1,302 Duke 11/2

2. 1,295 UNLV 11/3

3. 1,225 East Tennessee State 11/2

4. 1,198 Oakland 11/2

1,198 Texas 11/2

6. 1,194 Pacific 11/3

7. 1,131 Marshall 11/2

8. 1,129 Gonzaga 11/2

9. 1,109 Princeton 11/2

10. 1,090 Creighton 11/2

11. 1,082 Long Island 11/2

12. 1,072 Mount St. Mary's 11/2

Triple Trouble

During Creighton's current streak of 1,090 straight games with a three-pointer, the Jays have drained 8,833 trifectas, an average of 8.10 treys per game.

Only five times in the streak has Creighton made just one three-pointer, but on 341 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 117-38 when making eight or more three-pointers, compared to a 39-41 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: 106 times 6: 116 times

7: 156 times 8: 139 times 9: 97 times

10: 97 times 11: 67 times 12: 65 times

13: 55 times 14: 27 times 15: 9 times

16: 10 times 17: 5 times 18: 1 time

19: 2 times 20: 1 time 21: 1 time 22: 1 time

Three's Company

Creighton has made five or more three-pointers in 105 straight games that count, the nation's second-longest active streak.

It's the longest streak by a BIG EAST team in at least 20 years, and almost certainly ever.

Longest Active Streaks of 5+ 3FG Made

Rk. Streak School Next Reg-Season Game

1. 129 North Florida 11/3

2. 103 Creighton 11/2

3. 99 Wofford 11/3

CHI Health Center Omaha Dramatics

Creighton is 10-8 in contests with a game-winning go-ahead score in the final 10 seconds at CHI Health Center Omaha, which opened in 2003.

Last year Austin Swartz hit a shot with 0.6 seconds left to beat Xavier on January 21st, CU's first game-winner in the final 10 seconds at CHI Health Center Omaha since 2020. With Swartz out of the line-up on Feb. 7th, Nik Graves buried a game-winning three-pointer with 2.5 seconds left to stun Seton Hall.

Creighton's Go-Ahead Scores in Wins at

CHI Health Center Omaha, Last 10 Seconds

Date Opponent Score Player/Score Time

11/26/05 Dayton W 91-90* Funk FG :5.7

01/28/06 Wichita St. W 57-55 Tolliver FG :0.0

11/25/06 George Mason W 58-56 Watts FT :7.5

03/18/08 Rhode Island W 74-73 Witter 3FG :3.2

01/13/10 Southern Illinois W 71-69 Young FG :1.3

02/18/12 Long Beach St. W 81-79 Young FG :0.3

01/28/14 St. John's W 63-60 McDermott 3FG :2.8

01/18/20 Providence W 78-74 Zegarowski 3FG :3.2

01/21/26 Xavier W 94-93 Swartz FG :0.6

02/07/26 Seton Hall W 69-68 Graves 3FG :2.5

*double-overtime

Opponent Go-Ahead Scores in CU Losses at

CHI Health Center Omaha, Last 10 Seconds

Date Opponent Score Player/Score Time

03/20/06 Miami (Fla.) L 53-52 G. Diaz FT :2.6

01/20/07 Southern Illinois L 58-57 B. Mullins FG :4.1

01/10/15 #19 Seton Hall L 68-67 S. Gibbs 3FG :2.2

02/16/15 #19 Butler L 58-56 R. Jones FG :1.9

03/07/15 Xavier L 74-73 D. Davis FT's :6.3

01/12/16 #12 Providence L 50-48 K. Dunn FG :0.0

02/22/17 Providence L 68-66 K. Cartwright 3FG :2.4

02/10/18 #5 Xavier L 71-72 Q. Goodin FT's :0.3

Let's Go On A Run

Creighton unleashed a 23-0 run on Iowa State during its exhibition meeting last season, turning an early 8-4 deficit into a 27-8 lead over a span of just under seven minutes (6:57).

Dating back to the start of the 2021-22 season, it was Creighton's largest run in any game, including exhibitions. Below is that list.

Longest Creighton Runs Since 2021-22

Run Opponent (Score change) Date

23-0* #16 Iowa State (4-8 to 27-8) 10/17/25

21-0* Upper Iowa (32-29 to 53-29) 10//30/21

20-0 Texas Southern (61-44 to 81-44) 11/18/23

19-0 vs. #11 Providence (37-27 to 56-27) 03/11/22

19-0 Georgetown (0-0 to 19-0) 03/01/23

18-0 Houston Christian (19-9 to 37-9) 11/13/24

*exhibition game

CHI Health Center Omaha Success

Creighton has played 387 regular and postseason contests at CHI Health Center Omaha all-time in the now 23-year-old facility.

The Bluejays own a 317-70 (.819) 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 30,437-25,559 in games at CHI Health Center Omaha, an average margin of 12.60 points per game. Creighton has not trailed 95 different times.

Incredibly, Creighton hasn't trailed in its home opener in 10 of the past 25 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 36-41 all-time in the 77 games at the arena in which it's fallen behind by double-figures at any point, 8-16 when down by 10+ points at halftime in the facility, and 43-35 when trailing at halftime at CHI Health Center Omaha.

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 335-69 (.829) at home since the start of the 2002-03 campaign.

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. 18,650 #2 Connecticut 01/31/26

9. 18,613 Wichita State 03/02/13