Creighton Men’s Basketball Notes For more information, call Sports Information Director Rob Anderson at (402) 280-5544 Game #2 • November 18, 2006 #20 Creighton Bluejays (1-0) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-0) Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,595) • Lincoln, Neb. • 7:05 p.m.
Next Game Live Stats Information Bluejay Men’s Basketball Creighton (1-0) hits the road for the first time this Saturday’s game will have live stats. Fans can Schedule & Results season for its annual intrastate game against find a link on Creighton’s web site at rival Nebraska (1-0). w w w. g o c r e i g h t o n . c o m, or visit November The teams will tangle on Saturday, Nov. 18 www.huskers.com. 2 EA SPORTS (Ex.) W 80-76 (OT) in Lincoln, Neb. Tip off at the Bob Devaney 8 NEBRASKA-OMAHA (Ex.) W 73-56 Sports Center (13,595) is set for 7:05 pm. Scouting #20 Creighton 13 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W 78-42 Creighton is 1-0 on the season after a 78-42 vic- 18 at Nebraska (NET2) 7:05 pm Radio Broadcast Information tory over Mississippi Valley State on Monday. 25 GEORGE MASON (KMTV) 1:05 pm KXSP (“Big Sports 590” AM) will broadcast all The Bluejays return nine lettermen and 29 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 7:05 pm Creighton men’s basketball games during the four starters from last season’s team that fin- 2006-07 season. The audio is also webcast live ished 20-10. Creighton also returns star guard December at www.bigsports590.com. T. Scott Marr and Nate Funk after the senior missed most of last 6 at Dayton (ESPNU) 8:05 pm Kevin Sarver will call the action. season with a shoulder injury. 9 XAVIER (KMTV) 7:05 pm Before all home games and Saturday’s Much of the preseason discussion has 16 at Fresno State (KMTV) 9:00 pm game in Lincoln, Big Sports 590 afternoon host centered on the health of the CU backcourt, Matt Perrault will host a call-in show focusing most notably Funk and sophomore J o s h Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) on the Bluejays, starting at 6 pm that leads into Dotzler. Funk appears healed, while Dotzler 21 vs. Valparaiso 11:30 pm the pre-game show. Perrault will also take calls continues to rehab from off-season knee 22 vs. Charlotte/Houston TBA after the game, also on Big Sports 590. surgery. Look for him to be eased into the line- 23 vs. TBA TBA up as his health progresses. Television Broadcast Information Nick Porter, Dane Watts and Anthony 30 MISSOURI STATE* (ESPN2) 3:05 pm S a t u r d a y ’s game at Nebraska will air on Tolliver also return to the starting five. Porter statewide television, thanks to an agreement was MVC Newcomer of the Year in 2006, while January with Cox Communications Omaha and NET Tolliver was tabbed captain of the MVC’s Most 1 ILLINOIS STATE* 2:05 pm Television. The game will be distributed on Improved Team. Watts owns 54 straight starts at 4 at Indiana State* 6:05 pm NET2 (Cox Channel 16 in Omaha). G r e g power forward. 6 at Evansville* (KMTV) 7:05 pm Sharpe and Matt Davison will announce. A highly-ballyhooed recruiting class of 9 DRAKE* (KMTV) 7:05 pm Broadcast outlets still needing coordinates seven newcomers will also look to make a dif- 12 at Northern Iowa* (FSN) 7:35 pm will need to contact NET for authorization. Out- ference. Kansas transfer Nick Bahe will fight 15 at Wichita State* (KMTV) 7:05 pm of-town sports bars and homes will not be grant- with true freshmen Isacc Miles and D’Angalo 18 BRADLEY* (NET1) 7:05 pm ed permission and won’t have the necessary Jackson for time in the backcourt. Redlands CC 20 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS* (FSN) 7:05 pm hardware to receive the equipment. transfer Ty Morrison will see time on the wing 24 at Missouri State* (KMTV) 7:05 pm and post. Freshmen Aaron Brandt and Casey 27 INDIANA STATE* (KMTV) 1:05 pm Video Webcast Available Harriman both play the wing and are redshirt 31 at Bradley* (FSN) 7:35 pm A video webcast will be available on Nebraska candidates. Sophomore Chad Millard will sit A t h l e t i c s ’ premium subscription site at out the season after transferring in from February w w w. h u s k e r s n s i d e . c o m. Fans will need to Louisville. 3 at Drake* (FSN) 6:35 pm subscribe, with the cheapest option being $9.95 Creighton is ranked 20th in the Associated 7 EVANSVILLE* (NET1) 7:05 pm for a monthly subscription. Press poll and 25th in the USA Today/ESPN 10 at Southern Illinois* (ESPN2) 5:05 pm 13 NORTHERN IOWA* (ESPNU) 8:05 pm Probable Starters 17 ESPN BRACKETBUSTERS (ESPN2) TBA #20 Creighton (1-0, 0-0 Missouri Valley) 20 at Illinois State* 7:05 pm No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG MISC Hometown 24 WICHITA STATE* (ESPN2) 4:05 pm 3 Nick Porter G 6-3 210 Sr. 14.0 7.0 Also 3 steals vs. MVSU Compton, Calif. 10 Nate Funk G 6-3 195 Sr. 13.0 5.0 Preseason MVC P O Y Sioux City, Iowa March 34 Nick Bahe G 6-3 190 Jr. 2.0 3.0 Lincoln native returns home Lincoln, Neb. State Farm MVC Tournament 44 Anthony Tolliver C 6-9 245 Sr. 14.0 3.0 Preseason 1st-team all-MVC Springfield, Mo. 1 First Round TBA 50 Dane Watts F 6-8 220 Jr. 8.0 5.0 12 reb., 5 stl vs. NU last yr. Warrensburg, Mo. 2 Quarterfinals (FSN) TBA Nebraska (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) 3 Semifinals (FSN) TBA No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG MISC Hometown 4 Championship (CBS) 1:05 pm 1 Sek Henry G 6-3 180 Fr. 8.0 1.0 Top scorer both exhibitions Los Angeles, Calif. 3 Charles Richardson Jr. G 5-9 165 Sr. 8.0 3.0 4 steals vs. UNO Maywood, Ill. *Missouri Valley Conference regular season games 21 Aleks Maric C 6-11 270 Jr. 29.0 10.0 Appendix removed Nov. 4 Sydney, Australia All times listed are Central and subject to change Home games in BOLD CAPS at Qwest Center OMAHA 31 Jamel White G 6-3 190 So. 18.0 1.0 2006 Big 12 all-Freshman Te a m Brooklyn, N.Y. 44 Ryan Anderson G 6-4 195 Fr. 9.0 11.0 GW trey beat Neb.-Kearney Seattle, Wash. Associated Press Top 25 Poll Coaches Poll. The Bluejays also were picked to pointer to beat Nebraska-Kearney in his first Poll #1 • Released Nov. 13, 2006 win the MVC in a preseason poll of league exhibition contest as a Husker. Rk School W-L Pts. LW coaches, SID’s and media. 1. Florida (65) 1-0 1790 1 The Coaches 2. North Carolina (7) 0-0 1704 2 Scouting Nebraska The dean of Missouri Valley Conference coach- 3. Kansas 1-0 1638 3 4. Pittsburgh 1-0 1421 4 Nebraska opened its 2006-07 regular-season es, Creighton’s Dana Altman (Eastern New 5. Ohio State 3-0 1418 7 with a 76-62 win over Nebraska-Omaha on Mexico, 1980) is his 13th year as head coach of 6. UCLA 0-0 1403 6 Tu e s d a y. That came after NU d e f e a t e d the Bluejays. He owns a 239-130 (.648) mark at 7. LSU 0-0 1387 5 Nebraska-Kearney 74-72 on Nov. 6 and fell to CU and a career record of 322-197 (.620) in his 8. Georgetown 1-0 1265 8 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 54-50 on Nov. 11 18th year as an NCAA Division I head coach. 9. Wisconsin 1-0 1235 9 in exhibition play. C r e i g h t o n ’s all-time winningest coach, 10. Alabama 1-0 1131 11 Junior center Aleks Maric missed both Altman has been named national, conference, 11. Duke 1-0 1078 12 12. Texas A&M 1-0 923 13 exhibition games after having his appendix regional or district coach of the year in 10 of his 13. Memphis 0-0 832 14 removed, but returned to the court in a big way previous 21 years as a head coach. The 2001 14. Boston College 1-0 812 15 on Tuesday. Maric, who was third in the Big 12 and 2002 MVC Coach of the Year was a finalist 15. Arizona 0-1 713 10 with 10 double-doubles last year, had 29 points for the Naismith National Coach of the Year 16. Marquette 1-0 589 16 and 10 rebounds in 29 minutes against the Award in 2003. In 2004, Altman was named the 17. Washington 1-0 554 17 Mavericks. Collegeinsider.com Jim Phelan National Mid- 18. Syracuse 3-0 443 20 19. Texas 2-0 398 21 Sophomore Jamel White, a member of the Season Coach of the Year. Additionally, Altman 20. Creighton 0-0 395 19 Big 12’s All-Freshman Team last year, is anoth- has led Creighton to six NCAA Tournaments and 21. Connecticut 1-0 369 18 er veteran scoring threat after averaging 8.7 his teams have played in the postseason in nine 22. Kentucky 0-0 344 22 points per game a year ago. Also returning to straight seasons. He is helped by a s s i s t a n t 23. Georgia Tech 1-0 283 23 the backcourt is senior guard C h a r l e s c o a c h e s Brian Fish, Darian DeVries a n d 24. Nevada 1-0 216 24 Richardson Jr. Richardson had 100 assists Kevin McKenna. Jake Muhleisen is the team’s 25. Tennessee 1-0 199 25 and just 52 turnovers last season while running graduate manager. Others receiving votes: Wichita State 153, Gonzaga 125, Southern Illinois 120, Xavier 92, the point. Nebraska is coached by Doc Sadler, who Virginia 73, Florida State 55, Louisville 53, A highly-hyped group of newcomers has owns a 1-0 record in his first year with the Villanova 42, Illinois 34, Indiana 17, Oklahoma also made an immediate impact. Freshman Sek Cornhuskers. Sadler spent the previous two State 16, Arkansas 14, DePaul 11, San Diego Henry had nine points and 11 rebounds against seasons at UTEP, where he was 48-18, before State 9, Virginia Tech 8, Michigan 6, Houston 5, UNO after pacing the club in scoring for both replacing Barry Collier in early August. Sadler Hofstra 4, Maryland 4, Kansas State 4, Oregon exhibition games. Another freshman starter, is assisted by Tony Benford, Philip Mathews 2, Bucknell 2, Bradley 2, Dayton 1, Akron 1, Ryan Anderson, hit a game-winning three- and David Anwar. George Mason 1, BYU 1, Harvard 1, Mississippi State 1, Purdue 1, USC 1
USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll Creighton Players Career Stats vs. Nebraska Poll #1 • Released Nov. 13, 2006 N a m e GP-GS FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct Reb Avg A T B S Pts Avg HI Rk School W-L Pts. LW Porter 1-1 3-13 .231 0-3 .000 7-8 .875 6 6.0 2 4 1 1 13 13.0 13 1. Florida (30) 1-0 772 1 Funk 4-3 13-34 .382 7-15 .467 8-11 .727 11 2.8 7 4 0 4 41 10.3 13 2. North Carolina 0-0 729 2 3. Kansas 1-0 711 3 Watts 2-1 5-13 .385 1-5 .200 5-6 .833 15 7.5 1 2 0 5 16 8.0 9 4. Ohio State (1) 3-0 633 4 Bahe* 2-0 2-3 .667 2-3 .667 0-0 --- 1 0.5 0 1 0 0 6 3.0 6 5. Pittsburgh 1-0 598 5 Dotzler 1-1 1-6 .167 1-2 .500 0-0 --- 3 3.0 1 3 0 4 3 3.0 3 6. UCLA 0-0 593 5 Sitzmann 1-0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 3 7. LSU 0-0 564 7 Tolliver 3-2 2-11 .182 0-1 .000 4-6 .667 14 4.7 1 1 4 1 8 2.7 6 8. Georgetown 1-0 547 8 Hibma 1-0 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 2-2 1.000 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2 9. Wisconsin 1-0 545 9 10. Duke 1-0 502 11 Nengsu 1-0 0-5 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 --- 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 -- 11. Alabama 1-0 432 12 Totals 16-8 27-86 .314 12-30 .400 26-33 .788 52 3.3 12 15 5 15 92 5.8 13 12. Texas A&M 1-0 362 13 *includes Bahe’s games at Kansas vs. Nebraska 13. Memphis 0-0 356 14 14. Boston College 1-0 310 15 Series History With Nebraska 15. Washington 1-0 261 16 Cornhuskers lead series, 22-17 12/09/87 at Creighton W 88-73 16. Arizona 0-1 258 10 Home: 12-9 Away: 5-13 Neutral: 0-0 11/26/88 at Nebraska L 77-86 17. Marquette 1-0 226 17 Date Site W-L Score 12/14/89 at Creighton W 86-83 18. Texas 2-0 222 19 1922-23 at Creighton W 46-24 12/06/90 at Nebraska L 63-97 19. Connecticut 1-0 194 18 1923-24 at Nebraska L 21-25 12/07/91 at Creighton L 85-90 20. Syracuse 3-0 184 20 02/28/25 at Creighton L 11-15 12/10/92 at Nebraska L 83-100 21. Georgia Tech 1-0 156 21 01/09/26 at Creighton L 15-20 12/09/93 at Creighton L 53-67 22. Kentucky 0-0 121 22 02/15/26 at Nebraska W 15-11 12/07/94 at Nebraska L 57-85 23. Nevada 1-0 103 25 03/04/32 at Creighton W 47-18 12/06/95 at Creighton L 67-88 01/08/97 at Nebraska L 52-71 24. Tennessee 1-0 102 24 03/07/32 at Nebraska W 28-26 12/09/77 at Nebraska L 58-65 12/10/97 at Creighton W 84-73 25. Creighton 0-0 89 23 12/09/78 at Creighton W 78-61 12/09/98 at Nebraska L 60-76 Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 73, Wi c h i t a 12/08/79 at Nebraska L 55-64 12/09/99 at Creighton W 89-72 State 60, Louisville 54, Southern Illinois 48, Xavier 12/06/80 at Creighton (ot) W 66-61 01/02/01 at Nebraska W 62-51 35, Illinois 34, Air Force 25, Villanova 24, San 12/05/81 at Nebraska L 46-86 12/12/01 at Creighton W 76-70 Diego State 21, Michigan State 21, Oklahoma 12/04/82 at Creighton L 62-65 12/21/02 at Nebraska W 81-73 State 18, Michigan 17, Maryland 16, Virginia 14, 12/03/83 at Nebraska L 56-65 12/10/03 at Creighton W 61-54 DePaul 9, Florida State 9, George Mason 8, 03/15/84 at Creighton-# L 54-56 03/16/04 at Creighton-# L 70-71 12/11/04 at Nebraska W 50-48 Indiana 4, Houston 3, George Washington 2, BYU 12/08/84 at Creighton L 73-78 12/07/85 at Nebraska L 52-71 12/11/05 at Creighton W 70-44 2, Hofstra 2, Saint Louis 2, Winthrop 2, 12/06/86 at Creighton W 78-66 # National Invitation Tournament Mississippi State 1, New Mexico State 1. 01/03/87 at Nebraska (ot) L 65-70 The Series With Nebraska Miscellaneous Statistics, Trends and Tidbits Nebraska leads the all-time series with Creighton by a 22-17 margin, but the Bluejays 2005-06 Creighton Trends have won the last seven regular-season meet- Current Streak ...... Lost 1 When Leading at Halftime ...... 0-0 ings. The Jays are 5-13 in Lincoln all-time, but Overall Record ...... 0-0 Home ...... 0-0 have won its last three trips there. MVC Record ...... 0-0 Away ...... 0-0 Creighton won four of the first seven meet- Last 5 Games ...... 4-1 Neutral ...... 0-0 ings in the history of the series before a 45-year Last 10 Games ...... 8-2 When Trailing at Halftime ...... 0-0 Overtime Games ...... 0-0 Home ...... 0-0 break where the in-state rivals did not play each Longest Winning Streak ...... None Away ...... 0-0 other. The series has been played at least once Home Winning Streak ...... Won 4 Neutral ...... 0-0 annually since 1977 and is CU’s longest running Creighton’s Record When... non-conference series by a landslide. Jays shot 40% or better from field ...... 0-0 Field Goal Shooting FGM-FGA Pct. Dana Altman is 8-5 vs. the Huskers since Opponent shot 40% or better from field ...... 0-0 Home ...... 26-66 .394 coming to Creighton and 11-11 overall if you Jays shot less than 40% from field ...... 1-0 Away ...... 0-0 –– include his 3-6 mark while at Big Eight foe at Opponent shot less than 40% from field ...... 1-0 Neutral ...... 0-0 –– Kansas State. Jays shot 40% or better from 3-pt range . . . . .0-0 Free Throw Shooting FTM-FTA Pct. Altman has never faced Doc Sadler. Opponent shot 40% or better from 3-pt range .0-0 Home ...... 24-31 .774 Jays outrebounded opponent ...... 1-0 Away ...... 0-0 –– Opponent outrebounded Jays ...... 0-0 Neutral ...... 0-0 –– Exhibition Summary Jays scored 70 or more points ...... 1-0 Jays’ Record by Day of the Week Creighton won a pair of exhibition games, an 80- Opponent scored 70 or more points ...... 0-0 Sunday ...... 0-0 76 overtime decision over EA Sports, and a 73- Jays allowed fewer than 70 points ...... 1-0 Monday ...... 1-0 56 triumph over Nebraska-Omaha. Preseason Opponent allowed fewer than 70 points ...... 0-0 Tuesday ...... 0-0 all-MVC center Anthony To l l i v e r led the A Bluejay player scored 20 or more points . . . .0-0 Wednesday ...... 0-0 Bluejays in scoring and rebounding in both con- An opposing player scored 20 or more points .0-0 Thursday ...... 0-0 tests while averaging 19.5 ppg. and 8.0 rpg. A Bluejay player had 10 or more rebounds . . .0-0 Friday ...... 0-0 An opposing player had 10 or more rebounds .0-0 Saturday ...... 0-0 Bluejay Statistical Leaders (Includes all ties) Last Game Recap Points: Tolliver 1, Porter 1 Creighton beat Mississippi Valley State, 78-42, Rebounds: Porter 1 on Monday in Omaha. It was the Bluejays sev- Assists: Miles 1, Tolliver 1 enth-straight season-opening win by 20 or more Steals: Miles 1, Porter 1, Watts 1 points. Nick Porter and Anthony Tolliver each Blocks: Tolliver 1, Watts 1, Porter 1, Morrison 1 had 14 points to pace the victors. Margin of Victory and Defeat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 36 Last Season Recap Bluejay Wins — — — — — — — — — — 1 Creighton finished with a 20-10 record and Bluejay Losses — — — — — — — — — — — Jays on Televison (0-0) reached the second round of the National None Invitation Tournament. Creighton started 17-5 before losing point Buzzer Beaters Muhleisen Now On Bluejay Bench guard Josh Dotzler to a season-ending knee Two of the last three Creighton-Nebraska After four years as a player at Nebraska, Jake injury on Feb. 11. Nate Funk, a preseason All- games have gone to the final horn, with the Muhleisen traded in his scarlet & cream color American guard, received a medical redshirt home team missing a potential game-winning scheme for blue & white last year. Muhleisen is after playing in just six games before season- buzzer beater in each. now a graduate manager for Creighton and is ending shoulder surgery. In the March, 2004 NIT game in Omaha, pursuing his MBA. Johnny Mathies led the team in scoring at Nate Funk had his shot from the top of the key A Lincoln native, Muhleisen was the first 13.5 points per game. Anthony Tolliver was blocked by former Husker (and Creighton’s cur- three-year captain in NU history and finished his named captain of the MVC’s Most Improved rent graduate manager) Jake Muhleisen. career with 911 points, 343 rebounds and 284 Team after averaging 13.2 points and a team- In the December, 2004 contest, NU’s assists. best 6.7 rebounds per game. Nick Porter Marcus Neal missed a desperation heave at the earned MVC Newcomer of the Year accolades horn after CU’s Kellen Miliner drained a game- Big Win, Bigger Margin after averaging 9.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per winning shot with 0.7 seconds left. Last year’s 26-point win over Nebraska ranks as game. Last year didn’t include any buzzer-beat- C r e i g h t o n ’s second-largest margin of victory ers, as Creighton won 70-44. ever over Nebraska, trailing a 47-18 Bluejay tri- First Of Two Meetings? umph on March 4, 1932. Following the 1932 Saturday night’s meeting is the first of two Battle of the Unbeatens season, the rivalry was discontinued for 45 potential match-ups between Creighton and Saturday is a rare matchup between unbeaten years and didn’t restart until 1977. Nebraska this season. It’s possible both schools Creighton and Nebraska teams. Only five of the Creighton’s 26-point win was the MVC’s could face off on Dec. 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, as previous 39 meetings have had both teams largest over any Big 12 team since the formation part of the Rainbow Classic. enter the game with unbeaten records. of that league 11 years ago, two more than the According to www. a i r t i m e t a b l e . c o m , CU W-L NU W-L Result Date Jays’ 78-54 win over Missouri in 2004. Honolulu is 3,785 miles away from Lincoln, Neb. 1-0 1-0 ? ? ? 11/18/06 Creighton and Nebraska met twice during 4-0 5-0 CU 61-54 12/10/03 Big 12 Behemoth’s both the 1983-84 and 2003-04 seasons (once in 2-0 5-0 NU 88-67 12/06/95 Creighton has won 10 consecutive regular-sea- the regular-season, once in the NIT), but have 0-0 0-0 NU 86-77 11/26/88 2-0 3-0 NU 64-55 12/08/79 son wins over Big 12 schools, a streak that start- not played twice in the same regular-season 3-0 1-0 NU 65-58 12/09/77 ed on Dec. 20, 1998 with a 66-60 win over #18 since splitting two contests in 1986-87. Oklahoma State. The Bluejays own seven wins against Nebraska, one versus Missouri (2004), MVC Standings (11/16) one against Oklahoma State (1998) and one incredible numbers. Let’s take another look: MVC only All Games against Baylor (1999) in that time. - Creighton limited Nebraska to just 11 first- Team W L W L By comparison, no other team in the Big 12 half points, matching CU’s best defensive effort Bradley 0 0 2 0 has a longer regular-season winning streak in the last 20 years. The Jays surrendered just Wichita State 0 0 2 0 against league foes than seven (Texas A&M). 11 first-half points to Alcorn State in the 2004-05 Creighton 0 0 1 0 Kansas owns the league’s best record in its last season-opening 74-40 victory. The last time Missouri State 0 0 1 0 10 Big 12 games with an 9-1 mark down the Creighton allowed less than 11 points in a half Southern Illinois 0 0 1 0 stretch last season. was on March 6, 1984, when it gave up 10 first Indiana State 0 0 1 0 half points to Bradley. Northern Iowa 0 0 2 1 First Time Flops - The Huskers missed their first 11 two- Illinois State 0 0 1 2 Nebraska coach Doc Sadler is new to the point attempts and finished the first half just 1-of- Drake 0 0 0 0 Creighton/Nebraska rivalry, and will be looking 18 (5.6 percent) from two-point range in the Evansville 0 0 0 1 to do something that’s been done just once in opening 20 minutes. more than 80 years on Saturday...win the first - Nebraska’s 31 turnovers were its most in 2006-07 Honors & Awards game he’s coached in this rivalry. school history. Nate Funk Collegeinsider.com Preseason Mid-Major Former Husker mentor Joe Cipriano is the - Creighton won despite shooting just 29.7 All-America Team last coach to win his first game in this series. percent. It was CU’s first win while shooting Foxsports.com Preseason All-American That came on Dec. 9, 1977 against Creighton’s under 30 percent from the field since Dec. 22, Second Team Tom Apke, another coaching making his debut 1988 vs. Montana State. Preseason all-MVC in the series. - Nebraska shot even worse from the floor Preseason Associated Press honorable- Arthur A. Schabinger is the only at 27.4 percent. That was the fourth-lowest by a mention All-American Creighton coach to win his first game in this Bluejay opponent under Dana Altman. Preseason MVC Player of the Year series. That came all the way back in 1922-23, - It ranked as the first game under Dana the first game ever played between the schools. Altman in which both teams shot less than 30 Anthony Tolliver Below is the complete list: percent. Preseason all-MVC First Game Coaching in Creighton/Nebraska Series - Nebraska center Aleks Maric did not Date Coach, Team Result Score score in 14 minutes of play. Maric was 0-for-5 1922-23 Arthur A. Schabinger, CU W 46-24 2006-07 MVC Preseason Poll from the field. 1. Creighton (29) ...... 386 1922-23 Owen A. Frank, NU L 46-24 2. Southern Illinois (9) ...... 353 1923-24 W.E. Kline, NU W 25-21 01/09/26 Ernest Bearg, NU W 20-15 Season Opener History 3. Wichita State (2) ...... 325 03/04/32 Charles T. Black, NU L 47-18 Creighton improved to a sparkling 75-14 record 4. Missouri State ...... 289 12/09/77 Joe Cipriano, NU W 65-58 (.843) on opening day, including 10 straight 5. UNI ...... 223 12/09/77 Tom Apke, CU L 65-58 6. Evansville ...... 163 12/06/80 Moe Iba, NU L 66-61 (ot) wins. That Jays are 12-1 (.923) under Dana 7. Drake ...... 150 12/05/81 Willis Reed, CU L 86-46 Altman in season-openers, with the only set- 8. Bradley ...... 136 12/07/85 Tony Barone, CU L 71-52 back being an 85-77 decision at Wyoming to 9. Illinois State ...... 125 12/06/86 Danny Nee, NU L 78-66 open the 1996-97 campaign. 12/07/91 Rick Johnson, CU L 90-85 Including 2006, Creighton has won seven 10. Indiana State ...... 48 12/07/94 Dana Altman, CU L 85-57 Poll determined by panel of league sports 01/02/01 Barry Collier, NU L 62-51 straight season-openers by 20 or more points. information directors and media. The Jays have outscored opponents by an aver- Point Guard Starts age of 84.6 to 47.4 in those games. MVC Preseason Team With his first start at Creighton, junior Nick Bahe Nate Funk, Sr., Creighton* became just the sixth CU player to start at point Good Defense, A Good Sign Anthony Tolliver, Sr., Creighton guard in the last 10 years. Below is a compari- Creighton held Mississippi Valley State to just 42 Blake Ahearn, Sr., Missouri State son of each player’s first starts: points in its Nov. 13 season-opening triumph. Grant Stout, Sr., Northern Iowa Stat Score Pts. Reb. Ast. TO Stl. Min. That’s good news, since each of the previous Jamaal Tatum, Sr., Southern Illinois Sears W 81-59 8 1 4 1 2 28 eight times that Creighton has held its season- Tony Young, Sr., Southern Illinois Bowden W 72-51 10 1 3 4 3 20 opening opponent to 50 points or less, the *Preseason Player of the Year McKinney W 90-65 3 1 1 1 0 18 Mathies W 59-54 9 0 1 1 1 33 Bluejays have advanced to the postseason. That list is seen below: Weekly Rankings Dotzler L 57-72 7 2 5 2 3 34 Bahe W 78-42 2 3 2 1 1 20 Date Opponent Score NCAA/NIT Date AP USA Today 11/30/73 Regis W 93-38 NCAA Preseason 19 23 Lincoln Homecoming 11/27/76 St. Thomas (MN) W 79-39 NIT November 13 20 25 11/30/90 UT San Antonio W 93-47 NCAA Junior guard Nick Bahe will return to his home- 11/14/98 Towson State W 93-48 NCAA Pronunciation Guide town on Saturday, this time wearing Bluejay 11/20/00 Western Illinois W 96-50 NCAA Nick Bahe . . . . . BAH blue. 11/17/02 Texas-Arlington W 106-50 NCAA Darian DeVries . Darren • Duh-VREES A Lincoln Southeast High School product, 11/22/03 San Diego W 76-44 NIT Bahe spent two years at Kansas before trans- 11/15/04 Alcorn State W 74-40 NCAA Josh Dotzler . . . DOTES-ler 11/13/06 Mississippi Valley St. W 78-42 ? ? ? Manny Gakou . . GACK-ew ferring to Creighton. Pierce Hibma . . . HIB-ma After sitting out last season, he has started November Reign Chad Millard . . . MILL-erd at guard in both Creighton exhibitions as well as Creighton is 28-2 in regular-season November Brice Nengsu. . . BREES • NEN-sue the season-opener against Mississippi Valley games since the start of the 1998-99 campaign. Dustin Sitzmann SITS-minn State. A Nov. 30, 2005 loss at DePaul snapped an 18- game win streak in the 11th month. Substitutions Number Crunching Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L Dana Altman is 20-0 in November home A return visit to the box score between last games at Creighton. CU’s last home loss in Mississippi Valley St. 52 29 +23 W y e a r ’s game with Nebraska reveals some Nebraska November came in 1989, when it fell to Coppin Bench Scoring State on Nov. 27. a Bluejay newcomer making his debut since Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L Edward St. Fleur’s 36 minutes on Nov. 25, Mississippi Valley St. 27 24 +3 W Home Opener History 1995. Nebraska Including Monday’s win over Mississippi Valley Below is a look at how Creighton’s current George Mason State, Creighton is 71-10 (.877) in home open- players did in their regular-season debut in a Arkansas-Pine Bluff ers since 1924-25. Before that time game loca- Division I uniform. TOTAL 27 24 +3 tions are incomplete. Between 1936 and 1980, Name Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Min. 2005-06 TOTAL 445 423 +22 the Jays went 41-2 in home openers, including Miles 10 5 3 3 29 2004-05 TOTAL 800 595 +205 Porter 9 10 2 1 17 21 straight wins from 1946-66. Nengsu 6 4 0 0 14 2003-04 TOTAL 725 597 +128 Creighton is now 12-1 under Dana Altman Hibma 4 0 0 0 18 in home openers, losing only his home debut, Watts 4 1 2 1 11 Points In The Paint 77-70, against SMU in 1994. Altman’s 12 wins in Funk 3 5 4 1 21 Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L home openers is the most in Creighton history, Lawson Jr. 3 5 1 1 11 Mississippi Valley St. 46 18 +28 W Dotzler 3 2 2 1 22 just ahead of coaching legends Red McManus Nebraska Morrison 2 4 0 0 15 (9) and A.A. Schabinger (9). George Mason Gakou 2 0 1 0 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Altman is 9-3 in his first game away from Millard (@UL) 2 0 0 0 5 home since coming to Creighton. Tolliver 0 1 2 0 7 TOTAL 46 18 +28 Bahe (@KU) 0 0 0 0 1 2005-06 TOTAL 751 680 +71 Sitzmann 0 0 0 0 2 2004-05 TOTAL 792 969 (-177) Playing With The Lead In The First Game 2003-04 TOTAL 767 803 (-36) Creighton has trailed for a total of 16 seconds in They Call Him The Brice its last five season-opening games. When it fell Junior Brice Nengsu showed some improve- Points Off Turnovers behind 2-0 on Monday against Mississippi State, ment on the offensive end during the preseason, Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L it was CU’s first deficit on opening day since averaging 10.0 points per game while making 7- Mississippi Valley St. 24 4 +20 W Nov. 18, 2001, covering a span of 186 minutes of-12 shots from the field. By comparison, last Nebraska of play. year he had just one game in double-figures, a George Mason Dana Altman is 10-2 in Creighton’s second 10-point effort against Wichita State on Jan. 28. Arkansas-Pine Bluff game of the season, including eight straight TOTAL 24 4 +20 W Nengsu opened the 2006-07 season with wins. Last year’s second game was a 72-52 win five points and six rebounds in 18 minutes off 2005-06 TOTAL 446 398 +48 at eventual Final Four qualifier George Mason. 2004-05 TOTAL 542 440 +102 the bench against Mississippi Valley State. 2003-04 TOTAL 448 379 +69 Hello, World Preseason Polls Rank Jays 19th & 23rd Isacc Miles, Ty Morrison, and Kenny Lawson 2nd-Chance Points Creighton has been voted to the No. 19 presea- Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L Jr. all appeared in their first regular-season con- son ranking in the Associated Press poll. It is Mississippi Valley St. 22 15 +7 W test on the Division I level on Monday vs. CU’s first preseason ranking from the AP, and Nebraska Mississippi Valley State. the first time it has been ranked by the writers George Mason Miles’ 10 points were Creighton’s most in a since being #24 on Jan. 12, 2004. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Division I debut since Johnny Mathies put up Creighton is the first Valley school to be TOTAL 22 15 +7 W 13 points in 2003 against San Diego. ranked in the preseason Associated Press poll 2005-06 TOTAL 307 294 +13 Miles’ three steals were the most since since Wichita State (sixth) and Tulsa (11th) were 2004-05 TOTAL 340 374 (-34) Larry House and DeAnthony Bowden in 2001. among the nation's elite in the 1981-82 pre-sea- 2003-04 TOTAL 285 265 +20 Miles’ 29 minutes played were the most by son top-25 poll. Preseason Poll Sampler -- A Look At Where Creighton Stands In Preseason Publications Lindy’s Street & Smith’s Sporting News Athlon Sports Sports Weekly Sports Illustrated 1. Creighton (#15) 1. Creighton (#17) 1. Creighton (#20) 1. Southern Illinois 1. Southern Illinois 1. K a n s a s 2. Wichita State (#17) 2. Wichita State 2. Southern Illinois (#25) 2. Creighton 2. Creighton 2 . F l o r i d a 3. Southern Illinois (#22) 3. Southern Illinois 3. Wichita State 3. Wichita State 3. Missouri State 3 . North Carolina 4. Missouri State 4. Missouri State 4. Missouri State 4. Missouri State 4. Wichita State 4 . L S U 5. Northern Iowa 5. Northern Iowa 5. Northern Iowa 5. Northern Iowa 5. Evansville 5 . U C L A 6. Drake 6. Illinois State 6. Drake 6. Evansville 6. Northern Iowa 6 . A l a b a m a 7. Evansville 7. Evansville 7. Evansville 7. Illinois State 7. Drake 7 . G e o r g e t o w n 8. Bradley 8. Drake 8. Bradley 8. Drake 8. Illinois State 8 . Ohio State 9. Illinois State 9. Bradley 9. Illinois State 9. Bradley 9. Bradley 9 . Wi s c o n s i n 10. Indiana State 10. Indiana State 10. Indiana State 10. Indiana State 10. Indiana State 1 0 . P i t t s b u r g h 11 . A r i z o n a First-Team First-Team First-Team First-Team First-Team 1 2 . Texas A & M Nate Funk Nate Funk Nate Funk Nate Funk Nate Funk 1 3 . C r e i g h t o n Anthony Tolliver Anthony Tolliver Anthony Tolliver Anthony Tolliver 1 4 . Wa s h i n g t o n Player of the Year 1 5 . D u k e Player of the Year Best Passer Player of the Year Nate Funk Creighton Postseason 1 6 . Wichita State Nate Funk Josh Dotzler Nate Funk Elite Eight Hon.-Mention A l l - A m e r i c a n Most Versatile Best Under Pressure Best Shooter Nate Funk CBS Sportsline 1. Southern Illinois (#18) Nate Funk Nate Funk Nate Funk Creighton Postseason 2. Wichita State (#22) 3. Creighton (#33) Top NBA Prospect Top NBA Prospect Best NBA Prospect Sweet 16 4. Missouri State (#41) Anthony Tolliver Nate Funk Nate Funk Second-Team Creighton Postseason Best Coach Top Five Newcomer Anthony Tolliver Sweet 16 Dana Altman Ty Morrison Individual Production Notes Creighton was also voted to the No. 23 pre- Double-Figure Scoring Games season ranking in the U S A To d a y / E S P N Funk Preseason All-American Name 2006-07 Career High Coaches poll. A pair of media outlets have awarded senior Nate Funk 1 59 38 For a complete rundown of Creighton’s his- guard Nate Funk preseason All-America hon- Anthony Tolliver 1 27 26 tory in the Associated Press poll, see page 154 ors. Foxsports.com has Funk on its preseason Nick Porter 1 19 16 of the 2006-07 Creighton M e n ’s Basketball second-team, while the Associated Press voters Isacc Miles 1 1 10 Media Guide. named him to their honorable-mention squad. Dane Watts 0 17 18 He is the only MVC player mentioned in both Josh Dotzler 0 6 15 Preseason MVC Poll Picks Jays First surveys. Pierce Hibma 0 3 13 For the fourth time in the last nine years, and A year ago, Funk was a preseason third- Brice Nengsu 0 1 10 first time since 2002-03, Creighton has been team All-American by Street & Smith’s. Chad Millard 0 1* 11 *includes Millard’s games at Louisville picked to win the MVC in a preseason poll of league coaches, SID’s and media. 10 Conference Wins x 10 Seasons Double-Figure Rebounding Games Creighton earned 29-of-40 first-place votes Last year Creighton extended its MVC record by Name 2006-07 Career High and had 386 points in the voting. Southern winning 10 or more league games for a 10th Anthony Tolliver 0 6 13 Illinois was second with nine first place votes consecutive season. Prior to Dana Altman’s Dane Watts 0 2 12 and Wichita State third with the two remaining arrival, the Bluejays had 10 or more conference Nick Porter 0 1 10 votes for the top spot. Missouri State was picked wins in only six different seasons all-time. fourth and Northern Iowa fifth. Rounding out the On a national basis, the only teams with at Double-Figure Assist Games rest of the poll were Evansville, Drake, Bradley, least 10 straight years of 10 or more league wins Name 2006-07 Career High Illinois State and Indiana State. are Arizona (21), South Carolina State (13), Josh Dotzler 0 1 10 Creighton seniors Nate Funk and Anthony Stanford (12), Kansas (12), Creighton (10) and Tolliver were both named to the six-person pre- Duke (10). 20-Point (or More) Games Name 2006-07 Career High season all-MVC team, joining Blake Ahearn Nate Funk 0 13 38 (Missouri State), Grant Stout (Northern Iowa) 20 Overall Wins x 8 Years = MVC History Anthony Tolliver 0 2 26 and the Southern Illinois backcourt of Tony Creighton is the only school in the 100-year his- Young and Jamaal Tatum. Funk was picked as tory of the Missouri Valley Conference to post 30-Point Games preseason Player of the Year, CU’s first honoree eight straight 20-win campaigns. No other Name 2006-07 Career High since Kyle Korver in 2002-03. school owns more than six straight. Nate Funk 0 2 38 Creighton is one of 11 teams nationally with 3-0 The Way To Go 20 or more wins in each of the last eight sea- Career Double-Double Games Creighton has started off 3-0 (or better) each of sons. It is joined by Arizona, Connecticut, Duke, Name 2006-07 Career the previous eight seasons. According to Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kent State, Anthony Tolliver 0 5 research by STATS Inc., the only other school to Kentucky, Oklahoma and Syracuse. start 3-0 each of the last eight seasons is 2006-07 Double-Doubles None Pittsburgh. Postseason x 9 Each of Creighton’s 3-0 starts under Dana Creighton has made either the NIT or NCAA in More Miscellaneous Statistics Altman have been culminated in a postseason nine consecutive seasons, which is the second- CU’s Biggest Halftime Lead ...... tournament appearance at the end of the year. longest streak of postseason bids in MVC histo- 14 vs. Mississippi Valley St. (30-16) , 11/13 ry. The longest streak in MVC history was 10 CU’s Biggest Halftime Lead In A Loss . . Qwest To Be The Best straight from 1966 to 1975 by Louisville...... Monday was Creighton’s 50th regular-season The only 17 schools to make the postsea- CU’s Biggest Halftime Deficit ...... contest at Qwest Center Omaha. The Bluejays son in each of the last nine years are Arizona, ...... own a 41-9 (.820) record all-time at the facility, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Creighton, Duke, CU’s Biggest Halftime Deficit In A Win. . including a perfect 11-0 figure on Wednesday’s. Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, ...... The nine losses have been by a combined Michigan State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, CU’s Biggest Overall Lead ...... 42 points. CU has outscored its opponents Stanford, Syracuse, Temple and Wake Forest. 37 vs. Mississippi Valley St. (76-39), 11/13 3,618-3,043 in games at Qwest Center Omaha, CU’s Biggest Overall Deficit ...... an average victory margin of 11.5 points per Jays Among Attendance Leaders . 2 vs. Mississippi Valley State (2-0), 11/13 game. Creighton finished the 2005-06 season ranked CU’s Biggest Margin of Victory ...... 36 vs. Mississippi Valley St. (78-42), 11/13 CU’s Biggest Margin of Defeat ...... Creighton Basketball Streaks of Note ...... Streak What Last Time Not True CU’s Biggest Lead In A Loss ...... 401 consecutive games with at least one three-pointer made 1/20/93 at Illinois State ...... 391 consecutive games with two or more three-pointers made 12/22/93 vs. Florida A&M CU’s Biggest Deficit Overcome In A Win 376 consecutive games that at least one Iowa native has played 2/05/94 vs. Wichita State . 2 vs. Mississippi Valley State (2-0), 11/13 160 consecutive home games since Creighton’s last double-digit home loss 1/3/96 vs. Bradley 62 consecutive home crowds over 8,000 12/16/02 vs. Delaware State 48 consecutive wins when scoring 80 or more points 2/19/00 vs. Southern Illinois 41 consecutive wins when scoring 90 or more points 1/11/88 vs. Southern Illinois 33 consecutive wins when holding opponents to 50 points or less 1/7/93 at Eastern Illinois 31 consecutive home crowds over 10,000 11/20/04 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 13 consecutive wins when scoring 100 or more points 2/26/77 vs. North Texas State 10 consecutive regular-season wins against the Big 12 Conference 12/9/98 at Nebraska 10 consecutive seasons with 10 or more home wins 1995-96 10 consecutive seasons with 10 or more MVC wins 1995-96 9 consecutive postseason bids 1996-97 8 consecutive seasons with 20 wins or more 1997-98 20th nationally in average attendance with Defense! Defense! 1,983 Chad Gallagher 1987-91 13,901 fans per game. Creighton allowed just four opponents to score 1,876 Bob Portman 1966-69 Rk. School Total Dates Avg. 70 points or more last season: Bradley (twice), 1,801 Kyle Korver 1999-03 1. Kentucky 341,445 15 22,763 1,682 Rick Apke 1974-78 Dayton, Southern Illinois and DePaul. 1,661 Paul Silas 1961-64 2. Syracuse 410,153 19 21,587 Creighton’s 60.8 average points allowed was its 3. North Carolina 344,071 17 20,239 1,654 Vernon Moore 1981-85 4. Louisville 402,963 22 18,316 best since the 1973-74 club yielded just 60.6 1,575 Benoit Benjamin 1982-85 5. Tennessee 269,310 15 17,954 points per game. 1,526 John C. Johnson 1975-79 6. Maryland 291,961 17 17,174 1,500 Kevin McKenna 1977-81 7. Wisconsin 274,272 16 17,142 1,437 Eddie Cole 1951-55 Nothing Mid-Major About The Valley 1,369 Gene Harmon 1971-74 8. Indiana 220,343 13 16,949 The 2005-06 campaign marked the eighth con- 9. Illinois 265,888 16 16,618 1,361 Duan Cole 1987-92 10. Kansas 260,800 16 16,300 secutive season that the Missouri Va l l e y 1,309 Ryan Sears 1997-01 11. Ohio State 261,622 17 15,389 Conference has had multiple bids to the NCAA 1,303 Elton Tuttle 1951-54 12. Arkansas 239,336 16 14,958 Tournament. 1,272 Bob Gibson 1954-57 13. Memphis 297,328 20 14,886 1,267 Wally Anderzunas 1965-67, 1968-69 The only leagues to send at least two 1,254 Gary Swain 1983-87 14. Michigan State 206,626 14 14,759 teams to the last eight NCAA Tourney’s (since 15. Wake Forest 263,970 18 14,665 1,238 Ben Walker 1997-01 16. Arizona 204,213 14 14,586 1998-99) are the ACC, Big East, Big 10, Big 12, 1,196 Ray Yost 1951-54 17. N.C. State 260,509 18 14,472 Conference-USA, MVC, SEC and Pac-10. 1,182 Nate Funk 2002-Pr. 18. Marquette 223,983 16 13,998 Notably, the MVC had two teams in the 1,172 Dick Harvey 1956-59 19. Connecticut 223,176 16 13,948 final top-25 poll when both Bradley and Wichita Winners Rule 20. Creighton 236,313 17 13,901 State were ranked in the final ESPN/USA Today Below is a list of the top 21 schools, ranked by MVC’s Top Average Crowd Ever coaches poll. Four teams reached the NCAA’s. wins heading into the 2006-07 season, since the Creighton broke the school and Missouri Valley start of the 1999-2000 campaign: Conference records for total home attendance in Five Out Of Eight Tourney Titles Rank School W-L Win Pct. 1. Duke 212-35 .858 a season as well. The Jays drew 236,313 spec- Creighton owns five league tournament titles in the last eight years. On a national basis, the only 2. Illinois 189-50 .791 tators in 2005-06, smashing the previous mark 3. Gonzaga 188-41 .821 schools that can claim this are Duke (7), of 192,258 set in 2003-04. 4. Kansas 185-53 .777 Creighton set a new Missouri Va l l e y Gonzaga (7), Winthrop (6) and Creighton (5). 5. Connecticut 181-57 .761 Conference record for average home atten- 6. Kentucky 178-58 .754 7. Syracuse 177-60 .747 dance last season. CU’s average was 227 fans Grand Funk Railroad The first event in Qwest Center OMAHA was a Arizona 177-59 .750 higher than the highest previous figure in the 9. Oklahoma 176-54 .765 private concert by Grand Funk Railroad. This history of the MVC. Florida 176-58 .752 Ave. Att. School Year season, the Creighton train will be led by fifth- 11. Utah State 175-50 .778 13,901 Creighton 2005-06 year senior guard Nate Funk, who currently 12. Cincinnati 173-58 .749 13,674 Louisville 1974-75 ranks 22nd with 1,182 points. Below is 13. Texas 172-63 .732 12,016 Creighton 2003-04 Creighton’s list of top scorers all-time: 14. Oklahoma State 166-66 .716 12,009 Louisville 1967-68 Pts. Name Years Stanford 166-55 .751 11,839 Louisville 1966-67 2,116 Rodney Buford 1995-99 16. Kent State 165-65 .717 2,110 Bob Harstad 1987-91 Pittsburgh 165-62 .727 18. Memphis 163-75 .685 19. Creighton 162-62 .723 2006-07 Creighton Basketball Numerical Roster Southern Illinois 162-66 .681 No. Name Y r. P o s . Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School / Last School) 21. Xavier 158-66 .705 1 Isacc Miles Fr. G 6-2 205 Kansas City, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Bishop Miege) 3 Nick Porter Sr. G 6-3 210 Compton, Calif. (Desert Pines / Compton CC) Television Records 5 Dustin Sitzmann So. G 6-0 180 LeMars, Iowa (Gehlen Catholic) C r e i g h t o n is a combined 48-29 in televised 10 Nate Funk Sr. G 6-3 195 Sioux City, Iowa (Heelan) games in the previous four seasons, including a 11 D’Angalo Jackson Fr. G 6-0 170 Milwaukee, Wis. (Pius) 19-13 mark on KMTV. Creighton went 4-2 in 12 Josh Dotzler So. G 6-1 175 Omaha, Neb. (Bellevue West) games aired on KMTV in 2002-03, 6-3 in 2003- 13 Chad Millard So. F 6-8 210 Goffstown, N.H. (Brewster Academy / Louisville) 04, 4-5 in 2004-05 and 5-3 in 2005-06 on KMTV 20 Pierce Hibma Jr. G 6-4 205 Pella, Iowa (Pella) -produced games. 21 Ty Morrison Jr. F 6-7 200 Phoenix, Ariz. (Trevor Browne / Redlands CC) The Jays are also 22-15 in games that air 22 Manny Gakou Sr. C 6-8 255 Paris, France (Chalon / Cloud County CC) regionally or nationally in that time, including a 24 Brice Nengsu Jr. G 6-3 200 Nkongsamba, Cameroon ( Lycee Du Manengouba / Weatherford JC) 14-10 mark on MVC TV. 25 Kenny Lawson Jr. Fr. C 6-9 220 Oceanside, Calif. (Vista) A minimum of 21, and possibly as many as 32 Casey Harriman Fr. F 6-5 200 Ida Grove, Iowa (Battle Creek-Ida Grove) 25, games are slated for television this season. 34 Nick Bahe Jr. G 6-3 190 Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast / Kansas) 42 Aaron Brandt Fr. G 6-3 190 Wahoo, Neb. (Neumann) The Charge Chart 44 Anthony Tolliver Sr. C 6-9 245 Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo) Creighton has taken two charges this season. 50 Dane Watts Jr. F 6-8 220 Warrensburg, Mo. (Warrensburg) Over the previous four seasons, CU has aver- aged 46.0 per year. Below is a list of the charges Head Coach: Dana Altman (Eastern New Mexico, 1980) that have been taken in that time: 13th year at Creighton: 238-130 (.645) Name 2002-05 ‘05-06 ‘06-07 Total 18th year as an NCAA Division I head coach: 321-197 (.617) Anthony Tolliver 6 17 1 24 Assistant Coaches: Dane Watts 8 7 1 16 Nate Funk 5 2 - 7 Darian DeVries (Northern Iowa, 1998), Ninth year at Creighton Nick Porter n/a 6 - 6 Brian Fish (Marshall, 1989), Fifth year at Creighton Josh Dotzler n/a 4 - 4 Kevin McKenna (Creighton, 1993), Ninth year at Creighton Pierce Hibma 1 0 - 1 Graduate Manager: Jake Muhleisen (Nebraska, 2005), Second year at Creighton Former Players 119 9 - 128 Total 139 45 2 186 State of 15,700 was not just the biggest in Ticket Information Army of Iowans school history, but the largest in the history of Single-game tickets are now on sale. Fans can Every Creighton team since 1988-89 has had at the state as well. purchase tickets in advance at Qwest Center least one Iowa native, and this season is no Thirteen of Creighton’s 20 largest home OMAHA Box Office, the Omaha Civic Auditorium exception. Creighton has four players from Iowa crowds of all-time came last season. Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations (Baker’s, on this season’s team, continuing a long trend of 10 Largest Home Crowds, Creighton History Younkers), Ticketmaster online at relying on some of the Hawkeye State’s top Att. Opp. Result Date h t t p : / / w w w. t i c k e t m a s t e r.com or by calling preps. CU’s native Iowans this season include 15,700 Fresno State W 67-62 02/18/06 Ticketmaster and charging by phone at (402) 15,678 Wichita State W 57-55 01/28/06 senior guard Nate Funk (Sioux City), junior 15,621 Nebraska W 70-44 12/11/05 422-1212. Only upper bowl seats will be avail- guard Pierce Hibma (Pella), sophomore guard 15,561 Nebraska W 61-54 12/10/03 able for any game and cost is $11 for adults and Dustin Sitzmann (LeMars) and freshman for- 15,552 Southern Illinois L 67-74 02/11/06 $7 for youth ages 3-18 (children two and under ward Casey Harriman (Ida Grove). 14,880 Dayton W 91-90 (2OT) 11/26/05 are free). For more information, call the Creighton has played at least one Iowa 14,878 #25 Northern Iowa W 63-55 01/31/06 Creighton Ticket Office at (402) 280-JAYS. 14,796 Drake W 82-69 01/08/06 native in 376 straight games. That streak dates 14,776 Norfolk State W 63-47 12/21/05 As of November 14, Creighton has sold to a Feb. 5, 1994 win against Wichita State 14,372 Southern Illinois L 60-61 02/07/04 12,109 season tickets for this season. The pre- when Rick Johnson was the Bluejay coach. vious mark was the 10,452 season-tickets Largest Crowds, State of Nebraska History bought for the 2005-06 season. Nifty at 50 (Percent) Att. Schools Site Date 15,700 Creighton-Fresno State Omaha 02/18/06 Since coming to Creighton, head coach Dana 15,678 Creighton-Wichita State Omaha 01/28/06 Shuttle Service To Qwest Center Omaha Altman’s teams are 91-3 when his teams make 15,621 Creighton-Nebraska Omaha 12/11/05 Metro Area Transit and Creighton University at least half of their shots from the field. The 15,561 Creighton-Nebraska Omaha 12/10/03 have partnered again this year to provide shuttle Jays had won 51 straight games when shooting 15,552 Creighton-So. Illinois Omaha 02/11/06 bus service from the CU campus to Qwest 50 percent or better, dating to a Jan. 23, 2000 15,038 Nebraska-Oklahoma St. Lincoln 02/07/81 Center Omaha for all men’s basketball home game at Evansville, before falling to Southern games this season. 10 Largest Crowds To See CU Play Since 1967, Any Site Illinois on Jan. 9, 2005. CU’s other loss in that A t t . S c h o o l s R e s u l t D a t e The service is available to all fans, not just scenario was a 73-71 overtime loss to Missouri 2 2 , 0 1 3 #24 Auburn vs. CU% L 6 9 - 7 2 0 3 / 1 6 / 0 0 Creighton students. Round-trip cost is $1.00 for on Dec. 1, 1996. 2 1 , 5 2 5 #13 Illinois vs. CU$ L 6 0 - 7 2 0 3 / 1 7 / 0 2 Creighton students with identification; $1.00 for 2 0 , 8 5 0 #15 Florida vs. CU$ W 83-82 (2ot) 0 3 / 1 5 / 0 2 children under the age of 18; $1.00 for senior cit- Rule of 70 1 8 , 6 8 6 C U @ #15 BYU L 6 8 - 9 6 1 2 / 11 / 7 1 izens and $2.00 for adults. The shuttle will start 1 8 , 2 5 0 C U vs. To l e d o & W 48-46 0 3 / 2 5 / 4 2 Creighton is 178-44 all-time under Dana Altman 1 7 , 9 3 5 CU vs. W. Kentucky& L 3 6 - 4 9 0 3 / 2 3 / 4 2 one-hour before tip-off and at least two buses and 80-14 in the last five seasons when holding 1 6 , 5 8 5 C U vs. Texas Te c h & W 59-58 0 3 / 1 6 / 4 2 will continue to operate the route during the opponents under 70 points. 1 6 , 4 3 7 C U @ #3 DePaul L 5 7 - 8 3 0 2 / 0 9 / 8 1 game. Altman is 36-0 in his Division I coaching 1 5 , 9 5 7 C U @ #15 UNLV L 5 9 - 9 0 1 2 / 2 3 / 8 7 The five designated stops for pick-up career when holding opponents to 50 points or 1 5 , 7 0 3 Wichita St. vs. C U # W 70-69 0 3 / 0 9 / 0 3 around the CU campus are: 15th & Cuming %NCAA Tournament in Minneapolis, Minn. less. $NCAA Tournament in Chicago, Ill. ( Ti p Top building); 24th and Cuming #MVC Tournament in St. Louis, Mo. (farside/southbound); 24th & California (near- The 40 Percent Rule &National Invitation Tournament in New York, N.Y. side/southbound); 20th & Cass (nearside/east- Since coming to Creighton, Dana A l t m a n ’s bound) and 18th & Cass (nearside/eastbound teams are 103-12 when holding opponents ‘W’inning Edge by the Morrison Stadium). The shuttle will then under 40 percent from the field, including a 77-5 C r e i g h t o n ’s men’s and women’s basketball go eastbound on Capitol Avenue and then go mark in the last nine seasons. teams have been nearly unbeatable at home in north up 10th Street for drop-off at the Qwest recent seasons, going a combined 147-29 in the Center Omaha Arena entrance. Altman Passing Coaching Legends last seven seasons. In fact, the men and women The route is designed for each shuttle dri- Dana Altman continues to pass some of the have both lost a home game in the same month ver to make a roundtrip every 15 minutes. coaching greats in MVC history in two cate- just three times since March, 2000. Following the game’s conclusion, the shuttle will Creighton’s Home Records, Last Seven Years gories. Altman’s 239 wins at Creighton are third Year Men Women Combined start at the Qwest Center Omaha A r e n a in MVC history, while his 135 triumphs in regu- 2006-07 1-0 0-0 1-0 entrance on 10th Street and loop the original lar-season conference games have allowed him 2005-06 15-2 5-7 20-9 route with the first of five stops at 15th & Cuming to pass Phog Allen for third in league history. 2004-05 11-5 12-3 23-8 Streets. Both men above him, Henry Iba and Eddie 2003-04 14-2 12-1 26-3 2002-03 17-0 13-1 30-1 Hickey, are in the Basketball Hall of Fame. 2001-02 12-3 11-1 23-4 Coaches--Most Wins As MVC Member--All Games 2000-01 14-0 10-4 24-4 Wins Coach School(s) TOTALS 84-12 63-17 147-29 1. 486 Henry Iba Oklahoma A&M 2. 337 Eddie Hickey Creighton & St. Louis 3. 239 Dana Altman Creighton Long-Distance Streaks Alive Creighton has made at least two three-point MVC Coaches--Most Wins In Conference Games baskets in 391 consecutive games, including Wins Coach School(s) every game under the direction of coach Dana 1. 187 Henry Iba Oklahoma A&M Altman. The last time they had just one three- 2. 163 Eddie Hickey Creighton & St. Louis 3. 135 Dana Altman Creighton pointer was a 74-70 win over Florida A&M on 4. 126 Phog Allen Kansas Dec. 22, 1993. Overall, Creighton has made at least one tri- Crowded House fecta in a league-best 401 straight games since Creighton has played 62 straight home games in a 59-53 loss at Illinois St. on Feb. 20, 1993 when front of crowds of 8,000 fans or more and 31 in Rick Johnson was coach. a row before 10,000 fans or more. Creighton’s Feb. 18, 2006 crowd vs. Fresno 44 4 CU’S AP POLL HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. Ranked Opponents (16-107)* *AP Poll only Date Opponent Result 12/21/66 #6 New Mexico L 68-79 3/14/74 vs. #14 Kansas L 54-55 3/10/84 at #12 Tulsa L 68-70 (OT) 1/15/49 at #7 Illinois L 30-96 2/13/67 #5 Houston L 80-87 3/16/74 vs. #16 Louisville W 80-71 12/27/84 at #9 DePaul L 58-87 1/3/51 at #8 Villanova L 43-61 2/25/67 at #7 Houston L 73-87 12/20/74 at #2 Indiana L 53-71 2/16/85 #15 Tulsa L 63-78 1/10/52 at #9 Seton Hall L 44-60 2/19/68 at #4 St. Bonaventure L 84-97 12/26/74 vs. #19 Oregon L 64-75 12/30/85 at #18 Notre Dame L 54-80 2/25/53 at #11 Oklahoma City L 58-79 2/29/68 at #8 Marquette L 57-75 3/8/75 #5 Marquette L 60-64 1/25/86 #17 Bradley L 50-64 3/6/53 at #15 Seattle L 85-103 12/13/68 vs. #11 Kansas L 65-78 3/15/75 vs. #4 Maryland L 79-83 2/8/86 at #13 Bradley L 59-79 3/7/53 at #15 Seattle L 73-96 12/27/68 vs. #12 Illinois L 77-90 12/27/75 vs. #20 Minnesota L 74-80 12/17/86 at #19 DePaul L 64-74 12/11/53 #14 Wyoming L 65-71 1/7/69 at #11 LaSalle L 84-103 1/21/76 at #3 Marquette L 62-76 12/26/86 vs. #6 Oklahoma L 89-106 2/1/54 #16 Wichita State L 68-72 1/10/69 at #15 Duquesne L 59-66 12/28/76 vs. #20 Auburn W 81-76 12/23/87 at #15 UNLV L 59-90 2/4/54 at #16 Oklahoma City L 54-69 3/1/69 #18 Marquette L 76-79 12/29/76 at #14 Louisville L 66-69 (2OT) 2/13/88 at #15 Bradley L 68-98 2/7/55 #9 Marquette L 77-88 12/27/69 at #7 New Mexico State L 78-93 3/5/77 #19 Marquette L 60-72 2/18/88 #17 Bradley L 67-83 2/1/56 at #14 Holy Cross L 60-97 1/29/70 #5 New Mexico State W 72-68 1/28/78 at #13 Indiana State W 72-64 3/6/88 at #14 Bradley L 77-101 2/3/56 at #13 St. Francis (N.Y.) L 75-99 2/7/70 at #16 Houston L 77-78 (OT) 2/1/78 #13 DePaul L 82-85 (3OT) 3/17/89 #6 Missouri L 69-85 3/1/57 at #18 Oklahoma City L 70-97 2/28/70 at #8 Marquette L 66-76 2/7/78 at #3 Marquette L 57-82 12/4/89 at #5 Missouri L 79-86 12/9/58 #17 Marquette L 49-53 3/4/70 #13 Houston L 58-62 3/12/78 vs. #4 DePaul L 78-80 3/14/91 vs. #15 New Mexico St. W 64-56 12/26/59 at #7 St. Louis L 66-84 12/29/70 vs. #9 Jacksonville L 85-94 1/20/79 #5 Indiana State L 80-90 3/16/91 vs. #13 Seton Hall L 69-81 1/4/60 at #11 Detroit L 78-94 1/30/71 #17 Duquesne L 69-72 1/27/79 #3 Indiana State L 69-77 12/10/92 at #25 Nebraska L 83-100 12/19/60 #5 North Carolina L 64-72 2/19/71 at #11 LaSalle L 61-64 1/30/79 #10 Marquette L 77-79 1/18/95 #14 Iowa State L 52-70 1/30/61 at #7 St. John’s (N.Y.) L 75-84 3/1/71 #2 Marquette L 61-66 1/28/80 #1 DePaul L 73-84 11/30/96 vs. #24 Minnesota L 63-64 3/16/62 vs. #2 Cincinnati L 46-66 12/11/71 at #15 Brigham Young L 68-96 2/9/81 at #3 DePaul L 57-93 12/20/98 #18 Oklahoma State W 66-60 12/18/62 at #6 Colorado L 55-76 12/22/71 vs. #10 St. John’s (N.Y.) L 73-94 2/21/81 at #14 Wichita State L 70-83 3/13/99 vs. #5 Maryland L 63-75 2/25/63 at #4 Arizona State L 70-73 1/3/72 at #16 Ohio State L 76-94 1/04/82 at #13 Tulsa L 55-80 11/27/99 #23 Iowa W 85-76 12/13/63 #4 Arizona State W 84-83 2/6/72 #17 Jacksonville W 71-66 1/11/82 #5 DePaul L 67-76 1/12/00 #19 Tulsa L 67-75 12/21/63 vs. #6 UCLA L 79-95 2/19/72 at #2 Marquette L 61-70 1/14/82 at #16 Wichita State L 56-69 3/16/00 vs. #24 Auburn L 69-72 3/13/64 at #5 Wichita State L 68-84 3/1/72 at #8 South Carolina L 64-81 2/13/82 #7 Tulsa L 63-70 3/15/01 vs. #24 Iowa L 56-69 12/2/64 at #8 Kansas State L 82-96 1/20/73 at #5 Long Beach State L 51-68 3/2/82 at #10 Tulsa L 81-106 11/27/01 #17 Western Kentucky W 94-91 (2OT) 1/11/65 at #7 St. John’s (N.Y.) L 66-72 2/5/73 at #15 Jacksonville L 62-78 2/10/83 #17 Illinois State W 53-41 3/15/02 vs. #15 Florida W 83-82 (2OT) 12/1/65 #10 Kansas State W 83-75 2/17/73 #7 Houston W 78-77 2/24/83 at #12 Wichita State L 71-81 3/17/02 vs. #13 Illinois L 60-72 12/9/65 #9 Bradley L 79-88 3/5/73 #5 Marquette L 49-61 12/31/83 #4 DePaul L 57-59 (OT) 12/31/02 at #19 Xavier L 73-75 12/18/65 at #6 Minnesota L 77-89 2/9/74 at #6 Marquette W 75-69 1/26/84 at #12 Tulsa L 64-75 2/24/04 at #16 Southern Illinois L 60-68 2/19/66 at #8 St. Joseph’s (Pa.) L 90-96 3/4/74 #14 South Carolina L 69-78 2/16/84 #12 Tulsa L 80-82 (OT) 01/31/06 #25 Northern Iowa W 63-55
Records vs. Ranked Teams in Postseason Play (3-11 ) CU Coaches vs. Ranked Teams Event Date Opponent Result Event Date Opponent Result Coach All Home Away Neut. Coach vs. Top 10 vs. Top 11-25 NCAA 3/16/62 vs. #12 Cincinnati L 46-66 NCAA 3/14/91 vs. #15 New Mexico St. W 64-56 Belford 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 Belford 0-3 0-0 Salerno 0-7 0-3 0-4 0-0 Salerno 0-1 0-6 NCAA 3/13/64 at #5 Wichita State L 68-84 NCAA 3/16/91 vs. #13 Seton Hall L 69-81 Thomsen 0-4 0-1 0-3 0-0 Thomsen 0-0 0-4 NCAA 3/14/74 vs. #14 Kansas L 54-55 NCAA 3/13/99 vs. #5 Maryland L 63-75 McManus 2-24 2-5 0-15 0-4 McManus 2-18 0-6 Sutton 5-18 3-5 1-10 1-3 Sutton 3-10 2-8 NCAA 3/16/74 vs. #16 Louisville W 80-71 NCAA 3/16/00 vs. #24 Auburn L 69-72 Apke 2-17 0-6 1-7 1-4 Apke 0-11 2-6 NCAA 3/15/75 vs. #4 Maryland L 79-83 NCAA 3/15/01 vs. #24 Iowa L 56-69 Reed 1-12 1-5 0-7 0-0 Reed 0-5 1-7 NCAA 3/12/78 vs. #4 DePaul L 78-80 NCAA 3/15/02 vs. #15 Florida W 83-82 (2ot) Barone 1-12 0-2 0-7 1-3 Barone 0-3 1-9 Johnson 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Johnson 0-0 0-1 NCAA 3/17/89 vs. #6 Missouri L 69-85 NCAA 3/17/02 vs. #13 Illinois L 60-72 Altman 5-9 4-2 0-2 1-5 Altman 0-1 5-8 Total 16-107 10-29 2-59 4-19 Total 5-52 11-55 Creighton’s History in the Associated Press Poll Rank Date Opponent Result Rank Date Opponent Result Rank Date Opponent Result Week of February 12th, 1974 - - - - Week of December 16th, 2002 Week of February 24th, 2003 (Ranked 17th, but no games played) 20 12/16/02 Delaware State W 68-48 17 2/26/03 at Missouri State W 63-58 20 12/21/02 at Nebraska W 81-73 17 3/1/03 at Southern Illinois L 62-70 Week of February 19th, 1974 15 2/19/74 at Cal-Irvine W 83-52 Week of December 23rd, 2002 Week of March 3, 2003 15 2/22/74 at Hawaii W 63-59 18 12/29/02 Southeast Missouri State W 93-70 19 3/3/03 Wichita State W 86-60 15 2/23/74 at Hawaii L 60-61 19 3/8/03 vs. Indiana State W 57-56 Week of December 30th, 2002 19 3/9/03 vs. Wichita State W 70-69 Week of February 26th, 1974 15 12/31/02 at #19 Xavier L 73-75 16 3/4/74 #14 South Carolina L 69-78 15 1/5/03 Drake W 84-63 Week of March 10, 2003 19 3/10/03 vs. Southern Illinois W 80-56 Week of March 5th, 1974 Week of January 6th, 2003 19 3/9/74 vs. Texas W 77-61 16 1/8/03 at Bradley W 65-58 Week of March 17, 2003 16 1/11/03 at Illinois State W 76-57 15 3/20/03 vs. Central Michigan (NCAA) L 73-79 Week of March 12th, 1974 19 3/14/74 vs. #14 Kansas (NCAA) L 54-55 Week of January 13th, 2003 Week of January 12, 2004 19 3/16/74 vs. #16 Louisville (NCAA) W 80-71 13 1/15/03 Evansville W 93-56 24 1/14/04 at Northern Iowa L 73-82 13 1/18/03 Southern Illinois W 85-76 24 1/17/04 Evansville W 72-53 Week of February 4th, 1975 18 2/9/75 UC-Santa Barbara W 72-61 Week of January 20th, 2003 Preseason Poll, 2006-07 (Nov. 6, 2006) 10 1/20/03 Illinois State W 95-82 (Ranked 19th, but no games scheduled) Week of February 11th, 1975 10 1/23/03 at Evansville L 66-74 20 2/11/75 Nebraska-Omaha W 62-53 10 1/26/03 TCU W 89-79 Week of November 13, 2006 20 2/15/75 at Oklahoma City W 68-56 20 11/13/06 Mississippi Valley State W 78-42 20 2/17/75 St. Thomas (Minn.) W 90-54 Week of January 27th, 2003 16 1/27/03 at Indiana State W 74-46 Notes About The A P P o l l Week of February 18th, 1975 16 2/1/03 at Drake W 88-68 14 2/22/75 Air Force W 76-53 • The AP poll started on Jan. 20, 1949. Week of February 3rd, 2003 • Fourth-ranked Arizona State is the highest-ranked team Creighton Week of February 25th, 1975 - - - - 13 2/4/03 Northern Iowa W 84-75 has ever beaten, an 84-83 win on Dec. 13, 1963. (Ranked 13th, but no games played) 13 2/8/03 Bradley W 88-65 • Creighton has lost its last 20 games against top-10 teams since March 16, 1974. Week of March 4th, 1975 Week of February 10th, 2003 • Creighton has lost its last 21 away games vs. ranked teams since 13 3/3/75 at Southern Illinois L 47-53 12 2/12/03 Missouri State W 70-67 (OT) Jan. 28, 1978. 13 3/8/75 #5 Marquette L 60-64 12 2/15/03 at Wichita State L 74-80 • Creighton lost its first 21 games vs. ranked teams. • Creighton lost its first 35 away games vs. ranked teams. Week of December 9th, 2002 Week of Februrary 17th, 2003 • Creighton is 1-4 vs. ranked teams while ranked themself. 23 12/14/02 Tennessee Tech W 101-72 17 2/19/03 Indiana State W 77-54 17 2/22/03 Fresno State W 67-66 Last Time It Happened Creighton Basketball Under Altman Category Overall 2006-07 Individual Achievements Team Achievements A player scored 50 points A team scored 100 points Record 239-130 1-0 C U : Bob Portman (51) vs. U W-Milwaukee, 12/16/67 C U : 100 vs. Chattanooga (100-68), 2/19/05 Home 141-37 1-0 O p p : No record of a CU opponent scoring 50 points O p p : 107 by Iowa State (63-107), 12/1/93 Away 71-77 0-0 Neutral 27-16 0-0 A player scored 40 points A team made 35 field goals vs. MVC teams (all games) 151-87 0-0 C U : Rodney Buford (40) vs. Bradley, 12/30/98 C U : 37, Chattanooga (37-of-63), 2/19/05 MVC Tournament 16-6 0-0 O p p : Bart Kofoed (43), Kearney State, 12/21/85 O p p : 35 by We s t e r n Kentucky (35-of-60), 12/19/01 MVC games (regular-season) 135-81 0-0 Home 82-26 0-0 A player scored 30 points A team had 75 field goal attempts Away 53-55 0-0 C U : Johnny Mathies (32), Drake, 1/8/06 C U : 76, at Wyoming (33-of-76), 11 / 2 2 / 9 6 Non-Conference games 104-49 1-0 O p p : Brian Roberts (34), Dayton, 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 O p p : 77, by Northern Iowa (27-of-77), 12/30/97 Home 59-11 1-0 Away 18-22 0-0 A player grabbed 20 rebounds A team shot 55 percent from the field Neutral 27-16 0-0 C U : B o b Harstad (20) at Southern Illinois, 1/23/89 C U : 55.6 vs. Evansville (30-of-54), 1/22/06 Jays shoot 50% or better 91-3 0-0 O p p : LaPhonso Ellis (24), Notre Dame, 1/30/90 O p p : 56.0 by Evansville (28-for-50), 1/23/03 Jays shoot less than 50% 148-127 1-0 A player grabbed 15 rebounds A team made 10 three-point field goals Jays hold opponent to less than 50% 217-77 1-0 C U : Ben Walker (15) at Baylor, 12/4/99 C U : 10, at Drake (10-of-29), 2/4/06 Jays hold opponent to less than 40% 103-12 1-0 O p p : Romeo Travis (15), Akron, 3/16/06 O p p : 12, Dayton (12-of-20), 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 Jays outrebound opponent 148-47 1-0 Overtime games 12-9 0-0 A player had a double-double A team made 0 three-point field goals Versus AP ranked opponents 5-8 0-0 C U : Anthony Tolliver (16 pts., 12 reb.) vs. Bradley, 3/3/06 C U : 0-for-5 at Illinois State, 2/20/93 Games in November 34-6 1-0 O p p : Romeo Travis (25 pts., 15 reb.), Akron, 3/16/06 O p p : 0-for-8 by Illinois State, 12/12/99 Games in December 56-29 0-0 Games in January 69-39 0-0 A player had a triple-double A team had 25 three-point FG attempts Games in February 61-41 0-0 C U : Benoit Benjamin (29 pts., 12 reb., 12 blk) at Bradley, C U : 27 vs. Miami (Fla.) (8-of-27), 3/20/06 Games in March 19-15 0-0 2 / 2 / 8 5 O p p : 31, Akron (9-of-31), 3/16/06 NIT Games 1-3 0-0 O p p : No record of an opponent with a triple-double NCAA Games 2-6 0-0 A team shot 50 percent from three-point range Final margin 10 points or less 116-91 0-0 A player made five three-pointers C U : .545 vs. Drake (12-of-22), 1/8/06 Jays score 59 points or less 15-44 0-0 C U : Johnny Mathies (6-of-10), Drake, 1/8/06 O p p : .563, Indiana State (9-of-16), 2/22/06 Jays score 60+ points 224-84 1-0 O p p : Tamarius Brown (5-of-7), Arkansas-Pine Bluff , 11 / 1 9 / 0 5 A team made 30 free throws Jays score 70+ points 165-41 1-0 C U : 30 vs. Bradley (30-of-44), 1/18/06 Jays score 80+ points 75-5 0-0 A player made 10 free throws Opp: 31, DePaul (31-of-39), 11 / 3 0 / 0 5 Jays score 90+ points 25-0 0-0 C U : Nick Porter (11-of-12), Akron, 3/16/06 Jays score 100+ points 6-0 0-0 O p p : Mike Manciel (11-of-16), Central Michigan, 3/20/03 A team had 25 assists Jays allow 59 points or less 98-11 1-0 C U : 26, vs. Tennessee Tech (36 FGM), 12/14/02 Jays allow 69 points or less 177-44 1-0 A player had 15 free throw attempts O p p : 25, by Wichita State (34 FGM), 2/6/99 Jays allow 70+ points 58-86 0-0 C U : Nate Funk (15-18) vs. Dayton, 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 Jays allow 80+ points 12-32 0-0 O p p : Mike Manciel (11-of-16), Central Michigan, 3/20/03 A team had 15 steals Jays allow 90+ points 3-3 0-0 C U : 15 at Drake (21 DU TO), 2/14/04 Jays allow 100+ points 0-0 0-0 A player had 10 assists O p p : 21, by Southern Illinois (31 CU TO), 2/9/95 C U : Josh Dotzler (10) at Drake, 2/4/06 Opp: Daniel Ruffin (13), Bradley, 1/2/06 A team blocked 10 shots C U : 10, vs. Wichita State, 2/17/02 Creighton’s First Points A player had five steals O p p : 11, Nebraska, 12/11 / 0 5 Name Creighton’s First Points C U : Johnny Mathies (7) vs. Indiana State, 2/22/06 Anthony Tolliver 1 (1-0) O p p : Bryan Mullins (8), Southern Illinois, 2/11 Bold indicates 2006-07
A player had five blocked shots C U : Anthony Tolliver (5), Drake, 1/8/06 O p p : Bradley Strickland, Evansville, 2/7/06
A player played a complete game C U : Ryan Sears vs. Iowa, 3/15/01 O p p : Quinton Hosley, Fresno State, 2/18/06
Charges Taken Four-Point Plays Opening Tip Jump Ball Summary Name Charges Taken Name 4-pt. Plays Name Jumps Won Jumps Lost Anthony Tolliver 1 Anthony Tolliver 0 (0-0) 1 (1-0) Dane Watts 1
Technical Fouls First Substitutions Name Technical Fouls Name First Sub Isacc Miles 1 (1-0) Game-By-Game Statistics
#1 Isacc Miles Game-by-Game Stats #21 Ty Morrison Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. MISS. VALLEY STATE 29 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 3-2-5 3 1 0 3 10 MISS. VALLEY STATE 15 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 0-4-4 0 1 1 0 2 Nebraska Nebraska GEORGE MASON GEORGE MASON ARK.-PINE BLUFF ARK.-PINE BLUFF
#3 Nick Porter Game-by-Game Stats #22 Manny Gakou Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. MISS. VALLEY STATE• 22 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 6-7 .857 2-5-7 1 1 1 3 14 MISS. VALLEY STATE 10 3-5 .600 0-0 --- 1-2 .500 2-2-4 0 2 0 0 7 Nebraska Nebraska GEORGE MASON GEORGE MASON ARK.-PINE BLUFF ARK.-PINE BLUFF
#5 Dustin Sitzmann Game-by-Game Stats #24 Brice NengsuGame-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. MISS. VALLEY STATE 2 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 MISS. VALLEY STATE 18 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000 3-3-6 1 0 0 0 5 Nebraska Nebraska GEORGE MASON GEORGE MASON ARK.-PINE BLUFF ARK.-PINE BLUFF
#10 Nate Funk Game-by-Game Stats #25 Kenny Lawson Jr. Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. MISS. VALLEY STATE• 28 5-11 .455 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 1-4-5 2 1 0 1 13 MISS. VALLEY STATE 11 1-5 .200 0-0 --- 1-2 .500 4-1-5 1 3 0 1 3 Nebraska Nebraska GEORGE MASON GEORGE MASON ARK.-PINE BLUFF ARK.-PINE BLUFF
#11 D’Angalo Jackson Game-by-Game Stats #34 Nick Bahe Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. MISS. VALLEY STATE Did Not Play -- Injured MISS. VALLEY STATE• 20 1-1 1.000 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 1-2-3 2 1 0 1 2 Nebraska Nebraska GEORGE MASON GEORGE MASON ARK.-PINE BLUFF ARK.-PINE BLUFF
#12 Josh Dotzler Game-by-Game Stats #44 Anthony Tolliver Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. MISS. VALLEY STATE Did Not Play -- Injured MISS. VALLEY STATE• 23 4-11 .364 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000 2-1-3 3 1 1 0 14 Nebraska Nebraska GEORGE MASON GEORGE MASON ARK.-PINE BLUFF ARK.-PINE BLUFF
#20 Pierce Hibma Game-by-Game Stats #50 Dane Watts Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. MISS. VALLEY STATE Did Not Play -- Injured MISS. VALLEY STATE• 22 2-10 .200 0-4 .000 4-6 .667 2-3-5 0 1 1 3 8 Nebraska Nebraska GEORGE MASON GEORGE MASON ARK.-PINE BLUFF ARK.-PINE BLUFF
Game-by-Game Comparisons
D a t e O p p o n e n t 1 s t 2 n d S c o r e M a r Tot FG FG Pct FG (1st) FG (2nd) 3 - P o i n t e r s 3FG Pct 11 / 1 3 M I S S . VA L L E Y S TAT E 3 0 / 1 6 4 8 / 2 6 7 8 / 4 2 + 3 6 2 9 - 6 6 / 1 6 - 5 2 . 3 9 4 / . 3 0 8 1 0 - 3 4 / 6 - 2 2 1 6 - 3 2 / 1 0 - 3 0 2 - 1 3 / 2 - 9 . 1 5 4 / . 2 2 2 11 / 1 8 N e b r a s k a 11 / 2 5 G E O R G E M A S O N 11 / 2 9 A R K . - P I N E B L U F F 1 2 / 0 6 D a y t o n 1 2 / 9 X AV I E R 1 2 / 1 6 Fresno State 1 2 / 2 1 Va l p a r a i s o
D a t e O p p o n e n t Free Throws FT % O f f R e b Def Reb R e b M a r A s s i s t s TO v e r s B l o c k s S t e a l s F o u l s 11 / 1 3 M I S S . VA L L E Y S TAT E 2 4 - 3 1 / 8 - 1 8 . 7 7 4 / . 4 4 4 2 1 / 1 4 2 7 / 2 4 4 8 / 3 8 + 1 0 1 3 / 6 1 2 / 2 3 4 / 3 1 2 / 0 1 9 / 2 4 11 / 1 8 N e b r a s k a 11 / 2 5 G E O R G E M A S O N 11 / 2 9 A R K . - P I N E B L U F F 1 2 / 0 6 D a y t o n 1 2 / 9 X AV I E R 1 2 / 1 6 Fresno State 1 2 / 2 1 Va l p a r a i s o Mississippi Valley State (0-2) 42 Last 2 Games With Nebraska GAME 1 #20 Creighton (1-0) 78 Nov. 13, 2006 Qwest Center OMAHA™ Omaha, Neb. 2005-06 Nebraska (6-2) 44 2004-05 Creighton (8-1) 50 Defining Moment: Creighton trailed 2-0 after one possession, then Creighton (4-2) 70 Nebraska (3-3) 48 went on a 10-0 run and were never threatened. Dec. 11, 2005 Qwest Center OMAHA™ Omaha, Neb. Dec. 11, 2004 Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Neb. Key Stats: Creighton has won each of its last seven season-open- Defining Moment: Creighton closed the first half on a 12-0 run and Defining Moment: Creighton’s Kellen Miliner hit a 15-foot jumper ers by 20 or more points. Creighton forced 23 turnovers and owned led 31-11 at the half. from the left wing with 0.7 seconds left to break a 48-48 tie. a 24-4 edge in points off turnovers. Key Stats: Nebraska had a school-record 31 turnovers and shot Key Stats: Dana Altman is now 33-0 as a head coach when his 27.4 percent for the game. NU’s 11 first-half points tied a Qwest teams surrender 50 points or less to an opponent. Creighton has now MISS VALLEY ST. fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Center low for a half. The largest crowd in state history saw the won six of the last seven meetings with Nebraska. Richard Cannon . . .1-5 0-2 0-0 3 4 2 2 4 0 0 13 game. Ronald Alexander . .1-6 0-1 0-1 8 3 2 0 2 2 0 28 CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Tychicus Snow . . . .1-4 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 NEBRASKA fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Jimmy Motz ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 27 Demarkus Barnes . .4-8 1-1 1-2 7 4 10 0 1 0 0 27 Wes Wilkinson . . . .2-7 2-4 0-0 13 5 6 0 3 6 0 31 Anthony Tolliver . . .1-4 0-0 0-0 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 23 Michael Clark . . . . .1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 17 Aleks Maric ...... 0-5 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 1 2 2 0 14 Nate Funk ...... 4-13 1-4 4-5 5 1 13 3 0 0 1 36 Larry Cox ...... 2-44 0-0 1-2 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 11 Jason Dourisseau . .2-7 0-0 2-4 11 5 6 0 5 1 1 21 Kellen Miliner . . . .7-13 4-7 2-2 1 1 20 1 2 0 1 31 Wayne Parks II . . . .1-5 1-3 0-3 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 25 Joe McCray . . . . .3-10 2-8 0-1 9 4 8 1 5 2 0 35 Tyler McKinney . . . .1-6 0-4 0-0 2 4 2 3 0 0 0 36 Mike Davis ...... 2-8 0-1 2-2 4 2 6 1 5 0 0 27 Charles Richardson Jr. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 15 Jeffrey Day ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 2 0 3 2 1 12 Adaiah Curry . . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 B.J. Walker ...... 3-8 0-0 0-0 5 3 6 0 4 0 0 24 Dennis Howard . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Byron Carter ...... 0-1 0-0 0-2 3 4 0 1 2 0 0 11 Marcus Perry . . . . .0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 Johnny Mathies . . .0-3 0-1 2-2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 12 Jeremy Pittman . . .0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Marcus Walker . . . .2-8 2-6 0-0 2 0 6 3 6 0 1 26 Pierce Hibma . . . . .0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Carl Lucas ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 Jamel White . . . . .3-13 2-7 0-2 1 4 8 1 1 0 2 24 Dane Watts ...... 2-4 1-2 2-2 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 17 Jefferey Price . . . . .1-1 0-0 3-4 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 Tony Wilbrand . . . . .1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Team Rebounds . . . . 7 1 Karian Bryant . . . . .2-5 0-0 1-2 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 9 Kyle Marks ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals ...... 16-47 6-19 12-13 32 22 50 8 9 2 3 200 Team Rebounds . . . . 5 1 Team Rebounds . . . . 4 .340 .316 .923 Totals ...... 16-52 2-9 8-18 38 24 42 6 23 3 0 200 Totals ...... 17-62 8-25 2-7 50 25 44 8 31 11 6 200 .308 .222 .444 .274 .320 .286 NEBRASKA fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Aleks Maric ...... 3-5 0-0 0-2 7 2 6 0 3 0 0 15 CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Jason Dourisseau . .3-8 1-2 0-2 7 0 7 1 1 1 0 33 Dane Watts ...... 2-10 0-4 4-6 5 2 8 0 1 1 3 22 Dane Watts ...... 3-9 0-3 3-4 12 1 9 1 2 0 5 34 Joe McCray ...... 1-5 0-2 1-3 4 2 3 0 1 0 1 26 Anthony Tolliver . .4-11 0-1 6-6 3 2 14 3 1 1 0 23 Anthony Tolliver . . .1-7 0-1 4-6 6 2 6 1 0 4 0 29 Marcus Neal Jr. . .5-13 4-6 0-0 4 2 14 3 1 0 1 36 Nick Porter ...... 4-9 0-1 6-7 7 0 14 1 1 1 3 22 Nick Porter ...... 3-13 0-3 7-8 6 1 13 2 4 1 1 27 Jake Muhleisen . . .0-6 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 32 Nate Funk ...... 5-11 2-4 1-2 5 1 13 2 1 0 1 28 Johnny Mathies . .8-15 5-8 8-11 4 1 29 2 0 1 3 36 Charles Richardson Jr. 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Nick Bahe ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 20 Josh Dotzler ...... 1-6 1-2 0-0 3 0 3 1 3 0 4 33 Wes Wilkinson . . . .3-5 2-2 0-1 6 4 8 0 2 2 0 24 Isacc Miles ...... 4-8 0-1 2-3 5 1 10 3 1 0 3 29 Jeffrey Day ...... 1-7 0-0 2-2 7 3 4 1 1 2 1 17 Bronsen Schliep . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dustin Sitzmann . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Dominic Bishop . . .1-1 1-1 0-0 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 12 John Turek ...... 2-6 0-0 6-10 5 4 10 0 2 4 0 27 Ty Morrison ...... 1-3 0-1 0-0 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 15 Dustin Sitzmann . . .1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 Tony Wilbrand . . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Manny Gakou . . . . .3-5 0-0 1-2 4 4 7 0 2 0 0 10 Brice Nengsu . . . . .0-5 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Team Rebounds . . . . 3 1 Brice Nengsu . . . . .1-3 0-1 3-3 6 1 5 1 0 0 0 18 Team Rebounds . . . . 1 Totals ...... 17-48 7-14 7-19 39 16 48 7 12 8 2 200 Kenny Lawson Jr. . .1-5 0-0 1-2 5 4 3 1 3 0 1 11 Totals ...... 19-64 8-22 24-31 43 13 70 9 11 8 14 200 .354 .500 .368 Team Rebounds . . . . 1 .297 .364 .774 Totals ...... 26-66 2-13 24-31 48 19 78 13 12 4 12 200 Officials: Ron Berkholtz, Steve Morris, Dave Draucker. .394 .154 .774 Officials: Tom O’Neill, Mike Sanzere, Steve Olson. Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 13,602 (sellout) Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 15,621 (sellout) Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball Officials: Eddie Jackson, Kipp Kissinger, Terry Oglesby. Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball Creighton 18 32 50 .259 .450 .340 0 Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 13,513. Nebraska 11 33 44 .154 .361 .274 2, 2 Nebraska 22 26 48 .333 .375 .354 4 Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball Creighton 31 39 70 .282 .320 .297 5 Miss. Valley St.16 26 42 .273 .333 .308 5 #20 Creighton 30 48 78 .294 .500 .394 2 2006-07 Creighton Basketball #20 Creighton Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 13, 2006) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (1-0) (1-0) (0-0) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-0) (1-0) (0-0) (0-0)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------44 Tolliver,Anthony... 1-1 23 23.0 4-11 .364 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000 2 1 3 3.0 2 0 3 1 1 0 14 14.0 03 Porter,Nick...... 1-1 22 22.0 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 6-7 .857 2 5 7 7.0 0 0 1 1 1 3 14 14.0 10 Funk,Nate...... 1-1 28 28.0 5-11 .455 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 1 4 5 5.0 1 0 2 1 0 1 13 13.0 01 Miles,Isacc...... 1-0 29 29.0 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 3 2 5 5.0 1 0 3 1 0 3 10 10.0 50 Watts,Dane...... 1-1 22 22.0 2-10 .200 0-4 .000 4-6 .667 2 3 5 5.0 2 0 0 1 1 3 8 8.0 22 Gakou,Manny...... 1-0 10 10.0 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 2 4 4.0 4 0 0 2 0 0 7 7.0 24 Nengsu,Brice...... 1-0 18 18.0 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000 3 3 6 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 5.0 25 Lawson Jr.,Kenny... 1-0 11 11.0 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 4 1 5 5.0 4 0 1 3 0 1 3 3.0 34 Bahe,Nick...... 1-1 20 20.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2.0 21 Morrison,Ty...... 1-0 15 15.0 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 4.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 2.0 05 Sitzmann,Dustin.... 1-0 2 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team...... 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 ------Total...... 1 200 26-66 .394 2-13 .154 24-31 .774 21 27 48 48.0 19 0 13 12 4 12 78 78.0 Opponents...... 1 200 16-52 .308 2-9 .222 8-18 .444 14 24 38 38.0 24 0 6 23 3 0 42 42.0
TEAM STATISTICS CU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 78 42 11-13-06 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W 78-42 13517 Points per game...... 78.0 42.0 Scoring margin...... +36.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 26-66 16-52 Field goal pct...... 394 .308 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 2-13 2-9 3-point FG pct...... 154 .222 3-pt FG made per game.. 2.0 2.0 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 24-31 8-18 Free throw pct...... 774 .444 REBOUNDS...... 48 38 Rebounds per game...... 48.0 38.0 Rebounding margin...... +10.0 - ASSISTS...... 13 6 Assists per game...... 13.0 6.0 TURNOVERS...... 12 23 Turnovers per game..... 12.0 23.0 Turnover margin...... +11.0 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.1 0.3 STEALS...... 12 0 Steals per game...... 12.0 0.0 BLOCKS...... 4 3 Blocks per game...... 4.0 3.0 WINNING STREAK...... 1 - Home win streak...... 1 - ATTENDANCE...... 13517 0 Home games-Avg/Game.... 1-13517 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------#20 Creighton...... 30 48 - 78 Opponents...... 16 26 - 42