Creighton's NCAA Tournament Records
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33-semifinal-notes.indd 1 3/12/2018 12:23:22 PM 2017-18 Creighton Bluejays Active Roster #0 Marcus Foster #1 Davion Mintz #2 Khyri Thomas #4 Ronnie Harrell Jr. #5 Ty-Shon Alexander #11 Tyler Clement 6-3 • 205 • Sr. • Guard 6-3 • 180 • So. • Guard 6-3 • 210 • Jr. • Guard 6-7 • 200 • Jr. • G/F 6-4 • 195 • Fr. • Guard 6-2 • 185 • Sr. • Guard #12 Jordan Scurry #14 Kaleb Joseph #15 Martin Krampelj #24 Mitch Ballock #32 Toby Hegner #41 Jacob Epperson 6-2 • 205 • So. • Guard 6-3 • 180 • Jr. • Guard 6-9 • 220 • So. • Forward 6-5 • 205 • Fr. • Guard 6-10 • 240 • Sr. • Forward 6-11 • 210 • Fr. • Center Additional Creighton University Men’s Basketball Personnel #44 Manny Suarez Greg McDermott Darian DeVries Alan Huss Preston Murphy Steve Merfeld 6-10 • 250 • Sr. • Center Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Asst. to the Head Coach Jeff Vanderloo Tim MacAllister Len Gordy John McKew Dan Bailey Ben McNair Director of Operations Video Coordinator Diversity & Inclusion Administrative Assistant Athletic Performance Athletic Trainer Daniel S. Bruce Mark Rob Patty Joe Steve Adrian Brad Adrian Hendrickson, S.J. Rasmussen Burgers Anderson Galas Willman Brace Rider Abramson Dowell President Athletic Director Associate AD Sports Information MBB Admin. Asst. Marketing Associate AD Assistant AD Ticketing Assistant AD 33-semifinal-notes.indd 2 3/12/2018 12:23:43 PM 2017-18 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #33: Kansas State vs. Creighton • Friday, March 16, 2018 • 5:50 p.m. CST SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • E-mail: [email protected] Kansas State Wildcats vs. Creighton Bluejays Spectrum Center (20,200) • Charlotte, N.C. Radio: KOZN (1620 AM); WestwoodOne, Sirius 137, XM 201 Television: TNT Series History: Creighton leads, 8-7 (22-11, 10-8 Big 12) Last Meeting: Kansas State 88, Creighton 78 on Dec. 5, 1987 in Omaha, Neb. (21-11, 10-8 BIG EAST) November Next Game http://westwoodonesports.com/charlotte, via 10 YALE% (FSN) W 92-76 Eighth-seeded Creighton (21-11, 10-8 BIG EAST) the free TuneIn app (every game from Charlotte 12 ALCORN STATE% (FS1) W 109-72 heads to Charlotte, N.C., as it returns to the NCAA will be on Westwood One Sports ‘B’), or every game 15 at #20 Northwestern$ (BTN) W 92-88 Tournament. can be accessed by enabling the “Westwood One 20 vs. #23 UCLA^ (ESPNU) W 100-89 The Bluejays will open the event on Friday, Sports Skill.” Then, tell Alexa to “ask Westwood One 21 vs. #22 Baylor^ (ESPN2) L 59-65 March 16th against ninth-seeded Kansas State (22- for the Creighton game” or the “March Madness 25 SIU EDWARDSVILLE (FS2) W 103-66 11, 10-8 Big 12). Mix” channel. Tip-off at Spectrum Center (20,200) is set for 5:50 December p.m. Central. Television Broadcast Information 1 at #15 Gonzaga (ESPN2) L 74-91 The winner of the Creighton/Kansas State game Friday’s game will be televised nationally on TNT, 5 NORTH DAKOTA (FS2) W 111-68 will meet the Virginia/UMBC winner on Sunday at a with Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy 9 NEBRASKA (FS1) W 75-65 time to be determined. Wolfson on the broadcast. 15 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (FS1) W 87-36 18 UT ARLINGTON (FS1) W 90-81 Radio Broadcast Information Video Webcast Information 20 USC UPSTATE (FS1) W 116-62 KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton men’s Live streaming video of all NCAA Tournament 28 at #23 Seton Hall* (FS1) L 84-90 31 PROVIDENCE (FS1) W 83-64 basketball games during the 2017-18 season, while games will be available at KOOO (101.9 FM) also broadcasted all home games. http://www.ncaa.com/marchmadnesslive. January John Bishop and Nick Bahe will call the action. 3 ST. JOHN’S* (FS1) W 78-71 Westwood One Sports will also air the game Live Stats Information 6 at Georgetown* (FSN) W 90-66 nationwide outside the Omaha market, with Kevin All of Creighton’s games this season will have free 9 BUTLER* (FS1) W 85-74 Kugler and Eric Montross on the call. The game live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click 13 at #10 Xavier* (FOX) L 70-92 can be heard on Sirius channel 137 and XM channel on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at 17 #19 SETON HALL* (FS1) W 80-63 201. the top of the page for the event of your choosing. 20 at Providence* (CBSSN) L 71-85 Only the Westwood One feed will be avail- Home games could also be followed by those 23 at St. John’s* (FS1) W 68-63 able over the internet and other mobile devices. who have mobile devices with internet capability 27 GEORGETOWN* (CBSSN) (Pink Out) W 85-77 Charlotte games can be heard at at www.gocreightonstats.com. Creighton -- Last Game Starters February • Owns 2,162 career points, including 1,287 at Creighton. 1 at #1 Villanova* (FS1) L 78-98 Marcus Foster • G 0 • Wooden Award Midseason 25 list & Naismith Award Top 30 list. 7 at DePaul* (FS1) W 76-75 6-3 • 205 • Sr. • Wichita Falls, Texas • Creighton MBB’s first two-time First Team All-BiG EAST pick. 10 #5 XAVIER* (FOX) L 71-72 PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Sporting News Midseason Third Team All-American. 13 BEMIDJI STATE (FS2) W 94-46 20.3 3.9 .422 .744 • 4 career game-winning shots, including 2/7/18 at DePaul. 17 MARQUETTE* (FSN) L 86-90 20 at Butler* (FS1) L 70-93 Davion Mintz • G • Tied career-high with 17 points in win at Georgetown (1/6). 24 #3 VILLANOVA* (FOX) W 89-83 (OT) 1 6-3 • 180 • So. • Charlotte, N.C. • Owns a 99 assist to 36 turnover ratio this year. 27 DEPAUL* (FS1) (Senior Night) W 82-57 • In 10 games vs. top-25 teams, owns 38 assists & just 10 turnovers. PPG APG 3FG% FT% • Led the BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio in league games. March 6.0 3.1 .327 .732 • 10 points, 9 rebounds & 6 assists in win vs. #3 Villanova (2/24). 3 at Marquette* (FOX) L 81-85 Khyri Thomas • G • Second Team All-BIG EAST this season. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) 2 6-3 • 210 • Jr. • Omaha, Neb. • Two-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018). 8 vs. Providence (FS1) L 68-72 (OT) • Has scored 10+ points and shot 50 percent or better from the PPG RPG 3FG% FT% field in 13 of CU’s last 14 games. NCAA Tournament (Charlotte, N.C.) 15.3 4.3 .419 .795 • Surpassed 1,000 career points on 2/10 vs. #5 Xavier. Now 1,131. 16 vs. Kansas State (TNT) 5:50 p.m. Mitch Ballock • G • Scored 13 points, 6 rebounds and dished career-high 8 assists 24 6-5 • 205 • Fr. • Eudora, Kan. in 43 minutes of a win over No. 3 Villanova in first start (2/24). *BIG EAST Conference regular season games • Scored 22 points in 30 minutes of a win over #23 UCLA (11/20). % 2017 Hall of Fame Classic (Omaha, Neb.) $ Gavitt Tipoff Games PPG RPG FG% FT% • Three-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week this season and a ^ 2017 Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) 7.0 2.7 .426 .792 member of the BIG EAST’s All-Freshman Team. All times listed are Central and subject to change Home games in BOLD CAPS at CenturyLink Center Omaha Toby Hegner • F • Fifth-year senior is in graduate school. 32 6-10 • 240 • Sr. • Berlin, Wis. • Started CU’s first three games before missing the next three with a sprained ankle he suffered at Northwestern (11/15). PPG RPG FG% FT% • Season-high 19 points in win at Georgetown (1/6), with 5 3FG’s. 8.3 3.0 .503 .842 • Owns 154 career 3-pointers and 119 2-pointers. 2017-18 BIG EAST Standings (after 3/11) and surrender 67.9 per contest. KSU shoots 47.2 BIG EAST only All Games Media Information percent from the field, 34.4 percent from deep and Team W L W L Creighton student-athletes will meet the media 74.3 percent from the line. The Wildcats have been #3 Xavier 15 3 28 5 from 2:45 - 3:00 pm EST and Greg McDermott’s outrebounded by 3.2 caroms per contest. #2 Villanova 14 4 30 4 session will be from 3:00 - 3:15 pm EST. The team Creighton 10 8 21 11 will then hold an open practice at Spectrum Center The Coaches Seton Hall 10 8 21 11 from 3:25 - 4:05 pm EST that is free to attend. Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) is in his Providence 10 8 21 13 All off-day and postgame press conference from eighth season as head coach at Creighton. He is Butler 9 9 20 13 all rounds of the NCAA Tournament will be made 187-93 with the Bluejays. McDermott has previ- Marquette 9 9 19 13 available for download in the NCAA Digital Media ously been a head coach at Iowa State (2006-10), Georgetown 5 13 15 15 Hub. Media should contact Creighton SID Rob Northern Iowa (2001-06), North Dakota State (2000- St. John’s 4 14 16 17 Anderson for details. 01) and Wayne State (1994-2000). He owns a career DePaul 4 14 11 20 mark of 467-288 in his 24th season and is 336- Scouting Creighton 224 in his 17th Division I campaign.