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Creighton is playing a game Saturday because the Bluejays were told they had to. The Bluejays were required by Big East Conference officials to schedule a game Saturday so that all 10 teams in the league had less than a 48-hour turnaround before Monday's Big East Marathon for Martin Luther King Day. Eight Big East schools were already scheduled to play conference games while Georgetown had a scheduled non-conference matchup against Connecticut. Continue to Article

January 13, 2017 9:35:pm EST

The analytics website KenPom.com gives the Bluejays a 100 percent chance of beating their Division II opponent from Kirksville, Missouri. Told that, Truman State coach Chris Foster burst out laughing. Blame the Big East. Continue to Article

January 12, 2017 3:45:pm EST

In the final seconds of his team’s 75-64 victory over Butler on Wednesday night, Creighton point guard Maurice Watson gave the home crowd a scare. Watson clutched his left knee and writhed on the floor after a collision with Butler forward Kelan Martin. “I was guessing he just wanted a little more attention,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott told FS1’s studio crew after the game. Continue to Article

January 11, 2017 11:49:pm EST

When coach Greg McDermott and Creighton's players were asked about the honor bestowed on the Bluejays' basketball program Monday, they did not recoil thinking it's bad to be proud of the highest ranking in school history. Creighton moved up two spots two No. 8 in both the Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls after victories last week over St. John's and Providence to improve to 15-1. "There's been a lot of expectations from the start of the season," McDermott said. Continue to Article

January 10, 2017 9:24:pm EST