Creighton Bluejays
Big East (18-14, 9-9)
Big Wins: 1/9 at Seton Hall (82-67), 1/23 Butler (72-64), 2/9 Xavier (70-56)
Bad Losses: 12/2 Arizona State (77-79), 12/5 at Loyola IL (65-68), 2/24 Marquette (61-66)
Coach: Greg McDermott
Probable Starters:
Maurice Watson Jr., Junior, Guard, 14.2 ppg, 6.6 apg
James Milliken, Senior, Guard, 9.8 ppg, 1.7 apg
Isaiah Zierden, Junior, Guard, 10.2 ppg, 2.2 apg
Cole Huff, Junior, Forward, 11.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg
Geoffrey Groselle, Senior, Center, 10.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.3 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Khyri Thomas, Freshman, Guard, 5.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Zach Hanson, Junior, Forward, 6.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Toby Hegner, Sophomore, Forward, 5.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 79.8 (32nd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 72.8 (204, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.0 (39, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.7 (191, 8)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.2 (72, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.2 (145, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.9 (169, 7)
Rebound Margin: 1.9 (129, 5)
Assists Per Game: 15.4 (54, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.5 (65, 3)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014 NCAA Second Round win over Louisiana
2014 NCAA Third Round loss to Baylor
2013 NCAA Second Round win over Cincinnati
2013 NCAA Third Round loss to Duke
2012 NCAA Second Round win over Alabama
2012 NCAA Third Round loss to North Carolina
2011 CBI First Round win over San Jose State
2011 CBI Second Round win over Davidson
2011 CBI Semifinal win over UCF
2011 CBI Final win over Oregon
2010 CIT First Round win over South Dakota
2010 CIT Second Round win over Fairfield
2010 CIT Semifinal loss to Missouri State
2009 NIT First Round win over Bowling Green
2009 NIT Second Round loss to Kentucky
2008 NIT First Round win over Rhode Island
2008 NIT Second Round loss to Florida
2007 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Nevada
*all team stats through 3/6
