Creighton Men's Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Creighton Bluejays
 
Big East (23-9, 14-6)
 
 
Big Wins: Alabama (85-82), Connecticut (85-66)
Bad Losses: at UNLV (64-79), Butler (98-99)
Coach: Greg McDermott
 
Probable Starters:
Mason Miller, Sophomore, Forward, 5.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Senior, Center, 17.1 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 3.0 bpg
Steven Ashworth, Senior, Guard, 10.7 ppg, 4.2 apg
Baylor Scheierman, Senior, Guard, 18.4 ppg, 4.0 apg, 9.0 rpg
Trey Alexander, Junior, Guard, 17.6 ppg, 4.8 apg, 5.7 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Jasen Green, Freshman, Forward, 1.4 ppg, 1.2 rpg
Francisco Farabello, Senior, Guard, 4.1 ppg, 1.5 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 80.8 (33rd in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.5 (98, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.0 (19, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.0 (76, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.7 (6, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.5 (53, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 77.5 (18, 4)
Rebound Margin: 4.6 (46, 4)
Assists Per Game: 17.3 (18, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.5 (67, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023NCAARound of 64 win over NC State
2023NCAARound of 32 win over Baylor
2023NCAARegional Semifinal win over Princeton
2023NCAARegional Final loss to San Diego State
2022NCAARound of 32 loss to Kansas
2022NCAARound of 64 win over San Diego State
2021NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Gonzaga
2021NCAARound of 64 win over UC Santa Barbara
2021NCAARound of 32 win over Ohio
2019NITFirst Round win over Loyola-Chicago
2019NITSecond Round win over Memphis
2019NITQuarterfinal loss to TCU
2018NCAARound of 64 loss to Kansas State
2017NCAARound of 64 loss to Rhode Island
2016NITQuarterfinal loss to BYU
2016NITFirst Round win over Alabama
2016NITSecond Round win over Wagner
2014NCAARound of 32 loss to Baylor
2014NCAARound of 64 win over Louisiana
2013NCAARound of 32 loss to Duke
2013NCAARound of 64 win over Cincinnati
2012NCAARound of 32 loss to North Carolina
2012NCAARound of 64 win over Alabama
2011CBIFinal win over Oregon
2011CBIFirst Round win over San Jose State
2011CBISecond Round win over Davidson
2011CBISemifinal win over UCF
2010CITSemifinal loss to Missouri State
2010CITFirst Round win over South Dakota
2010CITSecond Round win over Fairfield
2009NITSecond Round loss to Kentucky
2009NITFirst Round win over Bowling Green
2008NITFirst Round win over Rhode Island
2008NITSecond Round loss to Florida
2007NCAARound of 64 loss to Nevada
 
*all team stats through 3/10