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2013-14 Creighton Men's Basketball
Game #18 • at Providence • Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 • 7:07 pm CST
#20/19 Creighton Bluejays at Providence Friars
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,410) • Providence, R.I.
Radio: KOZN 1620 AM, www.1620thezone.com
TV: FOX Sports 1
Series History: Creighton leads, 6-4
Last Meeting: Creighton 63, Providence 51 on 11/25/00 in Kansas City, Mo.
Next Game
No. 20/19 Creighton (15-2, 5-0 BIG EAST) looks to remain unbeaten in true road games this season when it visits Providence (12-5, 2-2 BIG EAST).
Saturday's game will tip at 7:07 pm Central from Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,410) in Providence, R.I.
Radio Broadcast Information
KOZN (1620 The Zone) will broadcast all Creighton men's basketball games during the 2013-14 season. John Bishop and Nick Bahe will call the action. The broadcast is also webcast live at 1620thezone.com.
The pregame show "Bluejay Shootaround" is hosted by Josh Peterson and former Bluejay Josh Dotzler, and will air from 5:00 - 6:30 pm.
Following the game, Tim Krueger and Heath Gunderson will host "Overtime" for approximately one hour, while also taking calls from listeners.
Broadcast Information
Saturday's game will be broadcast nationwide on FOX Sports 1, with Dick Stockton and Tarik Turner on the call.
Live Stats Information
All of Creighton's games this season will have free live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click on the Live Stats tab on the top of the page for a link the exact URL.
Home games can also be followed by those who have mobile devices with internet capability at www.gocreightonstats.com.
Scouting Creighton
Creighton owns a 15-2 record, including wins over Nebraska, Arizona State, Saint Joseph's, Cal, Marquette, Seton Hall, Xavier and Butler, in its first season in the BIG EAST.
Creighton enters Saturday with a BIG EAST best 10-game win streak, with nine of those victories coming by double-digits.
Five-time BIG EAST Player of the Week
Doug McDermott
(25.2 ppg., 7.2 rpg., 43.4 3FG%) is the nation's only returning consensus First Team All-American, as well as the nation's leading returning scorer. He's led the Jays in scoring and rebounding each of the past three seasons, was named Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year, and has scored 19 or more points in all but one game this year.
Austin Chatman
(7.5 ppg., 4.1 rpg., 4.0 apg.) and
Jahenns Manigat
(7.9 ppg., 44.0 3FG%) help man the Bluejay backcourt and have combined for 123 assists against just 44 turnovers this year.
Avery Dingman
(3.4 ppg.) also sees time in the backcourt, starting the last two games after
Grant Gibbs
(6.1 ppg., 4.1 apg.) suffered a dislocated kneecap on Jan. 7 at DePaul that is expected to sideline him for a month.
Helping to replace
Gregory Echenique
at the "5" spot have been the duo of
Ethan Wragge
(11.9 ppg., 50.0 3FG%) and
Will Artino
(6.1 ppg., 63.2 FG%).
Creighton was picked to finish third in the 10-team BIG EAST Conference this winter after returning 11 lettermen and four starters from last year's 28-8 team that reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season.
Scouting Providence
Providence is 12-5 on the season (2-2 BIG EAST), including an 8-1 home mark, including consecutive wins over Georgetown and St. John's.
The Friars are being led by Bryce Cotton, who ranks second in the BIG EAST in scoring (20.2), leads the way in assists per contest (5.8), and is third in assist/turnover ratio (2.68).
Tyler Harris (13.4), Kadeem Batts (12.8) and LaDontae Henton (12.8 ppg., 7.4 rpg.) also score at least a dozen points per game.
The Friars average 71.8 points per game while shooting 41.3 percent from the floor, 33.2 percent from three-point range and a nation-best 79.7 percent at the line.
The Coaches
Greg McDermott
(Northern Iowa, 1988) is in the midst of his fourth season as head coach at Creighton. He led CU to a 28-8 mark last year, and is now 95-32 with the Bluejays. McDermott has previously been a head coach at Iowa State (2006-10), Northern Iowa (2001-06), North Dakota State (2000-01) and Wayne State (1994-2000). He owns a career mark of 375-227 in his 20th season and is 244-163 in his 13th Division I campaign. McDermott is assisted by
Darian DeVries
Steve Lutz
Patrick Sellers
Ed Cooley (Stonehill, 1994) is 176-106 in his eighth year as a head coach, including a 46-37 mark in his third year at Providence. He was previously coach at Fairfield before replacing Keno Davis three years ago. Cooley is assisted by Andre LaFleur, Brian Blaney and Bob Simon.
The Series With Providence
Providence owns a 6-4 lead in the all-time series, including a 4-1 mark in Providence.
The teams first met in 1961, and haven't played since a 2000 meeting in Kansas City, Mo., as part of the Energia Systems Thanksgiving Tournament.
Greg McDermott
has never faced Providence or Ed Cooley. Cooley is 0-1 against the Bluejays, as his Fairfield team fell on March 22, 2010 in a CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament game contested at the Omaha Civic Auditorium.
Longest Win Streaks, Nationally
Creighton enters Saturday's game with a 10-game win streak. Nationally, that ranks as the sixth-longest active win streak.
Nation's Longest Active Win Streaks (1/17)
Rk. Streak Team Next Game
1. 18 Arizona 1/23
18 Wichita State 1/18
3. 17 Syracuse 1/18
4. 14 San Diego State 1/18
5. 13 Stephen F. Austin 1/23
6. 10 Creighton 1/18
10 Saint Louis 1/18
Road Warriors
Creighton has started 4-0 on the road this season with victories at Saint Joseph's, Long Beach State, Seton Hall and DePaul.
A Jan. 7 victory at DePaul gave CU a 4-0 road record to start the second straight season.
Before doing it last year, the Jays had not won their first four true road games since 2003-04.
Creighton has not started 5-0 in true road games since 1942-43, something it'll attempt to do on Saturday at Providence.
Winning On The Road Again
Creighton is 4-0 in true road games this season, having already won at Saint Joseph's, Long Beach State, Seton Hall and DePaul. The Bluejays also won their road finale last season, at Bradley.
According to data at WarrenNolan.com, Creighton's five-game win streak in true road games is tied for the nation's third-longest such streak through games of Jan. 17, trailing only Saint Louis and Stephen F. Austin.
Creighton is 21-8 in true road games the past three years, and 33-12 when you also include neutral site games.
Big Road Wins
Creighton has won each of its last three road games by double-figures, a rare feat for anyone to do. Creighton last won four consecutive road games, all by double-digits, in 1964-65.
Counting By 3's
Ethan Wragge
owns 992 career points, but just 26 two-point field goals. Only one player since 1997 has scored 1,000 career points with fewer than career 40 two-pointers, Butler's Bruce Horan (2003-06). Horan finished his career with 1,018 career points and just 12 two-pointers, thanks to 314 treys and 52 free throws.
Grand Milestone Within Reach
Ethan Wragge
enters Saturday's game with 992 career points and eight shy of becoming the 37th man in Creighton history to reach 1,000.
Saturday will be the 132nd game of his career, which would be more than any other player to reach the milestone.
Games To 1,000 Points, Last 13 Bluejays
Name Games to 1,000 pts. Date
Gregory Echenique
101 03/24/13
Doug McDermott
57 01/15/12
Antoine Young 115 12/10/11
Kenny Lawson Jr. 108 11/21/10
P'Allen Stinnett 86 01/16/10
Dane Watts 115 01/22/08
Anthony Tolliver 124 03/16/07
Johnny Mathies 91 03/03/06
Nate Funk 92 02/28/05
Kyle Korver 81 01/30/02
Ben Walker 105 01/06/01
Ryan Sears 97 12/01/00
Rodney Buford 59 03/01/97
Shooting Star
Ethan Wragge
has made multiple three-pointers in each of his last 13 games, a streak that began on Nov. 28 with a pair of trifectas vs. Arizona State.
Wragge is 49-for-101 (48.5 percent) from downtown in the past 13 games.
Before Wragge, the last Creighton player with multiple three-pointers in 13 straight games was Kyle Korver, who ended his career in 2003 with 13 such games.
Wragge has made four or more three-pointers in 11 of 17 games this season for Creighton.
Chatting About Chatman
Austin Chatman
enters Saturday's tilt at Providence with a career-long streak of three straight games in double-figures.
He's made 6-of-8 three-point attempts in those games, all wins, while also dishing 11 assists and picking up three steals.
Chatman owns 32 points the last 3 games.
Shooting Towards A Triple Crown
Not only is Creighton leading the nation in three-point percentage (.433), but the Bluejays are making three-pointers at a record clip.
Creighton owns 191 three-pointers through 17 games this season, an average of 11.24 per game.
In the NCAA Division I history, the only team to average more than 10.7 three-pointers per game was the Troy State squad (11.11) in 1995-96.
What A Run!
Creighton scored on 14 straight possessions in the first half of its last game, an 88-60 rout of Butler. In all, it led to a 33-17 blitz that turned a 12-7 game into a 45-24 contest nine minutes later.
A look at the scores:
12:28 - McDermott 3-pointer
11:46 - Brooks lay-up
11:11 - McDermott jumper
10:10 - Brooks lay-up
9:33 - 3 McDermott free throws
8:40 - Artino 3-point play
8:17 - Dingman lay-up
7:50 - Chatman 3-pointer
7:18 - McDermott 3-pointer
6:18 - Artino lay-up
5:51 - McDermott lay-up
4:56 - Hanson lay-up
4:34 - Manigat lay-up
3:49 - Hanson lay-up
Success In Game Six of League Play
Creighton has won its sixth game in conference play in 18 of the previous 19 seasons. Saturday's game at Providence is Creighton's sixth BIG EAST contest this season.
Jays Earn 10 Home Wins, Again
With a win vs. Butler, Creighton clinched its 10th home win this season. Creighton has now won 10 or more home games in 18 straight seasons.
The current streak is a school-record, six more than the previous standard of 12 straight seasons from the 1969-70 season to the 1980-81 campaign with 10 or more home wins.
Creighton has won 10 or more home games in 35 of the last 45 seasons.
Milestone Watch
Ethan Wragge
needs eight points to reach 1,000 in his career. Wragge has made just 17 starts in his career. No other Bluejay in the 1,000 point club owns fewer than 59 starts.
-With a win on Saturday, Creighton can tie for the longest win streak under
Greg McDermott
, at 11, done once previously each of the last two seasons.
-Creighton will look for the program's 75th all-time victory as a ranked team on Saturday. CU is currently 74-26 when ranked by the AP.
The 1 For Sports?
Creighton looks to expand upon its perfect 8-0 record on FOX Sports 1 this season when it visits Providence on Sunday.
In the six home games that FOX Sports 1 has aired from CenturyLink Center Omaha, the Bluejays have trailed for just 3:10 of those 240 minutes. Creighton hasn't trailed on FOX Sports 1 in its last 227:25 of game time from in Omaha.
In the eight games on FOX Sports 1,
Doug McDermott
has averaged 26.3 points per game.
Player of the Week, Again
For the second straight week and fifth time overall,
Doug McDermott
was named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Jan. 13th.
McDermott averaged 26.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists as Creighton posted wins over DePaul and Xavier last week.
McDermott has now been named a league Newcomer or Player of the Week in 25 of 58 weeks since enrolling at Creighton.
McDermott was also named National Player of the Week by the USBWA, NBCSports.com and CBSSports.
Deadly From Downtown
Through games of Jan. 12th, Creighton led the nation with 184 three-point baskets, 11.5 three-pointers per contest, and 43.6 percent marksmanship from deep, an incredible "triple" crown, of sorts.
Creighton has made 10 or more three-pointers in all but three games (7 vs. George Washington, California and Butler), including a season-high 16 vs. Chicago State on Dec. 29.
Creighton also ranked first with 19.1 assists per game and second in assist/turnover ratio (1.77).
Doug McDermott
ranked second nationally in scoring and in total points and was also third in field goals made.
Ethan Wragge
ranked third in three-pointers made, fourth in three-pointers per game and fifth in three-point field goal percentage.
Jahenns Manigat
ranks fifth nationally with a 3.77 assist/turnover ratio, as well.
15-2 Or Better, Again
Creighton has started either 15-2 or better through 17 games in each of the last three seasons, and five times since 2002-03 (also 2002-03 and 2003-04).
The only other team besides Creighton to start 15-2 or better each of the last three years is Syracuse.
Comparing Offenses
Creighton has had one of the nation's most effective and most efficient offenses in the past three seasons.
With the nucleus from those teams still intact, we thought we'd take a second to compare the 2011-12 and 2012-13 teams to this year's squad through 17 games:
Stat 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Record 15-2 16-1 15-2
FG Made 502 481 485
3FG Made 150 168 191
FT Made 244 227 244
Rebound Margin +5.2 +5.3 +5.9
Assists 336 309 324
Turnovers 219 202 176
Scoring Average 82.2 79.8 82.6
Scoring Margin +13.9 +18.1 +17.6
Poll Position
Creighton finished last season ranked 22nd in the final Associated Press poll, and made its 2013-14 debut in the top-25 poll on Nov. 18 when it was No. 23rd. The Jays then climbed to a season-best 20th the week of Nov. 25th.
The Jays dropped out of the poll for six weeks before returning on Jan. 13th with a No. 20 ranking.
Creighton is 74-26 all-time when ranked in the AP poll.
Including this week's poll result, Creighton has been ranked 31 times in 68 weeks of AP polls under
Greg McDermott
, and ranked between 26th-to-28th in eight other AP polls. The 31 weeks in the top-25 under McDermott is more than any coach in Bluejay history.
In this week's USA Today Coaches poll, Creighton is ranked 19th.
Most Weeks in AP Top 25 at CU, By Coach
Greg McDermott
, 2010-Pres. 31 (of 68)
Dana Altman, 1994-2010 18
Tom Apke, 1974-81 5
Eddie Sutton, 1969-74 5
McDermott's Quest For The Top 20
Creighton senior
Doug McDermott
enters Saturday's game 25th in NCAA history with 2,644 career points.
If he reaches his season average of 25 points, McDermott would move up to 23rd place, passing Wayman Tisdale and David Robinson. And should McDermott eclipse his collegiate high of 44 points, he's rise up to 22nd in NCAA history in points.
He is already the all-time leading scorer of any player to appear in a BIG EAST game, passing former Boston College great Troy Bell.
McDermott has passed hoop legends Elgin Baylor, Bill Bradley, Sean Elliott, Jimmer Fredette, Joe Dumars, Calbert Cheaney, Don MacLean, Keith Van Horn and Stephen Curry in the NCAA record book during the last few weeks.
Page three of this release lists every player in NCAA history to score 2,500 career points.
How's This, For Starters?
Grant Gibbs
missed last Sunday's game, it snapped a streak of 86 straight starts for the Marion, Iowa native. Junior guard
Avery Dingman
took his place, as the Branson, Mo., native made his first career start.
If the past is any indication, a shake-up to the starting line-up hasn't affected Creighton's success. Each time Creighton has introduced a new starting line-up in the past three seasons, it's promptly embarked on a win streak of five or longer.
New Line-Up
Debut Result
Chatman, McDermott, Dingman, Manigat, Wragge
1/12/14 Won first game (2-0 and counting)
Chatman, McDermott, Gibbs, Manigat, Wragge
12/3/13 Won first 8 games (8-0)
Chatman, McDermott, Gibbs, Manigat, Artino
11/8/13 Won first 5 games (5-2)
Chatman, McDermott, Gibbs, Manigat, Echenique
11/9/12 Won first 6 (28-8)
Young, McDermott, Gibbs, Manigat, Echenique
11/11/11 Won first 7 (29-6)
Young, McDermott, Korver, Manigat, Echenique
2/5/11 Won first game (9-6)
A Very Good Avery
Grant Gibbs
sidelined by injury, junior guard
Avery Dingman
stepped up in a big way against DePaul on Jan. 7.
Dingman entered the game with 31 points (2.2 ppg.) in Creighton's first 14 games this year, but exploded for 16 points in 18 minutes off the bench in the victory.
Dingman made 6-of-8 shots from the field, including a four-point play. His 16 points were the second-most of any game in his 86-game career, while his five rebounds were the third-best game of his career.
On Tuesday in his second career start, Dingman had a career-best seven rebounds in a career-high 27 minutes.
New League, But Similar Results
Below is the records for each current BIG EAST school over the last four, eight and 14 (since 2000-01) seasons, ranked by overall wins.
The three newcomers to the league, Butler, Creighton and Xavier, are at the top of nearly each category.
Most Wins Since 2000-01 (1/17/14)
Team W L Pct.
Butler 331 125 .726
Xavier 323 126 .719
Creighton 323 130 .713
Marquette 307 143 .682
Georgetown 296 143 .674
Villanova 290 158 .647
Providence 225 197 .533
Seton Hall 221 199 .526
St. John's 202 217 .482
DePaul 179 238 .429
Most Wins - Last 8 Years
Team W L Pct.
Butler 205 63 .765
Xavier 186 72 .721
Creighton 184 78 .702
Marquette 181 81 .691
Georgetown 178 71 .715
Villanova 168 86 .661
Seton Hall 125 115 .521
Providence 125 116 .519
St. John's 120 123 .494
DePaul 88 152 .367
Most Wins - Last 4 Years
Team W L Pct.
Creighton 95 32 .748
Butler 87 41 .680
Marquette 85 39 .685
Georgetown 81 32 .717
Xavier 78 39 .667
Villanova 69 46 .600
Providence 61 54 .530
St. John's 60 55 .522
Seton Hall 59 56 .513
DePaul 40 72 .357
Creighton vs. Cancer
Creighton will showcase its support of the American Cancer Society Coaches Vs. Cancer program on January 25 when it hosts the Georgetown Hoyas. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to promote cancer awareness and participate in the Pink Out, and the first 15,000 Bluejay fans will receive a complimentary pink t-shirt courtesy of Alegent Creighton Health and Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center.
The Bluejay players will be wearing pink jerseys and warm up shooting shirts in support of the nights events.
Fans will have the opportunity to support the American Cancer Society by taking part in the Pink Jersey Auction. Bids can be submitted through January 19 for jerseys of the fans favorite player. All proceeds from the Pink Out will benefit the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Campaign as well as continued programs, services and research. Winning bidders will also have the opportunity to honor someone they know who is a survivor or remember someone who has lost their battle by personalizing the warm up shooting shirts with the name of a loved one.
To make a bid, visit GoCreighton.com and click on the banner ad at the top of the page.
Creighton has raised more than $45,000 during the previous two years via such an auction.
Just Win Baby
Creighton has won 12 straight home games, a streak that began on Feb. 19, 2013 vs. Southern Illinois. Below is a list of Creighton's longest home win streaks in the 11-year history of CenturyLink Center Omaha.
Streak Dates Snapped By
16 Feb. 9, 2005 - Jan. 31, 2006 So. Illinois
16 Jan. 19, 2010 - Dec. 22, 2011 Missouri St.
14 Feb. 2, 2008 - Dec. 28, 2008 No. Iowa
12 Feb. 19, 2013 - Present ? ? ?
11 Nov. 22, 2003 - Feb. 4, 2004 So. Illinois
Perfect Ten
Creighton has won 10 straight games heading into Saturday. This is the fifth different win streak of seven or longer in the four years with
Greg McDermott
as coach.
Longest Win Streaks Under
Greg McDermott
W's Dates Snapped By
11 Dec. 31, 2011 - Feb. 1, 2012 at Northern Iowa
11 Dec. 1, 2012 - Jan. 15, 2013 at Wichita State
10 Dec. 3, 2013 - Present ? ? ?
8 Feb. 14 - March 16, 2012 vs. #4 North Carolina
7 Nov. 11, 2011 - Dec. 4, 2011 at Saint Joseph's
Board Battle Is Big
One common theme during Creighton's 10-game winning streak is that the Bluejays have won the rebound battle in nine contests, and lost it by just one in the other.
In five BIG EAST contests, the Bluejays have collected 30 more rebounds than the opposition.
Dating to last season Creighton has won 18 straight games when winning the battle of the boards, and 77-14 in four years under
Greg McDermott
when winning the rebound column.
Double-Figures x 5
Creighton had five men score in double-figures on Jan. 7 at DePaul, as
Doug McDermott
Avery Dingman
Ethan Wragge
Austin Chatman
(10) and
Will Artino
(10) each did so.
CU then placed five men in double-figures on Jan. 12 vs. Xavier as well, as McDermott (35), Wragge (15) and Chatman (12) were joined by
Jahenns Manigat
(11) and
Devin Brooks
Prior to those two games, Creighton had five men score in double-digits just once in the first 14 games, as the Bluejays also did that in the opener vs. Alcorn State. That quintet included McDermott (20), Artino (12), Wragge (15), Brooks (15) and Manigat (13).
BCS Busters at Home
Creighton has won 18 straight regular-season home games against teams from BCS leagues (at time of game) since the start of the 1996-97 season.
Those 18 wins have been by an average of 12.22 points, with 11 coming by double-digits, and none decided by fewer than six points.
BCS Schools at Creighton, Last 16 Years*
Date Score
01/14/14 Creighton 88, Butler 60
01/12/14 Creighton 95, Xavier 89
12/31/13 Creighton 67, Marquette 49
12/22/13 Creighton 68, California 54
12/08/13 Creighton 82, Nebraska 67
12/22/11 Creighton 87, Northwestern 79
12/04/11 Creighton 76, Nebraska 66
12/06/09 Creighton 67, Nebraska 61
11/24/07 Creighton 74, Nebraska 62
11/09/07 Creighton 74, DePaul 62
12/11/05 Creighton 70, Nebraska 44
12/10/03 Creighton 61, Nebraska 54
12/12/01 Creighton 76, Nebraska 70
12/09/99 Creighton 89, Nebraska 72
11/27/99 Creighton 85, #23 Iowa 76
12/20/98 Creighton 66, #18 Oklahoma State 60
12/02/98 Creighton 73, Baylor 59
12/10/97 Creighton 84, Nebraska 73
*regular-season games only
Top Dog At The Halfway Point
Two-time All-American
Doug McDermott
is a well-known commodity among the national experts who cover the sport.
With conference play starting up, numerous national publications and websites have named their Midseason Players of the Year.
Among the following individuals/organizations have named McDermott the front-runner for National Player of the Year were: Jay Bilas (ESPN), Jeff Goodman (ESPN), Andy Katz (ESPN), Jay Williams (ESPN), Dick Vitale (ESPN), Dan Dakich (ESPN), Gary Parrish (CBS Sports), Jeff Borzello (CBS Sports), Jerry Palm (CBS Sports), Jon Rothstein (CBS Sports), CJ Moore (Bleacher Report), Kelli Anderson (Sports Illustrated), Seth Davis (Sports Illustrated), Luke Winn (Sports Illustrated) and Brian Hamilton (Sports Illustrated).
Assist Machine?
Doug McDermott
has 14 assists in Creighton's last four games, including when he tied a career-high with five helpers at Seton Hall on Jan. 4th.
The 14 assists have led directly to 37 points by his Bluejay teammates.
Link To Greatness
Creighton's home, CenturyLink Center Omaha, has received several rave reviews in recent weeks.
ESPN.com's Jeff Goodman ranked it as the 10th best college basketball arena.
Stadium Journey, a site that ranks arenas, named it the 18th-best venue in North America, and fourth-best among college basketball sites. Only Allen Fieldhouse (Kansas), Rupp Arena (Kentucky), FedEx Forum (Memphis) were ranked higher.
McDermott Named Player of the Week
Creighton senior
Doug McDermott
picked up two more awards on Jan. 6 as he was named National Player of the Week by CBSSports.com in addition to his BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week accolade.
McDermott averaged 24.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in double-digit victories over Marquette and Seton Hall.
This was his fourth BIG EAST Player of the Week accolade this season, and his second National Player of the Week Award (also Nov. 18 from ESPN.com).
In the write-up on McDermott from CBSSports.com, Gary Parrish writes "McDermott is, quite simply, having one of the greatest college careers in modern history."
Injury Updates
Two key senior starters were injured against DePaul and underwent MRI's on Jan. 7th.
Grant Gibbs
(6.1 ppg., 4.1 apg.) was diagnosed with a dislocated kneecap and is expected to miss up to a month.
Doug McDermott
(25.0 ppg., 7.3 rpg.) sprained the AC joint in his shoulder and was diagnosed as day-to-day. After missing two practices, McDermott returned and scored 35 points on Xavier on Sunday, then put up 28 points in 27 minutes on Butler two days later. Since the injury, all McDermott has done is score 77 points in 78 minutes of playing time.
A Wonderful Day
Doug McDermott
celebrated his first game since his 22nd birthday with 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a 13-point road win at Seton Hall on Jan. 4th.
McDermott was Creighton's first player with a 30 point, 10 rebound, five assist line in the same game since Benoit Benjamin had 45 points, 16 rebounds and five assists on Jan. 19, 1985 vs. Indiana State.
Ball Control Offense
Creighton had just four turnovers in 66 possessions vs. Seton Hall on Jan. 4th, its fewest in any games of
Greg McDermott
's four-year tenure on the Bluejay sideline.
Just 10 days later, the Bluejays did it again in a victory over Butler.
Creighton's four turnovers were its fewest since having three miscues on Feb. 1, 2005 in a win vs. Wichita State, a span of 335 games.
Strong Start To League Play
Creighton has started 5-0 in league play for the third time in 12 years (also 2002-03 and 2012-13). Since the start of the NIT and NCAA Tournaments, the Bluejays have made the postseason all four times it has opened league play 5-0.
Last season Creighton started Missouri Valley Conference play with a 6-0 mark en route to an eventual regular-season title.
Impressive 125 Game Start
A Jan. 7 win at DePaul marked the 125th game at Creighton for
Greg McDermott
. During that time, he won 93 games, two MVC Tournament titles, one MVC regular-season title and two NCAA Tournament games while having three of his teams ranks among the top-six nationally in average home attendance.
The game was also McDermott's 600th career game as a head coach, and made him 373-227.
Scoring Early & Often
Doug McDermott
has scored in double-figures before the second media timeout in seven of Creighton's last nine games, and 10 of Creighton's 17 games this season.
In 17 games this year, McDermott has scored 158 points before checking out for the first time, logging a collective 145:45 of court time before hitting the bench.
That gives him 1.08 points per minute to start games, good for a 43.4 points per game average if her were to maintain it over the course of 40 minutes.
Looking only at the first five minutes of games this season, McDermott has scored 100 points in those 85 minutes, an average of 1.18 points per minute and a per-40 minute average of 47.1 points per game at that pace.
Playing With A Lead
In the 11 year history of CenturyLink Center Omaha, Creighton has led wire-to-wire in 47 games, including all five December home games this season, and the Jan. 14 Butler game.
Creighton has trailed for just 16:19 of 400:00 minutes this season at home, and just 20:33 of its last 480:00 minutes during its 12-game home win streak. Impressively, Creighton has not trailed at any point in the second half during that home win streak, winning all 12 games by six or more points.
Starting On Fire
Since inserting
Ethan Wragge
into the starting five prior to the Dec. 3 game at Long Beach State, Creighton has started out strong.
Creighton has trailed in just 26:35 seconds of its last 392:30 of action, and the Bluejays have outscored foes 429-280 in the first half of those games.
In the last 10 games, Creighton's outscored foes 141-101 from start of game until when
Ethan Wragge
's checked out for first time.
Good As Gold
Not only has Creighton started games quickly this season, but the Bluejays have also done a good job maintaining those leads.
The Bluejays have won 24 straight games when leading with 5:00 to play.
Overall under
Greg McDermott
, Creighton is 86-4 when leading with 5:00 left, including victories in 48 of the last 49 scenarios. The Bluejays are also 3-0 under McDermott when tied with 5:00 to play.
CU is 5-28 under McDermott when trailing with 5:00 left, with the last such rally coming on Feb. 25, 2011 at Indiana State.
He's The Man(igat)
Jahenns Manigat
averaged a modest 5.6 points per game in the first eight contests this season, making 15-of-33 field goal attempts (45.4 percent).
Since returning home from CU's eight-day trek to California in early December, Manigat has averaged 10.0 points on 30-of-66 marksmanship (45.5 percent) from the floor, including 22-of-48 (45.8 percent) from downtown. He also owns a 36 assist, seven turnover ratio in that time.
Manigat scored 15 points on Dec. 29 in a win over Chicago State, sinking 5-of-7 three-point shots.
Manigat then had season-highs with 16 points, six rebounds and six assists in CU's win over Marquette two nights later.
Manigat continued his hot streak with 14 points, four rebounds and four assists at Seton Hall on Jan. 4.
This was the first time he's scored in double-digits three straight games.
Seniors Lead The Way
Creighton's senior class has led the way in recent weeks, providing tremendous scoring and shooting in addition to unquestioned leadership.
Take a look at the collective performances of
Grant Gibbs
Jahenns Manigat
Doug McDermott
Ethan Wragge
during the club's nine-game win streak:
Opponent 3FG-3FGA Points Rebounds
Long Beach State 8-16 39 9
Nebraska 11-24 67 21
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7-22 47 16
California 5-18 46 24
Chicago State 15-21 60 14
Marquette 11-24 51 21
Seton Hall 9-22 64 27
DePaul 7-14 42 20
Xavier 12-24 61 13
Butler 5-11 36 14
10-Game Totals 90-196 513 179
Rest of Team 23-68 303 174
On A Roll
Since the start of 2011-12, Creighton is a remarkable 72-16. On a national basis, Creighton's 72 wins since the start of last season ranks tied for seventh, through games of Jan. 17, as seen below.
Most Wins, Since 2011-12
School '11-12 '12-13 '13-14 W-L Next
Syracuse 34-3 30-10 17-0 80-13 1/18
Louisville 30-10 35-5 15-3 80-18 1/18
Ohio State 31-8 29-8 15-3 75-19 1/20
Wichita State 27-6 30-9 18-0 75-15 1/18
Kansas 32-7 31-6 12-4 75-17 1/18
Gonzaga 26-7 32-3 15-3 73-13 1/18
Creighton 29-6 28-8 15-2 72-16 1/18
Michigan State 29-8 27-9 16-1 72-18 1/18
Kentucky 38-2 21-12 12-4 71-18 1/18
Give Me Five
Creighton's win vs. Chicago State on Dec. 29th was the Jays fifth straight this season, a streak that reached 10 after Tuesday's win vs. Butler. The Bluejays have now had at least one five-game win streak in 16 of the last 17 seasons.
Since 1988-89, the Bluejays have made the NCAA's, NIT or CBI all 18 previous times they've had a five-game winning streak in a season, but missed the NCAA/NIT/CBI all seven times they haven't.
BCS Busters
One frequent question about how Creighton will handle the move to the BIG EAST is how they'll handle the nightly rigors of playing against "BCS" competition on a regular basis.
In the past three seasons, Creighton is 17-2 against teams from those leagues, with both losses (North Carolina, Duke) coming in the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament. Thirteen of the 17 wins came by double-digits, and just seven of the games took place in Omaha.
Doug McDermott
has scored at least 19 points in all but one of those games (Alabama), and in that one he had a double-double. McDermott has averaged 25.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in the 19 games.
D. McDermott
Date Opponent Score Pts Reb.
11/20/11 vs. Iowa W 82-59 25 9
12/04/11 Nebraska W 76-66 24 12
12/22/11 Northwestern W 87-79 27 5
03/16/12 vs. Alabama W 58-57 16 10
03/18/12 vs. #4 N. Carolina L 73-87 20 9
11/23/12 vs. Wisconsin W 84-74 30 8
11/24/12 vs. Arizona State W 87-73 29 9
12/06/12 at Nebraska W 64-42 27 4
12/15/12 at California W 74-64 34 9
03/22/13 vs. Cincinnati W 67-63 27 11
03/24/13 vs. #6 Duke L 50-66 21 9
11/28/13 vs. Arizona State W 88-60 27 6
12/08/13 Nebraska W 82-67 33 8
12/22/13 California W 68-54 20 11
12/31/13 Marquette W 67-49 19 7
01/04/14 at Seton Hall W 79-66 30 10
01/07/14 at DePaul W 81-62 19 5
01/12/14 Xavier W 95-89 35 7
01/14/14 Butler W 88-60 28 5
3's vs. 2's
In Creighton's last 10 games, the Bluejays have attempted 571 shot attempts, with nearly half (264) of those coming from beyond the arc.
Creighton has made 163-of-307 two-pointers in that time, accounting for 326 points (1.06 points per shot).
Creighton has made 113-of-264 three-pointers in that time, accounting for 339 points (1.28 points per shot).
In its Dec. 29 win vs. Chicago State, Creighton made 16-of-25 three-point attempts, good for 1.92 points per shot attempt from deep. To earn the same point total (48 points) from 25 two-point attempts, Creighton would need to shoot 24-for-25 (96 percent).
Perhaps that's why
Greg McDermott
said in the postgame press conference: "If you're going to give us an open 3-point shot, that's the best percentage shot we can get."
Chicago State head coach Tracy Dildy agreed, "We've watched every game they had played, and we knew this was the best shooting team in the country. If there is another team in the country that shoots the ball like these guys shoot, I would love to see that team."
Racing To 50
Ethan Wragge
needed just 13 games to reach 50 three-pointers made this season. He was the second-fastest player in program history to reach the milestone, trailing only Kyle Korver (11 games) in 2002-03.
In Korver's magical 2002-03 season, he would finish with a school-record 129 three-pointers in 34 games, an average of 3.79 treys per game.
By comparison, Wragge's 63 three-pointers in 17 games this year are a similar 3.71 trifectas per contest.
Below is a list of the fewest games to 75 three-pointers in program history. Wragge has played in 17 games this year and owns 63 three-pointers.
Fewest Games Before Making 75th 3-Pointer
Name Year Games to 75
Kyle Korver 2002-03 16
Tad Ackerman 1994-95 25
Kyle Korver 2000-01 26
Booker Woodfox 2008-09 27
Kyle Korver 2001-02 28
Rod Mason 1987-88 32
Ethan Wragge
2012-13 35
Doug McDermott
2012-13 35
More Numbers From Deep
Creighton tied a school-record on Dec. 31 vs. Marquette with 35 attempts from three-point range, something previously done vs. North Carolina A&T (11/11/11) and at Bradley (2/1/11).
In Creighton's win on Dec. 29 vs. Chicago State, the Jays had 16 three-pointers, which was the second-most trifectas in a single-game in program history.
Consistent Challengers
Eleven of Creighton's last 16 teams finished either first or second in The Valley's regular-season race. Two of the five that didn't won the MVC Tournament.
The Bluejays won the MVC in 2000-01 and 2012-13, tied for the title in 2001-02 and 2008-09. CU was second in the MVC in 1997-98 and 2006-07, tied for second in the MVC in 1998-99, 2003-04 and 2005-06, and finished tied for third in 2004-05. The 1999-00 club was fourth in the MVC, but won the MVC Tournament, while the 2010-11 club tied for fourth place.
Creighton's MVC Finishes, Last 16 Years
1st Place 2000-01, 2012-13
Tied for First 2001-02 (won MVC Tourn.), 2008-09
2nd Place 1997-98, 2002-03 (won MVC Tourn.),
2006-07 (won MVC Tourn.), 2011-12 (won MVC Tourn.)
Tied for 2nd 1998-99 (won MVC Tourn.), 2003-04, 2005-06
Tied for 3rd Place 2004-05 (won MVC Tourn.)
4th Place 1999-00 (won MVC Tourn.); 2007-08; 2009-10
Tied for 4th Place 2010-11
Consistency A Key
Doug McDermott
has scored 20 or more points in 14 of the 17 games he's played in this season, and 21 of his last 25 contests dating to last season. He had 19 points in two of the games where he didn't reach 20 points.
Nationally, only 33 players average 20 points per game or more, which gives you an idea of how hard it is to reach that mark on a nightly basis.
McDermott By The Numbers
Senior forward
Doug McDermott
has put together very similar numbers throughout his career, regardless of result, site, level of competition or score differential, as seen below:
Breakdown MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG PPG
Wins 30.4 .574 .483 .848 7.5 22.3
Losses 32.6 .469 .388 .755 7.9 16.4
Home 29.7 .563 .447 .834 7.6 21.2
Away 31.8 .548 .486 .818 7.6 20.0
Neutral 33.2 .507 .440 .843 7.7 21.5
BCS Foes 32.1 .509 .404 .869 7.1 22.8
Non-BCS Foes 30.7 .561 .473 .820 7.7 20.3
Margin 0-9 32.8 .525 .425 .769 7.7 19.1
Margin 10-19 31.2 .545 .441 .857 7.6 21.2
Margin 20+ 26.8 .604 .549 .893 7.3 23.5
CAREER (All) 30.9 .549 .458 .831 7.6 20.8
That's Why They're "Free" Throws
A pair of Bluejay seniors have had stellar free throw streaks in recent weeks.
Jahenns Manigat
made his first 10 attempts at the line this season after making his final 13 attempts last year, giving him a career-long streak of 23 in a row.
Doug McDermott
made his final three attempts against George Washington on Dec. 1 before going a combined 13-for-13 in wins vs. Long Beach State and Nebraska, giving him a streak of 16 in a row. He then made all 13 attempts on Dec. 17 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, pushing the streak to 29 and was 2-for-2 vs. Cal to make it 31 straight. On Dec. 29 vs. Chicago State, McDermott was 8-for-8 at the line, giving him a school-record streak of 39 in a row. He extended the mark to 41 with a 2-for-2 showing on Dec. 31 vs. Marquette. McDermott also made his first four foul shots at Seton Hall on Jan. 4 before a miss snapped his streak at 45 straight.
Earlier this year McDermott had a streak of 28 straight makes snapped in CU's season-opening victory over Alcorn State.
Consecutive Free Throws Made, (Since 1980)
FT Name Dates of Streak
Doug McDermott
Dec. 1, 2013 - Jan. 4, 2014
36 Booker Woodfox Dec. 6, 2008-Jan. 6, 2009
35 Bob Portman 1967-68
32 Michael Lindeman Jan. 23-Nov. 29, 2003
28 Kyle Korver Jan. 27-March 15, 2001
Doug McDermott
March 10 - Nov. 8, 2013
27 Matt West Nov. 27, 1999-Jan. 15, 2000
27 Kyle Korver Jan. 29-Nov. 20, 2000
27 Nate Funk Dec. 30, 2006-Jan. 12, 2007
24 Rick Apke Jan. 22-Feb. 5, 1977
24 Rod Mason Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 1988
24 Kyle Korver Mar. 15-Dec. 4, 2001
Ethan Wragge
Feb. 3, 2010 - Feb. 1, 2012
Jahenns Manigat
Feb. 9, 2013 - Jan. 7, 2014
22 Matt Petty Jan. 4-Feb. 4, 1993
22 Ryan Sears Feb. 22-Nov. 22, 1999
22 Nate Funk Feb. 26-Mar. 17, 2005
22 Cavel Witter Nov. 9-Dec. 5, 2007
21 Kevin McKenna Dec. 22, 1980-Jan. 22, 1981
21 James Farr Jan. 2-28, 1989
21 Andre Tucker Feb. 20-Nov. 29, 1993
21 Kyle Korver Mar. 3-Nov. 25, 2002
20 Jason Singleton Jan. 18-23, 1993
20 Kyle Korver Jan. 11-Jan. 23, 2003
20 Kyle Korver Jan. 23-Feb. 4, 2003
Dougie McAutomatic?
Doug McDermott
was a perfect 13-for-13 at the line on Dec. 17 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
McDermott became the first Bluejay to be perfect in 13 or more attempts from the line since Doug Brookins went 16-for-16 on Dec. 16, 1974.
In addition to Brookins, the only other CU players to make all of their 13+ attempts in the same game were Mike Caruso (14-14 on 1/21/70) and Bob Portman (13-13 on 1/13/68).
Toe The Line
Creighton shot a school-record 75.9 percent from the free-throw line last season, and with much of the same team back, it's no surprise the team is shooting 75.3 percent at the line in 2013-14.
Creighton has shot 77.3 percent or better from the stripe in nine of the last 11 games, connecting on 159-of-198 overall (80.3 percent) in that time.
Creighton has missed two or less free throws in five of its last eight games, going 24-for-26 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11-of-13 vs. Cal, 20-of-22 vs. Chicago State, 4-for-4 vs. Marquette and 7-of-8 at Seton Hall.
Defense Improves
Two years ago Creighton ranked 222nd in the nation in field goal percentage defense, as teams shot 44.1 percent from the field.
Last year the squad improved to 77th nationally, as teams dropped to 40.7 percent from the floor against the Jays.
The team continues to make strides in that area, holding foes to 40.7 percent marksmanship this year to rank 77th nationally.
Only seven of Creighton's first 17 opponents have shot 40 percent or better from the field this season.
Creighton's field goal percentage defense of 40.7 percent gives the team a chance to become the first squad since the 1962-63 club to hold foes to 40 percent (39.3%, 706-1795).
Full House
Last year's Creighton team ranked sixth nationally in average home attendance, averaging 17,155 fans per game. It's the seventh straight season that CU has been among the nation's top 25 in average home attendance, and set an MVC average home attendance record. The figure ranked ahead of 14 NBA teams (76ers, Rockets, Grizzlies, Wizards, Timberwolves, Cavaliers, Suns, Bobcats, Pacers, Hawks, Bucks, Pistons, Pelicans, Kings).
Creighton also ranked sixth nationally in men's soccer attendance and 10th in baseball attendance, the nation's only school in the top-10 of those three sports.
This year's Creighton team is averaging 17,522 through eight home dates, good for fourth-nationally.
2013-14 Attendance Leaders (1/17)
Rk. School Average Next Home
1. Syracuse 24,566 1/18
2. Kentucky 22,485 1/18
3. Louisville 20,888 1/30
4. Creighton 17,522 1/25
5. Indiana 17,286 1/18
6. North Carolina 17,224 1/18
7. Wisconsin 17,012 1/18
8. Kansas 16,613 1/18
9. Memphis 16,098 1/18
10. Ohio State 15,857 1/23
Highest Average Attendance, Creighton History
Avg. Att. School Year
17,522 Creighton 2013-14
17,155 Creighton 2012-13
16,665 Creighton 2011-12
15,930 Creighton 2008-09
15,909 Creighton 2006-07
McDermott In Elite Company
Since the start of his sophomore year (2011-12),
Doug McDermott
has averaged 23.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per game in 88 contests.
That makes him the only college player in the nation to average at least 23 points and seven rebounds per contest in that span.
In same time, only NBA guys to do so are Kevin Durant (28.5 & 7.9), LeBron James (26.7 & 7.7), Carmelo Anthony (26.0 & 7.1) and Kevin Love (24.6 & 13.3).
Simply No Comparison
Doug McDermott
's stats this season of 25.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 43.4 percent marksmanship from three-point range put him in even more elite company than imagined.
Since 1997-98, only other college player to average at least 25.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and shot 40 percent or better from three-point range over the course of an entire season was Kevin Durant (25.8 ppg., 11.1 rpg., 40.4 3FG%) at Texas in 2006-07.
In NBA history, the only players to average 25.0 points, 7.2 or more rebounds and shoot 42 percent or better from three-point range (min. 20 3FG's) during a season are Larry Bird (twice) and Dirk Nowitzki (once).
National Leaders
Doug McDermott
's career stats rank among the top-10 active players nationally in 10 of the 15 different categories tracked by the NCAA through games of Jan. 12th.
Rank Category Total Leader
1 Points 2,616 --
1 FG Made 945 --
1 FG Attempted 1,722 --
2 FT Made 508 D. Burton, 552
2 Scoring Average 20.8 T. Haws, 22.1
3 3-Point Percentage .456 M. Frazier, .474
3 Rebounds 961 A. Rubit, 1,058
3 Double-Doubles 33 A. Rubit, 49
6 Games Played 126 J. Gollon, 136
9 FT Attempted 611 D. Burton, 732
Where There's A Will
Will Artino
started Creighton's first seven games, but has shined since returning to the reserve role he was used in during his first three seasons on campus.
Artino averaged 5.7 points and 3.0 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per game during his seven starts, but has averaged 6.3 points and 4.2 rebounds in 12.5 minutes per contest in 10 games off the bench, all wins.
Artino had a season-best 13 points off the bench at Long Beach State on Dec. 3, then snared a season-high seven rebounds in 11 minutes vs. Nebraska.
When Artino Starts
Name PPG RPG MPG
Artino 5.7 3.0 14.3
Wragge 11.7 4.1 23.9
Combined 17.4 7.1 38.2
When Wragge Starts
Name PPG RPG MPG
Artino 6.3 4.2 12.5
Wragge 12.0 4.7 27.9
Combined 18.3 8.9 40.4
Wragge Time!
Ethan Wragge
had 15 points vs. San Diego State, then added 16 more vs. George Washington two days later, before wrapping up CU's trip to California with 15 points at Long Beach State two days later. It marked the first time in his career he'd posted back-to-back contests of 15 or more points, and made him the first Bluejay reserve with consecutive games of 15+ points since Cavel Witter on Dec. 22 & 29, 2009.
Wragge finished three games at the Wooden Legacy averaging 12.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 0.7 blocked shots. He tied for the Wooden Legacy lead with 11 three-point baskets, converting 47.8 percent of his 23 long-range attempts.
Wragge now owns 13 straight games of two or more three-pointers and has twice tied a career-high with nine rebounds in his past 10 games. He also became the first player in CU history with 4+ three-pointers in five straight games.
Full House
Creighton has attracted seven of its 19 largest home crowds in program history this season.
Here's a look at Creighton's top-19 home crowds all-time.
Rank Att. Opponent Date
1. 18,735 Wichita State 02/11/12
2. 18,613 Wichita State 03/02/13
3. 18,525 Marquette 12/31/13
4. 18,494 Illinois State 02/09/13
5. 18,458 Evansville 12/29/12
6. 18,436 Bradley 01/28/12
7. 18,111 Bradley 02/02/13
8. 18,078 Tulsa 11/23/13
9. 18,073 Drake 01/08/13
10. 17,954 Wichita State 12/28/08
11. 17,740 Alcorn State 11/08/13
12. 17,694 Indiana State 01/05/13
13. 17,676 Northwestern 12/22/11
14. 17,665 Missouri State 12/28/11
15. 17,607 Drexel 02/17/07
16. 17,602 Butler 01/14/14
17. 17,589 Xavier 01/12/14
18. 17,533 California 12/22/13
19. 17,530 Nebraska 12/08/13
Thirty Point Buck
Doug McDermott
owns 33 points or more in five of his last 11 home games. He scored 41 points in his final home game last year vs. Wichita State (March 2), 37 against UMKC (Nov. 11), 33 vs. Tulsa (Nov. 23), 33 vs. Nebraska (Dec. 8) and 35 vs. Xavier (Jan. 12).
McDermott's 33 points were the most by a Bluejay against Nebraska since Duan Cole had 35 points on Dec. 7, 1991.
In his last 11 home games, McDermott has played 345 minutes and scored a staggering 315 points.
McDermott has scored 30 or more points in 20 career games. By comparison, all other Creighton players since 1991-92 have combined for 17 games of 30+ points in CU's 713 games played in that period.
Speaking of 30
According to available school records,
Doug McDermott
owns 20 of the 126 games in Creighton history with 30 points or more. Only Bob Portman (22) has more, with Bob Harstad (12) the only other player besides McDermott with 10 or more such contests.
In addition, McDermott's six games this season of 30 points or more are tied for fifth-most in school history. He already owns fourth and fifth place on that list.
Most 30-Point Games, Career
30-Pt. Games Name Years
22 Bob Portman 1966-69
Doug McDermott
12 Bob Harstad 1987-91
9 Paul Silas 1961-64
6 Wally Anderzunas 1965-67, 68-69
6 Cyril Baptiste 1969-71
6 Benoit Benjamin 1982-85
Most 30-Point Games, Season
30-Pt. Games Name Year
10 Bob Portman 1967-68
10 Bob Portman 1968-69
8 Bob Harstad 1989-90
Doug McDermott
Doug McDermott
Doug McDermott
5 Wally Anderzunas 1968-69
5 Benoit Benjamin 1984-85
4 Paul Silas 1962-63
4 Cyril Baptiste 1970-71
4 Rod Mason 1987-88
Experienced Starters
One reason for Creighton's success is its veteran line-up. Creighton's recent starting line-up (before Gibbs' injury) has a combined 22 years of college experience under their belt, including 20 seasons at Creighton.
Grant Gibbs
is a sixth-year senior who is in his fourth year with the Bluejay program. He has started every game the past three seasons and before his recent injury was on pace to challenge CU's record for career assists.
Ethan Wragge
is a fifth-year senior who medically redshirted after plantar fasciitis issues during his second year on campus. He is second in school history in three-pointers made, trailing only 11-year NBA veteran Kyle Korver.
Jahenns Manigat
Doug McDermott
are four-year seniors. McDermott has started every game of his career, while Manigat has started all but one of the last 104 games. McDermott already owns Creighton records for career points, field goals, three-point percentage and consecutive free throws made.
According to Ken Pomeroy's advanced statistics, Creighton's line-up averages 2.42 years of experience, making the Bluejays the 15th-most veteran group nationally, and tops among the nation's BCS schools.
Bench Points
Creighton's bench has averaged 26.6 points and 15.4 rebounds per contest. The reserves are shooting 50.9% from the field and 41.4% from downtown.
Ethan Wragge
Devin Brooks
own games of 20 points or more this season in a reserve role.
Korver Sets NBA Record
Creighton alum Kyle Korver continues to extend his NBA record streak of games with a three-pointer.
Korver enters Monday's (Jan. 20) game with Houston with a three-pointer in 108 straight games, smashing Dana Barros' previous league-record of 89.
In 2009-10, Korver set an NBA single-season record by shooting 53.6 percent from three-point range, a record that still stands.
Korver played at Creighton from 1999-2003 and owns the school record with 371 career three-pointers, helping the Bluejays to a 29-5 mark as a senior.
Korver's longest three-point streak at Creighton was 28 and snapped by
Greg McDermott
's UNI team. His second-longest streak was 27 and snapped by
Steve Merfeld
's Evansville team.
Korver made at least one trifecta in 114 of his 128 games as a Bluejay.
Let's Chat About Austin
Junior point guard
Austin Chatman
had the best scoring day of his Creighton tenure on Nov. 23rd when he scored a career-high 19 points in an 82-72 win vs. Tulsa.
Chatman had 15 points before the break and made a career-best four three-point hoops on the afternoon.
More recently, Chatman had a career-best eight rebounds vs. George Washington on Dec. 1st.
Chatman averaged 1.86 rebounds per game in his first two years on campus, but averages 4.1 per contest this season, including four or more caroms in 11 of 17 contests.
Chasing 3,000
In Major League Baseball, producing 3,000 career hits is something that's been done by just 24 Hall of Famers in history.
Doug McDermott
has a chance to become just the eighth Division I male in NCAA history to score 3,000 or more points if he can stay healthy and average roughly 25 points per game this season.
To help put McDermott's career in perspective, the chart on page eight shows how many points McDermott owns and which famous ballplayer that is most comparable to. This season alone, McDermott has surpassed legends like Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Kirby Puckett, Ernie Banks and Willie Stargell.
Productive Minutes
According to bbstate.com,
Doug McDermott
ranks first nationally this season with 31.6 points per 40 minutes played.
McDermott led the same category last year with 29.3 points per 40 minutes, and was second as a sophomore at 28.7 points per 40 minutes.
A KenPom Delight?
Noted statistician Ken Pomeroy's website, KenPom.com has numerous ratings that break down team efficiencies. The site consistently ranks Creighton's offense among the nation's best.
Pomeroy's site (through Jan. 16) ranks Creighton with the best mark nationwide in "Adjusted Efficiency" at 122.7 points per 100 possessions, first in "Effective Field Goal %" at 58.8 percent, first in three-point percentage at 43.4 percent and third in "Assists Per Field Goals Made" at 67.8 percent.
Rare Air
Doug McDermott
had 33 points and 15 rebounds in a Nov. 23 win vs. Tulsa, leading to some additional research on the senior All-American.
McDermott was the first Creighton player with at least 33 points and 15 rebounds since Bob Harstad's 33/17 on December 6, 1989 vs. Cleveland State.
Quick Starts Key To Playing in Postseason
Including this year, Creighton has started off 3-0 (or better) in 13 of the last 15 seasons. Each of Creighton's last 14 3-0 starts have been culminated in a postseason tournament appearance at the end of the year.
This season marks the third straight year Creighton has opened 4-0, something last done from 2002-03 to 2004-05. The only other time CU started 4-0 in three straight years had come in a five-year stretch from 1916-17 to 1920-21.
Wragge Bombs Away
Ethan Wragge
has attempted 126 of his 132 shots this season from three-point range, sinking an incredible 63 of them (50 percent) behind the arc. He was 7-for-11 from deep in CU's 83-79 win at Saint Joseph's on Nov. 16, the most treys by a Bluejay in a game since Booker Woodfox had seven (also at Saint Joseph's) in 2008.
With four three-pointers vs. George Washington on Dec. 1, Wragge moved past Ryan Sears into second place in Creighton history for career trifectas. He now owns 285 career treys.
He also ranks fifth in CU history with 44.0 percent marksmanship from downtown.
For his career, Wragge has attempted 653-of-706 shots from beyond the arc.
McDermott, For The Win
Doug McDermott
drained his first career game-winner in a Nov. 16 victory at Saint Joseph's. With Creighton trailing by one and 6.9 seconds left, McDermott caught an inbounds pass, hit a fadeaway jumper, and was fouled. He converted the three-point play in CU's eventual 83-79 win.
Said McDermott after the game "I didn't know how to celebrate…I've never hit one before."
McDermott is now 7-for-9 from the field and 20-for-24 from the line in the last minute of games in the past two seasons.
Creighton had not won a game when trailing in the final minute of overtime since Feb. 21, 2012, when
Josh Jones
hit a game-winner to beat Evansville in the final 30 seconds of overtime. Creighton had also tied that same game as time expired on a
Gregory Echenique
tip-in to close regulation.
Creighton last won a road game when trailing in the final minute on Jan. 7, 2011, at Southern Illinois, taking the lead for good with 36 seconds left on two Darryl Ashford free throws.
Creighton last won a game away from home when trailing in the final five seconds on March 6, 2009, when Booker Woodfox hit a buzzer-beater to stun Wichita State in the MVC Tournament quarterfinals.
Martelli On McDermott
Even before
Doug McDermott
hit a three-point play to beat Saint Joseph's, Hawks coach Phil Martelli was overwhelmingly complimentary on the skills of
Doug McDermott
. Here's what he had to say about McDermott prior to the game:
"The country is gaga over these freshmen but McDermott's the best player in the country. Tell me who does more for their team. They can give the awards at the end of the year to the freshmen because of the media blitz, but that kid is a magnificent, magnificent player."
Just Like Viejas Arena?
Creighton's win at Saint Joseph's had some similarities to its road win at San Diego State two years ago.
In both games, Creighton faced an early double-digit deficit before cutting into the lead before half (17 at SDSU, 13 at SJU).
In both games, Creighton got big nights from
Ethan Wragge
(19 points at SDSU, 21 at SJU).
In both games, Creighton held on to a lead in the last 10 seconds.
In both games, Creighton was playing its first true road game of the season, and in front of a sellout crowd known as one of the toughest atmospheres in college basketball.
Big Deficits, Big Deal
Creighton overcame a 13-point deficit to win at Saint Joseph's on Nov. 16 before posting an 83-79 win, then overcame another 13-point deficit to beat Xavier on Jan. 12th. It was the 10th and 11th times in four seasons under
Greg McDermott
that the Jays have won a game its trailed by double-figures at some point, including six such comebacks away from home.
On the other hand, CU is 82-5 under McDermott when putting together double-digit leads, including wins 70 of the last 71 times.
Double-Digit Comebacks Under
Greg McDermott
Deficit Opponent Date
17 at San Diego State 11/30/11
16 at Evansville 02/16/13
14 Evansville 02/21/12
13 at Saint Joseph's 11/16/13
13 Xavier 01/12/14
12 Saint Joseph's 12/11/10
11 at Wichita State 12/31/11
11 Northern Iowa 01/10/12
11 vs. Alabama 03/16/12
10 vs. Drake 03/02/12
@McDermottAlert Has You Covered
Rather than clog up its other social media accounts with the many exploits of
Doug McDermott
, Creighton Athletics has created a Twitter account specific to him, that can be found at twitter.com/McDermottAlert.
It contains links to dozens of national profiles and stats on the senior forward, and owns more than 1,500 followers.
Jays Sign A Pair Of Recruits
A pair of high school basketball standouts have signed letters-of-intent to play at Creighton University. Leon Gilmore III and Ronnie Harrell will both be freshmen when they enroll in the fall of 2014 and have four years of eligibility.
Gilmore is a 6'7" wing from Manvel, Texas, who attends Manvel High School and plays for coach Greg Devers. As a high school junior, he helped his team to a 30-6 record by averaging 13.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Gilmore competes for the Houston Hoops AAU program.
Harrell is a 6'7" wing from Denver (Colo.) East High School, where he plays for Rudy Carey. As a junior he averaged 13.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, helping the Angels reach the state title game. On the AAU circuit, Harrell plays for Billups Elite, which is supported by his cousin, NBA veteran Chauncey Billups.
20-20-20-20-20-20 Vision
Doug McDermott
opened his senior season with 20 points vs. Alcorn State, 37 points vs. UMKC, 20 points at Saint Joseph's, 33 points vs. Tulsa, 27 points vs. Arizona State and 30 points vs. San Diego State. In the process, he became the first Bluejay to start a season with at least five consecutive games of 20 or more points since Bob Portman opened with five straight games in 1968-69.
Use The Four's
Doug McDermott
converted a rare four-point play on Nov. 11 vs. UMKC, sinking a three-point shy while being fouled before making the subsequent free throw.
Isaiah Zierden
followed suit on Nov. 28 vs. Arizona State.
Avery Dingman
became the third Bluejay to do it when he converted a four-point play at DePaul on Jan. 7.
Greg McDermott
's four-year tenure at Creighton, the only previous players with a four-point play had been Kaleb Korver and
Ethan Wragge
, who had done it once each.
Crowd Control
Creighton's sellout crowd of 17,740 on Nov. 8 vs. Alcorn State was its largest ever for a home-opener. It was also Creighton's largest home crowd for any November game, and the ninth-largest home crowd in program history.
Hottest Ticket in Town
Creighton Basketball has proven to be a hot ticket in recent years, but the anticipation for this season has taken those levels up a notch.
Creighton sold more than 15,100 season tickets for the first time, a figure that doesn't factor in students. Last year's record was 13,739.
Creighton has also sold more than 2,100 all-session tickets for the BIG EAST Tournament already, the most by any league school since Connecticut in 2006.
When single-game tickets went on sale on Oct. 29, seven games sold out within an hour, including less than 20 minutes for games vs. Marquette, Georgetown, Nebraska, Seton Hall and Chicago State.
Nation's Best Offense?
You can make a case that Creighton boasted the nation's best offensive production last year.
Creighton was second in the country in field goal percentage (50.1) and three-point percentage (41.4), third in two-point field goal percentage (55.7), ninth in free-throw percentage (75.9) and 10th in three-pointers per game (8.5).
Below is where Creighton ranked nationally in the first three years of the
Greg McDermott
tenure (does not include 2013-14):
Category Stat NCAA Rank '13-14
FG Percentage .487 1st .491
3FG Percentage .401 2nd .433
Assists 1,793 4th 324
Assists/Game 16.30 5th 19.1
3FG Made 874 6th 191
Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.34 10th 1.84
FG Made 2,852 13th 485
Wins 80 T-16th 15
Winning Pct. .727 26th .882
Ask The Experts
ESPN had 20 experts predict the 2013-14 season. Nine of them (Jay Bilas, Adrian Branch, Elena Bergeron, Dan Dakich, Jimmy Dykes, Myron Medcalf, Digger Phelps, Miles Simon and Dick Vitale) predicted
Doug McDermott
would be National Player of the Year.
CBS Sports asked six experts to predict the 2013-14 season. Two of them (Doug Gottlieb and Jon Rothstein) picked McDermott would be National Player of the Year.
Sports Illustrated had four experts predict the 2014-14 season. Two of them (Seth Davis and Luke Winn) picked McDermott would be National Player of the Year.
All told, McDermott collected 13 votes, Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart 10 votes, Kansas' Andrew Wiggins three votes, Kentucky's Julius Randle three votes and Louisville's Russ Smith one vote.
Weekly Honor For McDermott
Doug McDermott
was named National Player of the Week by ESPN.com and BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 16th after averaging 25.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in three Creighton wins to start the season. McDermott made 55.8 percent from the field, 53.3 percent from three-point land, and 78.6 percent of his free throw attempts.
McDermott then earned his second consecutive BIG EAST Player of the Week honor on Nov. 23rd when he got the nod following a 33 point, 15 rebound showing in a 82-72 triumph vs. Tulsa.
McDermott earned his third BIG EAST honor on Dec. 9 after averaging 27.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in lopsided wins over Long Beach State and Nebraska.
Including his seven MVC Newcomer of the Week honors in 2010-11, 13 MVC Player of the Week honors from 2011-13, and five BIG EAST Player of the Week accolades of 2013-14, McDermott has now won at least one conference weekly award from the MVC or BIG EAST in 25 of 58 weeks since enrolling at Creighton.
McDermott Honored at Wooden Legacy
Doug McDermott
added to his career honor roll when he picked up All-Tournament Team accolades at the Wooden Legacy.
McDermott led all players by averaging 21.3 points per game and also topped all players with 21 field goals made and 16 defensive rebounds.
San Diego State's Xavier Thames was named Wooden Legacy MVP after leading the Aztecs to the title.
Brooks Breaks Harden's Record
Devin Brooks
set a Wooden Legacy for three-point marksmanship. Brooks was 6-for-8 from long-range at the Wooden Legacy (75.0 percent), well ahead of the previous mark set by James Harden of 66.7 percent (10-15) in 2008.
Record Watch
With seven field goals on Nov. 8,
Doug McDermott
took over sole possession of first place on Creighton's all-time field goals made list. He now owns 956 in his career. He had entered the season tied with Chad Gallagher (1987-91) for the school-record with 811.
McDermott also made four free throws vs. Alcorn State, passing MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson for third in CU history, and now owns 511.
Preseason Acclaim
Doug McDermott
has garnered a ton of preseason hype you'd expect from a returning two-time consensus First Team All-American.
In addition to being named the Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year, McDermott has also been named a Preseason First Team All-American by the Associated Press, USA Today, Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, CBSSports.com, NBCSports.com and Sporting News.
McDermott is also one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award, one of 15 men named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List, and one of 50 players on the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award.
Going For 20, Again
Creighton has won 20 or more games in 14 of the last 15 seasons, a feat that puts the Jays among an exclusive group, nationally.
Just five schools nationally have had 20 or more wins each of the last 15 years: Duke, Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas and Syracuse.
Creighton is one of four schools with 20 or more wins in exactly 14 of the past 15 years. That list consists of Creighton, Kent State, Kentucky and Utah State.
That's better than traditional powers Arizona, Connecticut and Memphis (13 each) and also ahead of Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Wisconsin (12 each).
10 Conference Wins x 17
Last season's Creighton team won 10 or more league games for a 17th consecutive season.
On a national basis, the only other current school with at least 17 straight years of 10 or more league wins is Kansas (19).
Each of the last 17 seasons has seen the team finish fourth place or better in the league standings as well, though all of those took place in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Postseason x 16
Creighton has made the postseason in 16 consecutive seasons. The only eight schools to make the postseason in each of the last 16 years are Creighton, Duke, Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and Syracuse.
Postseason Win Streak
Thanks to an NCAA Tournament win over Cincinnati last spring, the Creighton men's basketball team has now won a postseason game in a school-record six straight seasons. The previous mark was three in a row from 1962-64.
The following five programs are the only ones that have won a postseason game in six straight seasons, including 2012-13: Creighton, Kansas, North Carolina, Purdue and Syracuse.
Preseason BIG EAST Poll
Creighton was picked to finish third in its first season as BIG EAST Conference members according to a preseason poll of league coaches. Marquette was picked first with 74 points and five first-place votes, while Georgetown (70, 2) was also selected ahead of the Bluejays (61, 1). Rounding out the top half were Villanova (58) and St. John's (56, 2).
Creighton forward
Doug McDermott
was named preseason BIG EAST Conference Player of the Year by the coaches.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Senior forward
Doug McDermott
served as a captain for Team USA last summer at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia. Playing under the direction of coaches Bob McKillop (Davidson), John Beilein (Michigan) and Frank Martin (South Carolina), McDermott led the team in scoring (14.1 ppg.), field goals (39), three-pointers (18), free throws (17), free-throw percentage (.895) and minutes (23.8) as the team went 6-2 in eight games.
On his way back from Russia, McDermott was invited to the USA Basketball Men's National Team Mini-Camp along with 28 of the NBA's rising stars and fellow collegian Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State), where he received rave reviews.
Army of Iowans
Every Creighton team since 1988-89 has had at least one Iowa native, and this season is no exception.
Creighton has five players from Iowa on this season's team, continuing a long trend of relying on some of the Hawkeye State's top preps. CU's Iowans this season includes seniors
Grant Gibbs
(Marion) and
Doug McDermott
(Ames), junior
Will Artino
(Waukee), sophomore
Alex Olsen
(Council Bluffs) and freshman
John Burns
Other past notable Iowans include Kyle Korver (Pella), Ryan Sears (Ankeny), Brody Deren (Harlan), Tyler McKinney (Urbandale) and Nate Funk (Sioux City).
Creighton has played at least one Iowa native in 638 straight games. That streak dates to a Feb. 5, 1994 win against Wichita State.
Long-Distance Streak Alive
Creighton has made at least one three-pointer in 662 straight games since a 59-53 loss at Illinois State on Feb. 20, 1993.
CenturyLink Center Omaha Success
Creighton has played 180 regular and postseason contests at CenturyLink Center Omaha all-time in 11 seasons at the facility.
The Bluejays own an 155-25 (.861) record all-time at the facility, and have never lost there on a Thursday (7-0) or Friday (7-0).
Creighton has outscored its opponents 13,579-11,474 in games at CenturyLink Center Omaha, an average margin of 11.7 points per game. Creighton has led wire-to-wire 47 different times, including five times last season and the Nebraska, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, California, Chicago State, Marquette and Butler games this year.
Creighton is also 23-15 all-time in the 38 games at CLCO in which it's fallen behind by double-figures.
Big Margin Leads To Big Things
Creighton's 107-61 win on Nov. 8 vs. Alcorn State was its highest point total in a season-opener ever, one point more than the 2002-03 team that opened with a 106-50 win over Texas-Arlington. The 2002-03 team went on to be 29-5.
Eight of Creighton's 18 all-time NCAA Tournament teams have scored 90 or more points in their season-opener.
Here's a look at Creighton's last six teams to score 90 or more in a season-opener.
Final Post-
Score Opponent Date W-L Season
107-61 Alcorn State 11/08/13 ? ? ? ? ?
97-65 N. Carolina A&T 11/11/11 29-6 NCAA
106-50 Texas-Arlington 11/17/02 29-5 NCAA
96-50 Western Illinois 11/20/00 24-8 NCAA
93-48 Towson State 11/14/98 22-9 NCAA
93-47 UT-San Antonio 11/30/90 24-8 NCAA
Everybody's All-American
Doug McDermott
hauled in All-America honors on a regular basis last year.
He was named a First Team All-American by the Associated Press, NABC, USBWA, Basketball Times, CBSSports.com and ESPN.com, and a second-team selection by The Sporting News. He was also named to the 10-man John R. Wooden Award All-America team.
Prior to McDermott, the only other player honored by the USBWA with All-America status had been second-team selection Kyle Korver in 2003, and the only prior NABC selections from Creighton had been second-teamer Paul Silas (1964) and third-team selections Benoit Benjamin (1985) and Korver (2003).
Oscar, Bird, Doug
Doug McDermott
set a Creighton (and MVC) record for points by a freshman with 581 in 2010-11.
As a sophomore McDermott had 801 points, joining Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird as the only sophomores in MVC history with at least 800 points in a season.
Last year McDermott became the first player in MVC history to reach 2,000 career points as a junior, and joined Robertson and Bird as the only players in league history to reach 2,000 points in less than three seasons of work.
Below is a list of the most prolific scorers in MVC history, as well as the top single-season scorers in Creighton history (all classes):
Top Scorers, MVC History (All Years)
Pts. Name, School Years
1125 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley 1987-88
1011 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 1959-60
984 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 1957-58
978 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 1958-59
973 Larry Bird, Indiana State 1978-79
959 Larry Bird, Indiana State 1977-78
918 Larry Bird, Indiana State 1976-77
844 Xavier McDaniel, Wichita State 1984-85
Doug McDermott
, Creighton 2012-13
815 Lewis Lloyd, Drake 1979-80
Doug McDermott
, Creighton 2011-12
Top Sophomore Scorers, MVC History
Pts. Name, School Years
984 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 1957-58
918 Larry Bird, Indiana State 1976-77
Doug McDermott
, Creighton 2011-12
680 Mitchell Anderson, Bradley 1979-80
Top Junior Scorers, MVC History
Pts. Name, School Years
978 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 1958-59
959 Larry Bird, Indiana State 1977-78
Doug McDermott
, Creighton 2012-13
815 Lewis Lloyd, Drake 1979-80
Top Scorers, Creighton Single-Season History
Pts. Name (Class) Year
Doug McDermott
(Jr.) 2012-13
Doug McDermott
(So.) 2011-12
738 Bob Portman (Jr.) 1967-68
734 Bob Harstad (Jr.) 1989-90
Most Career Points, Active Seniors
Source: Creighton Sports Info/STATS Inc. (1/17)
Rk. Pts. Name, School Next Game
1. 2,644
Doug McDermott
, Creighton 1/18
2. 2,065 Travis Bader, Oakland 1/22
Scoring In Numbers
Doug McDermott
owned 834 points in 36 games last year, an average of 23.2 per contest that ranked him second nationally in scoring.
McDermott's 23.2 points per game ranked fourth-most in CU single-season history and were the most since Bob Portman averaged 26.2 points per game in 1968-69.
Portman, who finished fifth nationally in scoring in 1967-68 (29.5 ppg.), was the only previous Bluejay to ever rank in the top-10 of the year-end scoring leaders, before McDermott did it each of the past two seasons (3rd in 2011-12, 2nd last year).
McDermott's 23.2 points per game were the most by a MVC player since Bradley's Curtis Stuckey (25.1 ppg.) in 1990-91.
Father/Son Duos
According to the website CollegeHoopedia.com,
Doug McDermott
is just the sixth man in NCAA history to be named conference player of the year while playing for his father.
Joining them on that elite list are Dick/Mark Acres (Oral Roberts), Dick/Tony Bennett (UW Green Bay), Homer/Bryce Drew (Valparaiso), Press/Pete Maravich (LSU) and Clifford/C.J. Reed (Bethune-Cookman).
Below is a list compiled by ESPN.com of most points scored by a guy playing for his dad:
Name, School Points Father
Pete Maravich,LSU 3,667 Press
Allan Houston, Tennessee 2,801 Wade
Doug McDermott
, Creighton 2,644 Greg
Tony Bennett, UWGB 2,285 Dick
Bryce Drew, Valparaiso 2,142 Homer
Repeat All-American
Doug McDermott
joined some elite company by being named a First Team All-American by the USBWA, Associated Press and the NABC for a second consecutive season last spring.
He is the 70th player to repeat the honor from the USBWA, 55th from the NABC, and 51st in the history of the Associated Press.
If McDermott is named First Team All-American by the AP this year, he'll become the first three-time first team selection since Patrick Ewing and Wayman Tisdale from 1983-85.
Not Half Bad
Doug McDermott
's highest scoring half of his career has been 31 points, done as a sophomore in the second half at Bradley when he scored a career-best 44 points.
McDermott has scored 15 points or more in a half 56 times during his career, and Creighton is 46-3 in those contests (seven times he's scored 15 or more in both halves).
McDermott owns 13 halves in his career with 20 or more points, and just six scoreless halves.
The 800 Club
Doug McDermott
led the nation with 834 points last season after owning a league-high (and second-most nationally) 801 as a sophomore.
McDermott joined Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird as the third player in MVC history with multiple 800-point seasons.
Nationwide, McDermott was the first player with consecutive seasons of 800 points or more since Stephen Curry (Davidson) and Lester Hudson (Tennessee-Martin) in both 2007-08 and 2008-09.
Supporting Cast
Doug McDermott
was Creighton's only player to average in double-figures last year, but he had lots of support to help lead the Jays to 28 wins.
Creighton was 11-0 when
Ethan Wragge
scored in double-figures last year. CU is 36-3 under
Greg McDermott
when Wragge shoots 50 percent or better from three-point range, and 27-3 under McDermott when Wragge scores in double-figures.
Creighton was 8-1 when
Austin Chatman
scored in double-figures last year.
Creighton was 6-2 when
Jahenns Manigat
scored in double-figures last year. CU is now 24-1 all-time when Manigat makes three or more 3-pointers, including 22 straight wins, and the Jays are 24-2 (with 22 straight wins) when Manigat shoots better than 50 percent from 3-point range.
Creighton is 14-0 all-time when
Avery Dingman
makes multiple three-pointers.
Creighton is 43-3 all-time when
Will Artino
(63.2 percent) misses a field goal attempt.
His Own Game of H-O-R-S-E
Doug McDermott
led the nation in 2011-12 with 307 field goals made, and his 284 buckets last year once again led the nation.
Prior to McDermott, no player had led the country in field goals made in back-to-back seasons since at least 1995-96.
One area that makes McDermott so unique is his ability to use his off (left) hand, and to use the backboard, as seen below:
Year FG Backboard Left-Hand
2010-11 220 64 28
2011-12 307 174 56
2012-13 284 132 26
2013-14 145 53 11
Totals 956 423 121
What A Start!
Greg McDermott
is 94-32 on the Creighton sideline early in his fourth year at the helm. The 94 wins are already the most in Creighton history in the first four seasons.
Most Wins at CU, First Four Seasons
Coach Years W-L After 4 Yrs
Greg McDermott
2010-Pres. 94-32 so far
Tom Apke 1974-78 79-30
Eddie Sutton 1969-73 59-43
Tony Barone 1985-89 57-62
Red McManus 1959-63 56-46
Dana Altman 1994-98 54-59
Thomas E. Mills 1916-20 53-6
Willis Reed 1981-85 52-65
A.A. Schabinger 1922-26 50-18
Rasmussen Named to MBB Committee
Creighton Athletic Director
Bruce Rasmussen
began a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee on September 1st.
He is the only newcomer to the committee for the 2013-14 academic year, replacing last year's chair, Mike Bobinski.
Championship Duo, Men & Women
Creighton was one of seven schools that won a regular-season conference title in both men's and women's basketball last year.
That elite group consists of Montana (Big Sky), Akron (Mid-American), Texas Southern (Southwestern Athletic), South Dakota State (Summit), Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt), Gonzaga (West Coast) and Creighton (Missouri Valley).
Pizza Pie, Piled High = Wins
Thanks to a promotion with Omaha-based Godfather's Pizza, Creighton season ticket-holders can get a free mini pizza any time the Jays score 75 points at home.
History has proven that when the team earns the fans pizza, it often leads to a victory as well.
The first three years of CenturyLink Center Omaha (2003-06), Creighton needed 70 points to earn its fans free pizza, and the Jays went 27-3 when reaching that threshold, closing out that run with 12 straight wins.
Since upping the standard to 75 points prior to the 2006-07 campaign, Creighton is a perfect 75-0 when scoring 75 points or more at CenturyLink Center Omaha.
In other words, Creighton is a perfect 87-0 in CenturyLink Center Omaha since Feb. 6, 2005 when scoring enough points to earn its fans some free pizza.
Good As Gold
Greg McDermott
took over three years ago, Creighton is averaging 79.42 points per home game (5,162 points in 65 home games).
That's a vital number since Creighton is 101-0 at home (72-0 at CenturyLink Center Omaha) when scoring 78 points or more and 85-0 at home (58-0 at CenturyLink Center Omaha) when scoring 80 points or more at home dating to a 92-83 loss to Southern Illinois on Feb. 19, 2000.
Last Season Recap
Creighton went 28-8 and reached the third round of the MVC Tournament last season. Creighton was ranked in the Associated Press top-25 in 16-of-20 weeks and finished 22nd in the year-end poll.
Doug McDermott
ranked second nationally in scoring (23.2), breaking his own school-record with 834 points. He repeated as a consensus First Team All-American while also sweeping MVC Player of the Year and MVC Tournament MVP honors for a second straight winter.
Gregory Echenique
(9.7 ppg., 6.6 rpg.) and
Grant Gibbs
(8.5 ppg., 5.8 apg.) were named Honorable-Mention All-Valley, while
Ethan Wragge
nabbed Sixth Man of the Year accolades.
The Jays ranked second nationally in field goal percentage (.501) and three-point percentage (.414), fourth in assists (16.9), sixth in home attendance (17,155) and ninth in free throw percentage (.759).
Creighton defeated Wichita State in the regular-season finale to claim the outright MVC title before winning its league-record 12th Valley Tournament title to clinch an NCAA bid with another win over the Shockers. At the NCAA's, Creighton topped Cincinnati 67-63 before falling to No. 6 Duke in the third round.
Shuttle Service Provided Again
Chief Bus will provide complimentary shuttle service from the Creighton University campus to CenturyLink Center Omaha for all men's basketball home games this season. The service is available to all fans, not just Creighton students.
The shuttle will start 75 minutes before tip-off and shuttles will continue to operate the route during the game. The three designated stops for pick-up around the CU campus are: 24th & California (nearside/southbound); 20th & Cass (nearside/eastbound) and at Billy Blues Alumni Grill (outside the Mike & Josie Harper Center in the turnaround which is on the east side of the building).
The shuttle will then go eastbound on Capitol Avenue and then go north up 10th Street for drop-off at the CenturyLink Center Omaha convention center entrance. The route is designed for each shuttle driver to make a roundtrip every 15 minutes.
Following the game's conclusion, the shuttle will start at the CenturyLink Center Omaha convention center entrance on 10th Street and loop the original route with the first of three stops at 24th & California Streets.
Ticket Information
Single-game tickets for the 2013-14 season went on sale on October 29th at 10 am.
Fans can purchase single-game tickets at CenturyLink Center Omaha Box Office, Ryan Athletic Center, all Ticketmaster locations (Baker's, Younkers), Ticketmaster online at http://www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster and charging by phone at (800) 745-3000. Only upper bowl seats will be available for any game.
For more information, call the Creighton Ticket Office at (402) 280-JAYS.
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(b) Surveillance approval
(1) In general
Each manufacturer required to conduct a surveillance of a device shall, within 30 days of receiving an order from the Secretary prescribing that the manufacturer is required under this section to conduct such surveillance, submit, for the approval of the Secretary, a plan for the required surveillance. The Secretary, within 60 days of the receipt of such plan, shall determine if the person designated to conduct the surveillance has appropriate qualifications and experience to undertake such surveillance and if the plan will result in the collection of useful data that can reveal unforeseen adverse events or other information necessary to protect the public health. The manufacturer shall commence surveillance under this section not later than 15 months after the day on which the Secretary issues an order under this section. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary, in consultation with the manufacturer, may by order require a prospective surveillance period of up to 36 months. Except as provided in paragraph (2), any determination by the Secretary that a longer period is necessary shall be made by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the manufacturer or, if no agreement can be reached, after the completion of a dispute resolution process as described in section 360bbb–1 of this title.
(2) Longer surveillance for pediatric devices
The Secretary may by order require a prospective surveillance period of more than 36 months with respect to a device that is expected to have significant use in pediatric populations if such period of more than 36 months is necessary in order to assess the impact of the device on growth and development, or the effects of growth, development, activity level, or other factors on the safety or efficacy of the device.
(c) Dispute resolution
A manufacturer may request review under section 360bbb–1 of this title of any order or condition requiring postmarket surveillance under this section. During the pendency of such review, the device subject to such a postmarket surveillance order or condition shall not, because of noncompliance with such order or condition, be deemed in violation of section 331 (q)(1)(C) of this title, adulterated under section 351 (f)(1) of this title, misbranded under section 352 (t)(3) of this title, or in violation of, as applicable, section 360 (k) of this title or section 360e of this title, unless deemed necessary to protect the public health.
[1] So in original. Probably should be "this".
Source(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 522, as added Pub. L. 101–629, § 10,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4521; amended Pub. L. 102–300, § 3(b),June 16, 1992, 106 Stat. 239; Pub. L. 105–115, title II, § 212,Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2346; Pub. L. 110–85, title III, § 307,Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 865; Pub. L. 112–144, title VI, § 616,July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 1062.)
2012—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 112–144, § 616(1), inserted ", at the time of approval or clearance of a device or at any time thereafter," after "by order" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 112–144, § 616(2), inserted "The manufacturer shall commence surveillance under this section not later than 15 months after the day on which the Secretary issues an order under this section." after "the public health."
2007—Pub. L. 110–85, § 307(1), made technical amendment to section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–85, § 307(2), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary may by order require a manufacturer to conduct postmarket surveillance for any device of the manufacturer which is a class II or class III device the failure of which would be reasonably likely to have serious adverse health consequences or which is intended to be—
"(1) implanted in the human body for more than one year, or
"(2) a life sustaining or life supporting device used outside a device user facility."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–85, § 307(3), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, substituted "Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary, in consultation" for "The Secretary, in consultation" and "Except as provided in paragraph (2), any determination" for "Any determination", and added par. (2).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–85, § 307(3)(D), added subsec. (c).
1997—Pub. L. 105–115amended section generally, substituting present provisions for former provisions which related to required surveillance, discretionary surveillance, and surveillance approval.
1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–300substituted "(a)(1)" for "(a)", inserted comma after "commerce", and inserted after first sentence "Each manufacturer required to conduct a surveillance of a device under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall, within 30 days after receiving notice that the manufacturer is required to conduct such surveillance, submit, for the approval of the Secretary, a protocol for the required surveillance."
Effective Date of 1997 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–115, title II, § 212,Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2346, provided in part that the amendment made by that section is effective 90 days after Nov. 21, 1997.
Study by Institute of Medicine of Postmarket Surveillance Regarding Pediatric Populations
Pub. L. 107–250, title II, § 212,Oct. 26, 2002, 116 Stat. 1614, as amended by Pub. L. 108–214, § 2(d)(3)(C),Apr. 1, 2004, 118 Stat. 577, provided that:
"(a) In General.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the 'Secretary') shall request the Institute of Medicine to enter into an agreement with the Secretary under which such Institute conducts a study for the purpose of determining whether the system under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] for the postmarket surveillance of medical devices provides adequate safeguards regarding the use of devices in pediatric populations.
"(b) Certain Matters.—The Secretary shall ensure that determinations made in the study under subsection (a) include determinations of—
"(1) whether postmarket surveillance studies of implanted medical devices are of long enough duration to evaluate the impact of growth and development for the number of years that the child will have the implant, and whether the studies are adequate to evaluate how children's active lifestyles may affect the failure rate and longevity of the implant; and
"(2) whether the postmarket surveillance by the Food and Drug Administration of medical devices used in pediatric populations is sufficient to provide adequate safeguards for such populations, taking into account the Secretary's monitoring of commitments made at the time of approval of medical devices and the Secretary's monitoring and use of adverse reaction reports, registries, and other postmarket surveillance activities.
"(c) Report to Congress.—The Secretary shall ensure that, not later than four years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 26, 2002], a report describing the findings of the study under subsection (a) is submitted to the Congress. The report shall include any recommendations of the Secretary for administrative or legislative changes to the system of postmarket surveillance referred to in such subsection."
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