2016 – 17 Creighton Bluejays men 's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Bluejays , led by seventh-year head coach Greg McDermott , played their home games at the CenturyLink Center Omaha , as members of the Big East Conference . They finished the season 25 – 10 , 10 – 8 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place . In the Big East Tournament , they defeated Providence and Xavier before losing to Villanova in the championship game . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the Midwest region . There they lost in the First Round to No. 11-seeded Rhode Island
Big East Tournament
2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team