College Basketball Power Rankings: Oklahoma, Illinois use big wins to vault into top 12
Oklahoma beat Texas in a thriller and defeated a red-hot Alabama team to rocket up the Power Rankings.
2021 Schedule
2021 Schedule
13-4, 1st in Big East
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- 12/1W 94-67
- 12/4W 93-58
- 12/85L 73-72
- 12/11W 98-74
- 12/14L 89-84
- 12/17W 94-76
- 12/20W 76-74
- 12/2322W 66-61
- 1/2W 67-65
- 1/6W 89-53
- 1/9W 97-79
- 1/16L 70-66
- 1/20L 74-70
- 1/2323W 74-66
- 1/27W 85-81
- 1/30W 69-62
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Zegarowski scores 19 as No. 17 Creighton holds off DePaul
— Marcus Zegarowski scored 19 points and No. 17 Creighton beat DePaul 69-62 on Saturday night.
Incredible ball movement leads to thunderous jam for Bluejays (0:25)
Ballock drains go-ahead 3-pointer for Creighton (0:16)
Ballock scores 29 points, No. 17 Creighton beats Seton Hall
— Mitch Ballock hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 41 seconds to play to cap a season-high 29-point performance and No. 17 Creighton overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Seton Hall 85-81 on Wednesday night.
College Basketball Power Rankings: Florida State, Alabama on the rise
Houston, Alabama, Virginia and Florida State are climbing the rankings, but Gonzaga and Baylor are still in another echelon.
Mahoney scores 20, leads No. 11 Creighton past No. 23 UConn
— Denzel Mahoney scored 20 points and 11th-ranked Creighton broke open a close game in the last 10 minutes to beat No. 23 Connecticut 74-66 Saturday.
Zegarowski dials in the long ball (0:19)
Ballock gets bumped on deep-3 for Creighton (0:21)
Watson scores 29 to lead Friars past No. 11 Creighton 74-70
— Nate Watson scored a career-high 29 points and Providence turned back Creighton each time it pulled close to beat the 11th-ranked Bluejays 74-70 on Wednesday night.
College Basketball Power Rankings: A two-team race for No. 1
Gonzaga and Baylor are in their own tiers atop men's college basketball. Everyone else, it seems, is fighting for No. 3.
Butler erases 13-point deficit, upsets No. 8 Creighton in OT
— Aaron Thompson scored 17 points and found Bryce Nze for the go-ahead layup with 68 seconds left in overtime Saturday to complete a remarkable second-half comeback with a 70-66 upset of No. 8 Creighton.
Creighton takes first lead after Mahoney's back-to-back triples (0:30)
Creighton's Mahoney goes coast-to-coast for and-1 bucket (0:29)
Bishop flushes one-handed alley-oop for Creighton (0:18)
College Basketball Power Rankings: Unbeaten Michigan continues moving up, Pac-12 gets closer
Juwan Howard and the Wolverines are carrying the banner for the rugged Big Ten, while USC and UCLA had big weeks out west.
Kalkbrenner dunks over St. John's defender (0:23)
Mahoney, Kalkbrenner connect for Creighton alley-oop (0:25)
No. 7 Creighton routs Seton Hall 89-53, Jefferson scores 19
— Damien Jefferson scored 16 of his season-high 19 points in the first half and No. 7 Creighton got off to a fast start on its way to an 89-53 victory over Seton Hall on Wednesday night.
College Basketball Power Rankings: Where Saturday's blowout leaves Texas, Kansas
Texas handed Kansas a historic loss at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday. What kind of leap does the Longhorns' blowout merit?
Bishop's emphatic jam caps off wild end-of-game sequence for Creighton (0:55)
Late dunk lifts No. 11 Creighton to win over Providence
— Christian Bishop had a go-ahead dunk with 0.8 seconds left and the 11th-ranked Creighton Bluejays held off a late rally to beat the Providence Friars 67-65 on Saturday.
Ballock drains 40-foot buzzer beater for Creighton (0:34)
Jefferson steals and slams (0:26)
College Basketball Power Rankings: Sorting out the wild B1G
Iowa and Michigan State are struggling. Northwestern and Minnesota are ascending. Will the new Big Ten balance of power hold?
2020-21 Big East Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova | 6-0 | - | 11-1 |
| Creighton | 9-3 | - | 13-4 |
| Xavier | 4-2 | 2 | 11-2 |
| UConn | 5-3 | 2 | 8-3 |
| Seton Hall | 6-5 | 2.5 | 9-8 |
| St. John's | 5-6 | 3.5 | 11-7 |
| Providence | 5-6 | 3.5 | 9-8 |
| Marquette | 4-7 | 4.5 | 8-9 |
| Butler | 4-7 | 4.5 | 5-9 |
| Georgetown | 2-5 | 4.5 | 4-8 |
| DePaul | 1-7 | 6 | 3-7 |
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Top Performers 2020-21
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Team Stats
Points Per Game80.240th
Rebounds Per Game36.1169th
Assists Per Game16.148th
Points Allowed69.4
2021 Polls & Rankings
| AP | COACHES |
|---|---|
| 15 | 14 |
2021 Recruits
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| TyTy Washington | PG | Committed | 86 |
| Mason Miller | PF | Committed | 82 |
| Ryan Nembhard | PG | Signed | 81 |
| John Christofilis | SG | Signed | 77 |
Tournament History
| Final Fours | 0 |
| Tournament Record | 12-22 |
| Championship Seasons | None |
| Tournament Appearances | 21 |