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Big East 2016-17 Season Preview: #22 Creighton Bluejays

20-15 (9-9 in conference)

The Good Stuff:

  • Winning the Las Vegas ‘Men Who Speak Up’ tournament with wins over Rutgers and UMass - trophies are cool.
  • Starting the conference slate 5-2, defying expectations
  • Beating #4 Xavier at home
  • The arrival of Maurice Watson Jr., and Khyri Thomas

The Bad Stuff:

  • Losing to Loyola-Chicago, getting housed by Indiana and Oklahoma, dropping the nightmare inducing last second thriller against ASU
  • Defensive woes continued (allowed 72.4PPG - good for 188th in the nation)
  • Following their 5-2 stretch, the Jays lost three straight games - including a devastating collapse to Georgetown where they led by 11 with 2:32 remaining in the game
  • Injuries that, at some point in time, sidelined Martin Krampelj, Cole Huff, Isaiah Zierden, and Zach Hanson.