Five days after suffering what they feared might be a season-ending loss to eventual Big East Tournament champion Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden, the Creighton men’s basketball started out on the path that leads back to the “Mecca of basketball.” In front of a little more than 6,300 fans at the friendly confines of CenturyLink Center Omaha, the 4th-seeded Bluejays pounded the 5th-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide, 72-54, in the first round of the 2016 National Invitation Tournament on Tuesday night.
Junior point guard Maurice Watson Jr. led the way with a game-high 20 points, while senior center Geoffrey Groselle posted a double-double with 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.