Recap:
The 2018-19 Creighton Bluejays have been defined by inconsistency, showing tantalizing glimpses of their potential seemingly as often as they’ve suffered agonizing moments of defeat. In winning five straight games to close the season, they seemed to have turned a corner — they were improved defensively, they were playing tougher, and they had begun closing out the types of tight games they found ways to lose earlier in the season.
Thursday afternoon in the Big East Tourney Quarterfinals, an old nemesis reared its ugly, unwelcome head, cost them a win, and (likely) cost them an NCAA Tournament berth.