Creighton begins their defense of the 2019-20 Big East Regular Season title tonight, against the same team they began that campaign against — the Marquette Golden Eagles. In this strange COVID world, the Big East slate begins a full 18 days earlier than it did a year ago, and it’s Creighton’s first conference game before Christmas in either the MVC or the Big East since 2004. The 63-61 road loss to an Evansville Purple Aces squad coached by CU’s Director of Player Development Steve Merfeld featured an all-time maddening ending. Trailing 60-59, Jeffrey Day was fouled with 8 seconds left, and made two free throws to give CU the lead.
Pregame Primer: #9 Creighton Opens Defense of Big East Title Against Marquette
