Creighton begins a stretch of nine games in four weeks on Saturday, when they’ll take on the Butler Bulldogs in Indianapolis. Of course, that’s pending any changes to the schedule because of COVID — case in point, this game against Butler has moved tip times twice already because of COVID issues postponing other games around the league.
Before the season started, the importance of getting to 13 games was mentioned by coaches across the country. That’s the threshold to be eligible for the NCAA Tournament. Creighton’s game Saturday at Butler is their 13th game, so if teams continue going on pause and games start dropping off the schedule, at least they’ve hit that threshold.