Creighton opens up the 2018 NCAA Tournament against Kansas State on Friday, in the first game of the evening television window. The two schools are separated by just 160 miles, but haven’t met on the hardwood in over 30 years, due in large part to Dana Altman being the Bluejays’ coach for nearly 20 of those seasons after leaving Kansas State (and not wishing to play his old school). Despite that lack of familiarity, the Wildcats will look oddly, well, familiar to Jays fans.
They’re coached by Bruce Weber, and he’s assisted by (among others) Chris Lowery and Brad Korn.