Legendary Bluejay coach Red McManus coined the phrase “border to border and coast to coast” in 1959 when he began the Travelin’ Jays era, where they took on any opponent, anywhere in an effort to play the best competition they could, as getting top teams to come to Omaha was tough. When Eddie Sutton took over a decade later, he expanded that strategy and played games in 36 cities and 20 states over four seasons, logged more than 65,000 miles in the air, and even went to South America for a foreign tour at a time when that was far from commonplace for collegiate teams.
Pregame Primer: Creighton Prepares for Battle Against the Top Ranked Team in America — the Gonzaga Bulldogs
