Creighton University NCAA News

Creighton appears to have the pieces necessary for making a run at the NCAA tournament.

Creighton and Dayton decided to skip the appetizers that many college basketball teams use to fatten records in the early days of the season.

The FAMU Rattler Basketball team fell victim to turnovers early Tuesday evening dropping a 78-53 decision to Creighton University before 15,321 fans at Qwest Center Omaha.

DAYTON, Ohio - Creighton is a man-to-man team that is running short on men. The Blue Jays traveled Saturday to Dayton and played without forward Chad Millard , forward Justin Carter and forward Casey Harriman .

Freshmen Josh Benson and Matt Kavanaugh are expected to make their college basketball debuts for Dayton against Creighton today, Nov.

TV: a WHIO-TV Radio: WHIO-AM , a WHIO-FM Records: Creighton 0-0, UD 0-0 Series: UD leads 6-4. Probable starters CREIGHTON Player Yr Ht P PPG* Kaleb Korver Jr.

Chris Wright picked up where he left off last season, scoring a game-best 25 points to go along with eight rebounds, as 21st-ranked Dayton shook off a slow start to rally past Creighton, 90-80, in the season opener for both teams.

Winners of 20 straight games at home, the 21st- ranked Dayton Flyers try to tie the school record in that department this afternoon as they open the 2009-10 campaign against the visiting Creighton Bluejays.

Chris Johnson had a double-double, and Chris Wright led a second-half surge that carried No.

Chris Johnson had a double-double, and Chris Wright led a second-half surge that carried No.

The question drew sheepish looks from Creighton basketball players Kenny Lawson, Antoine Young and Wayne Runnels.

Halftime blues for Jays At halftime of Sunday's Creighton-UNO basketball game, three of the Bluejays' best shooters - P'Allen Stinnett, Darryl Ashford and Ethan Wragge - had made zero shots... >> SPOTLIGHT TWITTER follow OWHjays on Twitter REBECCA S. GRATZ/THE WORLD-HERALD Kenny Lawson, center, could be Creighton's only healthy, experienced big man ...

The Dayton-Creighton season-opener on Saturday has been labeled by The Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy as the best game of college basketball's opening weekend.

Kenny Lawson Jr. scored 20 points and Antoine Young had nine points and nine assists as Creighton overcame an early 10-point deficit to beat UNO 93-77 in exhibition play Sunday afternoon at Qwest Center Omaha.

Official spends quality time with Jays over rule change Veteran official John Higgins took some time to address Creighton's basketball team after practice Tuesday about a major rule change and some other points of emphasis.

The Creighton men's basketball team opened the 2009-10 exhibition season with a 94-69 victory over Missouri Western State University on Wednesday night before 15,099 fans at Qwest Center Omaha.

Basketball: Practice will start getting 'serious' Creighton's preparations for the 2009-10 basketball season switches from the informal to the formal this week.

Basketball: Practice will start getting 'serious' Creighton's preparations for the 2009-10 basketball season switches from the informal to the formal this week.

Darryl Ashford and Wayne Runnels are trying to accelerate a learning curve to avoid the slow starts that have plagued some of Creighton's recent junior-college transfers.

MVC weighs costs of exposure Missouri Valley Conference schools have gone to great lengths over the years to get their basketball product on television.