2023–24 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
The 2023–24 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team will represent Creighton University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays will be coached by 14th-year head coach Greg McDermott and will play their home games at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska as members of the Big East Conference.
| 2023–24 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 8 |
| AP | No. 8 |
| Record | 0–0 (0–0 Big East) |
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| Home arena | CHI Health Center Omaha |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 UConn | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Creighton | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Marquette | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Villanova | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Bluejays finished the 2022–23 season 24–13, 14–6 in Big East play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Villanova before losing to Xavier in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the South Region, where they defeated NC State, Baylor, and Princeton to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1941. There they lost to San Diego State.[1]
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Ben Shtolzberg | 1 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Sophomore | Northridge, CA | Transferred to UCSB[2] |
| Ryan Nembhard | 2 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Junior | Aurora, ON | Transferred to Gonzaga[3] |
| Shereef Mitchell | 4 | G | 6'1" | 170 | Senior | Omaha, NE | Transferred to Ohio[4] |
| John Christofilis | 15 | G | 6'3" | 195 | Junior | Seattle, WA | Transferred to Seattle[5] |
| Arthur Kaluma | 15 | F | 6'8" | 195 | Junior | Glendale, AZ | Transferred to Kansas State[6] |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Steven Ashworth | 1 | G | 6'1" | 170 | Senior | Alpine, UT | Utah State |
| Jonathan Lawson | 2 | G | 6'6" | 188 | Sophomore | Memphis, TN | Memphis |
| Issac Traudt | 41 | F | 6'10" | 235 | RS Freshman | Grand Island, NE | Virginia |
2023 recruiting class
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Josiah Dotzler PG |
Bellevue, NE | Bellevue West High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Aug 1, 2022 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
| Brock Vice C |
Memphis, TN | Houston | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | May 5, 2023 | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 80 | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Bahamas Exhibition Tour | |||||||||||
| August 4, 2023* 5:00 pm, FloHoops |
vs. Bahamas Select | W 108–55 | 13 – Kalkbrenner | 13 – King | 7 – Ashworth | Imperial Ballroom (200) Nassau, Bahamas | |||||
| August 6, 2023* 10:00 am, FloHoops |
vs. BC Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) | W 76–62 | 29 – Alexander | 10 – Kalkbrenner | 5 – Alexander | Imperial Ballroom (200) Nassau, Bahamas | |||||
| August 8, 2023* 10:00 am, FloHoops |
vs. Obras Basket (Argentina) | W 111–89 | 16 – Miller | 9 – Multiple | 6 – Ashworth | Imperial Ballroom (200) Nassau, Bahamas | |||||
| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| November 3, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops |
No. 8 | Wayne State | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | ||||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2023* 8:00 p.m., FS1 |
No. 8 | Florida A&M | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | ||||||||
| November 11, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FS2 |
No. 8 | North Dakota State | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | ||||||||
| November 14, 2023* 9:00 p.m., FS1 |
Iowa Gavitt Tipoff Games |
CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| November 18, 2023* 7:30 p.m., FS1/FS2 |
Texas Southern | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| November 22, 2023* 3:00 p.m., CBSSN |
vs. Loyola Chicago Hall of Fame Classic semifinals |
T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO | |||||||||
| November 23, 2023* 12:00 p.m./3:00 p.m., CBSSN |
vs. Boston College or Colorado State Hall of Fame Classic |
T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO | |||||||||
| November 30, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Oklahoma State Big East–Big 12 Battle |
Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK | |||||||||
| December 3, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FS1 |
at Nebraska Rivalry |
Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
| December 9, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FS2 |
Central Michigan | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| December 13, 2023* 8:00 p.m., CBSSN |
vs. UNLV Jack Jones Classic |
Dollar Loan Center Henderson, NV | |||||||||
| December 16, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FOX |
Alabama | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| Big East regular season | |||||||||||
| December 20, 2023 8:00 p.m., FS1 |
Villanova | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| December 30, 2023 1:00 p.m., CBS |
at Marquette | Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||
| January 2, 2024 6:00 p.m., CBSSN |
at Georgetown | Capital One Arena Washington, D.C. | |||||||||
| January 6, 2024 1:00 p.m., FS1 |
Providence | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| January 9, 2024 8:00 p.m., CBSSN |
at DePaul | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | |||||||||
| January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., FOX |
St. John's | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| January 17, 2024 6:00 p.m., FS1 |
at UConn | TBA TBA | |||||||||
| January 20, 2024 11:00 a.m., FS1 |
at Seton Hall | Prudential Center Newark, NJ | |||||||||
| January 23, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1 |
Xavier | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| January 27, 2024 6:00 p.m., FS1 |
DePaul | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| February 2, 2024 8:00 p.m., FS1 |
Butler | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| February 7, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS2 |
at Providence | Amica Mutual Pavilion Providence, RI | |||||||||
| February 10, 2024 11:30 a.m., FOX |
at Xavier | Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH | |||||||||
| February 13, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1 |
Georgetown | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| February 17, 2024 11:30 a.m., FOX |
at Butler | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | |||||||||
| February 20, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1 |
UConn | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| February 25, 2024 11:00 a.m., CBS |
at St. John's | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||||
| February 28, 2024 8:00 p.m., FS1 |
Seton Hall | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| March 2, 2024 1:30 p.m., FOX |
Marquette | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| March 9, 2024 TBA, FOX |
at Villanova | Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||
| Big East tournament | |||||||||||
| March 13–16, 2024 TBD |
vs. TBD | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Source[7]
References
- Anderson, Rob. "Men's Basketball Ends Historic Season in Elite Eight Thriller". Creighton University Athletics. Creighton University. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- Klan, Mike (April 12, 2023). "Creighton guards Shereef Mitchell, Ben Shtolzberg enter names in transfer portal". KEYT. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- Borzello, Jeff (April 6, 2023). "Creighton's Ryan Nembhard plans to transfer, sources say". ESPN. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- "Ohio Men's Basketball Adds Creighton Transfer Shereef Mitchell to the Roster". Ohio Bobcats. April 4, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- Christofilis, John [@jchristofilis15] (April 11, 2023). "206...I'm coming HOME! thankful!" (Tweet). Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Twitter.
- "Tang Signs Transfer Arthur Kaluma". K-State Sports. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". gocreighton.com. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
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