The Creighton Blue Jays have turned Omaha, Nebraska into a hotbed for men’s college basketball. Doug McDermott has turned them into one of the premier programs in the country, consistently among the top 25 teams and challenging for the top spot in a loaded Big East conference.
Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner, the three-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, announced Wednesday he plans to return to the Bluejays for another season.
The first round of the NCAA Tournament produced multiple underdog winners. The upsets aren't going to stop in the second round Saturday, so we're looking to target a pair of underdogs that have a great chance to win at plus money.
PITTSBURGH – It was a successful first day on the PPG Paints Arena floor for the Creighton Blue Jays. The No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region handled No. 14 Akron 77-60 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
PITTSBURGH -- Ryan Kalkbrenner racked up 23 points and eight rebounds, Baylor Scheierman added 15 points and 13 boards and hot-shooting Creighton took care of Akron 77-60 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday afternoon.
Creighton’s Big Three of Ryan Kalkbrenner, Baylor Scheierman and Trey Alexander have advanced to the Big East Tournament final and semifinal the last two seasons, respectively.
On Monday, Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year for the third straight season. He’s just the third player in league history to win the award more than twice, joining...
Ryan Kalkbrenner shot 10-for-10 for 23 points as No. 12 Creighton took over third place in the Big East Conference by laying waste to visiting Seton Hall 85-64 on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.
With still no NBA on the schedule, let's go right back to some college hoops for our favorite Look of the Day for Tuesday's slate.
Xavier either fought back valiantly or go buried and never really had a chance. Either way, they lost. After winning ugly against Villanova, X came out firing early while hosting the Bluejays of Creighton.
No. 19 Creighton used a 13-0 run bridging the first and second half and then held off a frantic Xavier rally to post a 78-71 Big East win Saturday in Cincinnati.
[Box Score] A month ago in Omaha, Creighton beat Providence 69-60 because two of the Jays’ stars (Trey Alexander and Ryan Kalkbrenner) were better than their Friar counterparts, both overall and in key moments.
Jahmyl Telfort tied his season high with 26 points and Boden Kapke made two clutch free throws with six seconds remaining on Friday, lifting visiting Butler to a 99-98 victory over No.
Throw this one on the pile of missed opportunities and move on to Connecticut. Two numbers define this game. The first is Xavier’s 5-15 at the rim. It’s a credit to how well Xavier did a ton of other things that they were in the fight the whole way considering they shot just 33% on layups.
Before Creighton stumbled to the No. 1 team in the country in UConn last Wednesday, they'd claimed four straight convincing victories. On the road at Georgetown was a 17-point win.
Creighton and Seton Hall played arguably the game of the year in college basketball on Saturday.
Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 28 points and Trey Alexander capped his 23-point performance with a go-ahead 3-pointer in triple overtime as No. 18 Creighton pulled out a wild 97-94 victory over host Seton Hall on Saturday in Newark, N.J.
Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 22 points with 12 rebounds, Trey Alexander added 21 points and Creighton continued to recover after a slow start to Big East play with a 69-60 victory over No.
The Creighton Bluejays made it to the Elite Eight last season for the first time since 1941. While two starters did leave via the transfer portal, the top three scorers from that team did return.
Center Ryan Kalkbrenner will withdraw his name from the NBA draft and return for one more season at Creighton, he tweeted Monday. Kalkbrenner was a first-team All-Big East selection in 2022-23, a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award for the nation's best center and the league's Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year.
Ryan Kalkbrenner Center | Creighton Height: 7'1” | Weight: 260 lbs 2023 Draft Age: 21.43 Prospect Profile After taking a huge leap as a sophomore at Creighton, Kalkbrenner has continued to refine his game during his junior season.
Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 22 points on 10-for-10 shooting as No. 10 Creighton cruised to a 94-65 victory over visiting Holy Cross on Monday night in Omaha, Neb.
The Bluejays' starting center suffered his knee injury during the nine seed's nail-biting 72-69 first-round win vs. No. 8 San Diego St. on Thursday.
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