CREIGHTON RUMORS & GOSSIP
McDermott decides to stay at Creighton for senior season
Creighton mens basketball head coach Greg McDermott can breathe a little easier knowing his son will be by his side when the Bluejays transition to the new-look Big East next season.
McDermott went to Twitter to announce his intentions of coming back next season rather than entering the NBA Draft.
I will be returning to Creighton for my senior year and can't wait to put on...
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Doug McDermott Opts To Return For Senior Season At Creighton
Doug McDermott will return to Creighton for his senior season.
McDermott explored the option of departing early for the NBA draft, but ultimately decided that returning to school was in his best interests.
Based on evaluations he received from the draft advisory committee, McDermott said, “There was no doubt in my mind that I would have been a first-round pick.''
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McDermott staying in school
Doug McDermott says he's confident he's got what it takes to be a first-round pick in the NBA draft.
He'll wait until 2014 to find out for sure.
The two-time first-team All-American said Thursday that he'll return to Creighton for his senior year instead of declaring for June's NBA draft.
McDermott made the announcement at a news conference in Creighton'...
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Creighton's Doug McDermott set to announce plans
All-America forward Doug McDermott of Creighton has scheduled a Thursday afternoon news conference to announce whether he'll return to school or skip his senior season and declare for the NBA draft.
McDermott was the second-leading scorer in Division I last season, averaging 23.2 points.
Sunday is the deadline for underclassmen to enter the draft.
The son of Creighton coach...
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Duke needs to slow down McDermott to advance
Duke will never be a first-weekend tournament darling. There's no such thing as an upset - unless the Blue Devils are beat.
The second-seeded Blue Devils (28-5) will try to avoid a second-straight early exit when they play seventh-seeded Creighton (28-7) on Sunday in the Midwest Regional.
The Blue Devils haven't advanced past the round of 16 since coach Mike Krzyzewksi...
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March 23, 2013
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McDermott, Creighton eliminate Cincy
Doug McDermott had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Gregory Echenique scored 13 points to help Creighton hold on to beat Cincinnati 67-63 on Friday in the second round of the Midwest Region.
Ethan Wragge added 12 for the Bluejays, who won their NCAA tournament opener for the second straight year.
McDermott, the two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and 2012 All-American...
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March 22, 2013
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UC to play Creighton in NCAA tournament
University of Cincinnati will play Creighton in the second round of the NCAA tournament Friday in Philadelphia.
The Bearcats are the 10th seed in the Midwest region after going 22-11 this season. It is the third consecutive NCAA bid for UC. The Bearcats finished 9-9 in the Big East and beat Providence in the second round of the conference tournament before losing to Georgetown...
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March 17, 2013
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Jays' Wragge proves team is more than solo act
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The left wrist was pale, swollen and puffy, although "puffy" might be selling it a bit short. It looked like somebody had tried to jam one of those little chocolate doughnuts down Ethan Wragge's forearm.
"I couldn't move it six inches (Saturday)," Wragge, Creighton's 6-foot-7 sixth man and 3-point specialist, explained after helping...
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March 10, 2013
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MVC fan hits half-court shot -- but misses 50K
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Believe it or not, the biggest shot of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship Sunday didn't come from the hands of Jahenns Manigat or Doug McDermott.
That honor belonged to Alex Permann.
Permann, 24, a South Dakota native and a student at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, drained a half-court shot as part of a pregame promotion, sending...
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March 10, 2013
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Creighton 64, Indiana St. 43
Doug McDermott had 25 points and nine rebounds, and Creighton reached the final of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament with a 64-43 victory over Indiana State on Saturday.
Creighton, the top seed in the tournament, will face the winner of Saturday's late game between Wichita State and Illinois State in the final on Sunday.
McDermott was 6 of 7 from 3-point range, and...
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March 09, 2013
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Jays fans wonder if this is last Arch Madness
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Like a lot of Creighton fans, Jack Horgan has been wandering the streets of St. Louis these past few days in a New York State Of Mind.
"The Missouri Valley is awesome," Horgan said, taking slow sips from a beer bottle as his Bluejays put the finishing touches on Drake in the quarterfinals of the 2013 MVC tournament. "No bad things to say."
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March 09, 2013
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McDermott sets CU scoring record
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Doug McDermott became the leading scorer in Creighton history and had five points during a pivotal 15-2 run as top-seeded Creighton defeated Drake, 65-53, on Friday afternoon in the first quarterfinal of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
Creighton improved to 25-7 on the season and advances to play Saturday in a 1:35 pm semifinal...
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March 08, 2013
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Creighton's Jones quits because of heart
Courtesy: Creighton Media Relations
OMAHA, Neb. -- Josh Jones is hanging up his high tops for good. The senior guard on the Creighton mens basketball team has announced that his basketball career is over, the result of an atrial flutter discovered after the Omaha native fainted prior to warm-ups at Nebraska on Dec. 6th.
Jones underwent nine hours of testing on Dec. 18th, but in...
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December 27, 2012
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CU's Jones faces surgery with a heavy heart
He remembers Nebraska fans giving him hell again, the serve and volley of the usual grief. The Omaha kid, back in Lincoln, always trying to get the last word. In high school, Josh Jones had won three state titles at the Devaney Center. Technically, it was the Cornhuskers' building, but it was also his house.
"It's kind of an in-state thing," Creighton's senior...
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December 18, 2012
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Biggest tests are within for Creighton's Jones
He remembers Nebraska fans giving him hell again, the serve and volley of the usual grief. The Omaha kid, back in Lincoln, always trying to get the last word. In high school, Josh Jones had won three state titles at the Devaney Center. Technically, it was the Cornhuskers' building, but it was also his house.
"It's kind of an in-state thing," Creighton's senior...
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December 18, 2012
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