After the slugfest that Creighton’s tight win over Villanova turned into Saturday, the #Jays needed a hero. It only made sense that Trey Alexander would step up and deliver a series of free throws to put the Wildcats out of reach by the end of the night.
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The Creighton women shot 58.5% from the field and led from nearly start to finish in a win over St. John's Saturday afternoon at Sokol Arena. The #Jays have won seven of their last eight games.
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The #Jays forward has found his game again, mostly because he’s whittled down any doubts, both in who he can be as a player and what his body would allow after a summer knee surgery. As Nova comes to town Saturday night, Kaluma’s world has been simplified
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In the newest episode of Even Field, Eileen Meslar and Josie Whelan discus National Girls and Women in Sports Day, plus break down Creighton's and Nebraska's latest wins. omaha.com/sports/college #Huskers #Jays
Lingering effects from knee surgery threatened to send #Jays forward Arthur Kaluma's sophomore season into a slump — until he refreshed his game with renewed focus.
on how Kaluma has found his footing and helped CU to an impressive January:
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“Being around the environment and seeing how it translated to how it’d be on the floor. Just getting to watch a game was the biggest thing."
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Five-star wing Trentyn Flowers wants to check all the boxes before he makes a decision.
A second look at Creighton was high on that list, prompting an unofficial visit to the Pink Out game.
“I just think it’s a great fit for me."
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Creighton held DePaul, which suited up just eight players because of injury, at arm's length throughout the night as the #Jays earned a home win. Creighton, winners of six of its last seven, improves to 9-4 in the Big East and is alone in third place.
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Despite giving the Hoyas several chances to make things more than interesting, the #Jays ultimately outlasted them en route to a Big East win at Capital One Arena.
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"We’re starting to gel, we’re starting to really find our stride."
At the bottom of the hour, CU MBB plays at Georgetown as a confident team looking like its preseason predictions.
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In recent weeks, Creighton MBB has made strides toward what it was propped up to be in the preseason.
With little margin for error for a chance at the BE title, it’s gonna have to keep handling its business.
That includes Georgetown on Wednesday.
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Through a four-game winning streak, which featured wins over ranked Providence and Xavier squads, Creighton has increasingly looked the part of the team it was propped up to be in the preseason.
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Creighton men's basketball picked up votes but remains outside the Top 25 in yesterday's AP poll.
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Creighton men's basketball picked up some votes but remains outside the Top 25 in this week's Associated Press poll.
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Both Creighton basketball remain strong in the NET rankings, while the Nebraska men are in jeopardy of dropping out of the Top 100.
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The #Jays not only recovered their lost identity from Maui. They’re creating a new one. Creighton used its first appearance on CBS in 20 years to show the nation what it already knew: the Jays are one of the top teams in the Big East writes
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Creighton led 54-39 with nine minutes left, but the Hoyas scored 18 points in the first five minutes to pull within 59-55. The #Jays then held Georgetown to two free throws the rest of the way.
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Since Ryan Kalkbrenner’s return in late December, the Jays have slowly painted over an early season six-game losing streak.
Saturday's game against No. 13 Xavier could determine whether Creighton has a chance at a Big East title.
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Baseball is the only sport with a volunteer coach at all three schools in-state schools.
It may also be the sport that will see the most careers affected nationally with the NCAA change.
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Creighton volunteer assistant Cam Johnson said he took the Bluejay job in part gambling that the role may soon be a paying one.
He plans to earn consideration this season.
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Since visiting the #Jays for the first time in November the 6-foot-9, highly-coveted prospect has continuously trimmed his list of destinations before arriving earlier this month at a top five of North Carolina, Arkansas, Louisville, Alabama and Creighton
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Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner was named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year watch list on Thursday.
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In July, the NCAA will allow athletic departments to reclassify volunteer coaches as full-time assistants.
In Nebraska, only baseball has a volunteer coach at all three universities.
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The #Jays found good looks with the way the Red Storm defended them all night. Junior center Ryan Kalkbrenner handily won his matchup, finding himself in all the right spots, and finishing with 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting, writes
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Creighton returns to the court with a key two-game homestand - starting tonite with St. John's.
Is CU past its December struggles?
looks at the matchup.
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Creighton is looking at home opportunities against the league’s top teams.
It’ll look to handle those opportunities to soundly make its way into the postseason picture.
That begins Wednesday with St. John's.
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The Creighton women heated up in the third quarter as the Bluejays avenged a loss earlier this month to Providence with a win Tuesday night.
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The Creighton men’s and Omaha women’s basketball teams continued their climb up the NET rankings, while the Omaha men, mired in a three-game losing streak fell into the 300s.
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Midway through his freshman season with the #Jays, Trey Alexander wasn’t having fun. He wasn’t playing like he knew how to play.
But then he found comfort in the oddest of sources: a villain character in the anime series, Naruto.
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The #Jays watched Villanova score in bunches in the opening quarter in their loss Friday night at Sokol Arena, with the looks struggling to fall for CU.
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In the newest episode of Even Field, Eileen Meslar and Josie Whelan take a look the impact of Whitney Lauenstein leaving #Huskers volleyball and break down Nebraska's and Creighton's top 25 matchups this week.
Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner was one of 50 players to be named to the midseason watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy on Thursday.
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