OMAHA, Neb. — The Creighton males’s basketball group is returning to the NCAA Tournament for the twenty fourth time in program historical past and eighth time prior to now 12 years after incomes an at-large bid to 2023 Men’s Basketball Championship. The sixth-seeded Bluejays (21-12) will meet Eleventh-seeded North Carolina State (23-10) on Friday, March 17 at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.
Creighton will play its first sport at roughly 3 p.m. Central on TNT, or half-hour after the conclusion of the Baylor/UCSB sport that suggestions at 12:30 p.m. Central. Creighton’s sport is the second contest in Session I.
The Bluejay group gathered at a public viewing social gathering inside D.J. Sokol Arena on the Creighton campus to look at the bracket be unveiled on CBS.
Creighton enters the NCAA Tournament with a 21-12 document after ending in third place within the BIG EAST Conference regular-season standings and falling within the semifinals of the league match this previous weekend at Madison Square Garden. This yr’s membership options First Team All-BIG EAST middle Ryan Kalkbrenner (15.4 ppg., 6.1 rpg., 2.2 bpg.), a two-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year and the nationwide chief in area purpose proportion (.714).. Earning Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST accolades are Baylor Scheierman (12.8 ppg., 8.4 rpg., 77 three-pointers) and Trey Alexander (13.6 ppg., .440 3FG%). Rounding out the Bluejay beginning 5 are Arthur Kaluma (11.9 ppg., 5.9 rpg.) and Ryan Nembhard (11.9 ppg., 4.9 apg.).
Creighton is coached by Greg McDermott, who owns a 297-149 document in thirteenth yr with the Bluejays. This yr marks his Eleventh journey to the NCAA Tournament on the Division I degree, together with journeys to the third-round in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and a visit to the Sweet 16 in 2021 as Creighton’s coach. McDermott’s eight NCAA Tournament appearances and 6 NCAA Tournament victories are greater than any Bluejay basketball coach at school historical past.
This yr marks Creighton’s twenty fourth postseason bid within the final 26 seasons, which incorporates 15 NCAA Tournament bids in that span. The Bluejays have gained at the very least one sport in 11 of its final 13 postseason appearances. This might be Creighton’s fifth straight journey to the NCAA’s by way of an at-large bid. CU is 15-24 all-time within the NCAA Tournament
Creighton is 1-1 all-time in opposition to the Wolfpack, falling within the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu in 1987 earlier than defeating NC State in 2016 on the Paradise Jam within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The winner of Friday’s Creighton/North Carolina State sport will meet the winner of the sport between third-seeded Baylor and 14th-seeded UC Santa Barbara.
