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Creighton
Road to the Final Four.............................................................................................
Creighton had won 11 straight games before falling to eventual champion Indiana State in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley tournament and losing to Iowa in the first round of the NCAAs. The Blue Jays won the MVC regular-season title and finished with a 24-7 record, including a 14-4 mark in the MVC, and have solid non-conference victories over Georgia State, Nebraska and Providence to their credit. Player to Watch Sophomore forward Kyle Korver was the top perimieter player in the Missouri Valley this season, leading the Missouri Valley in three-point percentage (.471) and three-pointers per game (3.16), and finishing sixth in the conference in scoring (14.8 ppg). Korver was also an effective rebounder, averaging 5.8 caroms per game and finishing ninth in the MVC in defnesive rebounds per game (4.3). With the Ball Creighton was the second-best scoring team in the conference this season at 73.2 points per game, due in large part to the best backcourt in the MVC. The Blue Jays got double-figure scoring from senior guards Ben Walker (12.3) and Ryan Sears (11.1), while Sears finished fifth in the league in assists (4.29) and Walker was the team's leading rebounder (6.2). Creighton led the league in three-point attempts, putting up 666 treys on the season, and made a conference-best 7.87 threes per game. CU also crashed the offensive boards effectively, finishing third in the MVC with 11.0 offensive rebounds per game. Defending the Ball Sears led the charge on defense as well, finishing second in the MVC in steals (2.3) and helping Creighton top the league in scoring defense (63.1), scoring margin (+10.1), turnover margin (+4.5) and teams steals (9.35). Livan Pyfrom is an effective interior defender who was second in the Missouri Valley in blocks (1.65), while Terrell Taylor chips in 1.3 steals per game.Seed Analysis Exceeding the Seed Playing to Expectations Falling Short None. BRACKETOLOGY SCORE: 1.5 (1.000 is playing exactly to a team's historical seeding) Bracketology Report 1985-2000: The Blue Jays are the fourth team in the Eddie Sutton trivia question; as in, name the four teams Sutton has coached to the NCAA tournament. Sutton took Creighton in 1974 before scoring later on at Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State. The Jays, meanwhile, are making their third consecutive trip and have a history of playing to and/or exceeding their seed. Roster
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Creighton coach Dana Altman was on the Morning Show and talked about his team being the East's 10th seed.
