Creighton Bluejays

North Carolina got the best of Creighton today, earning a big 87-73 win that advanced the #1 seed to the Sweet Sixteen. They didn't get there without taking a few lumps, however, as Tyler Zeller learned at the forearm of Bluejay Gregory Echenique.

In this post, we preview the much-anticipated Midwest Region second round matchup between Harrison Barnes' #1-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels and Doug McDermott's #8-seeded Creighton Bluejays. If you haven't heard (surely you have) the two were high...

These are always great. Grant Gibbs goes off Nick Jacobs's lumbar for the easy layup, giving us the rare and wonderful highlight/lowlight combo. (Creighton won the game by a point.) Clark Kellogg calls it a "smart schoolyard play," which raises the q...

In this post, we preview the Midwest Region's 8-9 matchup between the Creighton Fighting McDermotts of the Missouri Valley Conference and the Alabama "Yes We Play Basketball Too" Crimson Tide of the SEC.

Andy Bottoms rounds out his upset rankings by looking at the 8-9 games. And yes, he knows those aren't really "upsets."...

Andy breaks down the Midwest region. Perennial powers North Carolina and Kansas earned the top two seeds in the Midwest region, but it may well be the easiest one of the four.

Now that the field has been set, Andy is posting team profiles of all 68 teams, broken down by regions. Next up is the St. Louis region, which features perennial contenders North Carolina and Kansas as well as regular season champions from the Big Te...

Congratulations to the Creighton Bluejays, who in beating Illinois State 83-79 in OT won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBS] More »...

The 2012 Missouri Valley Tournament, better known as "Arch Madness," gets rolling on Thursday in St. Louis. While Wichita State and Creighton were a cut above during the regular season, this tournament always seems to have a few surprises.

The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament has earned the moniker Arch Madness for a reason, and this year should be no exception when it tips off on March 1st. Wichita State and Creighton have dominated the headlines for most of the season, but a nu...

Creighton fell to Wichita State 89-68 last night—the 15th-ranked Bluejays' third loss in a row—and the slow meltdown of the perennial MVC powerhouse was made clearly evident in this incident late in the first half. Creighton star Doug Mc...

Whether by luck or by design, the college hoops slate has been terrific in the first week of post-football action. In the wake of a number of exciting games, Andy Bottoms looks at teams on the rise and on the decline heading into a loaded weekend sc...