Year: | 2022–23 |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Year: | 2023–24 |
Sport: | Basketball |
Team: | Creighton Bluejays |
Conference: | Big East Conference |
Short Conf: | Big East |
Record: | 24–13 |
Conf Record: | 14–6 |
Coachrank: | 12 |
Hc Year: | 13th |
Asst Coach1: | Alan Huss |
Ac1 Year: | 5th |
Ac2 Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach3: | Jalen Courtney-Williams |
Ac3 Year: | 2nd |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | Elite Eight |
The 2022–23 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays were coached by 13th-year head coach Greg McDermott and played their home games at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 14–6 in Big East play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Villanova before losing to Xavier in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the South Region, where they defeated NC State, Baylor, and Princeton to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1941. There, they fell to San Diego State on a last-second free throw, closing their season with an overall record of 24–13.
The Bluejays finished the 2021–22 season 23–12, 12–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Marquette and Providence, before losing to Villanova in the Championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region, where they defeated San Diego State in the first round before losing to Kansas in the second round.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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KeyShawn Feazell | 1 | F | 6'9" | 230 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Alex O'Connell | 5 | G | 6'6" | 185 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
21 | G | 6'4" | 186 | RS Freshman | Left the team to pursue professional opportunities | |||
44 | F | 6'7" | 222 | GS Senior | Graduated | |||
Modestas Kancleris | 55 | F | 6'9" | 208 | RS Freshman | Transferred to Cal State Bakersfield |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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5 | G | 6'3" | 178 | Senior | TCU | |||
55 | G | 6'6" | 205 | Senior | South Dakota State |
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