# 2024–25 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represents Creighton University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by 15th-year head coach Greg McDermott, play their home games at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska as members of the Big East Conference.

## Previous season

The Bluejays finished the 2022–23 season 25–10, 14–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Providence. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region, where they defeated Akron and Oregon to reach the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to No. 2-seeded Tennessee.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Jonathan Lawson | 2 | G | 6'6" | 188 | Sophomore | Memphis, TN | Transferred to Little Rock |
| Francisco Farabello | 5 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Senior | Cañada de Gómez, Argentina | Graduated |
| Brock Vice | 10 | C | 6'10" | 238 | Freshman | Memphis, TN | Transferred to North Texas |
| Josiah Dotzler | 15 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Freshman | Omaha, NE | Transferred to Saint Louis |
| Trey Alexander | 23 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Junior | Oklahoma City, OK | Declare for 2024 NBA draft; went undrafted/signed with the Denver Nuggets |
| Baylor Scheierman | 55 | G | 6'7" | 205 | Senior | Aurora, NE | Graduated/2024 NBA draft; selected 30th overall by Boston Celtics |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Pop Isaacs | 2 | G | 6'2" | 170 | Junior | Las Vegas, NV | Texas Tech |
| Jamiya Neal | 5 | G/F | 6'6" | 184 | Senior | Toledo, OH | Arizona State |

### 2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Jackson McAndrew #5 PF | Plymouth, MN | Wayzata High School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Aug 1, 2023 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 ||||||
| Larry Johnson #17 SG | Santa Clarita, CA | Southern California Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 84 ||||||
| Ty Davis #42 SG | Mountain Brook, AL | Mountain Brook High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Jun 27, 2023 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 79 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 80 ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 26, 2024* 7:00 p.m., NPM | No. 15 | No. 14 Purdue United Way of the Midlands Tornado Disaster Relief Fund | W 93–87 | − | 24 – Isaacs | 6 – Kalkbrenner | 8 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (15,947) Omaha, NE |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 6, 2024* 8:00 p.m., FS2 | No. 15 | UT Rio Grande Valley | W 99–86 | 1–0 | 49 – Kalkbrenner | 11 – Kalkbrenner | 7 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (15,969) Omaha, NE |
| November 10, 2024* 4:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 15 | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 96–70 | 2–0 | 24 – Kalkbrenner | 6 – Kalkbrenner | 9 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,741) Omaha, NE |
| November 13, 2024* 8:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 14 | Houston Christian | W 78–43 | 3–0 | 16 – Kalkbrenner | 7 – Tied | 6 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,348) Omaha, NE |
| November 16, 2024* 6:00 p.m., FS2 | No. 14 | Kansas City | W 79–56 | 4–0 | 15 – McAndrew | 12 – Kalkbrenner | 6 – Tied | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,951) Omaha, NE |
| November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 14 | Nebraska Rivalry | L 63–74 | 4–1 | 25 – Isaacs | 11 – Kalkbrenner | 4 – Tied | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,475) Omaha, NE |
| November 26, 2024* 1:00 p.m., TBS | No. 21 | vs. San Diego State Players Era Festival Power Division | L 53–71 | 4–2 | 18 – Issacs | 14 – McAndrew | 5 – Issacs | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| November 27, 2024* 5:30 p.m., Max | No. 21 | vs. No. 20 Texas A&M Players Era Festival Power Division | L 73–77 | 4–3 | 25 – Isaacs | 10 – Kalkbrenner | 6 – Tied | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| November 30, 2024* 12:00 p.m., TruTV | No. 21 | vs. Notre Dame Players Era Festival 7th place game | W 80–76 | 5–3 | 21 – Neal | 9 – Neal | 6 – Ashworth | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| December 4, 2024* 7:30 p.m., FS1 | | No. 1 Kansas Big East–Big 12 Battle | W 76–63 | 6–3 | 27 – Isaacs | 10 – Kalkbrenner | 6 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,908) Omaha, NE |
| December 7, 2024* 3:00 p.m., FS1 | | UNLV | W 83–65 | 7–3 | 19 – Neal | 9 – Neal | 9 – Neal | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,080) Omaha, NE |
| December 14, 2024* 7:30 p.m., SECN | | at No. 7 Alabama | L 75–83 | 7–4 | 20 – Ashworth | 8 – Neal | 9 – Ashworth | Coleman Coliseum (13,474) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Big East regular season |||||||||
| December 18, 2024 5:30 p.m., CBSSN | | at Georgetown | L 57–81 | 7–5 (0–1) | 21 – Ashworth | 5 – Green | 4 – Tied | Capital One Arena (4,062) Washington, D.C. |
| December 21, 2024 3:00 p.m., FS1 | | Villanova | W 86–79 | 8–5 (1–1) | 23 – Kalkbrenner | 6 – Tied | 11 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,125) Omaha, NE |
| December 31, 2024 3:00 p.m., Peacock | | St. John's | W 57–56 | 9–5 (2–1) | 18 – Ashworth | 9 – Tied | 7 – Neal | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,466) Omaha, NE |
| January 3, 2025 8:00 p.m., FS1 | | at No. 8 Marquette | L 71–79 | 9–6 (2–2) | 16 – Kalkbrenner | 12 – Kalkbrenner | 10 – Ashworth | Fiserv Forum (17,756) Milwaukee, WI |
| January 11, 2025 11:00 a.m., FOX | | at Butler | W 80–76 | 10–6 (3–2) | 26 – Kalkbrenner | 12 – Ashworth | 9 – Ashworth | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,134) Indianapolis, IN |
| January 14, 2025 7:30 p.m., FS1 | | Providence | W 84–64 | 11–6 (4–2) | 20 – Tied | 10 – Kalkbrenner | 6 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,063) Omaha, NE |
| January 18, 2025 11:00 a.m., FOX | | at No. 14 UConn | W 68–63 | 12–6 (5–2) | 24 – Neal | 10 – Kalkbrenner | 9 – Ashworth | Gampel Pavilion (10,299) Storrs, CT |
| January 21, 2025 8:00 p.m., FS1 | | at DePaul | W 73–49 | 13–6 (6–2) | 14 – Neal | 8 – Kalkbrenner | 4 – Ashworth | Wintrust Arena (3,729) Chicago, IL |
| January 25, 2025 12:30 p.m., FS1 | | Seton Hall | W 79–54 | 14–6 (7–2) | 23 – Kalkbrenner | 9 – Kalkbrenner | 9 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,430) Omaha, NE |
| January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., FS1 | | Xavier | W 86–77 | 15–6 (8–2) | 29 – Kalkbrenner | 9 – Kalkbrenner | 8 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,056) Omaha, NE |
| February 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., FOX | | at Villanova | W 62–60 | 16–6 (9–2) | 22 – Kalkbrenner | 9 – Neal | 7 – Ashworth | Wells Fargo Center (13,124) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 5, 2025 7:30 p.m., FS1 | | at Providence | W 80–69 | 17–6 (10–2) | 35 – Kalkbrenner | 12 – Kalkbrenner | 6 – Tied | Amica Mutual Pavilion (11,726) Providence, RI |
| February 8, 2025 1:00 p.m., FOX | | No. 11 Marquette | W 77–67 | 18–6 (11–2) | 22 – Ashworth | 7 – Tied | 7 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,185) Omaha, NE |
| February 11, 2025 8:00 p.m., CBSSN | No. 24 | UConn | L 66–70 | 18–7 (11–3) | 13 – Tied | 9 – Kalkbrenner | 7 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,025) Omaha, NE |
| February 16, 2025 2:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 24 | at No. 9 St. John's | L 73–79 | 18–8 (11–4) | 23 – Ashworth | 9 – Kalkbrenner | 11 – Ashworth | Madison Square Garden (19,812) New York, NY |
| February 23, 2025 3:00 p.m., Peacock | | Georgetown | W 80–69 | 19–8 (12–4) | 20 – Ashworth | 12 – Neal | 9 – Neal | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,545) Omaha, NE |
| February 26, 2025 8:00 p.m., Peacock | | DePaul | W 75–65 | 20–8 (13–4) | 25 – Kalkbrenner | 13 – Kalkbrenner | 6 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,213) Omaha, NE |
| March 1, 2025 3:30 p.m., FOX | | at Xavier | L 61–83 | 20–9 (13–5) | 23 – Kalkbrenner | 12 – Kalkbrenner | 5 – Ashworth | Cintas Center (10,674) Cincinnati, OH |
| March 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., FS1 | | at Seton Hall | W 79–61 | 21–9 (14–5) | 20 – Kalkbrenner | 9 – Kalkbrenner | 8 – Ashworth | Prudential Center (8,498) Newark, NJ |
| March 8, 2025 5:00 p.m., FS1 | | Butler | W 87–74 | 22–9 (15–5) | 27 – Kalkbrenner | 15 – Kalkbrenner | 11 – Ashworth | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,907) Omaha, NE |
| Big East tournament |||||||||
| March 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., FS1 | (2) | vs. (10) DePaul Quarterfinal | W 85–81 $^{2OT}$ | 23–9 | 32 – Kalkbrenner | 9 – Kalkbrenner | 5 – Tied | Madison Square Garden (19,812) New York, NY |
| March 14, 2025 8:30 p.m., FOX | (2) | vs. (3) UConn Semifinal | W 71–62 | 24–9 | 19 – Tied | 5 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Madison Square Garden (19,812) New York, NY |
| March 15, 2025 5:38 p.m., FOX | (2) | vs. (1) No. 6 St. John's Final | L 66–82 | 24–10 | 15 – Kalkbrenner | 7 – Tied | 7 – Ashworth | Madison Square Garden (19,812) New York, NY |
| NCAA tournament |||||||||
| March 20, 2025 11:15 a.m., CBS | (9 S) | vs. (8 S) No. 10 Louisville Round of 64 | | | | | | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Central Time. |||||||||
Source

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 15 | 14 | 14 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
| Coaches | 14 | 13 | 13 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 21 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | |