# 2019–20 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays were led by 10th-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 24–7, 13–5 in Big East play to earn share of the Big East regular season championship, and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. The Big East tournament and all other postseason tournaments including the NCAA tournament were canceled shortly after the regular season ended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The cancellations effectively ended the Bluejays' season.

## Previous season

The Bluejays finished the 2018–19 season 20–15, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost to Xavier in the quarterfinals. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the TCU bracket where they defeated Loyola and Memphis before losing to TCU in the quarterfinals.

## Offseason
### 2019 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2019) :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Shereef Mitchell PG | Omaha, NE | Burke High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 155 lb (70 kg) | Jul 12, 2018 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: |||||||
| 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: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018. |||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Australia exhibition trip |||||||||
| August 5, 2019* 3:00 am | | at Basketball Australia Center of Excellence | L 66–79 | | 20 – Ballock | 8 – Jefferson | 4 – Mitchell | Shore School North Sydney, New South Wales |
| August 8, 2019* 5:30 am | | at Cairns Taipans | W 89–85 | | 18 – Mintz | 6 – Jefferson | 5 – Mintz | Cairns Convention Centre Cairns City, Queensland |
| August 12, 2019* 4:00 am | | at Bullets Invitational | W 107–79 | | 25 – Bishop | 8 – Jones | 7 – Mintz | Auchenflower Stadium Auchenflower, Queensland |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| November 1, 2019* 7:30 pm | | McKendree | W 95–63 | | 21 – Bishop | 12 – Jones | 6 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (15,340) Omaha, NE |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 5, 2019* 8:00 pm, FSN | | Kennesaw State | W 81–55 | 1–0 | 19 – Alexander | 7 – Tied | 5 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,321) Omaha, NE |
| November 12, 2019* 5:30 pm, FS1 | | at Michigan Gavitt Tipoff Games | L 69–79 | 1–1 | 20 – Alexander | 9 – Jones | 3 – Tied | Crisler Center (11,398) Ann Arbor, MI |
| November 16, 2019* 5:00 pm, FS2 | | Louisiana Tech | W 82–72 | 2–1 | 22 – Ballock | 7 – Jefferson | 5 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,919) Omaha, NE |
| November 22, 2019* 8:00 pm, FS1 | | Cal Poly Las Vegas Invitational campus game | W 86–70 | 3–1 | 18 – Zegarowski | 8 – Jefferson | 6 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,783) Omaha, NE |
| November 24, 2019* 1:00 pm, FS1 | | North Florida Las Vegas Invitational campus game | W 76–67 | 4–1 | 19 – Zegarowski | 11 – Ballock | 4 – Tied | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,562) Omaha, NE |
| November 28, 2019 9:30 pm, FS1 | | vs. San Diego State Las Vegas Invitational semifinal | L 52–83 | 4–2 | 12 – Ballock | 5 – Bishop | 2 – Tied | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV |
| November 29, 2019 9:30 pm, FS1 | | vs. No. 12 Texas Tech Las Vegas Invitational 3rd place game | W 83–76 $^{OT}$ | 5–2 | 32 – Zegarowski | 12 – Alexander | 5 – Zegarowski | Orleans Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| December 3, 2019* 7:30 pm, FS1 | | Oral Roberts | W 72–60 | 6–2 | 17 – Bishop | 8 – Tied | 6 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,427) Omaha, NE |
| December 7, 2019* 1:30 pm, FS1 | | Nebraska Rivalry | W 95–76 | 7–2 | 30 – Zegarowski | 9 – Tied | 6 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,068) Omaha, NE |
| December 13, 2019* 7;00 pm, FS1 | | UTRGV | W 89–58 | 8–2 | 22 – Alexander | 8 – Alexander | 4 – Ballock | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,346) Omaha, NE |
| December 17, 2019* 7:30 pm, FS1 | | Oklahoma Big East/Big 12 Battle | W 83–73 | 9–2 | 20 – Zegarowski | 11 – Alexander | 7 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,146) Omaha, NE |
| December 21, 2019* 7:30 pm, P12N | | at Arizona State | W 67–60 | 10–2 | 14 – Tied | 9 – Bishop | 8 – Zegarowski | Desert Financial Arena (9,395) Tempe, AZ |
| December 28, 2019* 5:00 pm, FS1 | | Midland | W 91–54 | 11–2 | 19 – Tied | 11 – Jefferson | 6 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,914) Omaha, NE |
| Big East regular season |||||||||
| January 1, 2020 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | Marquette | W 92–75 | 12–2 (1–0) | 21 – Alexander | 8 – Tied | 6 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center (17,289) Omaha, NE |
| January 4, 2020 11:00 am, FS1 | | at No. 11 Butler | L 57–71 | 12–3 (1–1) | 15 – Zegarowki | 7 – Alexander | 4 – Alexander | Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,129) Indianapolis, IN |
| January 7, 2020 8:00 pm, FS1 | | No. 16 Villanova | L 59–64 | 12–4 (1–2) | 16 – Bishop | 9 – Bishop | 6 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,682) Omaha, NE |
| January 11, 2020 1:00 pm, FOX | | at Xavier | W 77–65 | 13–4 (2–2) | 19 – Ballock | 8 – Tied | 5 – Tied | Cintas Center (10,529) Cincinnati, OH |
| January 15, 2020 6:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 25 | at Georgetown | L 80–83 | 13–5 (2–3) | 20 – Zegarowski | 5 – Alexander | 7 – Zegarowski | Capital One Arena (5,920) Washington, DC |
| January 18, 2020 3:30 pm, FS1 | No. 25 | Providence | W 78–74 | 14–5 (3–3) | 24 – Alexander | 10 – Jefferson | 3 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,048) Omaha, NE |
| January 22, 2020 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | DePaul | W 83–68 | 15–5 (4–3) | 19 – Ballock | 6 – Ballock | 10 – Zegarowski | Wintrust Arena (4,535) Chicago, IL |
| January 26, 2020 3:00 pm, FS1 | | Xavier | W 77–66 | 16–5 (5–3) | 24 – Alexander | 5 – Tied | 6 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,796) Omaha, NE |
| February 1, 2020 11:00 am, FS1 | | at No. 8 Villanova | W 76–61 | 17–5 (6–3) | 21 – Mahoney | 10 – Alexander | 5 – Ballock | Wells Fargo Center (15,501) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 5, 2020 6:00 pm, FSN | No. 21 | at Providence | L 56–73 | 17–6 (6–4) | 15 – Alexander | 5 – Tied | 7 – Zegarowski | Dunkin Donuts Center (10,102) Providence, RI |
| February 8, 2020 5:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 21 | St. John's | W 94–82 | 18–6 (7–4) | 23 – Zegarowski | 7 – Tied | 8 – Ballock | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,122) Omaha, NE |
| February 12, 2020 5:30 pm, FS1 | No. 23 | at No. 10 Seton Hall | W 87–82 | 19–6 (8–4) | 18 – Tied | 9 – Jefferson | 8 – Zegarowski | Prudential Center (9,736) Newark, NJ |
| February 15, 2020 6:30 pm, FS1 | No. 23 | DePaul | W 93–64 | 20–6 (9–4) | 24 – Alexander | 9 – Ballock | 8 – Alexander | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,865) Omaha, NE |
| February 18, 2020 7:30 pm, FS1 | No. 15 | at No. 19 Marquette | W 73–65 | 21–6 (10–4) | 22 – Alexander | 8 – Jefferson | 7 – Ballock | Fiserv Forum (14,329) Milwaukee, WI |
| February 23, 2020 3:00 pm, FS1 | No. 15 | No. 21 Butler | W 81–59 | 22–6 (11–4) | 25 – Zegarowski | 7 – Bishop | 6 – Ballock | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,148) Omaha, NE |
| March 1, 2020 11:00 am, FS1 | No. 10 | at St. John's | L 71–91 | 22–7 (11–5) | 20 – Jefferson | 8 – Jefferson | 5 – Bishop | Carnesecca Arena (4,260) Queens, NY |
| March 4, 2020 7:00 pm, FSN | No. 11 | Georgetown | W 91–76 | 23–7 (12–5) | 20 – Tied | 6 – Jones | 8 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,696) Omaha, NE |
| March 7, 2020 1:30 pm, FOX | No. 11 | No. 8 Seton Hall | W 77–60 | 24–7 (13–5) | 23 – Zegarowski | 6 – Tied | 5 – Zegarowski | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,519) Omaha, NE |
| Big East tournament |||||||||
| March 12, 2020 12:00 pm, FS1 | (1) No. 7 | vs. (9) St. John's Quarterfinals | (35-38 canceled @ Halftime) | (35-38 canceled @ Halftime) | (35-38 canceled @ Halftime) | (35-38 canceled @ Halftime) | (35-38 canceled @ Halftime) | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||||||
Source

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | 21 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9-T |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings