New Season

Tonight begins a new season for the Creighton Bluejays. They will host the preseason Valley favorite UNI Panthers at the Qwest Center. The team needs to forget the non-conference teams, the non-conference record and resume's and begin the season fresh tonight. They are not going to the NCAA Tournament if they don't win in St. Louis. Period. Game 1 is tonight and you have 18 games to A) find a leader on the team, B) get back to playing Creighton basketball, C) play for a good seed in the MVC Tournament, D) learn how to finish games and especially learn how to play on the road.

The season starts tonight at the Qwest Center against UNI at 7:05. You can hear game on The Mighty Big Sports 590. Pregame coverage begins with the McGough Law Bluejay Report with Action 3 News Sports Director Travis Justice at 5:30.

Basketball Season Is Almost Here

We're halfway through football season which means that basketball is right around the corner. The Creighton Bluejay and Nebraska Cornhusker teams hit the floor all together and with their coach for the first time last Friday. Both teams have a lot of things to work on going into this season. The Bluejays need to find a replacement for the invaluable skills and knowledge that Josh Dotzler had at the point running Dana Altman's system and do everything they can to make sure Kenny Lawson is healthy because he is their big man. Nebraska needs to see if they can get all of these young faces to gel quickly and play Doc Sadler's style of basketball. All I know is that the season tips off in a few weeks and it should be fun!

Free Creighton Basketball Season Tickets

Creighton Director of Athletics Bruce Rasmussen announced today that a nomination and selection process has been put in place for a limited number of 2009-10 men’s basketball upper bowl season tickets to be provided free of charge to individuals or families who have had a recent change in economic circumstance or don’t have the means to attend games.

Rasmussen said the complimentary tickets awarded will be for the 2009-10 season only and that Bluejay fans are welcome to nominate themselves or others. A nomination form is available at www.gocreighton.com//quest/Questionaire.dbml?QID=68661.

There are several ways that fans can make their nominations:



1) They can fill out the form on-line and hit "Submit".
2) They fax the completed form to the Ryan Athletic Center Ticket Office at (402) 280-3373.
3) They can drop off the completed form at the Ryan Athletic Center Ticket Office on weekdays from 9 am - 4:30 pm.
4) They can mail the completed form to
Barb Epps
Ryan Athletic Center Ticket Office
Creighton University
Omaha, NE 68178

Rasmussen said nominations will be accepted until the close of business on Thursday, Oct. 15 and that selected recipients will be notified shortly thereafter.

Creighton’s 27-8 record last year extended its league record with an 11th consecutive 20-win season. The Jays will return eight lettermen and three starters in search of a 13th straight postseason.

For season ticket information about Creighton Men’s Basketball, call (402) 280-JAYS. The Bluejays have ranked among the top-20 nationally in home attendance each of the past three years, averaging over 15,000 fans in that time.