- ABC News
- December 5, 2024
Creighton has played eight No. 1 teams in its basketball history, and the first six of those games weren't close. All were losses. The last two? Bluejays blowouts at the CHI Health Center. Creighton took down top-ranked Kansas 76-63 on Wednesday night in a game the unranked Bluejays never trailed and led by as many as 17 points. Ten months ago, they knocked off No. 1 UConn 85-66. That was the Huskies' last loss before winning 13 in a row on the way to their second straight national championship. Five Creighton players on the court against the Jayhawks also played against the Huskies, including 7-foot-1 center Ryan Kalkbrenner. The Big East preseason player of the year came back from injury to score 17 points and outperform Kansas big man Hunter Dickinson. Kalkbrenner had 15 points against UConn in February. "Both feel great, obviously," Kalkbrenner said. "Both those teams, UConn and Kansas, are elite, high-level programs. We were able to...