Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Creighton wraps up an eight-day stretch Saturday that could define — or at least refine — how the Bluejays' 2011-12 season is ultimately remembered. A week ago, Creighton was soaring. The Bluejays had won 11 straight games, including a 102-74 pasting of Illinois State on Feb. 1. They were inching toward a top-10 ranking, both in the polls and the RPI. The guys who forecast March Madness had Creighton a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament.

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Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Championship. Legacy. Bracketology. Shockers. Not necessarily in that order. That's a full plate Saturday at the CenturyLink Center, when Creighton and Wichita State get together for a little game of five-on-five. In this storied rivalry, there would be blood in a hot-dog eating contest. The Jays and Shox have had their moments in basketball — Booker Woodfox, anyone? — but none of them seems bigger than what will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday in front of an expected screaming-room...

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Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.World-Herald staff writer Steven Pivovar breaks down the key matchup as well as position-by-position matchups for the Creighton-Wichita State Saturday showdown.

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Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.The parameters of Wichita State's mission are well defined heading into Saturday's game against Creighton. The Shockers can smell the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title that just eluded them a season ago. A victory over the Bluejays would put Wichita State two games up in the standings with three games to play.

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Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Creighton won't give Arkansas-Pine Bluff a chance to get familiar with its lineup this weekend. The Bluejays plan to use the rare four-game softball series, with doubleheaders Saturday at noon and Sunday at 11 a.m., to parcel out playing time to as many Bluejays as possible. "That's one of the goals this weekend," Creighton coach Brent Vigness said. "We may start four to five different people the second game."

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Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Saturday's matchup with Wichita State is one of the biggest for Creighton at the CenturyLink Center. Other C-Link highlights include games against Kentucky, Southern Illinois and the Shockers. Re-live some of the biggest games at the downtown arena.

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Log on to replay the “Bluejay Talk Live” chat, your weekly shot to get the latest Creighton news and analysis with World-Herald staff writer Steven Pivovar.

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Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Creighton is counting on Gregory Echenique to slow down a player on a rampage when the Bluejays face Wichita State on Saturday. Shockers center Garrett Stutz has averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds in the past five games. Overall, the 7-foot Stutz leads Wichita State with averages of 14.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

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