In the latest episode of Half-Court Press, Joel Lorenzi and Sam McKewon are joined by special guest Tom Shatel to talk about what the 2023-24 Creighton Bluejays will look like after the May 31 deadline announcement that Trey Alexander will return to CU for his junior season.
Kirsten Bernthal Booth listened to each of her players as she made them announce their goals for the season. By the end of it, she felt there was a common denominator, and for one Bluejay star, the goals keep getting bigger.
Both Keisei Tominaga and Trey Alexander delivered great news in the clutch. It was Game Changing Wednesday. These two are arguably the faces of their teams next season. The X factors, writes Tom Shatel.
Trey Alexander will withdraw his name from the NBA Draft and return to Creighton for a third season.
Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner is withdrawing from the NBA Draft and returning to school for a fourth season, the big man announced on Monday.
Both had good enough seasons helping push CU to the Elite Eight that they could ponder their NBA Draft hopes. And now, it's about realizing their dreams of making it to the league or using another season at Creighton to enhance their skills for the next level.
Creighton will host Iowa in November for this year’s Gavitt Tipoff Games, the school announced Wednesday.
In the latest episode of Half-Court Press, Joel Lorenzi and Sam McKewon discuss Joel's trip to the NBA Draft Combine, how the Creighton players performed in Chicago and what the future holds for Nebraska and Keisei Tominaga.
Grace powered the Bluejays offensively with 11 home runs and 31 RBI this season — both team-highs — and posted a .295 batting average in 45 starts. Helligso, the Elkhorn South grad, finished as CU's batting leader with a .314 average.
Ryan Kalkbrenner raised eyebrows at the NBA Draft Combine with impressive defensive sequences. Both his and Trey Alexander’s potential decisions to stay in the draft are seismic for Creighton next season.
No. 9 Connecticut pulled away in the middle innings on its way to a win over the Jays at Schwab Field. Coupled with Georgetown's win at Xavier, the Hoyas finished a half-game in front of Creighton for fourth place and the final spot in the Big East tournament.
A four-run rally with two outs in the top of the eighth inning propelled No. 9 UConn to a win over Creighton on Friday night.
The Papillion-La Vista grad was one of 12 players selected for the Women's U21 NORCECA Pan American Cup roster. That event begins Tuesday in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Sis is one of seven players who return from a team that won the 2022 Pan American Cup and qualified for this year's FIVB World Championship.
Creighton led the entire night and held on in the final inning for a win over No. 9 UConn on Thursday night.
According to Alexander, he’d prepared all his life for this opportunity. A stellar sophomore season with Creighton surely helped.
Ben Gbur hit his second two-run home run of the game in the bottom of the ninth to give Creighton baseball a win over Omaha on Tuesday.
A grand slam was Seton Hall’s big blow as the sweep dropped the Bluejays to fourth in the Big East, a half-game ahead of Georgetown heading into the final week of the regular season.
Bright lights. Deafening crowds. The atmosphere at Creighton basketball games is all that resonated with young Josiah from the playing days of his older brother, Josh. Now he's ready to pave his own trail at CU.Â
The Bluejays and Pirates combined for five errors in the game, and although CU committed just two of them, they ended up being more costly. Seton Hall overtook the Bluejays in the Big East standings for third place, winning the head-to-head tiebreaker with Saturday's series-clinching victory.Â
While reports have cited Kaluma’s focus centering around the draft, the 6-foot-7 forward will now leave his options open to return to college for a third season should he withdraw from the draft before the May 31 deadline.
The Huskers shot 295 in the third round to finish the tournament with a school-record 893, six shots better than NU's previous mark during the 2000 regionals. Creighton's Katherine Lemke also had a record-breaking performance as the sophomore shot a 1-under 71 on Wednesday, beating her own school record for best NCAA regional round by seven strokes.
Max Anderson’s two-run double in the sixth served as the big blow and the defense recorded three outs on one wacky sequence shortly thereafter as Nebraska topped Creighton. The victory came a few hours after the Jays rallied to win the suspended game.Â
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In the latest episode of Half-Court Press, Joel Lorenzi and Sam McKewon take a look at the new additions to the Creighton and Nebraska men's basketball teams.
Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner, Trey Alexander and Arthur Kaluma have each been invited to the NBA Draft Combine.
While coach Jim Flanery was in Lincoln at one of his son's tournaments, Morgan Maly, Lauren Jensen, Molly Mogensen and Emma Ronsiek did just fine as they teamed up to win the 16-team USA Basketball 3X National Championship.
Creighton junior Cayla Nielsen was a unanimous pick for the All-Big East first team, while senior Kailey Wilson earned second-team honors on Tuesday.
Eleven-plus innings await Nebraska and Creighton on Tuesday as the teams finish a suspended game from last month before potentially settling their season series.
Seniors-to-be Lauren Jensen, Morgan Maly, Molly Mogensen and Emma Ronsiek outlasted Duke in the final of the 16-team 3x3 national championship.
For the weekend, the Musketeers held CU to two runs and 11 hits. Xavier also struck out 29 while issuing two walks to drop the Jays to third in the Big East.
A quick start and another excellent outing by its starter propelled Xavier to its second straight win in the series. The Musketeers also moved ahead of the Bluejays into second place in the Big East.
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