2024–25 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 St. John's 18 – 2   .900 27 – 4   .871
Creighton 15 – 5   .750 22 – 9   .710
UConn 14 – 6   .700 22 – 9   .710
Xavier 13 – 7   .650 21 – 10   .677
No. 20 Marquette 13 – 7   .650 22 – 9   .710
Villanova 11 – 9   .550 18 – 13   .581
Georgetown 8 – 12   .400 17 – 14   .548
Providence 6 – 14   .300 12 – 19   .387
Butler 6 – 14   .300 13 – 18   .419
DePaul 4 – 16   .200 13 – 18   .419
Seton Hall 2 – 18   .100 7 – 24   .226
† 2025 Big East tournament winner
As of March 8, 2025
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represents Creighton University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by 15th-year head coach Greg McDermott, play their home games at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Bluejays finished the 2022–23 season 25–10, 14–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Providence.[1] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region, where they defeated Akron[2] and Oregon to reach the Sweet Sixteen.[3] There they lost to No. 2-seeded Tennessee.[4]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Jonathan Lawson 2 G 6'6" 188 Sophomore Memphis, TN Transferred to Little Rock
Francisco Farabello 5 G 6'3" 180 Senior Cañada de Gómez, Argentina Graduated
Brock Vice 10 C 6'10" 238 Redshirt Freshman Memphis, TN Transferred to North Texas
Josiah Dotzler 15 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Omaha, NE Transferred to Saint Louis
Trey Alexander 23 G 6'4" 190 Junior Oklahoma City, OK Declare for 2024 NBA draft; went undrafted/signed with the Denver Nuggets
Baylor Scheierman 55 G 6'7" 205 Senior Aurora, NE Graduated/2024 NBA draft; selected 30th overall by Boston Celtics

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Pop Isaacs 2 G 6'2" 170 Junior Las Vegas, NV Texas Tech
Jamiya Neal 5 G/F 6'6" 184 Senior Toledo, OH Arizona State

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jackson McAndrew
#5 PF 		Plymouth, MN Wayzata High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Aug 1, 2023 
Star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 88
Larry Johnson
#17 SG 		Santa Clarita, CA Southern California Academy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 21, 2023 
Star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 84
Ty Davis
#42 SG 		Mountain Brook, AL Mountain Brook High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jun 27, 2023 
Star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 79
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 80
  • 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:

Roster

2024–25 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Jasen Green 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS So Millard North Omaha, NE
G 1 Steven Ashworth 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) GS Lone Peak
Utah State 		Alpine, UT
G 2 Pop Isaacs Injured 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Coronado
Texas Tech 		Las Vegas, NV
G 4 Sterling Knox 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Red Rocks Academy Las Vegas, NV
G/F 5 Jamiya Neal 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Phoenix Hillcrest Prep
Arizona State 		Toledop, OH
G 6 Larry Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Southern California Academy Savannah, GA
G 9 Ty Davis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Mountain Brook Mountain Brook, AL
C 11 Ryan Kalkbrenner 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 270 lb (122 kg) GS Trinity Catholic HS St. Louis, MO
G 12 Shane Thomas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Red Rocks Academy Las Vegas, NV
F 13 Mason Miller 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Houston HS Germantown, TN
G 14 Sami Osmani (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) GS Oak Lawn Community HS Oak Lawn, IL
F 23 Jackson McAndrew 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Wayzata Wayzata, MN
F 32 Josh Townley-Thomas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS So Creighton Prep
North Platte CC 		Omaha, NE
C 33 Fredrick King 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr NBA Academy Latin America Mangrove Cay, Bahamas
F 41 Isaac Traudt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS So Grand Island Senior
Virginia 		Grand Island, NE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2024*
7:00 p.m., NPM 		No. 15 No. 14 Purdue
United Way of the Midlands
Tornado Disaster Relief Fund 		W 93–87  −
  24 – Isaacs   6 – Kalkbrenner   8 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (15,947)
Omaha, NE
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2024*
8:00 p.m., FS2 		No. 15 UT Rio Grande Valley W 99–86  1–0
  49 – Kalkbrenner   11 – Kalkbrenner   7 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (15,969)
Omaha, NE
November 10, 2024*
4:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 15 Fairleigh Dickinson W 96–70  2–0
  24 – Kalkbrenner   6 – Kalkbrenner   9 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (16,741)
Omaha, NE
November 13, 2024*
8:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 14 Houston Christian W 78–43  3–0
  16 – Kalkbrenner   7 – Tied   6 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (16,348)
Omaha, NE
November 16, 2024*
6:00 p.m., FS2 		No. 14 Kansas City W 79–56  4–0
  15 – McAndrew   12 – Kalkbrenner   6 – Tied  CHI Health Center Omaha (16,951)
Omaha, NE
November 22, 2024*
7:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 14 Nebraska
Rivalry 		L 63–74  4–1
  25 – Isaacs   11 – Kalkbrenner   4 – Tied  CHI Health Center Omaha (18,475)
Omaha, NE
November 26, 2024*
1:00 p.m., TBS 		No. 21 vs. San Diego State
Players Era Festival Power Division 		L 53–71  4–2
  18 – Issacs   14 – McAndrew   5 – Issacs  MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
November 27, 2024*
5:30 p.m., Max 		No. 21 vs. No. 20 Texas A&M
Players Era Festival Power Division 		L 73–77  4–3
  25 – Isaacs   10 – Kalkbrenner   6 – Tied  MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
November 30, 2024*
12:00 p.m., TruTV 		No. 21 vs. Notre Dame
Players Era Festival 7th place game 		W 80–76  5–3
  21 – Neal   9 – Neal   6 – Ashworth  MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
December 4, 2024*
7:30 p.m., FS1 		No. 1 Kansas
Big East–Big 12 Battle 		W 76–63  6–3
  27 – Isaacs   10 – Kalkbrenner   6 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,908)
Omaha, NE
December 7, 2024*
3:00 p.m., FS1 		UNLV W 83–65  7–3
  19 – Neal   9 – Neal   9 – Neal  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,080)
Omaha, NE
December 14, 2024*
7:30 p.m., SECN 		at No. 7 Alabama L 75–83  7–4
  20 – Ashworth   8 – Neal   9 – Ashworth  Coleman Coliseum (13,474)
Tuscaloosa, AL
Big East regular season
December 18, 2024
5:30 p.m., CBSSN 		at Georgetown L 57–81  7–5
(0–1) 		 21 – Ashworth   5 – Green   4 – Tied  Capital One Arena (4,062)
Washington, D.C.
December 21, 2024
3:00 p.m., FS1 		Villanova W 86–79  8–5
(1–1) 		 23 – Kalkbrenner   6 – Tied   11 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,125)
Omaha, NE
December 31, 2024
3:00 p.m., Peacock 		St. John's W 57–56  9–5
(2–1) 		 18 – Ashworth   9 – Tied   7 – Neal  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,466)
Omaha, NE
January 3, 2025
8:00 p.m., FS1 		at No. 8 Marquette L 71–79  9–6
(2–2) 		 16 – Kalkbrenner   12 – Kalkbrenner   10 – Ashworth  Fiserv Forum (17,756)
Milwaukee, WI
January 11, 2025
11:00 a.m., FOX 		at Butler W 80–76  10–6
(3–2) 		 26 – Kalkbrenner   12 – Ashworth   9 – Ashworth  Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,134)
Indianapolis, IN
January 14, 2025
7:30 p.m., FS1 		Providence W 84–64  11–6
(4–2) 		 20 – Tied   10 – Kalkbrenner   6 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,063)
Omaha, NE
January 18, 2025
11:00 a.m., FOX 		at No. 14 UConn W 68–63  12–6
(5–2) 		 24 – Neal   10 – Kalkbrenner   9 – Ashworth  Gampel Pavilion (10,299)
Storrs, CT
January 21, 2025
8:00 p.m., FS1 		at DePaul W 73–49  13–6
(6–2) 		 14 – Neal   8 – Kalkbrenner   4 – Ashworth  Wintrust Arena (3,729)
Chicago, IL
January 25, 2025
12:30 p.m., FS1 		Seton Hall W 79–54  14–6
(7–2) 		 23 – Kalkbrenner   9 – Kalkbrenner   9 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (18,430)
Omaha, NE
January 29, 2025
7:00 p.m., FS1 		Xavier W 86–77  15–6
(8–2) 		 29 – Kalkbrenner   9 – Kalkbrenner   8 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,056)
Omaha, NE
February 1, 2025
12:00 p.m., FOX 		at Villanova W 62–60  16–6
(9–2) 		 22 – Kalkbrenner   9 – Neal   7 – Ashworth  Wells Fargo Center (13,124)
Philadelphia, PA
February 5, 2025
7:30 p.m., FS1 		at Providence W 80–69  17–6
(10–2) 		 35 – Kalkbrenner   12 – Kalkbrenner   6 – Tied  Amica Mutual Pavilion (11,726)
Providence, RI
February 8, 2025
1:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 11 Marquette W 77–67  18–6
(11–2) 		 22 – Ashworth   7 – Tied   7 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (18,185)
Omaha, NE
February 11, 2025
8:00 p.m., CBSSN 		No. 24 UConn L 66–70  18–7
(11–3) 		 13 – Tied     9 – Kalkbrenner     7 – Ashworth    CHI Health Center Omaha (18,025)
Omaha, NE
February 16, 2025
2:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 24 at No. 9 St. John's L 73–79  18–8
(11–4) 		 23 – Ashworth   9 – Kalkbrenner   11 – Ashworth  Madison Square Garden (19,812)
New York, NY
February 23, 2025
3:00 p.m., Peacock 		Georgetown W 80–69  19–8
(12–4) 		 20 – Ashworth   12 – Neal   9 – Neal  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,545)
Omaha, NE
February 26, 2025
8:00 p.m., Peacock 		DePaul W 75–65  20–8
(13–4) 		 25 – Kalkbrenner   13 – Kalkbrenner   6 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,213)
Omaha, NE
March 1, 2025
3:30 p.m., FOX 		at Xavier L 61–83  20–9
(13–5) 		 23 – Kalkbrenner   12 – Kalkbrenner   5 – Ashworth  Cintas Center (10,674)
Cincinnati, OH
March 4, 2025
6:00 p.m., FS1 		at Seton Hall W 79–61  21–9
(14–5) 		 20 – Kalkbrenner   9 – Kalkbrenner   8 – Ashworth  Prudential Center (8,498)
Newark, NJ
March 8, 2025
5:00 p.m., FS1 		Butler W 87–74  22–9
(15–5) 		 27 – Kalkbrenner   15 – Kalkbrenner   11 – Ashworth  CHI Health Center Omaha (17,907)
Omaha, NE
Big East tournament
March 13, 2025
6:00 p.m., FS1 		(2) vs. TBD
Quarterfinal 		      Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[5][6]

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP15141421RVRVRV————RVRVRV24RVRVRV
Coaches14131319RVRVRV————RVRVRV21RV25RV

References

  1. ^ "Providence boosts NCAA Tournament bid with 78–73 win over No. 8 Creighton in Big East quarterfinal". AP News. March 15, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Creighton 77–60 Akron (Mar 21, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "Creighton 86–73 Oregon (Mar 23, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "Tennessee 82–75 Creighton (Mar 29, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". gocreighton.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024-25 Creighton Bluejays Men's Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
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