| 2010–11 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball | |||
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| CBI Finals vs Oregon, L 1–2 | |||
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference | ||
| 2010–11 record | 23–16 (10–8 The Valley) | ||
| Head coach | Greg McDermott | ||
| Assistant coach | Darian DeVries | ||
| Assistant coach | Steve Lutz | ||
| Assistant coach | Steve Merfeld | ||
| Home arena | Qwest Center Omaha | ||
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| 2010–11 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 15 | 3 | .833 | 26 | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 14 | 4 | .778 | 29 | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Indiana State | 12 | 6 | .667 | 20 | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 10 | 8 | .556 | 20 | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 10 | 8 | .556 | 23 | 16 | .590 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 9 | 9 | .500 | 16 | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 7 | 11 | .389 | 13 | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 5 | 13 | .278 | 13 | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 4 | 14 | .222 | 12 | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 4 | 14 | .222 | 12 | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2011 MVC Tournament winner As of April 1, 2011 • Rankings from AP Poll |
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The 2010–11 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by first year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the Qwest Center Omaha and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 23–16, 10–8 in MVC play and lost in the semifinals of the 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to Missouri State. There were invited to the 2011 College Basketball Invitational where they advanced to the best-of-three finals against Oregon where they lost the series 1–2.
| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 00 | Gregory Echenique | Center | 6–9 | 270 | Sophomore | Guatire, Venezuela |
| 2 | Taylor Stormberg | Guard | 6–0 | 190 | Freshman | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 3 | Doug McDermott | Forward | 6–7 | 210 | Freshmam | Ames, Iowa |
| 5 | Josh Jones | Guard | 6–2 | 195 | Sophomore | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 10 | Grant Gibbs | Guard | 6–4 | 215 | Sophomore | Marion, Iowa |
| 11 | Derek Sebastian | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 200 | Sophomore | Loveland, Colorado |
| 12 | Jahenns Manigat | Guard/Forward | 6–1 | 175 | Freshman | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 13 | Ross Ferrarini | Guard | 6–3 | 195 | Sophomore | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 15 | Kaleb Korver | Guard | 6–5 | 195 | Senior | Pella, Iowa |
| 20 | Matthew Dorwart | Forward | 6–8 | 200 | Sophomore | Sidney, Nebraska |
| 23 | Wayne Runnels | Forward | 6–6 | 215 | Senior | Watonga, Oklahoma |
| 24 | Darryl Ashford | Guard/Forward | 6–4 | 210 | Senior | Houston, Texas |
| 25 | Kenny Lawson, Jr. | Center | 6–9 | 250 | Senior | Oceanside, California |
| 30 | Antoine Young | Guard | 6–0 | 180 | Junior | Bellevue, Nebraska |
| 31 | Will Artino | Center | 6–11 | 205 | Freshman | Waukee, Iowa |
| 32 | Casey Harriman | Forward | 6–5 | 220 | Senior | Ida Grove, Iowa |
| 34 | Ethan Wragge | Forward | 6–7 | 220 | Sophomore | Eden Prairie, Minnesota |
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Record | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| 11/4/10* | 7:00 PM | Northern State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | W 79–67 | 14,251 | ||||||
| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| 11/12/10* | 7:00 PM | Alabama State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE (Global Sports Hy-Vee Challenge) |
W 71–57 | 15,141 | 1–0 | |||||
| 11/14/10* | 1:00 PM | Northern Arizona | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE (Global Sports Hy-Vee Challenge) |
W 74–70 | 15,147 | 2–0 | |||||
| 11/17/10* | 7:00 PM | Louisiana–Lafayette | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | W 63–58 | 14,109 | 3–0 | |||||
| 11/21/10* | 2:00 PM | vs. Iowa State | Wells Fargo Arena • Des Moines, IA (Global Sports Hy-Vee Challenge) |
L 88–91 | 10,252 | 3–1 | |||||
| 11/26/10* | 7:00 PM | Kennesaw State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE (Global Sports Hy-Vee Challenge) |
W 75–57 | 14,313 | 4–1 | |||||
| 11/28/10* | 7:30 PM | at Northwestern | Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL | BTN | L 52–65 | 3,819 | 4–2 | ||||
| 12/1/10* | 7:30 PM | #21 BYU | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE (Mountain West – Missouri Valley Challenge) |
KMTV | L 65–77 | 15,532 | 4–3 | ||||
| 12/5/10* | 1:00 PM | at Nebraska | Bob Devaney Sports Center • Lincoln, NE | FSN | L 54–59 | 9,824 | 4–4 | ||||
| 12/11/10* | 7:00 PM | Saint Joseph's | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | KMTV | W 82–75 | 14,345 | 5–4 | ||||
| 12/18/10* | 7:00 PM | Idaho State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | KMTV | W 66–60 | 15,689 | 6–4 | ||||
| 12/20/10* | 8:00 PM | Western Illinois | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | W 60–47 | 13,864 | 7–4 | |||||
| 12/22/10* | 8:00 PM | Samford | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | W 58–40 | 16,550 | 8–4 | |||||
| 12/29/10 | 7:00 PM | at Illinois State | Redbird Arena • Normal, IL | KMTV | W 64–53 | 6,158 | 9–4 (1–0) | ||||
| 1/1/11 | 7:00 PM | Drake | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | W 73–57 | 15,271 | 10–4 (2–0) | |||||
| 1/4/11 | 7:00 PM | Missouri State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | FSN | L 55–67 | 14,920 | 10–5 (2–1) | ||||
| 1/7/11 | 7:00 PM | at Southern Illinois | SIU Arena • Carbondale, IL | KMTV | W 72–66 OT | 5,897 | 11–5 (3–1) | ||||
| 1/9/11 | 3:30 PM | at Evansville | Roberts Municipal Stadium • Evansville, IN | W 74–69 | 4,379 | 12–5 (4–1) | |||||
| 1/12/11 | 7:00 PM | Wichita State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | KMTV | L 54–68 | 15,481 | 12–6 (4–2) | ||||
| 1/16/11 | 12:00 PM | at Indiana State | Hulman Center • Terre Haute, IN | FSN | L 59–61 | 6,080 | 12–7 (4–3) | ||||
| 1/19/11 | 7:00 PM | Bradley | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | NET | W 81–68 | 14,502 | 13–7 (5–3) | ||||
| 1/22/11 | 4:00 PM | at Missouri State | JQH Arena • Springfield, MO | ESPN2 | L 66–67 | 10,655 | 13–8 (5–4) | ||||
| 1/26/11 | 8:00 PM | at Northern Iowa | McLeod Center • Cedar Falls, IA | ESPNU | L 66–71 | 6,415 | 13–9 (5–5) | ||||
| 1/29/11 | 2:00 PM | Indiana State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | KMTV | W 83–69 | 16,044 | 14–9 (6–5) | ||||
| 2/1/11 | 3:00 PM | at Bradley | Carver Arena • Peoria, IL | KMTV | L 61–69 | 8,091 | 14–10 (6–6) | ||||
| 2/5/11 | 2:00 PM | Evansville | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | NET | W 64–67 | 4,552 | 15–10 (7–6) | ||||
| 2/8/11 | 7:00 PM | at Drake | Knapp Center • Des Moines, IA | Mediacom | L 64–67 | 4,552 | 15–11 (7–7) | ||||
| 2/13/11 | 7:00 PM | Southern Illinois | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | ESPNU | W 69–50 | 14,417 | 16–11 (8–7) | ||||
| 2/16/11 | 7:00 PM | Illinois State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | NET | W 75–59 | 14,702 | 17–11 (9–7) | ||||
| 2/19/11* | 6:00 PM | at Akron | James A. Rhodes Arena • Akron (ESPNU BracketBusters) |
L 67–76 | 2,861 | 17–12 | |||||
| 2/23/11 | 7:00 PM | at Wichita State | Charles Koch Arena • Wichita, KS | FSN | L 65–67 | 10,506 | 17–13 (9–8) | ||||
| 2/26/11 | 1:30 PM | Northern Iowa | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | FSN | W 63–55 | 15,593 | 18–13 (10–8) | ||||
| Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
| 3/4/11 | 2:30 PM | vs. Northern Iowa | Scottrade Center • St. Louis, MO (Quarterfinals) |
MVCTV | W 60–57 | 10,608 | 19–13 | ||||
| 3/5/11 | 1:35 PM | vs. Missouri State | Scottrade Center • St. Louis, MO (Semifinals) |
MVCTV | L 50–60 | 13,533 | 19–14 | ||||
| College Basketball Invitational | |||||||||||
| 3/15/11* | 7:00 PM | San Jose State | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE (First Round) |
HDNet | W 85–74 | 3,086 | 20–14 | ||||
| 3/21/11* | 7:00 PM | Davidson | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE (Quarterfinals) |
HDNet | W 102–92 | 4,832 | 21–14 | ||||
| 3/23/11* | 7:00 PM | UCF | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE (Semifinals) |
HDNet | W 82–64 | 6,392 | 22–14 | ||||
| 3/28/11* | 7:00 PM | Oregon | Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, NE (Finals–Game 1) |
HDNet | W 84–76 | 12,381 | 23–14 | ||||
| 3/30/11* | 9:00 PM | at Oregon | Matthew Knight Arena • Eugene, OR (Finals–Game 2) |
HDNet | L 58–71 | 7,875 | 23–15 | ||||
| 4/1/11* | 9:00 PM | at Oregon | Matthew Knight Arena • Eugene, OR (Finals–Game 3) |
HDNet | L 69–71 | 9,335 | 23–16 | ||||
| *Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||