The 2015–16 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented
Creighton University
Creighton University is a private Jesuit research university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2015 the university enrolled 8,393 graduate and undergra ...
in the
2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 13. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and ended with the Final Four in Houston April 2–4. Practices officially began on October 2.
Rule changes
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. The Bluejays, led by sixth-year head coach
Greg McDermott
Greg McDermott (born November 25, 1964) is an American basketball coach who has been the head coach of the Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team since 2010. Previously, McDermott served as the head coach at Wayne State College, North Dakot ...
, played their home games at the
CenturyLink Center Omaha, and were members of the
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and ...
. They finished the season 20–15, 9–9 in
Big East play to finish in sixth place. They lost to
Seton Hall
Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesa ...
in the quarterfinals of the
Big East tournament. They received an invitation to the
National Invitation Tournament where, as a #4 seed, they defeated
Alabama
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and
Wagner
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to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to
BYU
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...
.
Previous season
The
Bluejays finished the
2014–15 season 14–19, 4–14 in
Big East play to finish last in the conference. They defeated
DePaul in the first round of the
Big East tournament and lost to
Georgetown in the quarterfinals. The Bluejays finished with a losing record for the first time in 18 years, dating back to the 1995–96 season.
Off season
Departures
Incoming transfers
Incoming recruits
Roster
Depth chart
Schedule
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Big East tournament
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National Invitation tournament
References
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