College Basketball Power 10: Kentucky Isn’t The Best
By Jeremy Karll
10. Creighton (6-0)
After Doug McDermott graduated, Creighton missed the NCAA Tournament the past two seasons. This season, they’re back to being a top-10 team and a contender in the Big East alongside Xavier, Villanova and Butler.
Creighton gets the nod at No. 10 this week because they’re undefeated and have three quality wins. The Blue Jays faced four Power Five opponents through six games and are winning by an average of 16.3 points per game.
That’s not to mention Creighton has handed three of those four Power Five foes their lone losses of the season thus far.
They don’t have a McDermott leading them on offense, however shooting 54.6 percent from the field and 48.2 percent from three as a team will get the job done more often than not. That being said, Creighton does need to shoot better than 68.4 percent from the line.
Creighton’s biggest win of the young season came in their second game against Wisconsin. The ninth-ranked Badgers played Creighton tough; however, the Blue Jays pulled away with about 6:30 remaining and put the game away for good with just more than a minute left.
Three players for Creighton scored in double-figures and their ability to out-play a veteran Wisconsin team in crunch time is impressive. That win exemplifies Creighton’s depth and maturity early in the season.
Creighton hosts Buffalo and Akron in the upcoming week.