If you’ve taken care of business in league play and in the conference tournament like the Creighton Volleyball team has over the last few years, then Selection Sunday usually turns into a night of relaxation with teammates and a brief outburst of excitement after seeing your name on the television screen with your NCAA Tournament opponent and destination.
Kirsten Bernthal Booth forgot her outburst of excitement last winter. Not only was the Bluejays’ head coach, now in her 15th season leading the program after inheriting a 3-23 squad in 2003, puzzled by her top-20 team getting sent to Lawrence with a fourth-ranked Kansas team potentially standing in their way of a second straight Sweet Sixteen appearance, but Creighton’s first round opponent was no walk in the park either.