Creighton’s blasted out to a 4-1 start in the Big East and has a share of first place as a result. But three of those four wins came at home, with one against a reeling St. John’s team who’s now 0-5 in the league, and their road win came at a Georgetown team that’s playing better than expected but still looks like a bottom-four team in the league.
Things will get tougher, in other words, and it begins in earnest on Saturday when the Jays travel to Cincinnati for a matinee with #10 Xavier. It’s the start of a stretch where CU plays five of their next seven games away from Omaha — including three games they’ll be underdogs in (Xavier, Providence, and Villanova), plus losable games at DePaul and St.