We’ll find out very quickly how good the 2018-19 Creighton Bluejays are, because Thursday night they play host to the Ohio State Buckeyes for one of the marquee matchups of the fourth annual Gavitt Tipoff Games. It’s an extremely stiff test this early in the season, but one that will pay huge dividends should the Bluejays pull off a win — or prove educational should they fall in defeat.
That’s been the case in every previous Gavitt Games battle. In 2015, a young Bluejay squad flew into Bloomington to face #14 Indiana after two blowout wins at home raised expectations.