Returning home after going 1-2 in the Players Era tourney for the second year in a row, Creighton finds themselves in a similar position, too: when the initial NCAA NET ranking was released Monday morning, they were 119th. A year ago, they were 99th in the first NET.
Speaking to the media after practice on Monday, Greg McDermott said he believes his team learned a lot about itself last week in Las Vegas, and that after watching the film, he found things to be encouraged by in all three games.
“I liked the way we fought back against Baylor in the second half and at least got ourselves to a point where it was anybody’s game with six or seven minutes left.