It’s been seven months since we last saw the Bluejays in action, and in a pleasant surprise, their return to the court comes a week earlier than expected. Originally slated to play one exhibition against UNC Pembroke next Friday night, Creighton joined nearly two dozen programs who requested waivers from the NCAA for a second exhibition on the condition that all proceeds went to hurricane relief efforts.
Most of these charity games are against local teams to avoid much travel — Marquette/UW-Milwaukee, Kansas/Mizzou, K-State/Missouri State, among others — and most involve pairs of teams who don’t ordinarily play each other, despite their proximity.