The pre-conference portion of Creighton’s schedule concludes Wednesday night against USC Upstate — and the “SC” stands for South Carolina, not Southern California, if you were curious. The Spartans are officially 4-10 entering the game, but with just one win over a D1 team, an 88-78 neutral court victory over Abilene Christian, they’re 1-10 for all intents and purposes.
Among their 10 losses are a 15-point defeat at Minnesota, a nine-point loss at Georgia, and a 37-point pasting at Kansas State. The other seven losses have come to mid-and-low major opponents, including five ranked 200 or higher. Like many low majors, they’ve spent most of the first two months on the road; unlike most of them, the games haven’t been “buy” games against power conference foes, but against peers.