The 2023–24 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, coached by 14th-year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska as members of the Big East Conference.
In the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the Bluejays won their first round matchup against Akron before following with another victory over Oregon in the round of 32. However, their season would end in the Sweet 16 to Tennessee, a team led by National Player of the Year Dalton Knecht.
The Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team drew an average home attendance of 17,269 in 16 games in 2023-24.
Previous season The Bluejays finished the 2022–23 season 24–13, 14–6 in Big East play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Villanova before losing to Xavier in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the South Region, where they defeated NC State, Baylor, and Princeton to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1941. There they lost to San Diego State.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Ben Shtolzberg 1 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Northridge, CA Transferred to UCSB Ryan Nembhard 2 G 6'0" 170 Junior Aurora, ON Transferred to Gonzaga Shereef Mitchell 4 G 6'1" 170 Senior Omaha, NE Transferred to Ohio John Christofilis 15 G 6'3" 195 Junior Seattle, WA Transferred to Seattle Arthur Kaluma 15 F 6'8" 195 Junior Glendale, AZ Transferred to Kansas State
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Steven Ashworth 1 G 6'1" 170 Senior Alpine, UT Utah State Jonathan Lawson 2 G 6'6" 188 Sophomore Memphis, TN Memphis Issac Traudt 41 F 6'10" 235 RS freshman Grand Island, NE Virginia
Recruiting classes
2023 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=|Bahamas Exhibition Tour
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Big East regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Big East tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA Tournament
Source
Rankings
References