2017-2018 Creighton Bluejays

2017-2018 Creighton Bluejays Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
5 Ty-Shon Alexander Fr SG 6-3 195 Jul 16, 1998 Charlotte (NC) United States Oak Hill Academy
24 Mitch Ballock Fr SG 6-5 205 Jul 2, 1998 Eudora (KS) United States Eudora High School
11 Tyler Clement Sr G 6-1 185 Dec 25, 1994 Overland Park (KS) United States St. Thomas Aquinas High School
41 Jacob Epperson Fr C 6-11 235 May 25, 1998 Melbourne Australia La Lumiere School
0 Marcus Foster Sr SG 6-3 205 Jun 3, 1995 Wichita Falls (TX) United States Hirschi High School
4 Ronnie Harrell Jr G 6-7 200 Mar 11, 1996 Denver (CO) United States East High School
32 Toby Hegner Sr F 6-10 235 Jan 16, 1995 Berlin (WI) United States Berlin High School
14 Kaleb Joseph Jr SG 6-3 185 Feb 15, 1996 Nashua (NH) United States Cushing Academy
15 Martin Krampelj So PF 6-9 235 Mar 10, 1995 Ljubljana Slovenia Impact Basketball Academy
1 Davion Mintz So PG 6-3 195 Jun 30, 1998 Huntersville (NC) United States North Mecklenburg High School
12 Jordan Scurry So G 6-2 200 Sep 9, 1996 Dedham (MA) United States St. Mark's High School
44 Manuel Suarez Sr C 6-10 250 Nov 12, 1993 Cliffside Park (NJ) United States / Chile Marist High School
2 Khyri Thomas Jr SG 6-3 210 May 8, 1996 Omaha (NE) United States Fork Union Military Academy

Creighton Transfers Sitting Out 2017-2018

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
23 Damien Jefferson So SF 6-5 220 Oct 3, 1997 East Chicago (IN) United States New Mexico

Recent Creighton Bluejays History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 25-10 (14-6) 2nd (Big East) 2nd Rnd NCAA 3rd Rnd
2022-2023 24-13 (14-6) 3rd (Big East) 3rd Rnd NCAA 4th Rnd
2021-2022 23-12 (12-7) 4th (Big East) Runner Up NCAA 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 22-9 (14-6) 1st (Big East) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2019-2020 24-7 (13-5) 1st (Big East) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 20-15 (9-9) 3rd (Big East) 2nd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2017-2018 21-12 (10-8) 3rd (Big East) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2016-2017 25-10 (10-8) 3rd (Big East) Runner Up NCAA 1st Rnd
2015-2016 20-15 (9-9) 6th (Big East) 2nd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2014-2015 14-19 (4-14) 9th (Big East) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 27-8 (14-4) 2nd (Big East) Runner Up NCAA 2nd Rnd
2012-2013 28-8 (13-5) 1st (MVC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 29-6 (14-4) 2nd (MVC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2010-2011 23-16 (10-8) 4th (MVC) 3rd Rnd CBI Runner Up
2009-2010 18-16 (10-8) 4th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 3rd Rnd
2008-2009 27-8 (14-4) 1st (MVC) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2007-2008 22-11 (10-8) 4th (MVC) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2006-2007 22-11 (13-5) 2nd (MVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2005-2006 20-10 (12-6) 2nd (MVC) 2nd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2004-2005 22-12 (10-8) 4th (MVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2003-2004 20-9 (12-6) 2nd (MVC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2002-2003 29-5 (15-3) 2nd (MVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd

2017-2018 Creighton Bluejays Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Marcus Foster NABC All-District (5) First Team
Marcus Foster AP All-American Honorable Mention
Tyler Clement Academic All-American First Team
Marcus Foster All-Big East First Team
Khyri Thomas All-Big East Second Team
Khyri Thomas Big East Defensive Player of the Year
Mitch Ballock Big East All-Rookie Team
Marcus Foster Big East Player of the Week (Dec 26, 2017)
Marcus Foster Big East Player of the Week (Jan 29, 2018)
Mitch Ballock Big East Freshman of the Week (Dec 11, 2017)
Mitch Ballock Big East Freshman of the Week (Dec 26, 2017)

2017-2018 Creighton Bluejays Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Mintz K. Thomas M. Foster M. Krampelj T. Hegner
Rotation   M. Ballock R. Harrell   J. Epperson
Rotation   T. Alexander      
Lim PT T. Clement K. Joseph     M. Suarez
Lim PT J. Scurry        

2017-2018 Creighton Bluejays Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Marcus Foster 33 31.6 19.8 3.9 2.7 1.0 0.1 2.2
Khyri Thomas 33 31.7 15.1 4.4 2.8 1.7 0.2 1.8
Martin Krampelj 19 23.2 11.9 8.1 1.2 0.8 0.7 1.3
Toby Hegner 30 22.5 8.4 3.1 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.7
Mitch Ballock 33 21.4 7.3 2.9 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.2
Ronnie Harrell 30 25.4 7.0 6.3 2.6 0.6 0.3 1.3
Jacob Epperson 12 14.0 6.2 2.9 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.5
Davion Mintz 33 21.1 6.1 3.2 3.1 0.4 0.1 1.1
Ty-Shon Alexander 33 17.7 5.5 2.1 1.8 0.3 0.1 1.2
Kaleb Joseph 15 7.7 4.3 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.7
Manuel Suarez 24 7.5 3.0 2.6 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.5
Tyler Clement 21 8.3 2.8 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.3
Jordan Scurry 17 3.4 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2

2017-2018 Creighton Bluejays Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Greg McDermott Head Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Darian DeVries Assistant Coach 2001-2002 Graduate Manager (Creighton, 1998 to 2003)
Preston Murphy Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Boston College, 2014 to 2015)
Alan Huss Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (New Mexico, 2014 to 2017)
Steve Merfeld Assistant to the Head Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Tim MacAllister Video Coordinator 2015-2016 N/A
Bruce Rasmussen Athletic Director 1994-1995 N/A
Dan Bailey Director of Strength and Conditioning 2010-2011 N/A
Rob Anderson Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Jeff Vanderloo Director of Basketball Operations 2012-2013 N/A
Steve Brace Associate Athletic Director 2007-2008 N/A
Glen Sisk Assistant Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Anthony Robinson Assistant Director of Sports Information 2016-2017 N/A
Ben McNair Athletic Trainer 2007-2008 N/A