Creighton–Nebraska men's basketball rivalry

The Creighton–Nebraska men's basketball rivalry is an intrastate college basketball rivalry between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Creighton Bluejays. The two programs represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Creighton University, respectively, located just 50 mi (80 km) apart.^[1][2][3]

Creighton–Nebraska
men's basketball rivalry

Nebraska Cornhuskers Creighton Bluejays
Sport	Basketball
First meeting	March 3, 1923 Creighton 46, Nebraska 24
Latest meeting	December 3, 2023 Nebraska 60, Creighton 89
Next meeting	November 22, 2024 Omaha, Nebraska
Stadiums	CHI Health Center Pinnacle Bank Arena
Trophy	None
Statistics
Meetings total	57
All-time series	Creighton, 30–27
Largest victory	Nebraska, 86–46 (1981)
Longest win streak	Creighton, 7 (2011–17) Nebraska, 7 (1990–97)
Current win streak	Creighton, 1 (2023)

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Nebraska

Creighton

  

Locations of Creighton and Nebraska

Nebraska is a member of the Big Ten Conference and Creighton a member of the Big East Conference. The teams have met annually since 1977, usually in early December.

Series history

The series began on March 3, 1923, a 46–23 Creighton victory. The first seven games of the series took place sporadically throughout the 1920s and 1930s; no further games were scheduled until the late 1970s. Since 1977, Nebraska and Creighton have met at least once annually, a stretch of 43 consecutive seasons. The schools have met twice in postseason tournaments, both Nebraska wins in the opening round of the 1984 and 2004 NIT.

Creighton has had a slightly upper hand in this 100-year old rivalry, though the momentum and number of wins clearly favoured Nebraska right up to the end of the 20th century.

Since Creighton has not had a football program since 1942, there are a significant number of Creighton basketball fans who also support Nebraska's football program. These fans are often derisively referred to by Nebraska fans as "Jayskers," a portmanteau of "Bluejays" and "Cornhuskers."^[4]

Game results

Nebraska victories

Creighton victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 March 3, 1923 Omaha Creighton 46–24 2 February 2, 1924 Omaha Nebraska 25–21 3 February 28, 1925 Omaha Nebraska 15–11 4 January 9, 1926 Omaha Nebraska 20–15 5 February 15, 1926 Lincoln Creighton 15–11 6 March 4, 1932 Omaha Creighton 47–18 7 March 7, 1932 Lincoln Creighton 28–26 8 December 9, 1977 Lincoln Nebraska 65–58 9 December 9, 1978 Omaha Creighton 78–61 10 December 8, 1979 Lincoln Nebraska 64–55 11 December 6, 1980 Omaha Creighton 66–61OT 12 December 5, 1981 Lincoln Nebraska 86–46 13 December 4, 1982 Omaha Nebraska 65–62 14 December 3, 1983 Lincoln Nebraska 65–56 15 March 15, 1984 Omaha Nebraska 56–54 16 December 8, 1984 Omaha Nebraska 78–73 17 December 7, 1985 Lincoln Nebraska 71–52 18 December 6, 1986 Omaha Creighton 78–66 19 January 3, 1987 Lincoln Nebraska 70–65OT 20 December 9, 1987 Omaha Creighton 88–73 21 November 26, 1988 Lincoln Nebraska 86–77 22 December 14, 1989 Omaha Creighton 86–83 23 December 6, 1990 Lincoln Nebraska 97–63 24 December 7, 1991 Omaha Nebraska 90–85 25 December 10, 1992 Lincoln #25 Nebraska 100–83 26 December 9, 1993 Omaha Nebraska 67–53 27 December 7, 1994 Lincoln Nebraska 85–57 28 December 6, 1995 Omaha Nebraska 88–67 29 January 8, 1997 Lincoln Nebraska 71–52 No. Date Location Winner Score 30 December 10, 1997 Omaha Creighton 81–73 31 December 9, 1998 Lincoln Nebraska 76–60 32 December 9, 1999 Omaha Creighton 89–72 33 January 2, 2001 Lincoln Creighton 62–51 34 December 12, 2001 Omaha Creighton 76–70 35 December 21, 2002 Lincoln #20 Creighton 81–73 36 December 10, 2003 Omaha Creighton 61–54 37 March 16, 2004 Omaha Nebraska 71–70 38 December 11, 2004 Lincoln Creighton 50–48 39 December 11, 2005 Omaha Creighton 70–44 40 November 18, 2006 Lincoln Nebraska 73–61 41 November 24, 2007 Omaha Creighton 74–62 42 November 29, 2008 Lincoln Nebraska 54–52 43 December 6, 2009 Omaha Creighton 67–61 44 December 5, 2010 Lincoln Nebraska 59–54 45 December 4, 2011 Omaha Creighton 76–66 46 December 6, 2012 Lincoln Creighton 64–42 47 December 8, 2013 Omaha Creighton 82–67 48 December 7, 2014 Lincoln Creighton 65–55 49 December 9, 2015 Omaha Creighton 83–67 50 December 7, 2016 Lincoln #10 Creighton 77–62 51 December 9, 2017 Omaha Creighton 75–65 52 December 8, 2018 Lincoln #24 Nebraska 94–75 53 December 7, 2019 Omaha Creighton 95–76 54 December 11, 2020 Omaha #8 Creighton 98–74 55 November 16, 2021 Lincoln Creighton 77–69 56 December 4, 2022 Omaha Nebraska 63–53 57 December 3, 2023 Lincoln #15 Creighton 89–60 Series: Creighton leads 30–27

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References

1. Nyatawa, Jon (July 11, 2017). "Men's basketball: Date set for Creighton-Nebraska rivalry game". Omaha World-Herald.
2. Shatel, Tom (December 8, 2017). "Nebraska-Creighton hoops rivalry should withstand leagues increasing conference games". Omaha World-Herald.
3. Rosenthal, Brian (December 6, 2013). "Nebraska-Creighton yet another rivalry for Miles to embrace". Lincoln Journal-Star.
4. Grace, Erin (December 6, 2019). "Jayskers vs. haters? For some fans, Creighton-Nebraska basketball rivalry isn't win-win". Omaha World-Herald.
5. "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".
6. "Men's Basketball".