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School basketball’s prime groups have fallen.
No. 1 Kansas misplaced to unranked Creighton 76-63 on the highway Wednesday, marking the Jayhawks’ first lack of the season. Later within the evening, No. 2 Auburn misplaced to Cooper Flagg and No. 9 Duke on the highway 84-78.
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Creighton shut down Kansas star Hunter Dickinson, who had simply six factors on the evening. The Bluejays used an enormous evening from Pop Isaacs, who had 27, to choose up the win.
Taking down the No. 1 crew within the nation is beginning to turn out to be a development for Creighton. Final February, the Bluejays defeated UConn, which was ranked No. 1 on the time. Head coach Greg McDermott joked about his crew’s report in opposition to No. 1 groups after the sport.
“What are you able to say? That is the constructing No. 1 groups go to die evidently,” he mentioned.
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McDermott additionally praised his squad for pulling off the large upset regardless of a number of gamers coping with accidents and diseases.
“It was going to take particular effort on our half on each ends of the ground,” he mentioned. “Guys are beat up, guys are sick and we discovered a means. I am actually happy with my crew.”
Issues hadn’t gone effectively for Creighton to begin the season following final 12 months’s Candy 16 run. The Bluejays already had three losses on their schedule and appeared removed from a championship-contending crew.
McDermott believes Wednesday’s seismic win may also help change the trajectory of Creighton’s season.
“I feel with each crew, you are promoting a dream. You are promoting a plan,” he mentioned. “Till you are in a position to validate that plan with a victory like this, I am undecided the buy-in is what it’ll be now. Now they know what they’re able to and we have to carry ourselves to that normal.
Kansas already has a handful of massive wins beneath its belt, taking down North Carolina and Duke early this season, however Invoice Self and the Jayhawks will spend the remainder of the week attempting to determine what went unsuitable earlier than Sunday’s rivalry matchup in opposition to Missouri.
