Another top-10 matchup: This time, No. 2 Texas men host No. 7 Creighton
No. 2 Texas vs. No. 7 Creighton
6 p.m. Thursday, Moody Center
TV/radio: ESPN/104.9 FM
About the series: Creighton leads 1-0. The Bluejays recorded a 77-61 win in the first round of the 1974 NCAA Tournament.
About the Bluejays: Creighton is coming off the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, where it went 2-1 against ranked teams. The Bluejays beat No. 21 Texas Tech and No. 9 Arkansas but then lost to No. 14 Arizona. ... Kalkbrenner is shooting 75.8% from the field, the seventh-best shooting mark in the country. ... Creighton matched its best-ever Top 25 ranking this week; the Bluejays have reached No. 7 four times before. ... This is Creighton's first true road game of the season. The Bluejays were 6-5 on the road last season.
About the Longhorns: Thursday night's matchup is part of the Big 12-Big East Battle series; the Longhorns are 0-3 so far in this annual series. ... Texas has scored 141 points this season off turnovers; opponents have scored only 37. ... This week's No. 2 ranking is Texas' highest since the Longhorns topped the Top 25 for two weeks in 2010. ... Fifth-year forward Christian Bishop, who played his first three seasons at Creighton, is 17 points away from reaching the 1,000-point career milestone. He's averaging 4.2 points and 2.0 rebounds this season.
— Danny Davis
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Longhorns men’s basketball preview: No. 2 Texas vs. No. 7 Creighton
