Creighton University

2500 California Plaza - Omaha, NE - 68177
Team Office: Tel: (402) 280-1795 Fax: (402) 280-5596
Team website: www.gocreighton.com

Founded in 1878, Creighton is a Catholic (Jesuit) university that offers over 50 Bachelor degree programs through three colleges (Arts and Sciences, Business, and Nursing), over 20 Master degrees, and nine doctoral programs. Over 60% of the student body is female. Professional studies are offered in the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Law and Pharmacy. Other majors offered include Sport and Fitness Administration, Occupational Therapy, Journalism, and African Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Creighton #1 among midwestern universities offering Master's degrees.

Creighton, situated on the Missouri River, is located in Omaha (pop. 373k) with a combined metropolitan population of over 700k.

School website
www.creighton.edu

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Most Popular Majors

Health - Business - Communications

Misc. Information

Head coach Dana Altman completed his 14th season at Creighton in 2007-08. While the name Creighton University may not be as well known as other D1 programs, its men's basketball team has been on a roll of late posting ten straight 20+ win seasons -- a first at Creighton -- and three conference titles and eleven post season appearances. Much of the credit goes to Altman who has turned the Creighton program around after getting off to a rocky start his first season (1994-95). Altman, Creighton's all-time winningest coach, has been the Missouri Valley Conference's most successful coach over the last eleven seasons in terms of wins and winning percentage and Altman has been named a conference, district or national coach of the year 10 times during his career. Prior to his arrival, Altman was head coach at Kansas State where he led the Wildcats to three straight post season tournaments. In 2007-08, Creighton finished with a record of 22-11 but lost to Florida in the NIT second round.

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

Coaches

Head Coach	Dana Altman
	Birthday: 1958-06-16
Started at Creighton	1994-95
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	365-210 (.634)
Record at Creighton	282-152 (.649)
Coaching Awards	MVC COTY 2x, NABC District COTY 2x, Big Eight CO
Asst. Coaches	Brian Fish, Darian DeVries, Mike Maker

Recruiting Coordinator

Brian Fish, (402) 280-1795, bfish@creighton.edu

Conference and Schedule

Creighton plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (www.mvc.org), one of the oldest conferences in the nation. The MVC is comprised of ten teams from six states. Though generally considered one of the best mid-major conferences in the country; a few observers are beginning to grant the conference major status in basketball. Creighton plays an 18 game schedule, playing each team twice, home and away. Conference plays starts in late December or early January with games usually played on Thursday or Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The farthest conference game is in Evansville, some 500 miles from campus. The season concludes with the MVC tourney which seeds all teams in single elimination format with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

Illinois State, Bradley, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, Evansville, Drake, Southwest Missouri State, Wichita State, Northern Iowa.

Facilities

Qwest Center
Capacity 15,500, Average attendance: 11,000

Style/Stats

Creighton plays an up-tempo game while using the bench liberally. Using a high-post offense, the Jays set an MVC record for three-pointers made in 2004-05 (293) and ranked fourth nationally in three-point percentage (40.4%) as well. CU runs a lot of motion, but also has a number of set plays to isolate match-up advantages. Creighton presses the entire game using zone traps and man-to-man looks.