The Creighton women’s basketball team has come so close to tasting the NCAA Tournament the past few years. In three of the past four seasons, the Bluejays have been in the MVC Tournament finals. In each of those games they have endured heartbreak, losing the championship contests by a total of 4 points.
Again, Jim Flanery scheduled a difficult non-conference schedule to prepare the Jays for conference season, even with a lot of new players to put into the mix. The result: Flan’s team tied for second place in the league. However, instead of securing the number two seed in the conference tournament, Creighton lost the last three games of the season and slipped into the fourth seed. The Bluejays have a lot of work to do to change their fortunes and finally advance to the Big Dance.
While the men went to St. Louis for Arch Madness, the Creighton women now head to St. Charles, Missouri, for a little thing that has caught on as Chuck Madness. Fans will flock to the St. Louis suburb to support the team, but not all may be able to make the trip. You can still show your support by choosing your media platform to follow the action.
Television
Creighton’s first game against Wichita State on Friday at 2:35 p.m. will not be televised, but will be available free through MVC Live, the Missouri Valley Conference’s online web service.
If Creighton advances to Saturday’s 1:35 p.m. semifinal and Sunday’s 2:05 p.m. final, the games will be regionally televised on Fox Sports Net, namely Fox Sports Midwest for those in Nebraska in 16×9 standard definition. Combinations of Scott Wareman, Laura Leonard, and Jill Hutchison will be on the call for the games.
- In the Omaha area, the games will be available on Cox Cable channel 47 and 745.
- The games are available on satellite providers DirecTV channel 671, Dish Network channel 418 and for those with AT&T U-Verse, Channel 748
- In other areas of the country the games will be live on Fox Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Kansas City, Fox College Sports and Comcast SportsNet Chicago,
Online
- Keep up with theta live stats provided by the MVC.
- Contribute to the Live Blog being held on the MVC website.
- Follow the tweets of GoCreighton for score updates.
- Listen to the Creighton broadcast with the KOIL online audio feed.
Radio
If you are in the Omaha area, you can catch all the Creighton games on your AM dial on 1180 KOIL with Brad Burwell.
If you have other ways to follow the game, feel free to leave in the comments. We will also add any updates as the Bluejays advance in the tournament.