Creighton Basketball: 2019-20 season preview for Bluejays

CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 16: The Creighton Bluejay looks to the crowd during a timeout against the Kansas State Wildcats during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

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KANSAS CITY, MO – NOVEMBER 20: Ty-Shon Alexander #5 of the Creighton Bluejays reacts after scoring during the National Collegiate Basketball Hall Of Fame Classic game against the UCLA Bruins at the Sprint Center on November 20, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

Guards head the top returning players for Creighton

When you think about Big East basketball, you think of a guard-heavy conference and if there is a team that embodies that, it would be Creighton. The Bluejays love to get up and down the floor and that style needs plenty of guards, and that is something Creighton returns in abundance. They return four guards, all of whom averaged 9.7 points or more per game, in fact, the quartet of Ty-Shon Alexander, Ballock, Marcus Zegarowski, and Davion Mintz accounted for 47 of the squad’s 78.8 points per game last season and that’s a good thing for a team that ranked 24th in the country in field-goal percentage at 48% and 13th in long-distance shooting at 38.7%.

Where the questions lie with Creighton are in the frontcourt, they must replace forward Martin Krampelj who led the team in rebounding (6.9 RPG) and was 2nd in scoring at 13.5 per game. With him gone there isn’t much returning in terms of frontcourt stability for McDermott. One big key will be 6’11 sophomore Jacob Epperson who played in just nine games as a freshman due to injury. The forward returning is Bishop who is a 6’7 sophomore who averaged four points and two rebounds in nine minutes as a freshman.

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