Creighton at Seton Hall: 2020-21 storylines for Big East matchup

Only the buzzer will end the game

Regardless of what the score will be Wednesday night and regardless of how much time is remaining, do not switch to Oklahoma at Baylor assuming that the game is over. A storyline that has been told in several of Creighton’s games already this season is that the game is not over until the final buzzer goes off.

The reason that it is wise to stay tuned is due to the Bluejays preference for the three-point shot, the great equalizer. Yet, for the Bluejays, it has not been strictly positive, for if one lives by the three-point shot, one may die by the three-point shot and the Bluejays have done both this season. The way in which the shot will drop is determined by which shooters show up game to game.

The Bluejays are shooting 37 percent from the arc and average over ten made threes per conference game. They went a spectacular 13-23 versus St.John’s (NY), yet have shot under 30 percent three times. During these roller coastal performances, the Bluejays have made a number of comebacks and seen a number of leads disappear.

In the Bluejays’ five-point loss to Marquette, both teams were up by twelve at some point. In their two-point victory over Connecticut where they shot 26 percent, the Bluejays were up by 12 as well. During their four-point loss to Xavier, the Bluejays shot 25 percent and were once down by 13 while being up at by10 points throughout the game.

Creighton’s ability to hit threes and hit them quickly, keep them in any game, just as their ability to miss threes and miss a lot of them keeps the opponents in it.