2020–21 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays were led by 11th-year head coach Greg McDermott and played their home games at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 22–9, 14–6 to finish second in Big East play. They defeated Butler and UConn in the Big East tournament before losing to Georgetown in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the West region. They defeated UC Santa Barbara and Ohio to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. This marked the first time Creighton had won consecutive games in the same tournament and the first time they had advanced to the Sweet Sixteen since 1974 when the tournament had 25 teams. There they lost to eventual National Runner-Up Gonzaga.

2020–21 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 19
Record22–9 (14–6 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Terrence Rencher (1st season)
  • Alan Huss (3rd season)
  • Paul Lusk (2nd season)
Home arenaCHI Health Center Omaha
2020–21 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Villanova114 .733187  .720
No. 19 Creighton146 .700229  .710
UConn116 .647158  .652
St. John's109 .5261611  .593
Seton Hall109 .5261413  .519
Providence910 .4741313  .500
Xavier67 .462138  .619
Georgetown79 .4381313  .500
Marquette811 .4211314  .481
Butler812 .4001015  .400
DePaul213 .133514  .263
2021 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

On March 4, 2021, head coach McDermott was suspended for using racially insensitive language to his team. On March 8, the school reinstated McDermott after only missing one game and allowing him to coach in the Big East and NCAA Tournaments.

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