LAWRENCE – Kansas basketball will face a team coming off a Sweet 16 appearance during next season’s Big 12-Big East Battle.
The Jayhawks, representing the Big 12 Conference, will face Creighton in a road contest on Dec. 4, 2024 — according to a KU release. The Bluejays, representing the Big East Conference, reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament last season before their season came to an end. It turns out that Kansas and Creighton could have faced each other during the NCAA tournament – they were both in the Midwest region – but each of them would have had to reach the Elite Eight to do so and the Jayhawks lost in the round of 16.
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Kansas had the overall series edge against Creighton 11-6 with six straight wins. The Jayhawks and Bluejays last met during the 2022 NCAA Tournament, when coach Bill Self’s team won in the round of 16 while on their way to another national championship. Both teams, however, will have notably different lineups this time around.
Last season, Kansas faced defending national champion UConn during this event. The Jayhawks, playing at home, managed to defeat the Huskies. KU came away from last season as one of only three teams to beat UConn as the Huskies won their second straight national title.
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas athletics for The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association Sportswriter of the Year for the state of Kansas in 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
This article originally appeared in the Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas basketball will play Creighton during the Big 12-Big East Battle
