Creighton finished 1-2 at the Players Era men's tournament in Las Vegas last week, but coach Greg McDermott was proud the Bluejays ended the week with a win against Oregon.

"You grow in a lot of ways. You can grow and be successful, but you find out a lot about your team when you lose," McDermott said. "How do they respond? Is it an unselfish approach to their response? Do they take ownership themselves? We've got to be a team that gives everything we have to our team regardless of how it might impact us individually."

Creighton returns to Omaha, Neb., to resume their nonconference schedule Tuesday night against winless but pesky Nicholls.

Creighton (4-3) dropped its two scheduled games of the Players Era, 81-74 to Baylor and 78-60 to then-No. 15 Iowa State. That sent the Bluejays to th

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