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Record: 29-4. Last 10: 8-2.

Location, conference: Omaha, Neb.; Missouri Valley.

Web site: www.gocreighton.com

Conference finish: Second; won conference tournament.

NCAA tournament record: 8-13.

Last tournament appearance: 2002.

Coach: Dana Altman (ninth season, 175-99).

Starters:
F Kyle Korver, 6-7, Sr., 17.9 ppg., 6.2 rpg.
F Michael Lindeman, 6-6, Jr., 7.9 ppg., 3.3 rpg.
C Brody Deren, 6-8, Jr., 7.8 ppg., 4.9 rpg.
G T. McKinney, 6-2, Soph., 5.6 ppg., 4.1 apg.
G Larry House, 6-4, Sr., 10.9 ppg., 3.0 rpg.

Key reserves: G DeAnthony Bowden, 6-1, Sr., 6.9 ppg., 2.2 apg.; F Mike Grimes, 6-7, Jr., 8.1 ppg., 3.8 rpg.; C Joe Dabbert, 6-10, Jr., 5.4 ppg., 2.6 rpg.

Key statistics: PPG.: 80.3; OPPG.: 64.7; FG.: 50.3 percent; OFG.: 43.5 percent; 3-PT.: 39.2 percent; FT.: 69.1 percent.

Scouting report: Creighton is making its fifth straight NCAA tourney appearance. ... All five starters return for the club that stunned Florida in the first round last March. ... The Bluejays have been ranked in the top 25 virtually all season. ... The sweet-shooting Korver has been the league's player of the year the last two seasons, the first player since Bradley's Hersey Hawkins (1987, 1988) to repeat. ... Altman substitutes like an NHL coach, playing 10 guys every game.

—Statistics through regular season.