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Evansville's Colt Ryan scored 43 points in an overtime loss to Creighton.


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Chatelain: Jays need to plug gap on defense

IN MY OPINION
Column by Dirk Chatelain
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

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Start with the bright side.

You will not find back-to-back college basketball games more exciting than Creighton's wins against Long Beach State and Evansville.

Two buzzer-beating heart-stoppers 72 hours apart in the same building? Are you kidding? It's a blessed year to be a Bluejay season-ticket holder.

But as the gleam wears off from those two thrillers — which unofficially locked up an NCAA tournament bid — a cold reality hits home: Creighton isn't beating anybody in March playing defense like this.

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