It's easy for Gregory Echenique to find his motivation. In the weight room, he's more intense. On the gym floor, he's focused. His desire to polish his body and game is almost palpable. “He's finally gotten to the point where he knows how hard he has to work,” said Steve Merfeld, the assistant who works with Creighton's big men. “He's approached every workout in a more intense, urgent manner.''

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Kenny Lawson’s first taste of professional basketball left the former Creighton center hungry for more.

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Creighton and Xavier treated basketball fans in Cincinnati to a show in the final hours of 2002. With future NBA players headlining each team, the Bluejays and Musketeers staged a shootout to remember. Kyle Korver made eight 3-pointers and scored 32 points to keep Creighton close, but Xavier pulled out a 75-73 victory when David West, a future two-time NBA All-Star, made a basket in the closing seconds.

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Doug McDermott will be on magazine covers. Coaches and media will slot his team between 10 and 20 in the preseason polls. Jay Bilas and Doug Gottlieb will mention Creighton so many times, you'll lose count. In six months, the Bluejays open the most anticipated basketball season in school history.

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The roots of turning Gonzaga from a school that hardly ever played in the NCAA tournament to a program that never misses one are grounded in desperation. Mike Roth took over an athletic department 15 years ago that had celebrated exactly one appearance in the NCAA tournament (1995). His new coach, Dan Monson, agreed with his boss that drastic steps needed to be taken.

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Some postseason number crunching resulted in Creighton embarking on a search for a more high-profile basketball opener for next season. The Bluejays' preliminary plans were to start the 2012-13 season with a home game Nov. 9 against Alcorn State, which finished last season with an RPI of 335 out of 344 Division I teams.

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Join World-Herald staff writer Steven Pivovar for a replay of the “Bluejay Talk Live” chat as he discusses the latest Creighton athletics news.

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• Bluejays, Salukis matched in...
• No. 1 Iowa Western sent to losers...