The Creighton basketball team will no longer have a legend coaching on the sidelines after Greg McDermott retired, but a new era is here in Omaha with Alan Huss.
The tradition continues! It’s another year of our countdown of the top 100 preseason teams in college basketball until the start of the season. Each day, we will reveal the next team until we reach the team slotted at number one. Up next: Creighton basketball.
After 16 seasons at the helm, Greg McDermott went off into the sunset and retired. Alan Huss, who was an assistant on staff and head coach at High Point from 2023-25, returned to Omaha as the next head coach in waiting and now has the keys to the program in what is an exciting future for Bluejays basketball.
Coming off missing the tournament for the first time in 10 years, the Blue Jays look to get back on track to how it was during much of the McDermott tenure, which consists of getting back to March Madness.
The team brings back five guys from last year’s team, three of whom are returning starters. Jackson McAndrew only appeared in four games last season, but had a very productive freshman campaign.
Head coach: Alan Huss (3rd season overall, 1st at Creighton)
2025-26 record: 16-18 (9-11)
2026 postseason finish: Lost to West Virginia (87-70) in the semifinals of the College Basketball Crown
Notable departures:
- Josh Dix (13.2 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.3 APG)
- Nik Graves (10.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 4.4 APG)
- Blake Harper (7.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 1.2 APG, 36.4 3P%)
- Fedor Zugic (5.2 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.9 APG)
- Owen Freeman (5.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 0.9 APG, 60.2 FG%)
Notable non-conference games:
- at Kansas State (Nov. 10)
- vs. Iowa (Nov. 15) – Iowa Events Center
- vs. Michigan (Nov. 24) – Players Era Las Vegas
- vs. TCU OR Miami FL (Nov. 26) – Players Era Las Vegas
- TBD (Nov. 27) – Players Era Las Vegas
- vs. Nebraska (Dec. 5)
- vs. Gonzaga (Dec. 12)
Projected Rotation
PG: Wes Enis (6-1, 200, Sr.)
2025-26 stats: 16.4 PPG, 2.4 APG, 3.6 RPG, 1 SPG, 35.2% 3P% (South Florida)
SG: Austin Swartz (6-4, 205, Jr.)
2025-26 stats: 10.9 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.4 APG, 38.3 3P%
SF: Jasen Green (6-8, 240, Sr.)
2025-26 stats: 10.5 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 2.4 APG, 35.1 3P%
PF: Jackson McAndrew (6-10, 230, Jr.)
2025-26 stats: 6.8 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 0.5 APG, 4 GP
*Suffered season-ending injury
2024-25 stats: 7.8 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 0.4 APG, 35.4 3P%
C: Oswin Erhunmwunse (6-10, 240, Jr.)
2025-26 stats: 6.9 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 0.8 APG, 67.3 FG%, 2.1 BPG (Providence)
6: BJ Davis (6-1, 175, Sr.)
2025-26 stats: 10.8 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.2 APG, 43.4 FG% (San Diego State)
7: Isaac Traudt (6-10, 240, Sr.)
2025-26 stats: 6.5 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 0.4 APG, 37.5 3P%
8: Brody Robinson (5-11, 165, Gr.-Sr.)
2025-26 stats: 17.6 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 6. APG, 1.3 SPG (Oakland)
9: Fredrick King (6-9, 270, Gr.-Sr.)
2025-26 stats: 13.1 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 2.1 BPG, 64.8 FG%, 8 double-doubles (Murray State)
10: Hudson Greer (6-7, 215, So.)
2025-26 stats: 4.7 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.4 APG, 40.4 3P%
11: Kayden “Buggs” Edwards (6-2, 170, So.)
2025-26 stats: 3.2 PPG, 0.6 RPG, 0.6 APG, 44.7 FG% (TCU)
12: Katrelle Harmon (6-4, 190, Fr.)
247Sports Composite No. 85 ranked recruit
13: Trevon Carter-Givens (6-10, 190, Fr.)
247Sports Composite No. 148 ranked recruit
Creighton basketball team MVP: Wes Enis
Wes Enis was the Blue Jays’ prized possession in the transfer portal, beating out Providence and others for the high-profile guard from South Florida.
Enis made 107 threes this past season at a 35% clip and can do it all in transition, either catch and shoot, dribble drive, or get to the rack and dish it to a teammate to create easy looks.
“Wes has a superpower. Superpowers, we tell him, can be used for good or evil,” said coach Huss on Enis.
The Bluejays struggled at times last season to find any consistent scoring, and with Enis, you know you are getting a straight bucket getter who will thrive in the Big East.
“He’s an elite leader,” said Huss on Enis.
Enis can be just the tone setter that the team needs and can be that vocal voice in the locker room, even as a new transfer guy in the room.
Creighton basketball make-or-break player: Jackson McAndrew
Jackson McAndrew had a very good Freshman year for the Blue Jays during the 2024-25 season, but his Sophomore season got cut short with an injury, with only four appearances.
McAndrew is the perfect four in a Creighton offense with the ability to pass, dribble, and is a very good shooter for his size, where defenders will always have to have a hand in his grill, no matter where he is on the floor.
Creighton was missing that a ton last season with not making as many threes consistently on a nightly basis, and in order to get back to the tournament, it will need his shot-making and size on the defensive end to be successful.
Key statistic: Scoring offensive efficiency
When Alan Huss was at High Point for two seasons, both years were top 10 in 2024-25 in FG% and first in Free throws per game in 2023-24. So, those statistics mean that Creighton will be running a very consistent offense when it gets into a flow state.
Whether that is spreading the floor, spraying threes, or driving to the lane, getting to the free throw line, it will try to finish the possession with an efficient possession on the offensive end to maximize its opportunities throughout the game to score as many points as it can to win the game.
With how competitive every Big East game is, it will be very important to do just that by not wasting any possessions with turnovers or bad shot selections.
Creighton Basketball 2026-27 projections
Projected conference finish: 6th in the Big East
Projected postseason ceiling: NCAA Tournament round of 32 exit