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NCAA Tournament Teams
1981 NCAA Tournament
Standing (l-r): Head Coach Tom Apke, Assistant Tom Brosnihan, John Berigan, Tony
Pruitt, Daryl Stovall, Alex Stivrins, Michael Johnson, Mark Jones, Assistant Mike
Caruso. Kneeling (l-r): Paul Trieschman, Kevin Ross, Jim Honz, George Morrow, Joe
Bresnahan, Richard Bates, Kevin McKenna.
21-9 Overall, 11-5 MVC (Tie-2nd)
After beating Indiana State and Tulsa at home in MVC Tournament preliminary games,
the Bluejays gained an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament by downing Antoine
Carr and Cliff Levingston’s Wichita State team in the Valley Tournament championship
game at Levitt Arena in Wichita, Kansas … playing at Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio,
Creighton dropped its third-straight first-round NCAA Tournament contest by falling,
59-57, to Saint Joseph’s (Pa.) … George Morrow earned First-Team All-MVC honors,
while Kevin McKenna was tabbed for the Second Team.
Saint Joseph’s (23-7) 59
1981
Creighton (21-9) 57
NCAA Tournament First Round
March 12, 1981 Univ. of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Defining Moment: Freshman center Tony Costner sank two free throws with
three seconds left to lift the Hawks to victory.
Key Stat: Creighton led 50-44 with 7:42 left but did not make another field goal
until 1:10 remained.
SAINT JOSEPH’S fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min
Marcellus Williams .... 2-5 3-4 5 4 7 1 1 2 0 25
John Smith .......... 8-11 4-5 10 4 20 3 2 0 0 37
Tony Costner......... 8-10 2-2 11 4 18 3 3 0 1 38
Jeffrey Clark .......... 0-2 2-2 1 2 2 3 4 0 3 25
Bryan Warrick........ 4-15 0-3 5 2 8 6 1 0 2 32
Bill Mitchell........... 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23
Lonnie McFarlan....... 2-9 0-0 2 1 4 2 3 0 1 17
Steve Kearney......... 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Team Rebounds......... 5
Totals. ...........24-53 11-16 39 19 59 18 14 2 7 200
.453 .688
CREIGHTON fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min
Alex Stivrins .......... 1-4 0-0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 32
Daryl Stovall .......... 3-9 0-0 4 1 6 3 0 2 0 36
George Morrow ...... 4-12 9-10 14 5 17 2 5 1 0 39
Tony Pruitt ........... 4-9 3-4 1 2 11 3 3 0 0 34
Kevin McKenna ...... 7-13 4-4 4 4 18 2 3 0 0 38
Paul Trieschman....... 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8
Kevin Ross............ 0-2 1-2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 13
Team Rebounds......... 1
Totals. ...........19-49 19-22 28 16 57 13 13 3 0 200
.388 .864
Officials: Hank Nichols, George Solomon, Willie Medhuesen.
Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 13,252.
Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball
Saint Joseph’s 24 35 59 .379 .542 .453 3
Creighton 25 32 57 .333 .440 .388 0
1989 NCAA Tournament
Standing (l-r): Lisa Gordy, Dr. Lee C. Bevilacqua, Latrell Wrightsell, Troy Bell, Bob
Harstad, Todd Eisner, Bill O’Dowd, Chad Gallagher, Tony Ball, Matt Roggenburk,
Chris Rodgers, Porter Moser, Kevin Johnson, Ed Molitor. Sitting (l-r): Kevin Hurley,
James Farr, Rick Johnson, Brad Dunn, Tony Barone, Dick Fick, Reggie Morris, Duan
Cole, Wayne Wagner.
Missouri Valley Conference Champions
20-11 Overall, 11-3 MVC (1st)
Picked to finish seventh in the preseason, the Bluejays opened 5-0 in MVC play and rolled
to their first regular season crown since 1977-78…the Jays went on to win the MVC
Tourney, downing Southern Illinois, 79-77, in the title game … despite holding a 39-37
halftime lead against Missouri in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Dallas, the
Tigers outscored Creighton 24-7 down the stretch to oust the Bluejays … head coach
Tony Barone was voted Coach of the Year by both the MVC and District 12 … James Farr,
Chad Gallagher and Bob Harstad all earned First-Team All-MVC honors and Gallagher
was voted the MVP of the league tournament ... Farr also received Second-Team UPI
Small All-America accolades.
140
Creighton (20-11) 69
1989
#6 Missouri (28-7) 85
NCAA Tournament First Round
March 17, 1989 Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Defining Moment: Missouri shot 57.6 percent after intermission, outscoring
Creighton 48-30 in the second half en route to victory.
Key Stat: Byron Irvin had a game-high 25 points and team-best five assists to
help Missouri to the win.
CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min
Porter Moser.......... 2-4 1-1 1-1 0 3 6 0 2 0 1 13
Bob Harstad ......... 3-11 0-0 1-2 5 3 7 0 1 0 0 23
Chad Gallagher......11-16 0-0 0-0 8 2 22 0 0 1 1 39
James Farr........... 5-11 2-5 0-0 5 2 12 5 2 0 0 40
Todd Eisner ........... 4-7 3-6 0-0 3 5 11 9 6 0 1 29
Kevin Johnson ........ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Molitor . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tony Ball ............. 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Roggenburk...... 2-8 1-5 0-0 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 33
Latrell Wrightsell ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Troy Bell ............. 1-3 0-0 4-4 3 1 6 2 0 0 0 17
Bill O’Dowd ........... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Mohr............ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals. ...........28-62 7-18 6-7 29 20 69 19 13 2 4 200
.452 .389 .857
#6 MISSOURI fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min
Doug Smith.......... 7-13 1-1 3-4 5 2 18 1 0 1 0 25
Mike Sandbothe....... 0-3 0-0 0-0 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 20
Gary Leonard ......... 5-8 0-0 0-1 6 2 10 0 2 3 2 28
Lee Coward .......... 6-11 2-5 1-2 5 0 15 4 2 0 0 34
Byron Irvin .......... 9-15 2-4 5-6 4 0 25 5 3 0 1 38
Nathan Buntin ........ 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
Greg Church .......... 5-8 0-0 3-5 5 2 13 0 2 1 0 24
Anthony Peeler........ 0-4 0-0 2-2 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 24
Team Rebounds......... 4
Totals. ...........33-64 5-11 14-20 38 11 85 14 10 6 3 200
.516 .455 .700
Officials: Clougherty, Samford, Stupin. Technical Fouls: None.
Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball
Creighton 39 30 69 .577 .361 .452 3
#6 Missouri 37 48 85 .452 .576 .516 2