The Record Book - Creighton University Bluejays

Creighton Basketball Glossaryare more than any MVC team, past or present, givingCreighton 13 Valley titles.In addition to its 13 MVC regular season titles,Creighton also has won seven MVC Tournamentchampionships, four North Central Conferencetitles, one Nebraska Collegiate Conference crownand one Western Catholic Conference championshipin its 85-year history.“Duce”J.V. “Duce” Belford was referred to as “Mr.Creighton Athletics” in the 1959-60 Creighton basketballmedia guide. Belford served the athleticsdepartment in a variety of roles for 39 years, beginningin 1922 as a student manager. In 1934, hewas appointed part-time athletics director and waspromoted to full-time A.D. in 1952. During his 39years at Creighton, he served as the freshmanbasketball and football coach, varsity basketballcoach (1945-46 and 1947-52), director of intramurals,track and field coach, baseball coach and golfcoach. Belford passed away during the summer of1961 following a long illness.“Dynamic Duo”Known as the“Dynamic Duo”,Chad Gallagher andBob Harstad bothrank in Creighton’stop-five all-time inboth scoring andrebounding. A steammates from1987-91, the pairhelped Creighton win two MVC regular-seasontitles, two MVC Tournament crowns and make apair of NCAA appearances.Fight SongThe Creighton University Fight Song is “TheWhite and the Blue,” with words and music byGordon Richmond.“The White and the Blue!Colors two, it is you we defend.Fearless for you,our might to the fight we will lend.So: wave, colors, waveWe will fight on for your glory.White and Blue!We will fight till the fight is won.”Hall of FamersThe Creighton Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted26 former Bluejay basketball players andcoaches since it was initiated in 1968. MajorLeague Baseball great and former CU basketballstar, Bob Gibson, was the first inductee while basketballstandout Bob Harstad (1987-91) wasinducted in 2002.High ScoresCU’s highest-scoring game was a 124-94 win atMiami (Fla.) on February 10, 1964, while the toppoint total in a home contest came during a 120-76victory over Nevada on December 21, 1963, at theOmaha Civic Auditorium. The Jays have reachedRegular Season MVC TitlesOutright TitlesOklahoma A&M 11Kansas 10Creighton 7Cincinnati 7Bradley 6Louisville 6Wichita State 5Tulsa 4Illinois State 3Missouri 3Saint Louis 3Butler 2Drake 2Indiana State 2Kansas State 2Nebraska 2Southern Illinois 2Houston 1Memphis 1Oklahoma 1Washington (Mo.) 1Shared TitlesCreighton 6Oklahoma A&M 4Drake 3Kansas 3Southern Illinois 3Nebraska 2Illinois State 2Tulsa 2Washington (Mo.) 2Missouri 1New Mexico State 1Saint Louis 1triple digits 34 times, most recently in a 101-72 winover Tennessee Tech on Dec. 14, 2002.Kearney, CharlesCharles Kearney is believed to be the only player/coachin Creighton history and owns the bestwinning percentage among Creighton’s 14 headcoaches. A two-time All-American and Creighton’stop scorer on the team, Kearney coached theBluejays to a 49-13 (.790) record in three seasons,including 15-2 and 13-6 marks while pulling double-dutyfrom 1919-21.According to Bluejay lore, Eddie Mulholland wasto be the coach that 1919-20 season. However,they had a dance the night before one of the earlygames, and the next night the floor was very slickfor the game. There was an argument aboutwhether there would be dances before games, andMulholland quit as coach. Kearney was playingand took over coaching too.Korver, KyleTwo-time league Player of the Year Kyle Korverranks as one of the top playersin MVC history. Korver finishedhis career tied for sixth in NCAAhistory with 371 three-pointerswhile placing 14th in accuracyat 45.3 percent from longrange.Chosen by ESPN’s DickVitale as the 2002-03Midseason National Player ofthe Year, Korver helped leadCreighton’s return to the top-25 and garneredunprecedented attention for his all-around play.Longest SeriesCreighton will continue its most-played serieswhen the Bluejays meet Drake for a pair of leaguegames during the 2003-04 season. With theBluejays winning 12 of the last 15 games againstthe Bulldogs, Creighton owns a 79-51 advantage inMVC Regular Season TitlesOutright (Seven)1931-32, 1940-41, 1942-43, 1977-78,1988-89, 1990-91, 2000-01Shared (Six)1929-30, 1930-31, 1934-35, 1935-36,1941-42, 2001-02MVC Tournament TitlesEight1978, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002,2003the all-time series.Although Creighton did not rejoin the MVC untilthe 1977-78 season, the Bulldogs and Bluejayshave played at least once every year dating backto the 1972-73 season. The Creighton-Drakeseries is now the most-played series between currentMVC schools.Low ScoresThe lowest-scoring game in school history wasa 7-6 loss at Marquette during the 1922-23 season.The six points scored by the Bluejays is also thelowest point total ever recorded by a Creightonteam.Since the introduction of the shot clock in 1986-87, the Bluejays have been held to fewer than 50points 10 times. The last time CU was limited tofewer than 50 points was during a 56-46 loss atIndiana State on January 6, 2000. Over that sameperiod of time, the Jays have held their opponentsto less than 50 points on 26 occasions, mostrecently in a 74-46 win at Indiana State on Jan. 29,2003.Major LeaguersBob Gibson and Dennis Rasmussen went on toenjoy stellar Major League Baseball careers followingtheir Creighton basketball days. Gibson wasan All-American on the court for the Jays andplayed for the Harlem Globetrotters in 1957-58before opting instead for baseball full-time. AmongGibson’s career achievements on the diamondwere 251 career wins, nine straight Gold Gloves,two Cy Young Awards, two World Series championships,a 1971 no-hitter against Pittsburgh, a firstballot Hall of Famer in 1981 and a spot on Major106 2003-04 Creighton Men’s Basketball