The 2022–23 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays were coached by 13th-year head coach Greg McDermott and played their home games at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 14–6 in Big East play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Villanova before losing to Xavier in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the South Region, where they defeated NC State, Baylor, and Princeton to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1941. There, they fell to San Diego State on a last-second free throw, closing their season with an overall record of 24–13.
Previous season The Bluejays finished the 2021–22 season 23–12, 12–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Marquette and Providence, before losing to Villanova in the Championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region, where they defeated San Diego State in the first round before losing to Kansas in the second round.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure KeyShawn Feazell 1 F 6'9" 230 GS senior New Herbon, MS Graduated Alex O'Connell 5 G 6'6" 185 GS senior Roswell, GA Graduated Rati Andronikashvili 21 G 6'4" 186 RS freshman Tbilisi, Georgia Left the team to pursue professional opportunities Ryan Hawkins 44 F 6'7" 222 GS senior Atlantic, IA Graduated Modestas Kancleris 55 F 6'9" 208 RS freshman Kaunas, Lithuania Transferred to Cal State Bakersfield
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Francisco Farabello 5 G 6'3" 178 Senior Cañada de Gómez, Argentina TCU Baylor Scheierman 55 G 6'6" 205 Senior Aurora, NE South Dakota State
Recruiting classes
2022 recruiting class
2023 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big East regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Big East tournament
!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA tournament
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