Rivals old and new: Creighton will be a distant, but dangerous opponent for

McDermott will have most of his team coming back, though leading scorer Ty-Shon Alexander is going into the NBA Draft. He hopes to have Denzel Mahoney (12 points per game) and Damian Jefferson (9.4 points, 5.5 rebounds), who are still considering the draft, return, along with Zegarowski, Mitch Ballock (11.1 points, 5.3 rebounds) and Christian Bishop. Antwann Jones, a transfer from Memphis, and 7-footers Jacob Epperson, coming back from an injury, Shereef Mitchell and Jett Canfield, a walk-on who earned a scholarship, are also in the fold. Ryan Kalkbrenner, another 7-footer, is among the incoming freshman.