Richmond is gonna scorch me from this morning and I had no plans to play another game today. But now I'm gonna try and get that $$ back on Creighton simply as stellar Oregon center Nate Bittle (16.3 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 2.3 BPG) is listed out on the Big Ten injury report. The Bluejays haven't looked great in Vegas but this is a massive -- as in 7-foot -- break. Gotta take advantage.

The Ducks have had a couple of days to ruminate after the 97-80 loss to San Diego State, but we suggest that result was a real outlier as the Aztecs were making shots with their eyes closed on Tuesday night, connecting on an astounding 39 of 58 (that's 67%!) from the floor! Dana Altman is still looking for better contributions from his bench, but still has a functional big in 6-10 Kwame Evans with 7-0 Nate Bittle likely out, and G Jackson Shelstad scored 21 vs. SDSU. Meanwhile, Creighton looks shorter on firepower than any Greg McDermott team we can recall, hitting only 30% of its triples. This is a special game for Altman against his former employer. Play Oregon (at Michelob ULTRA Arena)