Creighton Downs Louisville in Opening Game of NCAA Tournament

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00:00The first game of round of 64 Thursday of the 2025 men's NCAA tournament a slight upset as

00:07well just one spot of differential on the seed line and only a two and a half point spread

00:13but man when the Creighton Blue Jays shoot the ball as well as they did yesterday it's going to

00:18be a good tournament for CU. They knock out Louisville the eighth seed out of the ACC like

00:25Clemson an 18 win conference season 89-75. Creighton wins outright DRS as a two and a

00:33half point underdog a total at 142 and a hook does sky over. Yeah 57 percent as a team from the floor

00:41for Creighton it was evident in the first half as they dropped 49 points on Louisville and this was

00:47actually a good game pretty early in there bouncing back back and forth Louisville making some runs

00:51and by the that final five to six minute stands where Creighton just took control that it was over

00:55at the break second half they just put it on cruise control 41-40 winning the second half

00:59for the Louisville Cardinal but for me just watching this game it was almost like boy why

01:03did I switch it here because there's so many different ways that the Creighton Blue Jays can

01:06actually score particularly from the three-point line 46 percent as a team they can throw flames

01:11they got a big guy they can play defense and at offense the lobs are their all game Louisville

01:16just didn't have enough even though that place was rocking in the favor of Louisville Cardinal

01:21and it didn't matter Creighton was just a better team