Emotions got on Friday night at Madison Square Garden when Creighton advanced to the Big East final about the two -time national defenders in UConn.
The Bluejays were entering a victory and were able to draw the ball during the last seconds.
With the Bluejays of second sown leading 69-62, they obtained a defensive rebound with less than 10 remaining seconds, and the Huskies coach, Dan Hurley, told his team to let the clock run out of dirty.
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The Connecticut Huskies Guard, Hassan Diarra (10) shouts to Creighton Bluejays, Jamiya Neal (5) when time ends in the Huskies in the second half in the Madison Square Garden. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn images)
However, Jamiya Neal took off the left lateral line for a blow with 1.5 seconds and hung the edge for a pullic. After his skirmish with Diarra, Neal stirred his arms to light Creighton fans in the crowd sold.
The Huskies Guard, Hassan Diarra, put Neal in the chest and seemed to square with the fists during a fraction of a second, since the two were face to face.
Creighton’s center, Ryan Kalkbrenner, separated them by pushing Neal while the whistles blew and the players ran out of the banks in the Madison Square Garden.
The order was restored quite fast, but the emotions were still tense after the game.
“I mean, they were already awake with remaining seven seconds,” said Diarra. “I didn’t want to drive the ball. He entered an elegant dump. I felt he was disrespectful for the basketball game.”
The Bluejays Guard of Creighton Jamiya Neal (5) overturned in the Connecticut huskies when the time ended in the Huskies in the second half in the Madison Square Garden. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn images)
Neal admitted that “he was caught in the emotions of the game” and apologized.
The Hurley coach and the Bluejays, Greg Mcdermott, were already approaching along the lateral line to shake hands when Neal took off for his overturning. McDermott seemed to apologize to Hurley immediately after, and again when the game ended.
Creighton and Uconn have already had their flesh this year. Hurley made fun of Creighton’s fans last month after the Huskies brought home a victory on the road, they said goodbye to the crowd and shouted: “Two rings!”
Last year, Hurley also threatened to “knock out a Creighton fan.
Jamiya Neal, #5 of the Creighton Bluejays, immerses the ball in the second half of a semifinal game against the Huskies of Connecticut during the Big East male basketball tournament in the Madison Square Garden on March 14, 2025, in New York City. The Bluejays won 71-62. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
It will be Creighton against St. John’s for the title of Big East in the garden on Saturday at 6:30 pm in what will surely be a large multitude of red storm.
