Emotions were going high on Friday night Madison Square Garden While Creighton progressed to the Big East finals due to the double veterans of the national champions in Ucon.
Bluejays They were the shore to the victory and they managed to throw the ball in the last seconds.
Since the other seeds of Bluejays, which led 69-62, were given a defensive jump with the remaining less than 10 seconds, and Huskies coach Dan Hurley signal that his team let the clock run out of no means.
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Connecticut Huskyes Guardian Hassan Diarra (10) shouts at Creighton BlueJayys Guardian Jamiya Neal (5) while the time goes out to Huski in the second half in Madison Square Garden. (Robert Deutsch-Hagn Pictures)
However, Jamiya Neal headed to the left side for the stacks with the remaining 1.5 seconds and hung on to withdraw. After his conflict with Diarr, Neal waved his hands to fire Creighton’s fans in the sale audience.
Huskies keeps Hassan Diarra He pushed Neal into his chest and seemed to be installed in a separate second while the two of them were face to face.
Creighton Center Ryan Kalkbrenner separated them by pushing Neal while whistles were blowing, and players were leaving the bench in Madison Square Garden.
The order was restored quite quickly, but emotions were still tense after the game.
“I mean, they’ve been left with seven seconds left,” Diarra said. “He didn’t want to throw out the ball. He entered the imaginative knock.
Creighton BlueJayys guard Jamiya Neal, 5, pledged to Connecticut Huskies, while time ran to Huski in the second half in Madison Square Garden. (Robert Deutsch-Hagn Pictures)
Neal admitted that he “caught himself in the emotion of the game” and apologized.
Coach Hurley and Bluejays Greg McDermott were already approaching each other to hand the hand when Neal would take off for a downtown. McDermott seemed to apologize to Hurley immediately afterwards, and again when the game was over.
Creighton and UConn already had their beef this year. Hurley shone last month with Creighton fans after Huskii brought a victory on the road, waving goodbye to the crowd and yelled, “Two rings!”
Last year Hurley also threatened “knock” Creighton fan.
Jamiya Neal, #5 from Creighton Bluejays, knocks the ball in the second half of the semi -final match against Connecticut Huskies during the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament in Madison Square Garden on March 14, 2025 in New York. BlueJayys won 71-62. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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It will be Creighton against the title of St. John for the title of Big East in the garden on Saturday at 6:30 pm in what will surely be a heavy audience of the Red Storm.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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