Multiple Creighton basketball players to enter transfer portal
630 TOMORROW IN OMAHA. RALSTON KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. THERE’S SOME THINGS ABOUT THE PROFESSION I DON’T LIKE VERY MUCH RIGHT NOW, AND I DON’T WANT TO BECOME THAT BITTER OLD GUY THAT WALKS AWAY WITH HIS HEAD DOWN, TICKED OFF AT A PROFESSION THAT’S GIVEN ME SO MUCH. SO I LEAVE FEELING GOOD ABOUT COLLEGE ATHLETICS AND ABOUT WHAT WHAT’S POSSIBLE AT CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY. THAT’S A LEGENDARY CREIGHTON BASKETBALL COACH, GREG MCDERMOTT. HE SAYS HE’S PROUD TO HAND OVER THE REINS TO NEW HEAD COACH ALLEN HUSS. DICK DURBIN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT ON MONDAY AFTER 16 YEARS LEADING THE PROGRAM. FORMER CREIGHTON STAR AND NBA PRO SAYS HE WOULDN’T BE WHERE HE IS TODAY WITHOUT COACH MCDERMOTT. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 CARTER SCHMIDT SPOKE TO RYAN KALKBRENNER ABOUT THE LASTING IMPACT. FROM NCAA TOURNAMENT RUNS TO BUILDING ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT TEAMS IN THE BIG EAST, GREG MCDERMOTT’S IMPACT IS FELT ACROSS GENERATIONS OF PLAYERS. THERE’S A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES AND IT’S AMAZING. SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WITH FORMER PLAYERS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THAT I COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT JUST THE IMPACT THAT MAX HAD ON MY LIFE. YOU KNOW, JUST CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY, THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE FOREVER. JUST KNOWING THAT HE’S DONE THAT FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. RYAN KALKBRENNER SPENT YEARS UNDER COACH MCDERMOTT, DEVELOPING NOT JUST AS A PLAYER BUT AS A PERSON. HE’S LIKE ANOTHER DAD TO ME. HE’S OBVIOUSLY HE WAS MY COACH AND CARED ABOUT ME AS A BASKETBALL PLAYER, BUT ALSO OFF THE COURT. JUST WANTED TO SEE ME GROW AS A MAN AND AS A PERSON. THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION IS WHAT PLAYERS SAY SEPARATES MCDERMOTT FROM THE REST. PEOPLE NEED TO BE TALKED TO DIFFERENTLY AND TREATED DIFFERENTLY TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. AND HE KIND OF KNEW THAT HE WAS LIKE, ONE, ONE GUY NEEDS TO YELL OUT TO GET THE BEST OUT OF HIM. ONE GUY NEEDS TO PUT HIS ARM AROUND AND SAY, YOU’RE OKAY. LIKE YOU’RE YOU CAN MAKE MISTAKES. AND WHILE THE WINDS, THE BANNERS AND THE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES WILL DEFINE HIS CAREER ON PAPER, KALKBRENNER SAYS MCDERMOTT’S TRUE LEGACY IS MEASURED DIFFERENTLY. IT WAS ABOUT. FOR HIM IS BEING ABLE TO HELP A BUNCH OF KIDS GO FROM KIDS TO MEN AND HELP THEM GROW AND, YOU KNOW, BECOME MEN IN SOCIETY. A COACH WHO BUILT A PROGRAM BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
Multiple Creighton basketball players to enter transfer portal
Updated: 5:52 PM CDT Apr 7, 2026
Multiple Creighton men’s basketball players are entering the transfer portal.Owen Freeman will be transferring after one season with the Jays, according to On3.READ MORE: Creighton introduces Alan Huss as new men’s basketball coachFreeman averaged 5.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game in his junior season. Ty Davis announced his departure on social media on Tuesday morning. He averaged 1.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in one season with Creighton.Josh Townley-Thomas announced his decision to transfer on Instagram on Tuesday.He missed all but one game this season due to a leg injury that required surgery.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
OMAHA, Neb. —
Multiple Creighton men’s basketball players are entering the transfer portal.
Owen Freeman will be transferring after one season with the Jays, according to On3.
READ MORE: Creighton introduces Alan Huss as new men’s basketball coach
Freeman averaged 5.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game in his junior season.
Ty Davis announced his departure on social media on Tuesday morning.
He averaged 1.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in one season with Creighton.
Josh Townley-Thomas announced his decision to transfer on Instagram on Tuesday.
He missed all but one game this season due to a leg injury that required surgery.
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