The home fans gave their old coach a warm welcome, and then Creighton did its best to run Dana Altman's Oregon Ducks out of the building. The Bluejays built big leads early in the first and second halves, but they couldn't put away the Ducks until the final minute in an 84-76 victory Monday night in Game 1 of the College Basketball Invitational championship series. "The start of the game was phenomenal," Creighton coach Greg McDermott said. "I'm not sure I've experienced anything like that. It was electric in the arena. We came out clicking, and Oregon wasn't far behind us offensively." The Bluejays made nine of their first 10 shots and had a double-digit lead 7 minutes into the game. The advantage was 17 points after Doug McDermott scored nine of his game-high 21 points during a 12-0 run the first 4 minutes of the second half. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310870156
