Creighton did it. Can we?

In some ways it is inaccurate to compare Little Rock and Creighton. Creighton is a private school, they are not related (shackled) to the largest school in the state, and they play in a highly-ranked conference that is definitely basketball-oriented, in contrast to the Sun Belt. Creighton has an advantage in that they are the option for people who want to see quality basketball in the state, while in Arkansas that designation still resides in Fayetteville.

However, there is some similarity. Both schools are in a football-crazy state with a large university that has at least one national football championship in their history. Therefore, both schools have to swim against the stream to some extent. After all, even a first class  basketball program is still somewhat of an asterisk in the college sports landscape of a football-dominated state.

But Creighton’s case does provide us with some hope. They did it, however similar or dissimilar their case may be to ours. We might not be able to duplicate their accomplishment, but we certainly ought to be able to do something that resembles it, at least to some degree.