[2] The Bluejays started the season off by winning nine games in a row before running into the NCAA champion UCLA Bruins on the West Coast.

The game was highlighted by Chuck Officer's game-tying shot while in a prone position on the court and Bobby Miles free throw shooting in the two overtime periods.

Miami was then shot down 124–94 under the warm Florida sun[citation needed] and Western Michigan was beaten 88–72 in a Chicago snow storm.

Creighton got revenge for an earlier defeat by trouncing Oklahoma City 94–77 before the largest crowd ever to witness a Bluejay game in the Civic Auditorium.

[1] The Jays then traveled to New York City where Chuck Officer made a last-second shot to dump NYU 88–86 in Madison Square Garden and make up for some prestige lost in the earlier eastern trip.

Invited to the NCAA post-season playoffs for the second time in three years, the Bluejays took it on the chin twice to place fourth in the Midwest Regional tourney at Wichita, Kansas.

Creighton's Paul Silas held highly touted Shocker Dave Stallworth to one field goal and two free throws in the first half.

Silas, who guided the Bluejays to two NCAA tournament berths in his three-year career, led the nation in rebounding his sophomore and junior years.