aine to the practice roster last week gives the club kicking insurance . . . Running back Chevon Walker, Hamiltons leading rush

OMAHA, Neb. -- Its going to be more about quality than quantity this season for Creightons Maurice Watson Jr.Watson established himself as one of the Big Easts top point guards in his first year with the Bluejays. No one on the team played more minutes or took more shots.Hell get more help this season with the arrival of Kansas State transfer Marcus Foster and a stronger supporting cast.Last year everybody in the building, when it was late in the shot clock or end-of-game situations, knew Maurice had to create for us, whether it was for himself or a teammate, coach Greg McDermott said. Marcus takes a lot of pressure off him.Foster played 62 games over two seasons for K-State , averaging 14.1 points and 2.2 assists. NCAA transfer rules required him to sit out last season. He gives the Bluejays another proven scorer and a defender capable of guarding the opponents best player.The 22nd-ranked Bluejays also have freshman Davion Mintz and veterans Isaiah Zierden and Khyri Thomas in their deep backcourt. Mintz probably will back up Watson. Zierden is one of the top perimeter threats, and the versatile Thomas is coming off a strong finish to last season.We dont have a two-man backcourt, Watson said. We might have two leaders. Whats the tree without the branches and stems? The whole backcourt has pieces. We lean on (Thomas) and Isaiah and Ronnie (Harrell) and Davion and Kobe (Paras) just as the team leans on me and Marcus to be the leaders.This is still Watsons team . The Bluejays would love for him to duplicate his averages of 14.1 points and a Big East-leading 6.5 assists. His priority is to improve his 29.7-percent 3-point shooting and cut down his turnovers. Watson was among only three players in the conference to commit more than 100.Ive challenged him to become a better shooter, McDermott said. And some of his decisions. If we can eliminate 1 or 1 + of those turnovers, now you get to a 3-1 assist-turnover ratio. Then you combine that with him shooting the basketball and controlling the game with his speed and quickness. Thats what we need.Some other things to know about Creighton:RISING IN BIG EAST?Big East coaches picked the Bluejays to finish third behind defending national champion and fourth-ranked Villanova and No. 7 Xavier. It wasnt long ago that we were picked ninth, and given the choice, I like this level of expectation a little bit better because is usually means youve got some good players, McDermott said.GETTING HEALTHYThe Bluejays dealt with a lot of injuries last season and are just starting to get healthy. Zierden injured his shoulder in February, had surgery and was held out of basketball activity for four months. Forward Cole Huff injured a knee in January, had surgery and has been limited in practice. Center Zach Hanson had summer knee surgery and is slowly coming back.CHALLENGING SCHEDULEThe Bluejays, who open Nov. 11 against UMKC, face a tough early test with a Nov. 15 home game against No. 9 Wisconsin. They play back-to-back home games against 2016 Mid-American Conference tournament champion Buffalo and runner-up Akron and have road games against in-state rival Nebraska and Arizona State. Their second Big East game is on New Years Eve at home against Villanova.20-WIN STANDARDCreighton has won 20 or more games in 16 of the last 18 seasons. Only Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas have had 20 or more wins each of the last 18 years, and four other teams have hit the mark 17 times.CLICKING TURNSTILESCreighton led non-Power Five schools in attendance last season, ranking 10th nationally with an average of 15,941 at CenturyLink Center. 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But rookie running back C.J. Gable dropped a screen pass that had he held on to had a clear path to the end zone. Still, the Ticats had one final gasp with three seconds left at the Argos eight-yard line following a penalty, but Andy Fantuz couldnt hold on to Burriss throw in the end zone. "I dont know how many times in my career Ive been on the sidelines watching Henry Burris lead a last-minute drive," Ray said. "But sacking him twice and then the big breakup in the end zone at the end, those were huge." A new-look Argos defence with seven new starters struggled in the first half against Hamilton, which led 31-25 at halftime. Burris was a big reason for that, passing for 207 yards and three TDs but he said the Ticats shouldve put the defending Grey Cup champions away much earlier. "It should not have come down to that play at the end, we left a lot of plays on the field," Burris said. "We were right there but we sputtered when we had the opportunities. "We let it slip away when we had the chance to steal it." Torontos defence still allowed 199 second-half yards but only three-second half points. And the unit sacked Burris on consecutive plays, forcing Hamilton to punt with three minutes remaining and trailing by five points. "We talked at halftime about staying together and how football games arent won by players but by teams that play together with one heartbeat," Argos head coach Scott Milanovich said. "Our guys stayed together and that was an encouraging thing because we have many new guys. "The fact they didnt start pointing fingers and trying to cover their own butts was a positive. We just knuckled down and did enough to win. It was by no means a glorious effort for us but thats a good football team and I think that will prove out throughout the year." Toronto also lost Swayze Waters to an unspecified injury kicking off to start the second half. Waters returned to boot a convert on Inmans TD after receiver Spencer Watt was forced to convert his own second-half TD. Watt and fullback Alexander Robinson kicked off in Waters absence while Inman handled punting duties. "Youve got to give credit to guys like Spencer Watt and Dontrelle Inman that came in and kicked the ball and didnt do anything to hurt us," Milanovich said. "Thats not easy to do when youre kind of a fish out of water doing something youre not used to doing. "I thought those guys did a tremendous job." Ray agreed. "I dont think Ive been around to see something like that and Ive been around for a long time," the 11-year veteran said. "It was pretty cool to see those guys stepp in and do that.dddddddddddd" Burris finished with 361 yards passing and three TDs while rookie Lindsey Lamar had a 104-yard kickoff return touchdown as Hamilton nearly spoiled the party for the Rogers Centre gathering of 29,852. Prior to the game, the Grey Cup was brought out on to the field and players Brandon Isaac, Chad Owens and Chad Kackert along with Milanovich and GM Jim Barker were presented their championship rings before the 12 Grey Cup banner was unfurled. Spectators were then treated to an offensive, wide-open track meet as Burris and Ray took turns dissecting porous defensive units starting the season with no shortage of question marks. Lamar also joined Marcus Thigpen as only players in CFL history to return kickoff for a touchdown on their first career touch. Hamiltons offence sports many of the regulars who were part of the CFLs top-scoring unit last year and Isaac gave the Ticats unit credit but added the Argos defensive players werent happy with their performance. "I dont like the way we played because we played too many snaps," Isaac said. "We were shell-shocked in the beginning however from the second quarter on we were able to make adjustments and make plays when it counted. "That is a real solid offence but at the end of the day we were able to make one just one more play than they did." Hamiltons defence returned eight starters but new defensive co-ordinator Orlondo Steinauer has the daunting task of improving a unit that allowed 32 points and 306 yards passing per game, both league highs. The Ticats defensive woes were highlighted early in the third when on third and five, Ray hit Watt on a 20-yard TD pass to pull the Argos to within 34-32 after Waters was injured. But Kent Austin, in his Ticats coaching debut, said there was plenty of blame to go around for the loss. "We had opportunities to make plays in all three phases of the game," he said. "We have to make sure when the opportunity comes that we come through. "They just made more plays than we did." Jason Barnes had two TDs for Toronto while Kackert had the other and ran for 112 yards on 10 carries. Waters finished with four converts, a field goal and a single. Gable with two, and Fantuz scored Hamiltons other touchdowns. Luca Congi booted the converts and two field goals. NOTES -- In October 2006, Delvin Breaux suffered a near-fatal neck injury covering a kickoff during a high school football game in his native New Orleans. On Friday night, the 23-year-old rookie started at cornerback for the Ticats . . . The Argos decision to sign veteran kicker-punter Noel Prefontaine to the practice roster last week gives the club kicking insurance . . . Running back Chevon Walker, Hamiltons leading rusher last year, was among the Ticats scratches while starting left tackle Tony Washington didnt dress for the Argos . . . Burris begins the season as the CFLs active leading rusher among quarterbacks with 4,735 yards . . . Hamilton begins the season with 37 players in either their first or second year in the CFL, most in the league. Toronto will defend its Grey Cup title with 16 first-year players on its roster . . . Toronto won three-of-four meetings last year with Hamilton. ' ' '