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McDermott gets last shot to leave mark on the game
BY JIM LITKE
McDermott Creighton
Creighton's Doug McDermott drives past Xavier's Isaiah Philmore during the first half of a Big East Conference Tournament semifinals game last Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York. - photo by AP Photo
You never know when a great basketball story is going to peak, so keep an eye out for Doug McDermott. If college basketball’s power brokers get their way, you’ll be seeing plenty of him over the next few weeks.McDermott is near the end of a four-year stint playing for his father, Greg, at Creighton and sentimental as that sounds, it’s been more like one calculated step up in class after another. This year’s NCAA tournament will be the last they attempt together.They set the bar high during Doug’s freshman season — he started all 39 games, averaging 15 points and seven rebounds — then raised it every season after that.