 Since college freshmen were not allowed to play varsity sports back then, he had to wait until his sophomore year in 1940–41.In his three varsity seasons, Beisser was First Team All-MVC, won two outright conference championships (1941, 1943) and shared a co-MVC title with Oklahoma A&M in 1942, and capped his career with an All-American selection.In 1941, Creighton participated in the third-ever NCAA Tournament, but lost in the first round.