Men's Basketball Drake Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (As of Feb 10, 2016) DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL All Games 2015-16 RESULTS
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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 26 • AT SIU • The Drake University men’s basketball team travels SCHEDULE Feb. 13, 2016 • 3 p.m. CST to SIU for the second meeting between the Bulldogs and Salukis on Saturday afternoon. Carbondale, Ill. • SIU Arena November • SIU prevailed in the first meeting this season, 81-76, 7 McKENDREE (Exh.) W, 95-78 despite a game-high 27 points from Reed Timmer. 13 SIMPSON W, 97-52 • The Bulldogs take to the road after a 74-48 home COMPARISON OT loss to No. 25/24 Wichita State on Tuesday evening 16 at Tulane L , 79-74 to fall to 6-19 overall and 1-12 in the MVC. 21 UMKC L, 79-73 Drake Team SIU OT Des Moines, Iowa Location Carbondale, Ill. • SIU is 19-7 overall this season and 8-5 in the 23 vs. W. Kentucky! W , 81-79 Bulldogs Nickname Salukis MVC following an 85-78 victory at Indiana State on 24 vs. Weber State! L, 74-58 Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Wednesday to snap a three-game losing streak. 25 vs. Pepperdine! W, 69-53 6-19 Record 19-7 • Drake Sophomore Reed Timmer has enjoyed great 28 UIC W, 83-62 1-12 Conference Record 8-5 success against the Salukis as he is averaging 23.7 Ranking points and 3.3 assists per game against SIU. L3 Streak W1 • Drake sophomore Ore Arogundade has averaged December Ray Giacoletti Head Coach Barry Hinson 11.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in the last 5 at Bowling Green L, 75-63 30-57/3rd Record at School 58-65/4th seven games. 9 DePAUL L, 74-71 201-180/13th Career Record 264-204/15th • Freshman center Dominik Olejniczak has also seen 12 at Nevada L, 79-71 68.0 Points/Game 75.2 his offensive production surge as he is 26-of-34 from 72.5 Opp. Points/Game 70.0 19 vs. Iowa$ L, 70-64 the field in the last eight games. In his first career -4.5 Scoring Margin +5.2 22 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W, 87-70 start, he scored 13 points with seven rebounds .449 FG% .464 31 at Wichita State * L, 67-47 .458 Opp. FG% .450 against UNI. .396 3FG% .358 • Arogundade and Olejniczak’s efforts on the glass have helped Drake outrebound five of its last six op- January .376 Opp. 3FG% .328 3 ILLINOIS STATE * L, 67-62 .724 FT% .683 ponents 33.5 Rebounds/Game 34.8 • Drake’s leading scorer, Reed Timmer, has three 6 INDIANA STATE * L, 79-69 33.4 Opp. Rebounds/Game 32.6 20-point and two 19-point outings in the last eight 9 at UNI * L, 77-44 +0.1 Rebounding Margin +2.2 games. He has now scored 20 or more points eight 12 at Evansville * L, 84-65 11.9 Assists/Game 11.6 times this season and scored 19 points in five other 17 SIU * L, 81-76 13.7 Turnovers/Game 13.4 games. He his averaging 18.0 points per game in the 20 MISSOURI STATE * L, 79-70 -3.8 Turnover Margin +1.8 last two games. 3.9 Steals/Game 7.3 • Of Drake’s 19 losses, 11 have been by 10 or fewer 23 at Loyola * L, 68-63 1.9 Blocks/Game 2.0 points and nine have been by eight or fewer points. 26 at Illinois State * L, 76-64 30 BRADLEY * W, 80-70 ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES LEADERS February Television MVC TV | 2 at Indiana State * L, 63-56 Play-by-play John Rooney SCORING Analyst Rich Zvosec REED TIMMER 6 UNI * L, 82-66 G • 6-1 • 185 • So. • New Berlin, Wis. 9 WICHITA STATE * L, 74-48 Radio ESPN 1350-AM 13 at SIU * 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar 17.3 PPG 17 EVANSVILLE * 8 p.m. Analyst Paul Doerrfeld 20 at Bradley * 8 p.m. Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 24 at Missouri State * 7 p.m. Streaming Video Fox Sports Go at Ind. State 5-20 2-4 3-3 15 27 LOYOLA * 1 p.m. COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS UNI 6-12 2-6 4-6 18 Wichita St. 4-10 1-2 11-12 20 March 3-6 Arch Madness Drake Ty Patton Total 15-42 5-12 18-21 53/17.7 Office 515-271-3014 ! Gulf Coast Challenge (Estero, Fla.) Mobile 205-310-1271 REBOUNDING E-mail [email protected] $ Hy-Vee Big Four Classic (Des Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com ORE AROGUNDADE Moines, Iowa) Twitter @DUBulldogs/@TyPatton_Drake G • 6-3 • 185 • So. • Chicago, Ill. * MVC Contest All times central Southern Illinois Tom Weber 7.7 RPG Office 618-453-7235 GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Mobile 618-528-1111 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total E-mail [email protected] Webiste www.SIUSalukis.com at Ind. State 1 7 8 Twitter @SIU_Basketball UNI 3 4 7 Wichita St. 2 6 8 Total 6 17 23/7.7 WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 1 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL Ray Giacoletti was introduced as the 26th head coach in Drake men’s basketball history during a press conference on QUICK FACTS March 28, 2013. In his first season at the helm of the Bulldogs, he led the University squad to a 10-3 start to the season that included the Fresno Location Des Moines, Iowa State Classic championship and a program-record five wins Founded 1881 in the month of November. The team finished his first season Enrollment 5,348 with a 15-16 record. Nickname Bulldogs In his second season, he coached an uneven roster that Colors Blue & White included five seniors and five freshmen to a 9-22 mark. The Arena (Capacity): Knapp Center (7,152) team continued to develop throughout the season, winning Conference Missouri Valley Conference five of its final 10 regular-season games. Giacoletti served as an assistant coach at Gonzaga Univer- President Earl F. ‘Marty’ Martin Head Coach sity for six seasons (2007-13), where he helped lead the pe- Faculty Athletics Rep. Renae Chesnut rennial basketball power to six straight NCAA appearances, Ray five West Coast Conference titles and a 163-41 (.799) record Coaching Staff during his time on campus in Spokane, Wash. Head Coach Ray Giacoletti GIACOLETTI In 2012-13, Gonzaga marched to a 32-3 record and spent Alma Mater Minot State, 1985 the final three weeks of the season ranked No. 1 in both the Third Season Record at Drake 30-57 (3rd season) Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls to earn a Career Record 201-180 (13th season) No. 1 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament. Giacoletti came to Gonzaga with 10 total years of head Assistants Jeff Rutter coaching experience and a three-year tenure as the head coach at the University of Utah where he Todd Townsend led the Utes to a 29-6 record in his first season to tie for the third-most wins in program history and Dave Buchanan advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. That squad won 18-straight games to win the Director of Operations JR Blount Mountain West Conference regular-season title and recorded the best league record to date (13-1) in Video Coordinator Chris McMahon the six-year history of the league. As a result, Giacoletti was named the NABC District 13, USBWA District 8, and Mountain West Team Information Conference Coach of the Year. Sophomore center Andrew Bogut became Utah’s first consensus 2014-15 Record 9-22 National Player of the Year, winning the John R. Wooden Award, Naismith, National Association of Basketball Coaches and Associated Press Player of the Year honors. In three seasons on the Utah 2014-15 MVC Record 6-12 bench, he amassed a 54-40 record. 2014-15 H/A/N Record 8-6/1-11/0-5 Prior to taking the reins at Utah, he served as the head coach at Eastern Washington University Starters Returning/Lost 4/3 where he went 69-50 in four seasons, the best mark of any coach in the school’s NCAA Division I Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/4 history. He guided the Eagles to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004, as well as the Newcomers 7 Big Sky Conference regular-season and tournament titles. In each of Giacoletti’s first three years, the Eagles placed second in the Big Sky during the regular season and advanced to the tournament Program History championship game. In 2002-03, Giacoletti led EWU to the NIT for the program’s first postseason bid All-Time Record 1,194-1,430 (.459) since 1947 when it was a NAIA program. MVC Record 554-833 (.403) MVC Tournament Record 17-36 (.327) MVC Titles 7 (4 Outright/3 Shared) CAREER HEAD COACHING HISTORY AND RESULTS (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008) Drake University, Head Coach, 2013-Present MVC Tournament Titles 1 Year Record Pct. MVC Record Pct. Postseason/Honors (2008) 2013-14 15-16 .484 6-12 .333 NCAA Appearances 4 2014-15 9-22 .290 6-12 .333 2015-16 6-19 .240 1-12 .077 (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) Total 30-57 .345 13-36 .265 NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) NIT Appearances 3 University of Utah, Head Coach, 2004-06 (1964, 1981, 1986) Year Record Pct. MW Record Pct. Postseason/Honors NIT Record 1-3 (.250) 2004-05 29-6 .829 13-1 .929 NCAA Sweet 16 2005-06 14-15 .483 6-10 .375 Media Relations 2006-07 11-19 .367 6-10 .375 Basketball Contact Ty Patton Total 54-40 .574 25-21 .543 Office 515-271-3014 Eastern Washington University, Head Coach, 2000-03 Mobile 205-310-1271 Year Record Pct.