Men's Basketball Drake Combined Team Statistics (As of Mar 05, 2015)DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL All Games 2014-15 COMBINED STATS
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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 1 • VS. SIMPSON • #DUVSSC • The Drake men’s basketball team is set to embark SCHEDULE Nov. 13, 2015 • 7:04 p.m. CST on its third season under head coach Ray Giacoletti. The first two seasons of the veteran head coach’s Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center November tenure saw the team win 24 games as the rebuilding 7 McKENDREE (Exh.) W, 95-78 of the programs foundation progressed forward. 13 SIMPSON 7 p.m. COMPARISON 2014-15 STATS • The Bulldogs open up the 2015-16 season Friday evening against nearby Simpson College for the 16 at Tulane 7 p.m. 21 UMKC 7 p.m. Drake Team Simpson second meeting between the two programs in as Des Moines, Iowa Location Indianola, Iowa many years. 23 vs. W. Kentucky! 5 p.m. Bulldogs Nickname Storm • Last season, Drake weathered the Storm, winning 24 vs. TBA! TBA Missouri Valley Conference Iowa Intercollegiate 84-62, in the Knapp Center on Dec. 22, 2014. 25 vs. TBA! TBA 9-22 Record 6-19 • Prior to that meeting, the teams had met just once 28 UIC 2 p.m. 6-12 Conference Record 1-13 since 1946 in a series that Drake leads, 25-13. Ranking • Heading into the 2015-16 season, 13 of the 14 Streak players on the roster were recruited by Giacoletti and December Ray Giacoletti Head Coach Brad Bjorkgren staff, including two returning players that earned 5 at Bowling Green 3 p.m. 24-38/3rd Record at School 1st season a combined three All-Missouri Valley Conference 9 DePAUL 7 p.m. 195-161/13th Career Record 1st season honorees. 12 at Nevada 6 p.m. 59.5 Points/Game 65.5 • As a freshman, point guard Reed Timmer earned 66.8 Opp. Points/Game 75.3 19 vs. Iowa$ 3:30 p.m. MVC All-Freshman and All-Newcomer honors by -7.3 Scoring Margin -9.8 22 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 7 p.m. leading Bulldogs in scoring with 11.5 points and 2.4 .456 FG% .412 31 at Wichita State * 1 p.m. .477 Opp. FG% .450 assists per game. • Seven-foot center Jacob Enevold was named to the .408 3FG% .354 January .388 Opp. 3FG% .363 MVC Most Improved Team and will tutor the team’s .768 FT% .675 most recent 7-foot addition in Polish center Dominik 3 ILLINOIS STATE * 1 p.m. 26.1 Rebounds/Game 31.6 Olejniczak. 6 INDIANA STATE * 7 p.m. 29.4 Opp. Rebounds/Game 40.7 • The Bulldogs also return a pair of other regular start- 9 at UNI * 7 p.m. -3.2 Rebounding Margin -9.1 ers in sophomore C.J. Rivers and sixth-year player 12 at Evansville * 7 p.m. 11.9 Assists/Game 10.0 Karl Madison. 17 SIU * 3 p.m. 13.2 Turnovers/Game 12.6 • Seven newcomers, including three redshirted 20 MISSOURI STATE * 7 p.m. -3.1 Turnover Margin +0.4 players, will be added to that core of experienced 4.5 Steals/Game 6.3 returners. 23 at Loyola * 1 p.m. 1.9 Blocks/Game 2.8 • Simpson is in its first season under head coach 26 at Illinois State * 7 p.m. Brad Bjorkgren. 30 BRADLEY * 2 p.m. ON THE AIR RETURNING LEADERS February Television The Valley On ESPN3 2 at Indiana State * 6 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Morgan SCORING Analyst Paul Doerrfeld REED TIMMER 6 UNI * 1 p.m. G • 6-1 • 185 • So. • New Berlin, Wis. 9 WICHITA STATE * 7 p.m. Radio ESPN 1350-AM 13 at SIU * 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar 11.5 PPG 17 EVANSVILLE * 8 p.m. Analyst Adam Emmenecker 20 at Bradley * 8 p.m. Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 24 at Missouri State * 7 p.m. Streaming Video ESPN/WatchESPN 27 LOYOLA * 1 p.m. COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS March 3-6 Arch Madness Drake Ty Patton Total 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 JACOB ENEVOLD JENSEN Moines, Iowa) Twitter @DUBulldogs/@TyPatton_Drake C • 7-0 • 246 • Jr. • Lunderskov, Denmark * MVC Contest All times central Simpson College Bryan Geelan 5.8 RPG Office Phone 515-961-1577 GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Mobile 712-260-1219 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total • Presenting sponsor: Noble Auto E-mail [email protected] Group Website www.simpsonathletics.com • 2,000 free schedule magnets cour- Twitter @StormSports tesy of Golden Rule • Student Giveaway - 125 drawstring backpacks and a slice of pizza 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 First Season Record at Drake 24-38 (2nd season) Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls to earn a Career Record 195-161 (12th 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 1,188-1,411 (.459) since 1947 when it was a NAIA program. MVC Record 553-820 (.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 (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) Total 24-38 .387 12-24 .333 NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) University of Utah, Head Coach, 2004-06 NIT Appearances 3 Year Record Pct. MW Record Pct. Postseason/Honors (1964, 1981, 1986) 2004-05 29-6 .829 13-1 .929 NCAA Sweet 16 NIT Record 1-3 (.250) 2005-06 14-15 .483 6-10 .375 2006-07 11-19 .367 6-10 .375 Media Relations Total 54-40 .574 25-21 .543 Basketball Contact Ty Patton Office 515-271-3014 Eastern Washington University, Head Coach, 2000-03 Year Record Pct. BS Record Pct. Postseason/Honors Mobile 205-310-1271 2000-01 17-11 .607 11-5 .688 E-mail [email protected] 2001-02 17-13 .567 10-4 .714 Press Row 515-271-4878 2002-03 18-13 .581 9-5 .642 NIT 1st Round Fax 515-271-3015 2003-04 17-13 .567 11-3 .786 NCAA 1st Round Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com Total 69-50 .580 41-17 .707 North Dakota State, Head Coach, 1997-99 Year Record Pct.