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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL AT MVC TOURNAMENT | MARCH 5-7, 2021 • The Drake University men’s basketball team contin- SCHEDULE March 5-7, 2021 • 5 p.m. / 3 p.m. / 1 p.m. ues its historic season this week as its enters the post St. Louis, Mo. • Enterprise Center season at the MVC Tournament. November • The Bulldogs enter the tournament as the No. 2 25 at Kansas State! W, 80-70 seed for the second time in program history and 27 vs. South Dakota! W, 69-53 COMPARISON second time in three seasons. • The Bulldogs 24 wins this season are tied for the Drake Team Valley Rank most in the nation as of March 2 along with Gonzaga December Des Moines, Iowa Location and Belmont. 3 OMAHA W, 87-66 Bulldogs Nickname • The 24 wins are tied for the third most in program 6 ST. AMBROSE W, 97-53 Missouri Valley Conference history along with Drake’s 2018-19 MVC Champion- 24-3 Record ship team. All three of head coach Darian DeVries’ 9 MCKENDREE W, 90-66 15-3 Conference Record seasons rank in the top eight of wins in Drake history 13 AIR FORCE W, 81-53 RV/RV Ranking and two are ranked in the top four. DeVries has won 18 at South Dakota W, 75-57 71.6 percent of his games at Drake. L1 Streak 20 CHICAGO ST. W, 111-67 Darian DeVries Head Coach • The Bulldogs have recorded three-straight 20-win 22 NORTH DAKOTA W, 88-55 68-27/3rd Record at School seasons for the second time in program history and 68-27/3rd Career Record first time 50 years. 27 at Indiana State W, 81-63 78.1 Points/Game 1st • Drake’s 15 MVC wins are tied for the most in pro- 28 at Indiana State W, 73-66 64.1 Opp. Points/Game 2nd gram history with the 2007-08 title team. • Drake closed the season by playing seven games in 14.0 Scoring Margin 2nd 14 days and 14 games in 32 days. January 0.498 FG% 2nd • Five Bulldogs collected a total of 10 All-MVC honors 0.416 Opp. FG% 4th 3 SIU* W, 73-55 earlier in the week, led by first team All-MVC selec- 0.373 3FG% 3rd 4 SIU* W, 86-55 tion Roman Penn. ShanQuan Hemphill was the first 0.305 Opp. 3FG% 1st Bulldog named Newcomer of the Year since 1995 and 10 LOYOLA* PPD 0.706 FT% 7th Joseph Yesufu became the first Bulldog to earn Sixth 11 LOYOLA* PPD 36.6 Rebounds/Game 3rd Man of the Year honors. 17 at Missouri State* PPD 30.8 Opp. Rebounds/Game 2nd • However, Penn suffered a season-ending foot injury 18 at Missouri State* PPD 5.8 Rebounding Margin 1st Feb. 21. Hemphill also suffered a foot injury Feb. 10 14.1 Assists/Game 2nd with an estimated four-week return. He is potentially 21 at UNI* PPD 10.7 Turnovers/Game 1st day-to-day leading into Arch Madness. 26 at Missouri State* W, 68-61 2.4 Turnover Margin 1st • The Bulldogs rank first or third in the Valley in 11 27 at Missouri State* W, 78-73 7.3 Steals/Game 1st categories. Free-throw percentage is the only cat- 31 ILLINOIS ST.* WOT, 78-76 3.1 Blocks/Game 4th egory the teams doesn’t rank in the top four of. ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES - LEADERS February Television - Friday FS Midwest+ / NBC Sports Chicago+ SCORING 1 ILLINOIS ST.* W, 95-60 Play-by-play Scott Warmann 6 at Valparaiso* W, 80-77 Analyst Rich Zvosec JOE YESUFU G • 6-0 • 180 • So. 7 at Valparaiso* L, 74-57 Radio ESPN 1350-AM / 102.1-FM 24.3 PPG 10 UNI* W, 80-59 Play-by-play Michael Admire 13 LOYOLA* L, 81-54 Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts Analyst Paul Doerrfeld 14 LOYOLA* WOT, 51-50 Evansville 11-18 5-8 2-2 36 17 at UNI* W, 77-69 Streaming Video FSGO.com / ESPN.com/watch at Bradley 5-12 4-7 2-7 16 21 EVANSVILLE* W, 85-71 COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS at Bradley 6-15 0-4 9-10 21 Total 22-45 9-19 13-19 73/24.3 22 EVANSVILLE* W, 74-63 Drake Ty Patton 26 at Bradley* W, 80-71 Office 515-271-3014 27 at Bradley* L, 67-61 Mobile 205-310-1271 REBOUNDING E-mail [email protected] GARRETT STURTZ Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com March G • 6-3 • 175 • Jr. Twitter @DrakeBulldogsMB/@TyPatton_Drake 9.0 RPG 5 vs. Illinois State/UNI 5 p.m. 6 vs. MSU/Valpo 3 p.m. Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total 7 vs. TBD 1 p.m. Evansville 3 7 10 at Bradley 1 5 6 ! - Little Apple Classic at Bradley 3 8 11 * MVC Contest Total 7 19 27/9.0 All times central WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 1 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSMB DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS University Location Des Moines, Iowa Founded 1881 Enrollment 5,015 Nickname Bulldogs Colors Blue & White Arena (Capacity): Knapp Center (7,152) Conference Missouri Valley Conference President Marty Martin DEVRIES IN THIRD SEASON Director of Athletics Brian Hardin AFTER HISTORIC FIRST TWO Faculty Athletics Rep. Megan Brown Darian DeVries, the 2018-19 Missouri Valley ence action. Coaching Staff Conference Coach of the Year, is in his third Before taking over the Bulldogs’ program, Head Coach Darian DeVries season as the head coach of the Drake men’s DeVries was an assistant coach at Creighton Alma Mater UNI, 1998 basketball program. University for 17 years and spent 20 total sea- In his first three seasons, the Bulldogs have sons on staff with the Bluejays. During that span, Record at Drake 68-27 (3rd season) won 68 games, the second most of any three- he helped guide the Bluejays to 19 postseason Career Record 68-27 (3rd season) year period in school history and just the second appearances and 12 NCAA Tournament berths. Assistants Larry Blunt time the program has recorded three-straight DeVries was one of the longest-tenured men’s Marty Richter 20-win seasons. basketball assistant coaches at one school in Of the eight 20-win seasons in program his- the nation and assisted the Bluejays in their fifth Matt Gatens tory, three have come under DeVries, including NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven Director of Operations Brady Ellingson 24 wins in both 2018-19 and 2020-21 to tie for years before earning the Drake position. During Graduate Manager Anthony Murphy the third-most in program history. In 2020-21 he his time on the Creighton staff under both Dana also tied a school record with 15 MVC wins. Altman and Greg McDermott, the program ac- During his second season he guided the cumulated a record of 460-211 and 231-129 in Team Information Bulldogs to the program’s second-straight 20- conference games. 2019-20 Record 20-14 win season which marked the first time since Under his guidance, Creighton had 15 first- 2019-20 MVC Record/Finish 8-10/8th 1971 the program had won 20 or more games team all-conference selections, six conference 2019-20 H/A/N Record 14-2 / 2-10 / 4-2 in consecutive seasons and just the third time it Players of the Year, three Newcomers of the had occurred in program history. Nearly a third of Year, three Freshmen of the Year and three Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 the Bulldogs’ 20-win seasons have come under Defensive Players of the Year. CU has also had Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/4 DeVries’ leadership. six All-American honorees in that time, including Newcomers 5 The 2019-20 season ended in the MVC Tour- Doug McDermott, the first player in 30 years to nament semifinals for the second-straight sea- be named a First Team All-American by the AP in son as the Bulldogs clipped No. 1 seed UNI in three straight seasons. Program History the quarterfinals to become the first No. 8 seed Before joining the staff at then Missouri Val- All-Time Record 1,288-1,503 (.459) to upend a No. 1 seed in tournament history. ley Conference member Creighton in 1998, he MVC Record 606-876 (.403) That team set a school record for blocks in already had an extensive background in the Val- MVC Tournament Record 20-41 (.333) a season with 132, surpassing the mark of 130 ley as a starter at UNI under coach Eldon Miller. set in his first season. Additionally, the 2019-20 DeVries ranks 31st all-time in career scoring at MVC Titles 8 (4 Outright/4 Shared) team’s 237 three-pointers were the eighth most UNI with 1,084 points and was twice an MVC (1935, 39, 64, 69, 70, 71, 2008, 19) in season. The team recorded 279 three-pointers Scholar-Athlete Team selection. The two-time MVC Tournament Titles 1 in his first season at the helm, the fourth-most in UNI captain led the Panthers in three-point (2008) Drake history. shooting three years and converted on 44 per- The longtime assistant from Creighton took cent of his attempts as a senior with 3.1 assists NCAA Appearances 4 the reins of the Bulldog program in March, 2018, per game. (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) and inherited a roster with just one returning DeVries was a standout athlete in high school NCAA Record 5-4 (.555) starter and three returning contributors.