Men's Basketball Drake Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (As of Nov 27, 2015)DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL All Games 2015-16 RESULTS
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DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 7 • VS. UIC • #DUVSUIC • The Drake University men’s basketball team returns SCHEDULE Nov. 28, 2015 • 2 p.m. CST home Saturday afternoon to play its fifth game in eight days when it hosts visiting UIC. Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center November • Drake takes to its home floor with a 3-3 record 7 McKENDREE (Exh.) W, 95-78 after going 2-1 at the Gulf Coast Showcase earlier 13 SIMPSON W, 97-52 in the week with wins over WKU and Pepperdine. COMPARISON OT The Bulldogs’ lone loss came to eventual tournament 16 at Tulane L , 79-74 champion, Weber State. 21 UMKC L, 79-73 Drake Team UIC OT Des Moines, Iowa Location Chicago, Ill. • Saturday’s game will be available to watch on 23 vs. W. Kentucky! W , 81-79 Bulldogs Nickname Flames ESPN3 as part of The Valley on ESPN3. 24 vs. Weber State! L, 74-58 Missouri Valley Conference Horizon League • In the team’s 69-53 win over Pepperdine in the Gulf 25 vs. Pepperdine! W, 69-53 3-3 Record 1-2 Coast Showcase third-place game, the Bulldogs’ de- 28 UIC 2 p.m. Conference Record fense held the Waves to 38.5 percent shooting, 26.9 Ranking percent in the second half, and held a 10-rebound W1 Streak W1 advantage. December Ray Giacoletti Head Coach Steve McClain • Last season, the Bulldogs scored 70 or more points 5 at Bowling Green 3 p.m. 27-41/3rd Record at School 1-2/1st just eight times all season. This season they have 9 DePAUL 7 p.m. 198-164/13th Career Record 158-117/10th hit that mark in four of their six games to date and 12 at Nevada 6 p.m. 75.3 Points/Game 76.0 scored 69 points in another. 69.3 Opp. Points/Game 73.3 19 vs. Iowa$ 3:30 p.m. • In the Bulldogs’ first game at the Gulf Coast Show- +6.0 Scoring Margin +2.7 22 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 7 p.m. case, Kale Abrahamson scored a career-high 41 .494 FG% .390 31 at Wichita State * 1 p.m. .422 Opp. FG% .390 points to tie for the seventh-most in a game in school history. .434 3FG% .255 January .336 Opp. 3FG% .316 • UIC, under first-year head coach Steve McClain, is .730 FT% .638 1-2 on the young season. The teams last met on Nov. 3 ILLINOIS STATE * 1 p.m. 35.8 Rebounds/Game 48.7 9, 2013 in what was Ray Giacoletti’s first game as the 6 INDIANA STATE * 7 p.m. 33.8 Opp. Rebounds/Game 42.7 Drake head coach. 9 at UNI * 7 p.m. 215 Rebounding Margin +6.0 • Heading into the 2015-16 season, 13 of the 14 12 at Evansville * 7 p.m. +2.0 Assists/Game 15.7 players on the roster were recruited by Giacoletti 17 SIU * 3 p.m. 13.0 Turnovers/Game 11.7 and staff, including two returning players that earned 20 MISSOURI STATE * 7 p.m. 81 Turnover Margin +0.3 a combined three All-Missouri Valley Conference 1.0 Steals/Game 4.7 honorees. 23 at Loyola * 1 p.m. 3.8 Blocks/Game 7.0 • As a freshman, Timmer earned MVC All-Freshman 26 at Illinois State * 7 p.m. and All-Newcomer honors. 30 BRADLEY * 2 p.m. ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES LEADERS February Television The Valley On ESPN3 2 at Indiana State * 6 p.m. Play-by-play B.J. Schaben SCORING Analyst Paul Doerrfeld KALE ABRAHAMSON 6 UNI * 1 p.m. F • 6-8 • 218 • RJr. • W. Des Moines, Iowa 9 WICHITA STATE * 7 p.m. Radio ESPN 1350-AM 13 at SIU * 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar 21.7 PPG 17 EVANSVILLE * 8 p.m. Analyst Dolph Pulliam 20 at Bradley * 8 p.m. Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 24 at Missouri State * 7 p.m. Streaming Video ESPN3/WatchESPN vs. WKU 13-23 4-10 11-11 41 27 LOYOLA * 1 p.m. COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS vs. Weber 4-14 3-9 0-0 11 vs. Pepp. 5-6 1-2 2-3 13 March 3-6 Arch Madness Drake Ty Patton Total 21-43 8-21 13-14 65/21.7 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 C.J. RIVERS Moines, Iowa) Twitter @DUBulldogs/@TyPatton_Drake G • 6-2 • 187 • So. • Cahokia, Ill. * MVC Contest All times central UIC Dan Yopchick 5.0 RPG Office Phone 312-413-9340 GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS Mobile 847-254-0404 Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total • Hoops 4 Soups E-mail [email protected] vs. WKU 1 3 4 Bring 5 or more non-perishable food Website www.uicflames.com items and purchase an adult general vs. Weber 0 3 3 Twitter @UICFlamesMBB admission ticket for $5. vs. Pepp. 0 8 8 Total 1 14 15/5.0 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 27-41 (2nd season) Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls to earn a Career Record 198-164 (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 1,191-1,414 (.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 2015-16 3-3 .500 (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) Total 27-41 .384 12-24 .333 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.