DRAKE MEN’S BASKETBALL DRAKE BULLDOGSMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 5 • VS. VALPARAISO • #DUVSVU • The Drake men’s basketball team begins play in the SCHEDULE November 28, 2014 • 5 p.m. CST four-team Challenge in Music City on Friday evening at and Valparaiso. Two games in the two ensuing Nashville, Tenn. • Municipal Auditorium November days against Portland and Murray State follow. 8 Coe (Exh.) W, 78-53 • Last season, the Bulldogs claimed their lone tourna- 15 Bowling Green L, 77-58 COMPARISON ment title by winning three games in three days at the Fresno State Classic. 18 at DePaul L, 80-62 22 at W. Michigan L, 91-75 Drake Team Valparaiso • Drake travels to Nashville fresh off of its first win of Des Moines, Iowa Location Valparaiso, Ind. the season, a 73-60 victory over IUPUI on Tuesday 25 IUPUI W, 73-60 Bulldogs Nickname Crusaders night. That game saw the return of Gary Ricks, Jr., 28 vs. Valparaiso ! 5 p.m. 1-3 Record 4-1 and Karl Madison to the lineup from a three-game 29 vs. Portland ! 5 p.m. 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 suspension. 30 vs. Murray State ! 3:30 p.m. -- Ranking -- • Despite the return of veteran leadership, fresh- W1 Streak W3 men are accounting for 44.8 percent of the Bulldogs’ December Ray Giacoletti Head Coach Bryce Drew points, 40.4 percent of their rebounds, 44.9 percent of 16-19/2nd Record at School 70-374th assists and 55.6 percent of steals. 6 North Dakota 2:05 p.m. 187-142/12th Career Record 70-37/4th • A year after leading the MVC in three-point shooting, 13 at Green Bay 4 p.m. 67.0 Points/Game 74.8 the Bulldogs have retained that crown through the 15 Jackson State 7:05 p.m. 77.0 Opp. Points/Game 60.6 first four games by shooting a stout 45.6 percent from -10.0 Scoring Margin +14.2 20 vs. Iowa State # 4 p.m. the three-point arc. Of the eight Bulldogs that have .487 FG% .483 22 Simpson College 7:05 p.m. .507 Opp. FG% .396 attempted a three-point shot this season, five are 31 Wichita State* 5:05 p.m. .456 3FG% .410 shooting better than 40 percent. • Currently the Bulldogs are ranked 12th in the nation .391 Opp. 3FG% .291 January in three-point shooting. .732 FT% .617 3 at Missouri State* 3 p.m. 27.6 Rebounds/Game 38.6 • Drake has outrebounded three of its four opponents 28.3 Opp. Rebounds/Game 28.8 to date. 7 at Illinois State* 7 p.m. -0.5 Rebounding Margin +9.8 • Valparaiso is 4-1 this season with three-straight wins 10 UNI* 3 p.m. 12.3 Assists/Game 13.6 including Sunday’s 93-70 win over Maine. The team 14 at Loyola* 7 p.m. 15.0 Turnovers/Game 16.2 is averaging 74.8 points per game while shooting 41 17 Indiana State* 2:05 p.m. -4.7 Turnover Margin +0.2 percent from the three-point arc. 20 Illinois State* 7:05 p.m. 4.5 Steals/Game 7.2 • Three Crusaders are averaging double-figure scor- 25 at Wichita State* TBA 2.3 Blocks/Game 6.0 ing with Alec Peters 19.6 points per game leading the way. 28 at Bradley* 7 p.m. 31 Evansville* 2:05 p.m. ON THE AIR LAST THREE GAMES’ LEADERS February Television None 4 Southern Illinois* 7:05 p.m. Play-by-play SCORING Analyst REED TIMMER 7 at UNI* 7 p.m. G • 6-1 • 185 • Fr. • New Berlin, Wis. 11 Bradley* 7:05 p.m. Radio KRNT 1350-AM 14 at Indiana State* 3 p.m. Play-by-play Larry Cotlar 13.7 PPG 17 at Evansville* 7:05 p.m. Analyst Paul Doerrfeld 22 Missouri State* TBA Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Pts 25 Loyola* 7:05 p.m. Streaming Video None DePaul 3-8 0-2 0-0 6 28 at Southern Illinois* TBA COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS WMU 8-13 2-4 5-5 23 IUPUI 3-8 0-1 6-7 12 March 5-8 MVC Tournament Drake Ty Patton Total 14-29 2-7 11-12 41/13.7 Office 515-271-3014 Mobile 205-310-1271 ! Challenge in Music City (Nashville, Tenn.) REBOUNDING # Big Four Classic E-mail [email protected] * Missouri Valley contest Website www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com JACOB ENEVOLD JENSEN (All times central) Twitter @TyPatton_Drake C • 7-0 • 251 • So. • Lunderskov, Den. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Valparaiso Aaron Leavitt 8.0 RPG • Family Four-Pack vs. North Dakota Office Phone 219-464-6953 (Dec. 6) - Get four general admis- Mobile 219-476-6680 sion tickets, four hot dogs and four Opponent O-Reb. D-Reb. Total E-mail [email protected] drinks for $44. Offer valid for select Website www.ValpoAthletics.com DePaul 1 5 6 games only. To purchase use special WMU 3 3 6 offers code FAMILY. WMU 4 8 12 Total 8 16 24 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 Giacoletti served as an assistant coach at Gonzaga Univer- Colors Blue & White sity for six seasons (2007-13), where he helped lead the pe- Arena (Capacity): Knapp Center (7,152) rennial basketball power to six straight NCAA appearances, Conference Missouri Valley Conference five West Coast Conference titles and a 163-41 (.799) record during his time on campus in Spokane, Wash. President Dr. David Maxwell Head Coach In 2012-13, Gonzaga marched to a 32-3 record and spent Faculty Athletics Rep. Renae Chesnut the final three weeks of the season ranked No. 1 in both the Ray Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls to earn a Coaching Staff No. 1 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament. Head Coach Ray Giacoletti GIACOLETTI Giacoletti came to Gonzaga with 10 total years of head Alma Mater Minot State, 1985 coaching experience and a three-year tenure as the head First Season Record at Drake 16-19 (2nd season) coach at the University of Utah where he led the Utes to a Career Record 187-142 (12th season) 29-6 record in his first season to tie for the third-most wins in program history and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Assistants Jeff Rutter Tournament. That squad won 18-straight games to win the Mountain West Conference regular-sea- Todd Townsend son title and recorded the best league record to date (13-1) in the six-year history of the league. Dave Buchanan As a result, Giacoletti was named the NABC District 13, USBWA District 8, and Mountain West Director of Operations JR Blount Conference Coach of the Year. Sophomore center Andrew Bogut became Utah’s first consensus Video Coordinator Robbie Lehman 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 Team Information bench, he amassed a 54-40 record. 2013-14 Record 15-16 Prior to taking the reins at Utah, he served as the head coach at Eastern Washington University where he went 69-50 in four seasons, the best mark of any coach in the school’s NCAA Division I 2013-14 MVC Record 6-12 history. He guided the Eagles to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004, as well as the 2013-14 H/A/N Record 9-5/4-9/2-2 Big Sky Conference regular-season and tournament titles. In each of Giacoletti’s first three years, Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 the Eagles placed second in the Big Sky during the regular season and advanced to the tournament Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/4 championship game. In 2002-03, Giacoletti led EWU to the NIT for the program’s first postseason bid Newcomers 7 since 1947 when it was a NAIA program. The 2004 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, Giacoletti directed EWU to a 17-13 overall Program History record and an 11-3 mark in conference play that season as the Eagles won 14 of their last 18 games All-Time Record 1,180-1,393 (.459) en route to winning the Big Sky Tournament. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, EWU fell to MVC Record 546-808 (.403) eventual Final Four participant Oklahoma State. MVC Tournament Record 17-35 (.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 1-3 .250 (1969, 1970, 1971, 2008) Total 16-19 .457 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.