2009–10 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

2009-10 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2009-10 record	14–19 (7–11 MVC)
Head coach	Mark Phelps
Assistant coach	Mike Gibson
Assistant coach	Kareem Richardson
Assistant coach	Justin Ohl
Home arena	Knapp Center

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Iowa†	15	–	3	.833	30	–	5	.857
Wichita State	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
Illinois St.	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Creighton	10	–	8	.556	17	–	15	.531
Indiana St.	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Bradley	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Missouri St.	8	–	10	.444	21	–	12	.636
Drake	7	–	11	.389	14	–	19	.424
Southern Illinois	6	–	12	.333	15	–	15	.500
Evansville	3	–	15	.167	9	–	21	.300

† 2010 MVC Tournament winner As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), was led by second-year head coach Mark Phelps and played their home games at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs finished the season 14–19, 7–11 in MVC play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to Northern Iowa.

Preseason

The team lost Josh Parker, who transferred to Dayton. Tyson Dirks is no longer on the roster.

Roster

No.	Position	Year	Player
1	F	So	Jordan Clarke
2	F	Fr	Aaron Hawley
3	G	Sr	Craig Stanley
10	G	Jr	Ryan Wedel
13	G	So	Frank Wiseler
20	G	Sr	Josh Young
21	F	Fr	Corey Parker
22	F	Sr	Bill Eaddy

No.	Position	Year	Player
23	G	Fr	Sean Duff
25	G	Fr	David Smith
31	C	Fr	Sean Jones
32	F	Fr	Greg Whitaker
34	F	Fr	Ben Simons
40	F	Fr	Reece Uhlenhopp
44	G/F	Sr	Adam Templeton
45	C	Fr	Seth VanDeest

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/07/09*	Upper Iowa	W 74–58		Knapp Center (3,662)
Regular season
11/14/09*	IUPUI (Glen Wilkes Classic)	L 88–82	0–1	Knapp Center (3,344)
11/17/09*	Iowa State	L 90–70	0–2	Knapp Center (6,157)
11/20/09*	vs Georgia State (Glen Wilkes Classic)	W 65–58	1–2	Ocean Center (325)
11/21/09*	vs Akron (Glen Wilkes Classic)	L 63–59	1–3	Ocean Center (321)
11/22/09*	vs Central Florida (Glen Wilkes Classic)	L 59–50	1–4	Ocean Center (1,015)
11/28/09*	@ Austin Peay	W 78–72	2–4	Dave Aaron Arena (2,107)
12/4/09*	SIU–Edwardsville (Drake Hy-Vee Classic)	L 60–58	2–5	Knapp Center (4,016)
12/5/09*	North Dakota (Drake Hy-Vee Classic)	W 72–63	3–5	Knapp Center (4,152)
12/11/09*	South Dakota (Drake Invitational)	W 96–81	4–5	Knapp Center (3,170)
12/12/09*	Binghamton (Drake Invitational)	W 77–76	5–5	Knapp Center (3,065)
12/19/09*	@ Iowa	L 71–67	5–6	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,921)
12/22/09*	San Diego State (Mountain West – Missouri Valley Challenge)	L 76–73 ^OT	5–7	Knapp Center (4,012)
12/29/09	Bradley	L 67–59	5–8 (0–1)	Knapp Center (3,791)
1/1/10	@ Wichita State	L 61–38	5–9 (0–2)	Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
1/3/10	Indiana State	L 60–46	5–10 (0–3)	Knapp Center (3,924)
1/6/10	@ Creighton	L 73–69	5–11 (0–4)	Qwest Center Omaha (14,956)
1/9/10	@ Southern Illinois	W 70–65	6–11 (1–4)	SIU Arena (4,359)
1/12/10	Missouri State	W 88–77	7–11 (2–4)	Knapp Center (3,258)
1/17/10	Illinois State	W 69–59	8–11 (3–4)	Knapp Center (4,273)
1/20/10	@ Evansville	W 72–65	9–11 (4–4)	Roberts Stadium (4,169)
1/23/10	Wichita State	W 78–64	10–11 (5–4)	Knapp Center (4,826)
1/27/10	@ Northern Iowa	L 67–51	10–12 (5–5)	McLeod Center (6,069)
1/30/10	Creighton	W 79–74	11–12 (6–5)	Knapp Center (7,018)
2/2/10	@ Bradley	L 67–65	11–13 (6–6)	Carver Arena (8,670)
2/6/10	@ Illinois State	L 71–68	11–14 (6–7)	Redbird Arena (8,291)
2/10/10	#19 Northern Iowa	L 57–48	11–15 (6–8)	Knapp Center (7,152)
2/13/10	@ Indiana State	L 76–66	11–16 (6–9)	Hulman Center (5,127)
2/16/10	Southern Illinois	W 79–72	12–16 (7–9)	Knapp Center (3,925)
2/20/10*	@ Cal State Northridge	W 90–80	13–16	Matadome (1,252)
2/24/10	@ Missouri State	L 75–59	13–17 (7–10)	JQH Arena (7,951)
2/27/10	Evansville	L 56–53	13–18 (7–11)	Knapp Center (6,073)
2010 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
3/4/2010	vs. Southern Illinois (First round)	W 63–61	14–18	Scottrade Center (17,490)
3/5/2010	vs. Northern Iowa (Quarterfinals)	L 40–55	14–19	Scottrade Center (19,250)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Drake Bulldogs men's basketball

Venues	The Shed (1907–1909) Alumni Gymnasium (1910–1919) Des Moines Coliseum (1920–1926) Drake Fieldhouse (1927–1957) Veterans Memorial Auditorium (1957–1992) Knapp Center (1992–present)

Culture & lore	History Iowa "Big Four" (Big Four Classic)

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