2017–18 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

2017–18 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2017–18 record	0–0 (0–0 MVC)
Head coach	Niko Medved (1st season)
Assistant coach	JR Blount
Assistant coach	Dave Thorson
Assistant coach	Ali Farokhmanesh
Home arena	Knapp Center

2017–18 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bradley	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Drake	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Evansville	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Illinois State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Indiana State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Loyola–Chicago	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Missouri State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northern Iowa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Southern Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Valparaiso	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2018 MVC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team will represent Drake University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs will be led by first-year head coach Niko Medved. They will played their home games at Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2016–17 season They finished the season 7–24, 5–13 to finish in a tie for ninth place in MVC play. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament to Bradley.

Fourth-year head coach Ray Giacoletti resigned on December 6, 2016 after the first eight games of the season.^[1] Assistant coach Jeff Rutter was named interim head coach.^[1] Following the season, the school chose not to keep Jeff Rutter as head coach and hired Niko Medved, former head coach at Furman, as the Bulldogs' new head coach.^[2]

Roster

2017–18 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Rivers, C. J.C. J. Rivers	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Cahokia	Cahokia, IL
1.5 !G	1	Jones, SammSamm Jones	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	De La Salle	Minneapolis, MN
1.5 !G	3	Woodward, GrahamGraham Woodward	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Penn State Edina HS	Edina, MN
1.5 !G	4	McMurray, De'AntaeDe'Antae McMurray	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Southwestern Illinois College Alton HS	Alton, IL
3.5 !F	10	Thomas, T. J.T. J. Thomas	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Tyler JC Tucker HS	Stone Mountain, GA
1.5 !G	12	Timmer, ReedReed Timmer	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Eisenhower	New Berlin, WI
3.5 !F	22	Schlatter, CaseyCasey Schlatter	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Iowa Falls Alden	Iowa Falls, IA
1.5 !G	23	Arogundade, OreOre Arogundade	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	St. Viator	Arlington Heights, IL
5.0 !C	32	Kuenstling, KoryKory Kuenstling	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Dunkerton	Dunkerton, IA
3.5 !F	35	McGlynn, NickNick McGlynn	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	2.0 !So	Stoughton	Stoughton, WI
1.5 !G		Gibbs, JalenJalen Gibbs	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	North Point	Waldorf, MD
1.5 !G		Thomas, NoahNoah Thomas	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Sydney, Australia

Head coach

Niko Medved (Minnesota)

Assistant coach(es)

JR Blount (Loyola Chicago)
Dave Thorson
Ali Farokhmanesh (Northern Iowa)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
*		Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 17, 2017*	vs. Wake Forest Paradise Jam Quaterfinals	Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, VI
Nov 18–19, 2017*	vs. Colorado or Quinnipiac Paradise Jam	Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, VI
Nov 20, 2017*	vs. Drexel, Houston, Liberty, or Mercer Paradise Jam	Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, VI
Nov 26, 2017*	Chicago State	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
*	at Wyoming MW–MVC Challenge	Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
MVC regular season
	Bradley	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Bradley	Carver Arena Peoria, IL
	Evansville	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Evansville	Ford Center Evansville, IN
	Illinois State	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Illinois State	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Indiana State	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Indiana State	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
	Loyola–Chicago	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Loyola–Chicago	Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
	Missouri State	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Missouri State	JQH Arena Springfield, MO
	Northern Iowa	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Northern Iowa	McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA
	Southern Illinois	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Southern Illinois	SIU Arena Carbondale, IL
	Valparaiso	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
	Valparaiso	Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
MVC Tournament
	vs.	TD Ameritrade Center St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

1 2 "Drake's Giacoletti resigns: 'I think it’s time for a new voice'". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
↑ "Jeff Rutter feels he was treated 'fairly and seriously' during Drake search". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

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"
People	Head coaches All-Century Team
Seasons	1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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