2018–19 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2019 MVC Tournament winner ; As of April 11, 2018;

Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
2018–19 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2018–19 record	0–0 (0–0 MVC)
Head coach	Darian DeVries (1st season)
Assistant coach	Larry Blunt
Assistant coach	Marty Richter
Assistant coach	Matt Woodley
Home arena	Knapp Center

The 2018–19 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs are led by first-year head coach Darian DeVries. They played their home games at Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017–18 season 17–17, 10–8 in MVC play to finish in to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MVC Tournament to Bradley. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Abilene Christian in the first round in a game referred to as the Lou Henson Classic. In the second round they were defeated by Northern Colorado.

On March 22, 2018, it was announced that head coach Niko Medved had accepted the head coaching position at Colorado State, where he had previously served as an assistant.^[1]^[2] A week after Medved's departure, Drake hired Creighton assistant and Iowa native Darian DeVries for the head coaching job.^[3]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
C. J. Rivers	0	G	6'2"	187	Senior	Cahokia, IL	Graduated
Jalen Gibbs	2	G	6'3"	180	Freshman	Waldorf, MD	Transferred to Mount St. Mary's
Graham Woodward	3	G	6'0"	182	RS Senior	Edina, MN	Graduated
De'Antae McMurray	4	G	6'2"	170	Senior	Alton, IL	Graduated
Reed Timmer	12	G	6'1"	185	Senior	New Berlin, WI	Graduated
Casey Schlatter	22	F	6'10"	207	RS Junior	Iowa Falls, IA	Graduate transferred to Grand View
Ore Arogundade	23	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Arlington Heights, IL	Graduated
Kory Kuenstling	32	F/C	6'11"	234	RS Junior	Dunketon, IA	Graduate transferred to Grand View

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
D. J. Wilkins	0	G	6'2"	170	RS Freshman	Merrillville, IN	Junior college transferred from Florida SouthWestern State College
Tremell Murphy	2	F	6'6"	205	Junior	Griffith, IN	Junior college transferred from Florida SouthWestern State College
Anthony Murphy	4	G	6'5"	185	Junior	Griffith, IN	Junior college transferred from Florida SouthWestern State College
Nick Norton	20	G	5'10"	166	RS Senior	Bloomington, IL	Transferred from UAB. Will be eligible to play immediately since Norton graduated from UAB.
Brady Ellingson	24	G	6'4"	193	RS Senior	Menomonee Falls, WI	Transferred from Iowa. Will be eligible to play immediately since Ellingson graduated from Iowa.

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Matthew Gray PF	Orange, Australia	Canobolas Rural Technology High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	N/A	Dec 20, 2017
Matthew Gray PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Liam Robbins C	Davenport, IA	Sunrise Christian Academy	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Apr 17, 2018
Liam Robbins C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2019 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Joe Yesufu #49 PG	Bolingbrook, IL	Bolingbrook High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Aug 26, 2018
Joe Yesufu #49 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76
Nate Ferguson PF	Lemont, IL	Lemont High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A
Nate Ferguson PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Issa Samake PF	Mali	Hamilton Heights Christian Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jun 24, 2018
Issa Samake PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.

Roster

2018–19 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	D. J. Wilkins	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	RS Fr	Florida Southwestern State Merrillville	Merrillville, IN
G	1	Samm Jones (W)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	RS So	Northwestern De La Salle	Minneapolis, MN
F	2	Tremell Murphy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Jr	Florida Southwestern State Griffith	Merrillville, IN
G	3	Garrett Sturtz (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Newton	Newton, IA
F	4	Anthony Murphy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Florida Southwestern State Griffith	Merrillville, IN
G	10	Luke Vaske (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Norwalk	Norwalk, IA
F	11	Antonio Pilipovic	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	So	RheinStars Köln	Cologne, Germany
G	12	Roman Penn	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Bishop Noll	Calumet City, IA
F	13	Matt Gray	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Canbolas Rural Tech	Orange, Australia
G	14	Noah Thomas	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	So	22 Ft Academy	Sydney, Australia
G	20	Nick Norton	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS Sr	Central Catholic UAB	Bloomington, IL
F	21	Liam Robbins	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Assumption	Davenport, IA
G	22	Brady Ellingson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	RS Sr	Sussex Hamilton Iowa	Menomonee Falls, WI
G	25	Connor Gholson (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	RS Fr	Newton	Newton, IA
F	35	Nick McGlynn	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Stoughton	Stoughton, WI

Head coach

Darian DeVries (Northern Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Larry Blunt (James Madison)
Marty Richter (Sampson College)
Matt Woodley (Drake)

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
Nov 4, 2018* 2:00 pm	Coe	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 8, 2018* 7:00 pm	Buena Vista	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Nov 13, 2018* 7:00 pm, P12N	at Colorado	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Nov 17, 2018* 7:00 pm	Texas State	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Nov 21, 2018* 6:00 pm	at UMKC	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
Nov 27, 2018* 7:00 pm	Boise State MW–MVC Challenge	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Dec 1, 2018* 5:30 pm	vs. North Dakota State U.S. Bank Stadium Classic	U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN
Dec 6, 2018* 7:00 pm	at Milwaukee	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
Dec 15, 2018* 3:30 pm	at Iowa State Hy-Vee Classic	Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, IA
Dec 17, 2018* 7:00 pm	SIU Edwardsville Las Vegas Classic	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Dec 19, 2018* 7:00 pm	Rider Las Vegas Classic	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Dec 22, 2018* 6:30 pm, FS2	vs. New Mexico State Las Vegas Classic semifinals	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
Dec 23, 2018* 6:30 pm/9:00 pm, FS1	vs. San Diego or Washington State Las Vegas Classic	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm	McKendree	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
MVC regular season
Jan 2, 2019 TBA	Evansville	Ford Center Evansville, IN
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm	Evansville	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
MVC Tournament
Mar 7–10, 2019	vs.	Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[4]

References

↑ Star, Sean (March 22, 2018). "Colorado State set to hire Niko Medved as its men's basketball head coach". Reporter-Herald. Loveland, CO. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
↑ "Drake's Niko Medved leaves for Colorado State; Dave Thorson takes over as interim coach". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
↑ Bain, Matthew (March 29, 2018). "Drake hires Creighton assistant Darian DeVries as head men's basketball coach". Des Moines Register. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
↑ "Drake University Athletics – 2018–19 Men's Basketball Schedule". godrakebulldogs.com.

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[1] Star, Sean (March 22, 2018). "Colorado State set to hire Niko Medved as its men's basketball head coach". Reporter-Herald. Loveland, CO. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

[2] "Drake's Niko Medved leaves for Colorado State; Dave Thorson takes over as interim coach". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-03-22.

[3] Bain, Matthew (March 29, 2018). "Drake hires Creighton assistant Darian DeVries as head men's basketball coach". Des Moines Register. Retrieved March 29, 2018.

[4] "Drake University Athletics – 2018–19 Men's Basketball Schedule". godrakebulldogs.com.

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2018–19 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	–

† 2019 MVC Tournament winner As of April 11, 2018;