2008–09 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

2008–09 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
2008–09 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
CIT First Round vs. Idaho, L, 67–69
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	17–16 (7–11 MVC)
Head coach	Mark Phelps;
Assistant coaches	Mike Gibson; Kareem Richardson; Justin Ohl;
Home arena	Knapp Center
	Seasons ← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Iowa †	14	–	4	.778	23	–	11	.676
Creighton	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
Illinois State	11	–	7	.611	24	–	10	.706
Bradley	10	–	8	.556	21	–	15	.583
Southern Illinois	8	–	10	.444	13	–	18	.419
Evansville	8	–	10	.444	17	–	14	.548
Wichita State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	17	.500
Drake	7	–	11	.389	17	–	16	.515
Indiana State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	21	.344
Missouri State	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355

† Missouri Valley Conference tournament winner As of April 1, 2009 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which played in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), was led by first-year head coach Mark Phelps.

Preseason

On April 21, 2008, Mark Phelps was named the head men's basketball coach at Drake University, succeeding Keno Davis.

Phelps will inherit a team that loses three starters—point guard Adam Emmenecker, shooting guard Leonard Houston, and small forward Klayton Korver. Emmenecker was one of the most compelling individual stories in the 2007–08 college season, going from three-year walk-on to MVC Player of the Year. Houston was a second-team all-MVC selection.

Returning starters are shooting guard Josh Young and power forward Jonathan "Bucky" Cox. Young, the team's leading scorer in 2007–08,^[1] joined Emmenecker on the all-MVC first team. Cox was the team's leading rebounder^[1] and joined Houston on the all-MVC second team.

Regular season

Drake will host the Drake Iowa Realty Tournament on December 5–7, 2008 Drake will host the Drake Invitational on December 12–13, 2008. North Dakota State, Stephen F. Austin, and Texas-Pan American will be the participating schools. The January 28, 2009 game against Evansville was rescheduled as Evansville's plane was unable to take off due to weather. The game was scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m. CST.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No.	Position	Player
2	F	Alex White
3	G	Craig Stanley
4	F	Brent Heemskerk
5	C	Sean Jones
10	G	Ryan Wedel
11	G	Jacob Baryenbruch
12	G	Frank Wiseler
13	G	Kit Avery
20	G	Josh Young

No.	Position	Player
21	F	Corey Parker
22	F	Bill Eaddy
23	G	Josh Parker
31	F	Jonathan "Bucky" Cox
32	F	Greg Whitaker
34	F	Tyson "Dirty" Dirks
44	G/F	Adam Templeton
50	F	John Michael Hall

Player statistics

Note: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; SPG= Steals per Game; RPG = Rebounds per Game; APG. = Assists per Game; BPG = Blocks per Game; PPG = Points per Game

Player	GP	MPG	SPG	RPG	APG	BPG	PPG
Kit Avery	6	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Jacob Baryenbruch	33	11.2	0.3	0.7	1.2	0.0	1.8
Johnathan Cox	33	33.0	0.9	8.5	0.9	0.8	12.5
Tyson Dirks	5	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.0
Bill Eaddy	33	9.7	0.2	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.1
John Michael Hall	30	9.6	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.1	2.9
Brent Heemskerk	33	19.6	0.8	4.4	0.5	0.8	3.9
Cory Parker	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Parker	33	22.1	0.8	2.0	1.5	0.1	10.7
Craig Stanley	33	29.1	0.7	1.8	0.1	0.1	7.9
Adam Templeton	33	23.2	0.6	3.8	0.9	0.2	5.5
Alex White	31	11.6	0.4	3.2	0.2	0.2	2.1
Josh Young	33	33.5	1.0	3.8	1.4	0.0	15.4

Schedule

Date	Opponent*	Location	Time^#	Result	Overall	Conference
Missouri Valley Conference Standing: T-8th^[2]
Exhibition Games
November 1, 2008	Truman State	Des Moines, IA	7:05 p.m.	W 77–61	1–0	0–0
November 9, 2008	Arkansas Tech	Des Moines, IA	2:05 p.m.	W 57–51	2–0	0–0
Regular Season Games
November 15, 2008	Butler	Des Moines, IA	7:05 p.m.	L 46–56	0–1	0–0
November 19, 2008	Morehead State	Des Moines, IA	7:05 p.m.	W 86–70	1–1	0–0
November 23, 2008	South Dakota State	Des Moines, IA	2:05 p.m.	W 75–65	2–1	0–0
November 29, 2008	Vanderbilt	Cancun, Mex.	7:30 p.m.	L 72–57	2–2	0–0
November 30, 2008	New Mexico	Cancun, Mex.	7:15 p.m.	W 68–62	3–2	0–0
December 3, 2008	Lincoln	Des Moines, IA	7:05 p.m.	W 75–50	4–2	0–0
December 5, 2008	Texas-Pan American	Des Moines, IA	7:30 p.m.	W 59–57	5–2	0–0
December 6, 2008	North Carolina Central	Des Moines, IA	7:30 p.m.	W 89–46	6–2	0–0
December 9, 2008	Iowa State	Ames, IA	7:05 p.m.	W 66–63	7–2	0–0
December 12, 2008	Georgia Southern	Des Moines, IA	7:30 p.m.	W 84–73	8–2	0–0
December 13, 2008	Stephen F. Austin	Des Moines, IA	7:30 p.m.	L 66–64	8–3	0–0
December 20, 2008	Iowa	Des Moines, IA	3:05 p.m.	W 60–43	9–3	0–0
December 28, 2008	Evansville	Evansville, IN	2:05 p.m.	L 76–65	9–4	0–1
December 31, 2008	Missouri State	Des Moines, IA	2:00 p.m.	W 67–49	10–4	1–1
January 4, 2009	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, IL	6:00 p.m.	W 67–60	11–4	2–1
January 7, 2009	Indiana State	Des Moines, IA	7:05 p.m.	W 69–50	12–4	3–1
January 11, 2009	Wichita State	Des Moines, IA	6:00 p.m.	W 74–69	13–4	4–1
January 14, 2009	Illinois State	Normal, IL	7:05 p.m.	L 65–61	13–5	4–2
January 17, 2009	Northern Iowa	Des Moines, IA	11:05 a.m.	L 81–59	13–6	4–3
January 21, 2009	Missouri State	Springfield, MO	7:05 p.m.	L 65–44	13–7	4–4
January 24, 2009	Creighton	Omaha, NE	1:00 p.m.	W 74–62	14–7	5–4
January 29, 2009	Evansville	Des Moines, IA	4:00 p.m.	L 65–62	14–8	5–5
January 31, 2009	Wichita State	Wichita, KS	7:05 p.m.	L 63–49	14–9	5–6
February 4, 2009	Creighton	Des Moines, IA	1:00 p.m.	L 79–68	14–10	5–7
February 7, 2009	Bradley	Des Moines, IA	7:05 p.m.	W 68–54	15–10	6–7
February 11, 2009	Indiana State	Terre Haute, IN	6:05 p.m.	L 69–57	15–11	6–8
February 15, 2009	Illinois State	Des Moines, IA	6:05 p.m.	L 67–45	15–12	6–9
February 18, 2009	Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, IA	7:05 p.m.	W 47–46	16–12	7–9
February 21, 2009	Austin Peay	Des Moines, IA	7:05 p.m.	W 71–54	17–12	7–9
February 25, 2009	Southern Illinois	Des Moines, IA	7:35 p.m.	L 56–55	17–13	7–10
February 28, 2009	Bradley	Peoria, IL	7:05 p.m.	L 77–75	17–14	7–11
Missouri Valley Conference tournament
March 5, 2009	Indiana State	St. Louis, MO	6:05 p.m.	L 62–55	17–15	7–11
CollegeInsider.com Tournament
March 18, 2009	Idaho	Moscow, ID	10:05 p.m.	L 69–67	17–16	7–11
Rank according to ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. ^#All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD*.

References

^ ^a ^b "Season Box Score". 2007–08 Drake Men's Basketball Statistics. Drake University Athletic Department. March 21, 2008. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
^ Missouri Valley Conference ^{[dead link‍]}

[2007-08_stats-1] "Season Box Score". 2007–08 Drake Men's Basketball Statistics. Drake University Athletic Department. March 21, 2008. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.

[2] Missouri Valley Conference ^{[dead link‍]}

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