2023–24 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

2023–24 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
2023–24 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	7-1 (2-0 MVC)
Head coach	Darian DeVries (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Marty Richter; Tom Ostrom; Brent Crews; Garrett Sturtz (GA);
Home arena	Knapp Center

2023–24 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Drake	2	–	0	1.000	7	–	1	.875
Indiana State	2	–	0	1.000	7	–	1	.875
Belmont	2	–	0	1.000	6	–	3	.667
Illinois State	2	–	0	1.000	5	–	3	.625
Evansville	1	–	1	.500	7	–	1	.875
Missouri State	1	–	1	.500	6	–	2	.750
Murray State	1	–	1	.500	3	–	4	.429
Southern Illinois	0	–	1	.000	5	–	2	.714
UIC	0	–	1	.000	5	–	3	.625
Bradley	0	–	2	.000	6	–	2	.750
Valparaiso	0	–	2	.000	4	–	4	.500
Northern Iowa	0	–	2	.000	2	–	6	.250

† 2024 MVC tournament winner As of December 4, 2023

The 2023–24 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Drake University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by sixth-year head coach Darian DeVries, play their home games at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished finished the regular season 27–7, 15–5 in MVC play to finish in second place. In the MVC tournament, they defeated Murray State, Southern Illinois, and Bradley to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were defeated by Miami (FL) in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
D. J. Wilkins	0	G	6'2"	188	GS	Merrillville, IN	Graduated
Roman Penn	1	G	6'0"	185	GS	Calumet City, IL	Graduated
Garrett Sturtz	3	G	6'3"	180	GS	Newton, IA	Graduated
Okay Djamgouz	10	G	6'6"	200	RS Jr	Toronto, Canada	Transferred to Maine
Bryceson Burns	11	G/F	6'5"	195	RS Fr	Houston, TX	Transferred to Midland JC
Issa Samake	13	F	6'8"	225	RS Soph	Des Moines, IA	Graduated/Transferred
Sardaar Calhoun	14	G/F	6'6"	200	Senior	Tappahannock, VA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Kyron Gibson	0	G	6'1"	198	Senior	Alexandria, LA	Transferred from UT Arlington
Atin Wright	10	G	6'1"	185	Junior	Hawthorne, CA	Transferred from Cal State Northridge
Carlos Rosario	13	F	6'7"	180	RS Sophomore	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Transferred from Washington State
Ethan Roberts	23	G	6'5"	195	Sophomore	Arlington Heights, IL	Transferred from Army

Preseason

The Bulldogs were picked to finish first in the conference's preseason poll. Forward Tucker DeVries was named MVC Preseason Player of the Year and selected to the preseason All-MVC first team.^[1]

Roster

2023–24 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kyron Gibson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Sr	UT Arlington Peabody	Alexandria, LA
G	1	Kevin Overton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Midwest City	Oklahoma City, OK
G	2	Brashon Hall (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Oakland City Centennial	Roswell, GA
G	3	Kolby Garland	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Maumelle	Magnolia, IA
G	4	Conor Enright	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Mundelein	Mundelein, IL
F	9	Patrick Bath (W)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Totino-Grace	Plymouth, MN
G	10	Atin Wright	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	CSUN Fairmount Prep	Hawthorne, CA
F	11	Bennett Fried (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	La Crosse Central	La Crosse, WI
G/F	12	Tucker DeVries	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Waukee	Waukee, IA
F	13	Carlos Rosario	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Washington State Veritas Prep	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
G	20	Chico Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Central Catholic	Toledo, OH
G	21	Andrew Alia (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	St. Joseph	Kenosha, WI
G	22	Elijah Price	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	St. Anthony	Long Beach, CA
G	23	Ethan Roberts	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Army Hersey	Arlington Heights, IL
F	24	Nate Ferguson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	Lemont	Lemont, IL
F	35	Eric Northweather	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Truman State Blair Oaks	Jefferson City, MO
F	51	Darnell Brodie	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	GS	Seton Hall Newark East Side	Newark, NJ

Head coach

Darian DeVries (Northern Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Marty Richter (Simpson)
Tom Ostrom (Minnesota)
Brent Crews (Florida Atlantic)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 7:00 pm	Truman State	W 95–50	-	19 – DeVries	8 – Brodie	5 – Garland	Knapp Center (2,712) Des Moines, IA
Regular season
November 8, 2023* 7:00 pm, MC22	Lipscomb	W 85–70	1–0	36 – DeVries	7 – Brodie	6 – DeVries	Knapp Center (3,021) Des Moines, IA
November 14, 2023* 7:00 pm, MC22	Southwest Minnesota State	W 87–67	2–0	25 – Wright	8 – DeVries	4 – DeVries	Knapp Center (2,430) Des Moines, IA
November 19, 2023* 10:00 am, FloSports	vs. Oakland Cayman Islands Classic First Round	W 85–77	3–0	22 – Wright, Overton	11 – DeVries	5 – Enright	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, Cayman Islands
November 20, 2023* 12:30 pm, FloSports	vs. Stephen F. Austin Cayman Islands Classic Semifinals	L 68–92	3–1	19 – Overton	6 – Brodie	4 – DeVries	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, Cayman Islands
November 21, 2023* 4:00 pm, FloSports	vs. Akron Cayman Islands Classic 3rd Place	W 79–59	4–1	33 – DeVries	9 – DeVries	5 – Garland	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, Cayman Islands
November 25, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Texas Southern	W 77–71	5–1	18 – Brodie	7 – DeVries	4 – Garland	Knapp Center (2,886) Des Moines, IA
November 29, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Valparaiso	W 83-65	6–1 (1–0)	21 – Brodie	9 – Brodie	3 – Brodie, Enright, Gibson	Athletics–Recreation Center (1,474) Valparaiso, IN
December 2, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+	Missouri State	W 74-57	7-1 (2-0)	24 – DeVries	9 – Brodie	5 – Enright, Gibson	Knapp Center (3,562) Des Moines, IA
December 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, MC22	Saint Louis						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
December 9, 2023* 6:30 pm, BallerTV	vs. Nevada Jack Jones Classic						Dollar Loan Center Henderson, NV
December 14, 2023* 7:00 pm, MC22	Grambling						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
December 19, 2023* 7:00 pm, MC22	Alcorn State						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
December 22, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UAB						Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
January 2, 2024 8:00 pm, CBSSN	Illinois State						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
January 7, 2024 2:00 pm	at Belmont						Curb Event Center Nashville, TN
January 10, 2024 7:00 pm, MVC TV	Indiana State						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
January 13, 2024	at Southern Illinois						Banterra Center Carbondale, IL
January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Illinois State						CEFCU Arena Bloomington, IL
January 20, 2024	Evansville						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
January 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Missouri State						Great Southern Bank Arena Springfield, MO
January 27, 2024	Northern Iowa						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
January 31, 2024 7:00 pm, MCWW	Valparaiso						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
February 3, 2024	at Indiana State						Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
February 7, 2024 7:00 pm, MC22	Southern Illinois						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
February 10, 2024	at Bradley						Peoria Civic Center Peoria, IL
February 13, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Evansville						Ford Center Evansville, IN
February 18, 2024	Murray State						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
February 21, 2024 7:00 pm	Belmont						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
February 24, 2024	at Northern Iowa						McLeod Center Cedar Falls
February 28, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UIC						Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
March 3, 2024	at Bradley						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	—	—															Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

References

↑ "Men's Basketball Picked to Win MVC, DeVries Named Preseason Player of the Year". godrakebulldogs.com. October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
↑ "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". Drake University Athletics.

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[1] "Men's Basketball Picked to Win MVC, DeVries Named Preseason Player of the Year". godrakebulldogs.com. October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

[2] "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". Drake University Athletics.

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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)
Rivalries	Northern Iowa
Culture & lore	Iowa "Big Four"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics