2008–09 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Drake University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), is led by first-year head coach Mark Phelps. In 2007–08, the Bulldogs finished 28–5 (15–3 in the MVC). Drake will try to improve upon their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1971.

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			27	–	8		.771
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

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

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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

Missouri Valley Conference Standing: T-8th^[2]
Date	Opponent*	Rank*	Location	Time^#	Result	Overall	Conference
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

1. . 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]}