Английская Википедия:2017–18 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NCAA team season Шаблон:2017–18 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings The 2017–18 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Niko Medved. They played their home games at Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the 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. A week after Medved's departure, Drake hired Creighton assistant and Iowa native Darian DeVries for the head coaching job.

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. Assistant coach Jeff Rutter was named interim head coach. 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.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Bill Wampler	2	F	6'6"	200	Sophomore	Eau Claire, WI	Transferred to Wright State
T. J. Thomas	10	F	6'8"	205	Junior	Stone Mountain, GA	Left the team due to personal reasons
Jacob Enevold	11	C	7'0"	246	Senior	Lunderskov, Denmark	Graduated
A. J. Rutter	14	G	6'1"	180	RS Junior	Ames, IA	Walk-on; didn't return
Will Halfon	21	G	6'2"	200	Freshman	Greenwood Village, CO	Walk-on; didn't return
Nick Girardi	24	G	6'4"	180	Freshman	Fort Collins, CO	Walk-on; didn't return
Johannes Dolven	25	F	6'8"	230	RS Freshman	Oslo, Norway	Transferred to Barry

Preseason

In the conference's preseason poll, the Bulldogs were picked to finish in last place in the MVC. Senior guard Reed Timmer was named to the preseason All-MVC first team.

Schedule and results

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