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Drake Mens Basketball News

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Drake hires Arizona State assistant Mark Phelps

Drake has hired Arizona State assistant Mark Phelps as its new men’s basketball coach.
Phelps’ hiring was announced Monday morning at a news conference. He will replace Associated Press Coach of the Year Keno Davis. Davis left the Bulldogs last week to take the job at Providence.
Phelps is a veteran assistant who had worked under Herb […]

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Sources: Drake finds replacement for Davis

Drake has hired Arizona State assistant Mark Phelps to replace Keno Davis.

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Davis out as coach at Drake

Drake’s worst fears have been realized. Keno Davis, the bright, young coach that lifted the Bulldogs out of obscurity and into the NCAA tournament, has jumped to a bigger program after just one year on the job.
Providence hired Davis, 36, as its coach on Tuesday, less than two weeks after he was honored as The […]

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Drake’s Davis selected AP’s coach of the year

Keno Davis, who capped his first season as a head coach by leading Drake to its first NCAA appearance since 1971, was selected The Associated Press college basketball coach of the year Friday.
The 36-year-old Davis and his father, Tom, whom he succeeded at Drake, are the first father and son to win the national coach […]

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Keno Davis of Drake selected AP’s national coach of the year

Keno Davis, who capped his first season as a head coach by leading Drake to its first NCAA appearance since 1971, was selected The Associated Press college basketball coach of the year Friday.
The 36-year-old Davis and his father, Tom, whom he succeeded at Drake, are the first father and son to win the national coach […]

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Cinderellas won’t dance much longer

There were several Cinderella stories in Week 1 of the tourney. But Dick “Hoops” Weiss says they’ll all end in Week 2.

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Upsets were nice … but look what’s left

The ugly stepsisters have nothing on Jeff Goodman, who’s not enchanted with all the Cinderellas still dancing in Tampa.

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Tampa turned out to be home of the upset

Top seeds ended up going 0-for-Tampa as Clemson, UConn, Vandy and Drake all lost. Jeff Goodman sums up the city of madness.

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Tourney Buzz: Curry dominates as Davidson stuns Zags

Tourney Buzz: Spurned by the ACC, Davidson’s Stephen Curry is laughing last after dropping 40 to down the Zags, Jeff Goodman says.

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

No. 16 Drake 83, Indiana St. 77

Adam Emmenecker saw an opportunity to step out of his established role as a playmaker, and he took it.
Emmenecker scored a career-high 20 points, and No. 16 Drake defeated Indiana State 83-77 for its 20th win.
Emmenecker leads the Missouri Valley Conference in assists, but averages just seven points per game. He shot just 5-of-13, but […]