2020–21 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2021 MVC Tournament winner ; As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
2020–21 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 25
2020–21 record	18–1 (9–0 MVC)
Head coach	Darian DeVries (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Larry Blunt; Marty Richter; Matt Woodley;
Home arena	Knapp Center

The 2020–21 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Drake University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs are led by third-year head coach Darian DeVries. They play their home games at Knapp Center on campus in Des Moines, Iowa, as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the season 20–14, 8–10 in MVC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Illinois State and Northern Iowa to advance to the semifinals of the MVC Tournament where they lost to Bradley. All postseason tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Brady Ernst	31	F	6'10"	230	RS Senior	Clinton, IA	Graduated.
Samm Jones	1	G	5'11"	196	Junior	Minneapolis, MN	Transferred to Davenport University.
Liam Robbins	21	C	7'0"	235	Sophomore	Davenport, IA	Transferred to Minnesota.

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
ShanQuan Hemphill	4	F	6'6"	195	Senior	Gary, IN	Transferred from Green Bay. Missed almost all of 2019–20 season with lower body injury; petitioned for and was granted a medical waiver that gave him a sixth season of eligibility.
Darnell Brodie	51	F	6'10"	275	Junior	Newark, NJ	Transferred from Seton Hall. Played just 3 games during 2019–20 season due to injuries and illnesses. Granted hardship waiver that gave him immediate eligibility for 2020-21 season.

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Bryceson Burns #11 G/F	Houston, TX	Westfield High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Apr 8, 2020
Bryceson Burns #11 G/F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Jordan Kwiecinski #21 PF	Chicago, IL	Loyola Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jul 27, 2019
Jordan Kwiecinski #21 PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.

Roster

2020–21 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	D. J. Wilkins	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	RS Jr	Florida Southwestern State Merrillville	Merrillville, IN
G	1	Joseph Yesufu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, IL
F	2	Tremell Murphy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Sr	Florida Southwestern State Griffith	Griffith, IN
G	3	Garrett Sturtz (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Newton	Newton, IA
F	4	ShanQuan Hemphill	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Green Bay Michigan City	Gary, IN
G	10	Okay Djamgouz	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	RS Fr	London Basketball Academy	Toronto, Canada
G/F	11	Bryceson Burns	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Westfield	Houston, TX
G	12	Roman Penn	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Siena Bishop Noll	Calumet City, IL
F	13	Issa Samake	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Fr	Grand View Christian	Des Moines, IA
G	14	Noah Thomas	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	Sr	22 Ft Academy	Sydney, Australia
G	20	Jonah Jackson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	John A. Logan College Merrillville	Merrillville, IN
F	21	Jordan Kwiecinski	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Loyola Academy	Chicago, IL
G/F	22	Andrew Barrett (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Alleman	Rock Island, IL
F	24	Nate Ferguson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Fr	Lemont	Lemont, IL
G	25	Connor Gholson (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	RS Jr	Newton	Newton, IA
G	41	Deven Dahlke (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	St. Mary's	Phoenix, AZ
F	51	Darnell Brodie	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	Jr	Seton Hall Newark East Side	Newark, NJ

Head coach

Darian DeVries (Northern Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Larry Blunt (James Madison)
Marty Richter (Sampson College)
Matt Gatens (Iowa)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 25, 2020* 1:00 pm, ESPNU		at Kansas State Little Apple Classic	W 80–70	1–0	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
Nov 27, 2020* 1:00 pm		vs. South Dakota Little Apple Classic	W 69–53	2–0	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
Dec 3, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Omaha	W 87–66	3–0	Knapp Center (89) Des Moines, IA
Dec 6, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		St. Ambrose	W 97–53	4–0	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Dec 9, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		McKendree	W 90–66	5–0	Knapp Center (83) Des Moines, IA
Dec 13, 2020* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Air Force	W 81–53	6–0	Knapp Center (141) Des Moines, IA
Dec 18, 2020* 5:00 pm		at South Dakota	W 75–57	7–0	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (382) Vermillion, SD
Dec 20, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Chicago State	W 111–67	8–0	Knapp Center (331) Des Moines, IA
Dec 22, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		North Dakota	W 88–55	9–0	Knapp Center (325) Des Moines, IA
MVC regular season
Dec 27, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Indiana State	W 81–63	10–0 (1–0)	Hulman Center (200) Terre Haute, IN
Dec 28, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Indiana State	W 73–66	11–0 (2–0)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
Jan 3, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPNU		Southern Illinois	W 73–55	12–0 (3–0)	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Jan 4, 2021 6:00 pm, CBSSN		Southern Illinois	W 86–55	13–0 (4–0)	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Jan 26, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Missouri State	W 68–61	14–0 (5–0)	JQH Arena (1,989) Springfield, MO
Jan 27, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Missouri State	W 78–73	15–0 (6–0)	JQH Arena (1,744) Springfield, MO
Jan 31, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Illinois State	W 78–76 ^OT	16–0 (7–0)	Knapp Center (947) Des Moines, IA
Feb 1, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 25	Illinois State	W 95–60	17–0 (8–0)	Knapp Center (737) Des Moines, IA
Feb 6, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 25	at Valparaiso	W 80–77	18–0 (9–0)	Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
Feb 7, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 25	at Valparaiso	L 57–74	18–1 (9–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
Feb 10, 2021 6:00 pm, CBSSN		Northern Iowa			Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Feb 13, 2021 11:00 am, ESPN2		Loyola–Chicago			Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Feb 14, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPNU		Loyola–Chicago			Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Feb 17, 2021 7:00 pm		at Northern Iowa			McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA
Feb 21, 2021 3:00 pm		Evansville			Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Feb 22, 2021 6:00 pm		Evansville			Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
Feb 26, 2021		at Bradley			Carver Arena Peoria, IL
Feb 27, 2021		at Bradley			Carver Arena Peoria, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25									Not released
Coaches	NR	NR^	NR	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

References

Myerberg, Paul. "ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 among major college basketball tournaments cancelled amid coronavirus". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
"NCAA cancels March Madness tournaments, all other winter and spring championships". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
"2020–21 Men's Basketball Schedule". Drake University Athletics.

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[1] Myerberg, Paul. "ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 among major college basketball tournaments cancelled amid coronavirus". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

[2] "NCAA cancels March Madness tournaments, all other winter and spring championships". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

[3] "2020–21 Men's Basketball Schedule". Drake University Athletics.

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)
Culture & lore	History Iowa "Big Four"
People	Head coaches All-Century Team
Seasons	1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Loyola-Chicago	12	–	1	.923	17	–	3	.850
No. 25 Drake	9	–	1	.900	18	–	1	.947
Indiana State	8	–	5	.615	11	–	7	.611
Missouri State	7	–	5	.583	11	–	5	.688
Evansville	6	–	6	.500	8	–	10	.444
Valparaiso	4	–	6	.400	7	–	12	.368
Bradley	4	–	7	.364	10	–	10	.500
Northern Iowa	3	–	8	.273	5	–	12	.294
Southern Illinois	2	–	7	.222	8	–	7	.533
Illinois State	2	–	11	.154	5	–	14	.263

† 2021 MVC Tournament winner As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll