Drake stars Adam Emmenecker and Klayton Korver stopped by Marty and Miller Friday afternoon to discuss their amazing season. Classy as always, they took phone calls from fans for an hour.

SI.com has a list of their top 10 Greatest NCAA Comebacks. Amazing, the State of Iowa, with our limited NCAA appearances from the Big Four scores 2 out of the top 10 spots.

Rolling in at No. 1, Hampton over Iowa State.

The NCAA tournament is remembered for its upsets, but comebacks are also a big part of the equation. Here’s a look back at some of our favorites, beginning with Hampton, which was down by as many as nine with seven minutes left in a 2001 contest. The 15th-seed, coached by Steve Merfeld, went on a 14-2 run to topple second-seed Iowa State 58-57. It was the first tournament appearance for Hampton, which became the fourth 15th seed in NCAA history to advance.

Iowa makes an appearance at No. 9 with its 2nd half collapse to UNLV in the 1987 Elite Eight game.

After trailing by as many as 18, Jerry Tarkanian’s UNLV Rebels went on a furious second-half comeback to defeat Iowa 84-81. Gary Graham sealed the win with a pair of free throws.

View the whole list at SI.com.

Ok, the pressure is officially on Greg McDermott and Ben Jacobsen.

You see, to coach college basketball in the State of Iowa you must have a little Henry Iba Coach of the Year award dangling around your neck.

Ok, maybe not but it certainly seems that way.

Keno was named the Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award by the U. S. Basketball Writers Association Tuesday. Davis led the Bulldogs to a MVC regular season and conference tournament championship.

Drake plays Western Kentucky Friday in Tampa. You can watch it live on KCCI at 11:30a.m., or you can watch it on your computer via the NCAA March Madness on Demand.

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Enough of the Nielson ratings, sweeps whatever. Channel 8 and 13 need to fight it out like El Paso stations, KDBC-TV and KVIA-TV, drag race your live trucks.

Drake University quieted all critics this past weekend as they sailed through the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis. Drake capped the three day run with a 79-49 pounding of number 2 seed Illinois State.

Adam Emmenecker has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. Emmenecker joins an elite list of players inlcuding Larry Bird, Xavier McDaniel and Hersey Hawkins.

Emmenecker set the Drake single-season assist mark at 177 and led with 6.1 assists per game.

All conference teams were also named today. Emmenecker and teammate Josh Young were names to the first team and Bucky Cox and Leonard Houston to the second team. Eric Coleman from UNI was also named to the second team.

First Team
Jeremy Crouch, Bradley Sr., Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State So., Adam Emmenecker, Drake Sr., Randal Falker, Southern Illinois Sr., Josh Young, Drake So.

Second Team
Eric Coleman, Northern Iowa Sr., Jonathan Cox, Drake Jr., Leonard Houston, Drake Sr., Deven Mitchell, Missouri State Sr., Bryan Mullins, Southern Illinois Jr.

Honorable-Mention Selections
Shy Ely, Evansville Jr., Gabe Moore, Indiana State Sr., Daniel Ruffin, Bradley Sr., Anthony Slack, Illinois State Sr., P’Allen Stinnett, Creighton Fr.

All-Newcomer Team
Ramon Clemente, Wichita State Jr., Sam Maniscalco, Bradley Fr., P’Allen Stinnett, Creighton Fr., Theron Wilson, Bradley Jr., Booker Woodfox, Creighton Jr.

All-Freshman Team
J.T. Durley, Wichita State Fr. Kenny Lawson Jr., Creighton Fr,Sam Maniscalco, Bradley Fr., Isiah Martin, Indiana State Fr., P’Allen Stinnett, Creighton Fr., Pieter van Tongeren, Evansville Fr.

All-Defensive Team (selected by coaches)
PJ Couisnard, Wichita State Sr., Randal Falker, Southern Illinois Sr., Gabe Moore, Indiana State Sr., Bryan Mullins, Southern Illinois Jr., Boo Richardson, Illinois State Sr., Anthony Slack, Illinois State Sr.

I haven’t been to the Missouri Valley Tourney for a few years. The last time I was there it was held in the Saviss Center. With the building now being called the ScottTrade Center, I hopped on over to their website to see if any changes had been made since my last visit.

While bouncing through the site I came across a video on how they convert the arena for hockey. Very cool video.

To make ice, the floor is chilled to 24 degrees and then a thin sheet of water is poured over the floor. This process is repeated every 20 minutes until a ¾” sheet of ice is made. It takes approximately 12-18 hours to make a ¾” sheet of ice. When 1/3 of the ice thickness is completed, white paint is coated over the ice. When 2/3 of the ice is frozen, the lines and logos are painted onto the ice, then the final 1/3 is laid. During hockey season the ice is left down and is covered with a Styrofoam insulated plastic-coated floor and the basketball floor or concert is placed on top. For the circus the ice is removed and then re-made after the final performance.Icy Facts:

* An average of 50,000 gallons of water are used annually to form the ice floor.
* This is more water than is contained in four standard-size swimming pools.
* The ice rink floor features more than 13 miles of one-inch steel piping.
* The floor has over 2,200 welds in the solid concrete slab.

For more information visit the ScottTrade Center site.

Almost everyone was playing for seeding Saturday as the Missouri Valley regular season wrappde up. Drake had already grabbed the top season in next weeks tourney, but still sent the seniors out on a high note beating Wichita State.

Here are the scores from the Valley, as well as seeding for the conference tournament.

Drake 73, Wichita State 63
Northern Iowa 71, Evansville 68
Missouri State 83, Indiana State 73
Illinois State   Southern Illinois
Bradley    Creighton   (2 OT)

Tournament Seedings