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Missouri Valley regular season wrap

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 [...]


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Amazing dunk


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Drake beats Butler

Drake carried the day for Iowa basketball Saturday. Playing in historic Hinckle Fieldhouse two of the best student-athlete, “teams” played and Drake pulled out a 71-64 win.
If you want to feel good about college basketball read Pat Forde’s piece on ESPN.com.
This day, the assignment was to cover Drake beating Butler 71-64 in the BracketBusters marquee [...]


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The prevent will get you everytime

Daniel Ruffin guarding Josh YoungDrake’s 72-71 loss to Bradley Tuesday had to sting the entire Bulldog locker room. Drake out played the Braves for 39 minutes, proving to be faster and more physical than the visitors from Peroia.
With 5 minutes left in the game Drake went into a ball control game and failed to score [...]


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Kelvin, please go away and Kyle you’ve been traded to Japan

Rick Brown’s Courtside Seat is an awesome read each week, and this week doesn’t disappoint. Rick recalls a conversation he had with Kelvin Sampson back during the recruitment of Reggie Evans to Iowa. Seems Kelvin was pulling the same telephone games trying to get Reggie to Oklahoma, after he had already committed to Iowa. Brown [...]


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Arch Madness Projections Rd. #1

With Drake wrapping up the Missouri Valley title Saturday, it is never to early to look to St. Louis and gear up for Arch Madness. While only the Bulldogs seed is decided at this point, it is always fun to project where everyone will land.
Be sure to leave a comment below with your thoughts on [...]


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Try not to make Chris mad tomorrow night

Drake travels to Carbondale tomorrow night to face the Salukis and it seems coach Lowery wasn’t exactly pleased during his trip to Omaha Sunday.
Come on Chris, you guys get more calls than anyone else in the Valley. Your teams don’t get called for a foul until you actually knock someone to the floor. You hand [...]


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March Madness live on the internet

March Madness is just around the corner and once again this year the NCAA will be broadcasting all the tourney action live on the internet.
NCAA March MadnessĀ® on Demand allows you to watch LIVE game broadcasts of CBS Sports television Coverage of the NCAA Championship on your computer for FREE!

NCAA March Madness on Demand is [...]


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Drought and Savannah have a new meaning

Kansas State and Savannah State played a little BB last night. One played a little less than the other. Words can’t really do it justice. Here is the scoring for Savannah State in the second half:
16:09 Anthony Jones made Free Throw
5:51 Joseph Flegler made Three Point Jumper
That’s it. That’s all. A free throw and a [...]


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Incase you missed Justin Johnson last night

Last night Iowa almost pulled a huge upset over #11 Indiana, thanks to Justin Johnson. Johnson put Iowa on his back fro the final 1:56 of the game hitting 6 three pointers from just about every place on the offensive end of the court, including one from half court.
Here is how the play-by-play read:
1:56 [...]