Drake

Comments: 0

ESPN Power 16

Posted by Jeff Jorgensen on January 31, 2008

Each week 12 ESPN writers take stock of the college basketball landscape and make a list of their top 16 or Power 16 teams in the country.
Little old Drake rolled onto the list this week at No. 14, including a 9th place vote by Pat Forde, ESPN.com senior writer.
The Bulldogs swept Creighton Wednesday night and [...]

Comments: 0

Drake - #16, #17

Posted by Jeff Jorgensen on January 28, 2008

Big wins over Crieghton and UNI have pushed the Bulldogs to #16 on the AP poll and #17 on the ESPN/USA Today rankings.

Comments: 0

Drake 68 - Creighton 60 (OT)

Posted by Jeff Jorgensen on January 23, 2008

Drake WinsWell, at least Marty had Drake’s score right.
62andeven.com hopped on one of three full buses of Drake supporters that headed over to Omaha for the big Missouri Valley match up.
The trip and game did not disappoint. The Bulldogs went into the Qwest Center, one of the toughest venues in the Valley and ground out [...]

Comments: 0

#22

Posted by Jeff Jorgensen on January 21, 2008

For the first time since 1975 the Drake Bulldogs have cracked the Top 25.
The Bulldogs are ranked #22 in the latest AP poll and #23 in the ESPN/USA Today rankings.
Be sure to check back here tomorrow and Wednesday for a complete wrap up of the Drake-Creighton game. With photos, news and notes.

Comments: 0

What a week for the Bulldogs

Posted by Jeff Jorgensen on January 20, 2008

Last Wednesday Drake traveled to Peoria and a last second tip in by Adam Emmenecker enabled the Bulldogs to escape the Bradley Braves and remain tied for the lead in the Missouri Valley.
In case you missed the final seconds, here they are, brought to you by Larry Cotlar and Dolph Pulliam on 1350 KRNT radio.
Emmenecker’s [...]

Comments: 0

Drake WINS! Drake WINS! Drake WINS!

Posted by Jeff Jorgensen on January 16, 2008

Drake played Bradley neck-and-neck for 39:59 seconds. Adam Emmenecker’s put back with time expiring gave the Bulldogs a 69-68 victory at Peoria.
Bradley’s Sam Maniscalco hit a clutch three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to put the Braves ahead by 68-67.
Emmenecker took the inbounds pass and drove the length of the court and got a shot off [...]

Comments: 0

Random thoughts on a Friday

Posted by Marty Tirrell on December 7, 2007

This BCS nightmare has to end. Please, just set up a bracket with 12-16 teams, whatever –and play the thing off. The best submission this week was a well-thoughtout bracket from a listener and we’ll post a copy of it here next week. Then jump on the message boards here at 62andeven.com and lets hash [...]