1968-69 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

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1968-69 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Missouri Valley Conference Champions
Third Place vs. North Carolina, W, 104-84
Conference MVC
Ranking
AP #3
1968-69 Record 26-5 (13-3 MVC)
Head Coach Maury John
Assistant Coach Dan Callahan
Assistant Coach Gus Guydon

Home Arena

 Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Seasons
« 1967-68 1969-70 »

The 1968-69 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University in the 1968-69 college basketball season. The team was led by eleventh-year head coach Maury John. In 1967-68, the Bulldogs finished 18-8 (9-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference). They were also trying to make their first NCAA tournament appearance since as well as their first postseason appearance since their National Invitation Tournament appearance in 1964.

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[edit] Regular Season

The Bulldogs were 12-1 at home as well as 8-3 on the road and 6-1 at neutral locations. With their third-place finish in the NCAA Tournament Drake had their best NCAA finish up to that point, and as of the start of the 2007-2008 season. On December 27-28, 1968 Drake played in the Dallas Classic in Dallas, Texas against Minnesota and Southern Methodist. Drake was ranked in the AP Top 20 Poll on several occasions during the season. Drake was ranked 18th during the week of January 7, 1969. Drake was once again ranked 11th on March 4, 1969. On March 8, 1969 Drake won a MVC playoff game 77-73 in Wichita, Kansas to determine the conference champion.

[edit] Missouri Valley Conference standings

# Team Conference Pct. Overall Pct.
1 Drake
13-3
 .813
26-5
 .839
2 Louisville
13-3
 .813
21-6
 .778
3 Tulsa
11-5
 .688
19-8
 .704
4 Cincinnati
8-8
 .500
17-9
 .654
5 North Texas State
8-8
 .500
15-10
 .600
6 Bradley
7-9
 .438
14-12
 .539
7 Wichita State
7-9
 .438
11-15
 .423
8 Saint Louis
5-11
 .313
6-19
 .240
9 Memphis State
0-16
 .000
6-19
 .240

[edit] Roster

No. Position Year Player
5 Flag of the United States F Sr Dolph Pulliam
32 Flag of the United States G Sr Don Draper
12 Flag of the United States F/G Sr Ron Gwin
31 Flag of the United States G Sr Bob Mast
15 Flag of the United States G Sr Willie McCarter
?? Flag of the United States C Sr Jim O'Dea
?? Flag of the United States C Sr Garry Odom
?3 Flag of the United States C Sr Larry Sharp
No. Position Year Player
42 Flag of the United States F Sr Willie Wise
3?4 Flag of the United States F Jr Dale Teeter
43 Flag of the United States C Jr Rick Wanamaker
41 Flag of the United States F Jr Al Williams
22 Flag of the United States G Jr Gary Zeller
24 Flag of the United States F So Jim Nordrum
10 Flag of the United States G So Al Sakys
21 Flag of the United States G So Dave Wicklund


[edit] Schedule

MVC Standing: 1st
Date Opponent* Rank* Location Time# Result Overall Conference
Regular Season Games
December 2, 1968 California State-Pomona Des Moines, IA W 118-79 1–0 0–0
December 7, 1968 St. Cloud State Des Moines, IA W 92-52 2-0 0–0
December 9, 1968 #20 Marquette Des Moines, IA W 68-63 3–0 0–0
December 14, 1968 Iowa Des Moines, IA W 89-74 4-0 0–0
December 19, 1968 Iowa State Ames, IA W 81-71 4-0 0–0
December 21, 1968 Nevada-Reno Reno, NV W 90-76 6-0 0–0
December 23, 1968 Pacific Stockton, CA L 75-77 6-1 0–0
December 27, 1968 Minnesota Dallas, TX W 71-48 7-1 0–0
December 28, 1968 Southern Methodist Dallas, TX W 86-81 8-1 0–0
January 2, 1969 Memphis State Memphis, TN W 73-71 9-1 1–0
January 4, 1969 Saint Louis Des Moines, IA W 104-65 10-1 2–0
January 9, 1969 Wichita State #18 Des Moines, IA W 86-81 11-1 3–0
January 11, 1969 Tulsa #18 Des Moines, IA L 78-86 11-2 3-1
January 14, 1969 #19 Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH W 69-64 12-2 4-1
January 23, 1969 Bradley Des Moines, IA W 93-76 13-2 5-1
January 25, 1969 Louisville Louisville, KY L 70-84 13-3 5-2
January 30, 1969 North Texas State Denton, TX L 99-118 13-4 5-3
February 1, 1969 Memphis State Des Moines, IA W 85-72 14-4 6-3
February 5, 1969 Iowa State Des Moines, IA W 94-71 15-4 6-3
February 11, 1969 North Texas State Des Moines, IA W 91-76 16-4 7-3
February 13, 1969 Bradley Peoria, IL W 91-76 17-4 8-3
February 20, 1969 Wichita State Wichita, KS W 120-94 18-4 9-3
February 22, 1969 #14 Tulsa Tulsa, OK W 87-78 19-4 10-3
February 23, 1969 Cincinnati Des Moines, IA W 85-68 20-4 11-3
March 1, 1969 #11 Louisville Des Moines, IA W 101-67 21-4 12-3
March 6, 1969 Saint Louis #11 St. Louis, MO W 93-78 22-4 13-3
March 8, 1969 #15 Louisville #11 Wichita, KS W 77-73 23-4 13-3
NCAA Tournament
March 13, 1969 Texas A&M Manhattan, KS W 81-63 24-4 13-3
March 15, 1969 Colorado State Manhattan, KS W 84-77 25-4 13-3
March 20, 1969 UCLA Louisville, KY L 82-85 25-5 13-3
March 22, 1969 North Carolina Louisville, KY W 104-84 26-5 13-3
*Rank according to AP Top 20 Poll. #All times are in EST. Conference games in BOLD.

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