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2023–24 Drake Bulldogs Men's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by sixth-year head coach Darian DeVries, played their home games at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). They finished the regular season 25–6, 16–4 in Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, MVC play to finish in second place. They entered the MVC tournament as a No. 2 seed, where they defeated 2023-24 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team, Evansville, 2023-24 Bradley Braves men's basketball team, Bradley, and 2023-24 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team, Indiana State to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament, where they were defeated by 2023-24 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team, Washington State in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darian DeVries
Darian Dale DeVries (born April 7, 1975) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana. He was previously the head coach at Drake Bulldogs men's basketball, Drake University from 2018 to 2024 and at West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball, West Virginia during the 2024–25 season. Early life DeVries was born and raised in Aplington, Iowa. The oldest of five siblings, he played basketball and football at Aplington High School for three years before graduating from the merged Aplington-Parkersburg High School in 1993. Coaching history Early career DeVries played collegiately at University of Northern Iowa, Northern Iowa. After graduating, he joined Creighton University as a graduate manager in its Creighton Bluejays men's basketball, men's basketball program. After three seasons as a graduate manager, DeVries was named assistant coach in 2001. He stayed with Creighton following the departure of Dana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |