1970–71 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball | |
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Missouri Valley Conference Champions | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 18 |
Record | 21–8 (9–5 MVC) |
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Home arena | Veterans Memorial Auditorium |
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No. 18 Drake | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 18 | – | 8 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Texas A&M | – | – | 19 | – | 7 | .731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | – | – | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll [1] |
The 1970–71 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1970–71 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team was led by 13th-year head coach Maury John and played their home games at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. The Bulldogs were 9–5 in Missouri Valley Conference play, finishing in a 3-way tie for the league title.
Drake received a bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Notre Dame in the regional semifinal. The Bulldogs would fall one game short of the Final Four in back-to-back seasons, losing to Kansas in the regional final, 73–71. [2]
This season marked the end of a streak – the only time in program history the Bulldogs reached the NCAA tournament in three consecutive seasons (reaching the Elite Eight all three times) – and the end of an era, as head coach Maury John left to become head coach at Iowa State.
The Bulldogs reached the NCAA tournament for the second straight season, advancing to the Elite Eight a season after making the program's only Final Four appearance in 1969. Drake completed the season with a 22–7 record (14–2 Missouri Valley) and were ranked number 9 in the final AP poll.
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Dec 1, 1969* | No. 10 | Wisconsin-Platteville | W 107–73 | 1–0 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 1, 1969* | No. 10 | Cal State Fullerton | W 101–57 | 2–0 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 8, 1970* | No. 7 | at Iowa State Iowa Big Four | W 87–63 | 3–0 | Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 12, 1970* | No. 7 | Iowa Iowa Big Four | W 72–70 | 4–0 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 18, 1970* | No. 9 | vs. Texas–Arlington Texas Classic | W 102–83 | 5–0 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||
Dec 19, 1970* | No. 9 | at TCU Texas Classic | W 79–78 | 6–0 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||
Dec 22, 1970* | No. 9 | Minnesota | W 83–66 | 7–0 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 26, 1970* | No. 9 | at Canisius Queen City Classic | W 87–74 | 8–0 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, New York | ||||||
Dec 28, 1970* | No. 7 | vs. Niagara Queen City Classic | L 77–87 | 8–1 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, New York | ||||||
Jan 2, 1971* | No. 7 | at Cincinnati | L 59–60 | 8–2 | Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||
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Jan 7, 1971 | No. 16 | at Wichita State | W 78–74 | 9–2 (1–0) | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | ||||||
Jan 9, 1971* | No. 16 | Tulsa | L 60–66 | 9–3 (1–1) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | ||||||
Jan 13, 1971 | at Bradley | L 85–88 | 9–4 (1–2) | Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 20, 1971* | UMKC | W 130–73 | 10–4 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 23, 1971 | Louisville | W 81–78 | 11–4 (2–2) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 28, 1971 | North Texas | W 90–66 | 12–4 (3–2) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 30, 1971* | Memphis State | W 93–70 | 13–4 (4–2) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 2, 1971* | DePaul | W 93–80 | 14–4 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 4, 1971 | at Memphis State | L 72–73 | 14–5 (4–3) | Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 11, 1971 | Bradley | W 113–78 | 15–5 (5–3) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 13, 1971 | at Saint Louis | L 62–64 | 15–6 (5–4) | St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Feb 17, 1971 | at No. 19 Louisville | L 52–94 | 15–7 (5–5) | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
Feb 20, 1971 | at Tulsa | W 87–84 | 16–7 (6–5) | Expo Square Pavilion Tulsa, Oklahoma | |||||||
Feb 23, 1971 | Wichita State | W 83–76 | 17–7 (7–5) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Feb 27, 1971 | Saint Louis | W 89–85 | 18–7 (8–5) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
Mar 2, 1971 | at North Texas | W 65–60 | 19–7 (9–5) | North Texas Men's Gym Denton, Texas | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 18, 1971* | No. 18 | vs. No. 12 Notre Dame Midwest Regional Semifinal | W 79–72 OT | 21–7 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | ||||||
Mar 20, 1971* | No. 18 | vs. No. 4 Kansas Midwest Regional Final | L 71–73 | 21–8 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | ||||||
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