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The 2007–08 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Drake University in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Keno Davis. In 2006–07, the Bulldogs finished 17–15 (6–10 in the Missouri Valley Conference). Drake improved upon their first winning season since the 1986–1987 season, making their first NCAA tournament appearance since their run to the Elite Eight in 1971 and their first postseason appearance since their National Invitational Tournament appearance in 1986. ==Preseason== The preseason Missouri Valley Conference Coaches' Poll picked the Bulldogs to finish ninth. No Drake players were voted to the preseason first or second teams. It is also noteworthy that Drake only returned one starter from the 2006–07 team that won 17 games, namely shooting guard Josh Young. Drake's starters were so lightly regarded on paper that ''ESPN.com'' reporter Adam Rittenberg remarked just before the 2008 NCAA tournament that they "not long ago looked better suited for the scout team than the starting lineup": * Point guard Adam Emmenecker was a three-year walk-on who only received a scholarship two days before his senior season, and had career totals of 64 assists and 57 points entering the 2007–08 season. * Power forward Jonathan "Bucky" Cox was, like Emmenecker, a former walk-on.〔 * Shooting guard Leonard Houston was a three-year reserve who had 193 career points entering the season.〔 * Small forward Klayton Korver missed the 2005–06 season after microfracture knee surgery;〔 while he came back to be a starter at the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he had lost his starting job by season's end.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2007–08 Men's Basketball Roster: #24 Klayton Korver )〕 * Even returning starter Young was not highly regarded coming out of high school; all of his 30 scholarship offers were from mid-majors.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007–08 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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