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Bulldogs Tabbed Fifth in MVC Preseason Poll, Manyawu and Stirtz Named to Third Team

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The new era of Drake men's basketball is set to begin and the Missouri Valley Conference announced its preseason poll and preseason all-conference teams on Wednesday morning. The Bulldogs were picked to finish fifth in the conference and had two players named to the preseason Third Team in Cam Manyawu and Bennett Stirtz.

Drake tallied a total of 388 points in the preseason poll en route to its fifth-place selection. Bradley was selected to finish in first with 597 points and received 46 first-place votes. UNI (527 points) and Murray State (473 points) were voted second and third with the Panthers getting two first-place votes and the Racers getting one.