Men’s Basketball Announces Non-Conference Schedule

The Drake University men's basketball team will play a nine-game non-conference schedule this season that includes six games at the Knapp Center, the Bulldogs announced Thursday, Nov. 19.

Earlier Thursday, the Drake athletic department also announced that both the men's and women's basketball seasons will begin without fans in attendance at the Knapp Center due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As previously announced, the team begins its season Nov. 25 at Kansas State before a national television audience on ESPNU at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs remain in Manhattan, Kan., to face South Dakota Nov. 27 at 1 p.