DES MOINES, Iowa – The 2014-15 Bulldog Club Tipoff Breakfast Presented By Lincoln Savings Bank took place Thursday (Oct. 23) morning at the Downtown Marriott. The annual breakfast is an opportunity for Drake Basketball fans and supporters to wake up and socialize with the men's and women's programs as another season of Bulldog basketball is set to start next month.
The voices of Drake basketball Larry Cotlar and Ric Silvestrini served as co-emcees of the morning's event. Silvestrini started the event with a few remarks, including thanking the new presenting sponsor of the tipoff breakfast, Lincoln Savings Bank, as well as the Downtown Marriott for their continued support.
Silvestrini then welcomed a pair of seniors from the women's basketball team, Kyndal Clark (Webb City, Mo.) and Carly Grenfell (York, Neb.), to the stage where they introduced their teammates to the large crowd.
It was then Cotlar's turn to take the podium for the introduction of the men's basketball team as seniors Karl Madison (Springfield, Ill.) and Gary Ricks Jr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) introduced their teammates.
In addition to the introduction of both teams, fans had the chance to catch up and eat breakfast with the student-athletes and the basketball coaching staffs, while listening to comments from women's head coach Jennie Baranczyk, men's head coach Ray Giacoletti and director of athletics Sandy Hatfield Clubb.
This season fans will have the opportunity to check out the men's team first as it hosts Coe College in an exhibition contest on Nov. 8 at 2:05 p.m. The women's team welcomes Upper Iowa on Nov. 9 at 2:05 p.m. in its lone exhibition game.
The regular season opens the following week as the women play South Dakota on Nov. 14 at 7:05 p.m. in the Knapp Center. The following afternoon the men play host to Bowling Green with tipoff scheduled for 2:05 p.m.
Single-game, flex packs and season tickets as well as Family 4-Packs for select men's and women's games are on sale now. For more information call the Drake Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or click here.
