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Men’s Basketball Celebrates Regular-Season Title

Bulldogs were joined by fans Tuesday night to cut down the nets in the Knapp Center

The Drake University men's basketball team celebrated its 2018-19 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship by welcoming fans to the Knapp Center for a ceremonial net-cutting celebration Tuesday evening.

The Bulldogs, coaches and support staff were cheered on by fans as they climbed the ladder to claim their piece of the traditional, sentimental trophy following a historic regular season.

"I thought it was really important to give our guys the opportunity to do this and cut down some nets," said Drake head coach Darian DeVries. "It's not something that is easy to do [win a title] and I want them to celebrate together and with our fans. And then we'll get back to work tomorrow."

"We've had a goal on our locker room board the entire year that says '2018-19 MVC Champions.' We kept that goal up for the entire year," DeVries added. "These guys came here because they wanted to win a championship."

The Bulldogs aim to add to that title this week at the annual Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis. Drake enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed and will face either No. 7 Illinois State or No. 10 Evansville Friday at 6 p.m.
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