NCAA Tournament March Madness

#202 Drake

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Drake’s resume has flashes but not the kind of marquee proof that would keep it safe without winning the league, because its best moments come from a neutral win over Georgia Tech and road victories at College of Charleston and Indiana State plus a statement home win over Murray State, while its resume is undercut by ugly nonconference setbacks to Robert Morris and SIUE, home defeats such as the loss to Illinois Chicago, and harsh road losses at Belmont and Bradley that erase some of the good work. The remaining schedule sends the Bulldogs into hostile environments at Northern Iowa and Valparaiso and leaves home chances against Southern Illinois and another meeting with Northern Iowa, so those games are the last realistic opportunities to add a resume-changing result. With meaningful wins scarce and damaging losses plentiful, the most straightforward path to the national field runs through winning the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Northern Arizona313W77-71
11/6Robert Morris187L81-79
11/14SIUE235L61-59
11/17@Col Charleston172W71-62
11/28(N)LSU56L71-62
11/29(N)Georgia Tech162W84-74
12/2W Illinois361W108-57
12/5UAB119L74-69
12/13N Dakota St124L99-94
12/18@Murray St108L81-72
12/21@Evansville297W66-65
12/29Illinois St89L73-56
1/4Indiana St212W74-72
1/7@Bradley134L93-66
1/10Belmont61L78-76
1/14@S Illinois114W76-73
1/17@IL Chicago122L74-67
1/21Murray St108W101-90
1/24@Indiana St212W76-62
1/28Evansville297W82-78
1/31Bradley134L87-73
2/3@Belmont61L103-90
2/6@Illinois St89L86-76
2/9Valparaiso154L81-76
2/12IL Chicago122L80-70
2/15@Northern Iowa8816%
2/18S Illinois11442%
2/25@Valparaiso15431%
3/1Northern Iowa8834%