NCAA Tournament March Madness

#185 Drake

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Drake’s profile shows it can beat quality opponents on neutral courts and win tough road games, but it is also riddled with damaging setbacks that blunt those highlights, so the most reliable route into the field is winning the conference’s automatic bid. The resume’s best moments include neutral-site victories over Georgia Tech and Belmont and signature wins at Murray State and Indiana State that demonstrate upside, yet those are offset by inexplicable home defeats to Robert Morris and SIUE and ugly road losses at Bradley, Northern Iowa, Belmont and Illinois State that expose inconsistency away from Des Moines. Selection folk will note the mix of occasional marquee results and persistent bad losses, and until Drake cleans those up by stringing together neutral-site wins in the conference bracket its résumé lacks the sustained quality and road-neutral body of work that earns an at-large nod.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Northern Arizona319W77-71
11/6Robert Morris141L81-79
11/14SIUE257L61-59
11/17@Col Charleston151W71-62
11/28(N)LSU62L71-62
11/29(N)Georgia Tech169W84-74
12/2W Illinois364W108-57
12/5UAB119L74-69
12/13N Dakota St117L99-94
12/18@Murray St121L81-72
12/21@Evansville305W66-65
12/29Illinois St104L73-56
1/4Indiana St201W74-72
1/7@Bradley122L93-66
1/10Belmont65L78-76
1/14@S Illinois116W76-73
1/17@IL Chicago108L74-67
1/21Murray St121W101-90
1/24@Indiana St201W76-62
1/28Evansville305W82-78
1/31Bradley122L87-73
2/3@Belmont65L103-90
2/6@Illinois St104L86-76
2/9Valparaiso157L81-76
2/12IL Chicago108L80-70
2/15@Northern Iowa76L86-62
2/18S Illinois116L66-61
2/25@Valparaiso157L74-71
3/1Northern Iowa76L75-53
3/5(N)S Illinois116W67-63
3/6(N)Belmont65W100-79