NCAA Tournament March Madness

#154 Drake

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Projected seed: 14 (automatic qualifier)

Drake’s profile is a blend of a few signature victories and several damaging slips that explain its current standing: the neutral-site win over Georgia Tech and the true road victory at College of Charleston are the sorts of results committees like to see because they prove the team can win away from home, and the dominant home performance against Western Illinois shows it can take care of business against lesser foes. Those highs are tempered by ugly home losses to Robert Morris and SIUE plus road setbacks at Murray State and UAB and a loss to North Dakota State that highlight inconsistency and leave questions about its ability to string together quality results. The conference slate still offers clear chances to rehabilitate the résumé — home dates with Illinois State and Belmont and tough road tests at Belmont and Northern Iowa among them — but the team will need more neutral-site and true road wins than further home victories to shift how a selection committee evaluates its body of work.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Northern Arizona289W77-71
11/6Robert Morris185L81-79
11/14SIUE251L61-59
11/17@Col Charleston180W71-62
11/28(N)LSU38L71-62
11/29(N)Georgia Tech134W84-74
12/2W Illinois353W108-57
12/5UAB107L74-69
12/13N Dakota St151L99-94
12/18@Murray St96L81-72
12/21@Evansville270W66-65
12/29Illinois St78L73-56
1/4Indiana St18869%
1/7@Bradley12230%
1/10Belmont7134%
1/14@S Illinois12030%
1/17@IL Chicago20850%
1/21Murray St9642%
1/24@Indiana St18847%
1/28Evansville27081%
1/31Bradley12252%
2/3@Belmont7116%
2/6@Illinois St7818%
2/9Valparaiso20971%
2/12IL Chicago20871%
2/15@Northern Iowa9121%
2/18S Illinois12051%
2/25@Valparaiso20950%
3/1Northern Iowa9140%