Drake University upset Missouri in the first round of the 2025 NCAA tournament. Here's what to know about the school.

Drake has become a March Madness mainstay with NCAA Tournament appearances in four of the last five years, but this season's team is vastly different than any before it.After losing coach Darian DeVries and almost all of their players,

Bennett Stirtz scored 21 points as Drake basketball lost to Texas Tech in the second round of the March Madness bracket.

14-seed UNC-Wilmington on Saturday. This is the eighth NCAA Tournament appearance for Drake, with the Bulldogs last making it to March Madness in 2024. Under a different head coach and with a different team that year, Drake entered that tournament as a No ...

Expectations for Drake basketball were low after Darian DeVries' departure. But Ben McCollum and his players gave fans something to believe in.

And then there is Drake, sitting on a 30-3 overall record as the Bulldogs head to their third NCAA Tournament appearance in as many years. But after two straight years of winning the conference championship, earning an automatic bid to March Madness and ...

It's Drake basketball vs Texas Tech in the second round of 2025 March Madness bracket. Follow for live scores, NCAA Tournament updates from the game.

Stirtz carried the Bulldogs in the first half Thursday, scoring 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting with some dazzling drives to the rim, introducing himself to the nation in the Big Dance. The announcers on the TruTV telecast spent much of the first half praising his game.

It's Drake basketball vs Lipscomb in the first round of the March Madness bracket. Follow for live scores, NCAA Tournament updates, TV schedule.

McCollum was hired by the Hawkeyes after leading Drake to the NCAA tournament and a first-round upset of Missouri.