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Who's
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From marchmadman Updated 03/21/25, 1:00pm |
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Not
the biggest upset of Day 1 that goes to #12 McNeese St over #5 Clemson
but #11 Drake beating #6 Missouri was pretty big. Not
only did one of the 14 beloved SEC teams lose to a team form the MVC (you
probably do not even know what MVC stands for it stands for Missouri Valley
Conference), but it lost to essentially a Division
II team. The
Drake Bulldogs are not unfamiliar with the Dance they have appeared in four
of the last five tournaments. But
after last year's run, almost the entire team and head coach bolted for
greener pastures (and by greener, I mean richer). Former head coach Darian DeVries left for
West Virginia. And after one season there said, "This place sucks!", and then
headed to Indiana. With
no coach and almost no players, the program had to start over. Drake
chose a different route to rebuild its program by hiring four-time DII
national champion coach Ben McCollum from Northwest Missouri State. And if worked in
DII, why not try it in DI. McCollum
brought four of his players from Northwest Missouri State to join his Drake
team. And they have all started every
game this season and finished with a 31-3 record. And they just beat #6 Missouri in the First
Round. So the
almighty-powerful SEC lost to a DII team. If
you are older than 45 years old, you probably know what all the references by
the national media to "I love the Drake" "I hate the
Drake"
mean. If you
are younger than that, you probably think it refers to the Kendrick Lamar /
Drake feud.
It
does not. This
is the Drake
[He]
not like us. And
for those younger than 45: too bad for you.
The 90s were great |
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#GoTerps #UNCW #WeAre |
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