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Drake
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9 appearances · 7–9 all-time · 1939–2025

Drake appears in 9 tournaments in this archive, between 1939 and 2025, with an all-time record of 7–9. It has reached the national semifinals once — 1969 — without reaching the title game.

In its opening game it is 6–2. 1 of its 5 games decided by three points or fewer went its way.

Its biggest upset as the underdog came in 2025, when an 11th seed beat the 6th-seeded Missouri 67–57. The reverse happened in 2008: as a 5th seed it lost to the 12th-seeded Western Kentucky 101–99.

Its longest run of consecutive appearances is 3, from 1969 to 1971. Its longest absence ran 37 years, between 1971 and 2008.

This archive carries no numeric seed before 1979. Since then it has entered as high as a 5th seed and as low as a 12th.

  • 9 Appearances
  • 7–9 All-time record
  • 0 Titles

Season by season

Every tournament appearance by Drake in the archive. This archive carries no numeric seed before 1979. Season records and coaches come from the sourced season shards.
YearSeedRecordCoachConferenceFinish
1939—14–7—Missouri Valley Conferenceround of 64
1969—26–5Maury JohnMissouri Valley ConferenceThird Place
1970—22–7Maury JohnMissouri Valley ConferenceRegional Runner-up
1971—21–8Maury JohnMissouri Valley ConferenceRegional Runner-up
2008528–5Keno DavisMissouri Valley Conferencelost in the round of 64 to Western Kentucky, 99–101 (OT)
20211126–5Darian DeVriesMissouri Valley Conferencelost in the round of 64 to USC, 56–72
20231227–8Darian DeVriesMissouri Valley Conferencelost in the round of 64 to Miami (FL), 56–63
20241028–7Darian DeVriesMissouri Valley Conferencelost in the round of 64 to Washington State, 61–66
20251131–4Ben McCollumMissouri Valley Conferencelost in the round of 32 to Texas Tech, 64–77

How the games went

Record by round.
RoundW–L
Opening6–2
Round of 641–5
Round of 320–1
Semifinal0–1

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