Drake Men’s Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 5, 2024 · CSM Staff
 
Drake Bulldogs
 
Missouri Valley (28-6, 16-4)
 
 
Big Wins: vs Nevada (72-53), vs Indiana State (84-80)
Bad Losses: vs Stephen F. Austin (68-92), at Missouri State (80-83)
Coach: Darian DeVries
 
Probable Starters:
Darnell Brodie, Senior, Forward, 11.3 ppg, 7.9 rpg
Kevin Overton, Freshman, Guard, 11.4 ppg, 1.1 apg
Conor Enright, Sophomore, Guard, 7.0 ppg, 3.1 apg
Tucker DeVries, Junior, Guard, 21.8 ppg, 3.6 apg, 6.8 rpg, 1.6 spg
Atin Wright, Junior, Guard, 13.9 ppg, 2.0 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Nate Ferguson, Junior, Forward, 3.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Colby Garland, Freshman, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 2.3 apg
Kyron Gibson, Senior, Guard, 3.7 ppg, 1.2 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 80.5 (38th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.5 (127, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.9 (31, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.4 (214, 8)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.7 (59, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.7 (37, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 76.0 (35, 3)
Rebound Margin: 1.9 (136, 4)
Assists Per Game: 15.9 (35, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.7 (17, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Miami FL
2022 CBI First Round win over IPFW
2022 CBI Second Round loss to UNC Wilmington
2021 NCAA First Four win over Wichita State
2021 NCAA Round of 64 loss to USC
2019 CIT First Round loss to Southern Utah
2018 CIT First Round win over Abilene Christian
2018 CIT Second Round loss to Northern Colorado
2012 CIT First Round win over North Dakota
2012 CIT Second Round loss to Rice
2009 CIT First Round loss to Idaho
2008 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Western Kentucky
 
*all team stats through 3/10