Drake Men’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 5, 2025 · CSM Staff
 
Drake Bulldogs
 
Missouri Valley (30-3, 17-3)
 
 
Big Wins: 11/24 at Vanderbilt (81-70), 1/8 at Bradley (64-57)
Bad Losses: 1/1 at Illinois-Chicago (70-74), 1/5 Murray State (59-66)
Coach: Ben McCollum
 
Probable Starters:
Daniel Abreu, Senior, Forward, 10.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Cam Manyawu, Sophomore, Forward, 7.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg
Mitch Mascari, Senior, Guard, 9.8 ppg, 1.3 apg
Bennett Stirtz, Junior, Guard, 19.1 ppg, 5.7 apg, 4.4 rpg, 2.2 spg
Isaiah Jackson, Senior, Guard, 3.9 ppg, 1.9 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Isaia Howard, Freshman, Guard, 4.6 ppg
Tavion Banks, Junior, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 1.0 apg, 4.9 rpg
Kael Combs, Sophomore, Guard, 3.5 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.1 (280th in nation, 10th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 58.4 (2, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.1 (30, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.2 (204, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.6 (293, 12)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.5 (90, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.5 (239, 8)
Rebound Margin: 5.9 (25, 1)
Assists Per Game: 13.3 (197, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.2 (121, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2024 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Washington State
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 3/9