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While Drake Runs Away, Battle for Second MVC Bid Gets Heated

If, for some reason, it hasn't crossed your radar screen just yet, the Drake Bulldogs are the best story of the 2007-08 basketball season. They haven't played in the NCAA Tournament since 1971 but are a six-point road loss at St. Mary's away from an undefeated season. They're 11-0 in the Missouri Valley and were led to...

Drake Wins 15th Straight and Should Be in the Top 25 Come Monday

It's fixing to be a pretty memorable week in Des Moines and, for the first time all month, it has nothing to do with Barack Obama. It has to do with Keno Davis, Adam Emmenecker, Leonard Houston and the rest of the Drake Bulldogs. When this week's AP Top 25 comes out, it would be a shocker if Drake isn't included among its...

MVC Weekend Wrap: Gotta Love the Drake

Drake 65, Missouri State 54 - No Josh Young meant some problems for the Bulldogs. They trailed by eight, their biggest deficit of the season, and shot 40% but closed strong enough to earn victory 14. Shane Laurie tied the game at 54 with four minutes to play but his Bears wouldn't score again and watched Drake hit free...

Mid Major Weekend Preview

For a week that featured very little college basketball, it was a pretty good one for the mid majors. Binghamton and New Orleans pulled off nice upsets while the A-10 grew in stature thanks to wins from Xavier and Massachusetts. The weekend brings a bit more action although you wouldn't know it from tonight's slate. Eight...