Drake - HELP ME BELIEVE!!!

The Bulldogs beat every team in the Valley this year and second place Illinois State twice.  Whoever said that third place Southern Illinois is the only respectable team in the Valley Conference should realize that Drake divided games with them but beat them by four games in conference standings (the game they lost was decided in the last seconds of the game).  The Bulldogs also beat third and fourth place Creighton and Northern Iowa twice.  

They seem to play the best against the best competition.   They have excellent shooting with four players shooting near 50% from three land (Jonathon Kox, Klayton Korver, Leonard Houston, and pure shot sensation Josh Young) .  That is hard to defend.  Leonard Houston showed he can sky about  two feet above the basket for the most beautiful alley opp in that Butler game (should make the highlight films).  Adam Eminecker is great at driving for layups and dishing off to three point shooters when the defense collapses. 

It's okay if you still don't believe...because the Bulldogs seem to do best when they are viewed as underdogs.   

dsen31 -

I hope that you actually realize, that Drake's offense is very similar to that of Tennessee if not exactly the same.  Drake's coach Keno Davis was an assistant for Bruce Pearl at Southern Indiana.  The main difference between Drake and Tennessee would be The Vols have much better athletes.  If that were a matchup that happens in the tourney, I think Drake would show up to play and a lot of fans expecting a blowout, will be really pissed when the game is a lot closer than what you expect.

BTW, I know this years KU team is different than the one last year, however, I remember KU supporters accross the board saying that KU would beat SIU by more than 20 points in the Sweet 16, however, they struggled to get a 3 point win.

If Drake does well in the MVC and NCAA tournaments, I see Keno Davis coaching a BCS conference team next season. 

I would have to disagree with Keno leaving Drake for a BCS school if Drake does well in the MVC and NCAA tourney.  I think that Keno will stay at Drake for probably 2-3 years.  Even with all of the success that Keno has had at Drake, I would hope that a BCS school AD thoroughly looks at what Keno could bring to them. 

Please don't misunderstand me, I think Keno is a great coach and he has a phenomenal job, but if I was an employer I would want to see more.  I don't know how well Keno has done recruiting or even if he is the "main guy" getting players to Drake.  From what I've heard, its been his assistants doing that.  I just don't think Keno is ready to be a BCS coach.  He will be at some point, but I don't think he's done or shown enough to warrant him to leave.

If a BCS school throws $1.5 million at him, he'd be stupid not to take it, but I think he needs 1-2 more years under his belt as a coach before you could see him at a BCS school.