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Drake doesn't have the talent or the athletes to compete with many of the teams that they have played this season. They're not supposed to win, nobody expects them to win, but they play within their system. They play within their system and they don't make mistakes. They shoot 3 point shots from behind NBA range (and make them) like no other college basketball team that I have seen. And they play a pretty good zone defense. I think that you will see a lot of Dr. Tom/Bruce Pearl/Gary Williams/Bo Ryan philsophy with how this team plays.
You don't have to be impressed with them, but you should respect what they have done. On any level winning 20 straight is impressive. When they get to the tourney, many teams will think, oh, were playing Drake (they suck). Then with 5 minutes left they won't know what hit them. In a nutshell, that's what this years team has done.
Drake's players have even said that there are no expectations for each game. The experts picked this team to finish 9th in the Valley.
The Valley may be having a "down" year, but this Drake team is very good. They know how to finish games and they will suprise many people come this March.
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