Congratulations To Drake!

[BUSongwriter]

Unless I missed it, what I didn't hear from Enberg/CBS was any mention of Keno as possible/probable national coach of the year. I really hope he gets that honor, and wish he would have gotten the publicity today.

And I agree. Prepare to be disappointed on Selection Sunday regarding Drake's seeding. And that's too bad.

[Chico]

Over the years all the road games I've seen, the Drake fans were always the best the way they treated the opposing fans. GO BULLDOGS.

[jasonpeoria911]

Here's a nice writeup from Jason King of Yahoo Sports. Gives a lot of props to Drake and doesn't downplay them like most coaches have this season.

http://tinyurl.com/242ekd

Jason

[Braves4Life]

Drake is a Butler clone and will need to get the right draw to advance. If they do, watch out.

[Dallas Brave]

Great school. Great team ... basketball like it was suppose to be played. An inspiration to any other school who has struggled for the last several years.

[Murph]

Congrats to the Bulldogs, you guys literally came out of nowhere to dominate the Valley this year.

[VeveJones007]

I think a 4 seed is too high. maybe a 5 seed, but I actually think a 6 seed is more likely, seeing as how the committee has treated midmajors who have tried to crash the BCS-schools party in the past.

You mean like how SIU got a 4 last year? I think Drake's a solid 5, could move up to 4 if the BCS tourneys work in their favor.

[Chucky T's]

SIU had (has) built a reputation of being a consistent winner and NCAA participant with a couple of sweet 16 appearances. Drake has come out of nowhere and hasn't been in the big dance since 1971. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs will not get the same respect as SIU received last year.

Congrats to DU....good luck and enjoy The Dance!!!

[VeveJones007]

SIU had (has) built a reputation of being a consistent winner and NCAA participant with a couple of sweet 16 appearances. Drake has come out of nowhere and hasn't been in the big dance since 1971. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs will not get the same respect as SIU received last year.

Congrats to DU....good luck and enjoy The Dance!!!

I really think that Drake will be seeded based on their profile, which merits a 4-5 seed in comparison to other teams IMO. I know Butler has had a nice run of success in recent years, but they really came onto the national scene after their run at the beginning of last year, which culminated in a 5 seed in the NCAA's.

I just think in some situations we like to think that prestige really makes a big deal, but the committee members are looking at the same profiles for these teams that we are. I think that the first combination regular season and tournament MVC title in 10 years is a big deal, as well as how they did it (by multiple games/destroyed ISU on national TV).

If you really want to stick with the prestige argument, I would counter with this: based on Butler's performance the last few years, they would get a higher seed from the committee. But in that case, how could they justify giving Drake a lower seed than Butler, seeing as Drake won @Butler?

It's a tough job the committee has, but I think Drake's 4-1 record vs. RPI top 50, 8-2 vs. RPI top 100, 13-3 record on road/neutral courts, and dual championships in RPI 8th best conference compares nicely to teams that are vying for the 4-6 seed range.