2026–27 season
Drake
Bulldogs · MVC
- Record
- 2–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +1.3
- No. 143 in Division I
- Head coach
- Eric Henderson
- Since 2025–26
- Home
- Des Moines, IA
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- WeaknessUndersized rosterAverage height: 6′3.9″2nd
- StrengthStrong offensive reboundingOffensive rebound %: 40.2%95th
- WeaknessPoor free throw shootingFree throw %: 57.9%5th
- StrengthContinuity: veterans of the programProgram experience: 1.94 yrs90th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Drake beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
5
Record
2–5
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202511Round of 32Beat 6 missouri. Lost to 3 Texas Tech 77–64. Bracket
- 202410Round of 64Lost to 7 Washington St 66–61. Bracket
- 202312Round of 64Lost to 5 Miami (FL) 63–56. Bracket
- 202111Round of 64Beat 11 Wichita St. Lost to 6 USC 72–56. Bracket
- 20085Round of 64Lost to 12 Western KY 101–99. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Jon Carroll
- 20.5 ppg
- Tallest
- Griffen Goodbary
- 6′10″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Andrew Alia
- 5 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Owen LarsonGuard · Estherville, IA | 6′1″ | 195 | 2 | 2 | 29.5 | 11.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 19.5 |
| 4Jon CarrollForward · Tallahassee, FL | 6′7″ | 220 | 1 | 2 | 26.0 | 20.5 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 33.7 |
| 3Dre KindellGuard · Cincinnati, OH | 5′11″ | 165 | 1 | 2 | 25.5 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 57.1 | 60.0 | 20.0 |
| 6Justin Burns · Albany, GA | 6′6″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 24.5 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 14.0 |
| 21Andrew AliaGuard · Kenosha, WI | 6′3″ | 195 | 5 | 2 | 22.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| 10Eli ShetlarGuard · Wichita, KS | 6′6″ | 190 | 3 | 2 | 18.5 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 18.2 | 100.0 | 18.8 |
| 2Griffen GoodbaryForward · Sioux Falls, SD | 6′10″ | 230 | 2 | 2 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 15.5 |
| 0Dothan Ijadimbola · Minneapolis, MN | 6′6″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 13.0 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 25.8 |
| 20Bryson BahlGuard · Papillion, NE | 6′4″ | 180 | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 22.5 |
| 11LJ RushGuard · Wendell, NC | 5′10″ | 170 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 20.4 |
| 13Mason Matulis · Tulsa, OK | 6′5″ | 175 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.8 |
| 7Gio Quiles · Des Moines, IA | 6′3″ | 195 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 32Gabe OldhamForward · Spanish Fork, UT | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22Miles Flemons · Tulsa, OK | 6′8″ | 305 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
0–1
ATS as favorite
0–1
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | vscentral-college | W101–48 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 8 | vsSOUSouthern | W75–68 | -14.5 | 151.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 13 | vsSOUSouth Dakota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 16 | vsTARTarleton State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | vsCHACharleston13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | @MISMissouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | NBOIBoise State7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | NNDSUNorth Dakota State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 29 | NNORNorth Texas | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @MSU#5Michigan State2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 11 | vsNC North Carolina Central | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | @EVAEvansville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | NDAVDavidson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsS ISouthern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | @INDIndiana State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 1 | @MURMurray State12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | vsBELBelmont | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 12 | vsVALValparaiso | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @BRABradley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 18 | @ILLIllinois State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | vsUICUIC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 24 | vsMURMurray State12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | @BELBelmont | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsUNINorthern Iowa | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | @VALValparaiso | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsEVAEvansville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | @S ISouthern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 12 | vsBRABradley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | vsINDIndiana State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 21 | @UNINorthern Iowa | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsILLIllinois State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 28 | @UICUIC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |