Seth Davis

Okay, well, you had one that punched its ticket to the dance, as we say, Drake. Yesterday, the Drake Bulldogs, really interesting story in that their coach, Ben McCollum, the job came open because the coach moved to West Virginia. So they hired Ben McCollum, who was a Division II coach, and he took a bunch of his Division II players. He won a national championship at the D2 level.

Okay, well, you had one that punched its ticket to the dance, as we say, Drake. Yesterday, the Drake Bulldogs, really interesting story in that their coach, Ben McCollum, the job came open because the coach moved to West Virginia. So they hired Ben McCollum, who was a Division II coach, and he took a bunch of his Division II players. He won a national championship at the D2 level.

brought them with him to Drake, and they won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season, and now they've won the tournament, which is really, really hard to do. They've won all year. Best player in the league in Bennett Sturtz, just a really talented guard.

brought them with him to Drake, and they won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season, and now they've won the tournament, which is really, really hard to do. They've won all year. Best player in the league in Bennett Sturtz, just a really talented guard.

They're one of the slowest teams in the country, and I do like teams that play a slower tempo because it's much easier to take a team that wants to run and slow it down than take a team that wants to play slow and speed it up, so that's an advantage. St. Mary's also plays slow. I would watch out for them. Out West, you see San Diego in the Big West, similar story with some D2 transfers.

They're one of the slowest teams in the country, and I do like teams that play a slower tempo because it's much easier to take a team that wants to run and slow it down than take a team that wants to play slow and speed it up, so that's an advantage. St. Mary's also plays slow. I would watch out for them. Out West, you see San Diego in the Big West, similar story with some D2 transfers.

And this is their first year in Division I, probably in position to win an at-large bid if they don't make the tournament. Will Wade is doing great things at McNeese. I think he's probably going to move on. You want to talk about Rick Pitino's past. Will Wade is a whole other conversation. And then St. Mary's. I talk about a slow tempo, playing grinding defense.

And this is their first year in Division I, probably in position to win an at-large bid if they don't make the tournament. Will Wade is doing great things at McNeese. I think he's probably going to move on. You want to talk about Rick Pitino's past. Will Wade is a whole other conversation. And then St. Mary's. I talk about a slow tempo, playing grinding defense.

They've already beaten Gonzaga twice. Randy Bennett has another really good team with a lot of international players, the type of team that no one's going to want to see. I think it's only a matter of time between kind of like what San Diego State did and breaking through to the Final Four. I've long thought it's only a matter of time before St. Mary's has one of those runs. Maybe this is the year.

They've already beaten Gonzaga twice. Randy Bennett has another really good team with a lot of international players, the type of team that no one's going to want to see. I think it's only a matter of time between kind of like what San Diego State did and breaking through to the Final Four. I've long thought it's only a matter of time before St. Mary's has one of those runs. Maybe this is the year.

I'll see you next year. God willing.

I'll see you next year. God willing.