See college basketball picks for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine's advanced computer model. The line has drifted a bit towards the Bulldogs, as the game opened with the Bulldogs as an 11.5-point favorite. The Bulldogs are a big 13-point favorite against the Bulls, according to the latest college basketball odds. Where: Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center - St.So the cards are definitely stacked in their favor. But Drake comes into the game boasting the 26th highest field goal percentage in college basketball at 46%. Two last-season stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: The Bulls have allowed their opponents to shoot 49.70% from the floor on average, which is the second highest shooting percentage allowed in college basketball. Meanwhile, Drake netted an 80-72 victory over the Wofford Terriers on Monday.īuffalo is now 1-2 while the Bulldogs sit at 2-0. One thing holding Buffalo back was the mediocre play of Isaiah Adams, who did not have his best game: he finished with only seven points on 3-for-10 shooting in his 35 minutes on the court. ![]() Drake will be strutting in after a win while the Bulls will be stumbling in from a defeat.īuffalo has to be hurting after a devastating 84-64 loss at the hands of the Connecticut Huskies on Tuesday. ET Friday at Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center. They will square off against the Drake Bulldogs at 1 p.m. The Buffalo Bulls have quite the challenge ahead of them as they're expected to be blown off the court. Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Schedule Cross Country: Roster Cross Country: News Football Football: Facebook Football: Twitter Football: Instagram Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Golf Golf: Facebook. Not to discredit the Kohawks, but a team that won a game in the NCAA Tournament last season should not go that long with putting up any points this early in the season.Current Records: Buffalo 1-2 Drake 2-0 What to Know Pause All Rotators Drake University Athletics. The missed shots also kept Drake off the board for over two minutes, during which Coe took its first and only lead of the game. That’s not a bad statistic by any means, but what works against Coe – a Division III program – might not cut it against higher level opponents. But the Bulldogs also shot 55.2% on field goals. Sure, Drake outscored the Kohawks 11-0 on fastbreak points in the first half. But the Bulldogs quick, end-to-end style of play was not always beneficial against Coe. This could easily be attributed to season-opener jitters and could end up not being a problem for Drake. ![]() More: Injury updates, big-picture questions for Drake men's basketball ahead of 2021-22 season Is speed better when it leads to sloppy play? ![]() It’s still too early to tell what sort of lines could emerge, but DeVries should feel confident knowing that any of his players can produce, regardless of who else is on the court. Luckily for Drake, there didn’t seem to be much difference in the style or level of play when different players were put out. That’s part of early-season basketball, testing out which combinations of players work best together in game situations. But beyond those first few minutes, there wasn’t really a standard set of lines that DeVries put on the court against Coe. Wilkins, Roman Penn, Tremell Murphy, Shanquan “Tank” Hemphill and Darnell Brodie – took to the court together for the beginning of the 2021-22 season. Drake’s starting five from last year – D.J.
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