SPORTS COMMENTARY
The departure of Drake University’s former men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries led to a transfer portal-enabled mass exodus of Drake men’s basketball players. Eleven Bulldogs entered the transfer portal, and thus far, none have returned to Drake and seven have officially found new homes.
In April, less than a week after that mass exodus, Drake hired former Northwest Missouri State Bearcats men’s basketball head coach Ben McCollum to fill the hole left by DeVries’ departure. McCollum entered Drake with a decorated resume that included four Division II national titles and a 394-91 total record across 15 years, but he’s facing a new challenge at Drake.