DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake men's basketball team learned it will play Missouri at 6:35 p.m. CT on Thursday, March 20 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan. The game will be televised on TruTV.
The Bulldogs, who earned the automatic qualifying berth by beating Bradley, 63-48, to win the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference tournament March 9, were selected as a No. 11 seed in the West Region. Missouri is a six seed.
This will be the first meeting between the schools since Missouri escaped with a 76-74 win at Drake Dec.