NORMAL — The last time Drake started 4-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference, the Bulldogs rode that momentum to league regular-season and tournament titles in 2008.
Could the same thing be happening again under another first-year Bulldog basketball coach?
Ten years ago, Keno Davis took over for his father, Tom, as Drake's coach and surprised everyone by leading the Bulldogs to the top of the MVC. Fast forward to 2018 and Niko Medved's four-guard lineup is alone in first place in the league heading into Wednesday's road game at Valparaiso.
That's quite a turnaround for a program that has finished last in the league the previous two years and gone 23-70 the last three seasons.