I think DRAKE at 20-2 has an excelllent shot as an at large. I think they could sustain one regular season loss and a loss in the conference tourney somewhere...finishing the season at 5-1 to put them at 25-3 heading into MVC play. They have 3 Q2 games, left 2 on the road at Illinois State and Northern Iowa and home to Bradley....annexing 2 more Q2 wins would boost their currrent 3-1 mark in Q1/2. Remember they are 2-0 in Q1 with a win over projected in the field but bubble Vandy on a neutral site and an inconsistent but solid Kansas State on the road. Their non conference sos is poor at 234 but no one can say they didnt prove themselves against power 5 schools. These are wins that the committee takes notice off and will offset just that one Q3 loss to Murray State. A healthy 9-1 in Q3 puts them at 12-2 in Q1/2/3. To me its all systems go for them. The NET overall does suck at 57 but WAB is 40 and SOR at 35 is strong enough.
I think early bracketology fell in love with the power conference schools early but now they are beat themselves up so a dynamic is playing out where schools like DRAKE, UC IRVINE, SANTA CLARA, SAN FRANSISCO, VCU are significantly closing the gap
