Drake Bulldogs NCAAB Tournament Preview 2008

Will March Madness Odds makers be shining Drakes shoes in 2008?

Will Iowa’s Drake be the Cinderella of 2008? Not since Kevin Costner built it and the they came have the cornfields of Iowa given rise to a more heart-warming story than this year’s rise of the Drake Bulldogs – and heart-warming means wallet-warming for the informed exponent of the dark art of informed sports betting.

Drake has won its first Missouri Valley title since 1971, when Norman Greenbaum was topping the charts with Spirit in the Sky. Now, after their first winning season in twenty years last year, Drake are shining their shoes and getting ready to dance.

Point guard Adam Emmenecker is the heart and soul of the Bulldogs, the pulse that drives their engine. How much heart? Enough to claim four rebounds a game despite being only one inch taller than six feet. Drake has a fine road record and that stands to a team in the Dance, and example of George Mason’s Final Four appearance still burns brightly for all mid-major schools. Working against Drake? The fell hand of history. One of the reasons that Cinderella teams are called Cinderellas is because success is so rare for them. Can Drake break the mould this year?