Drake Men's Basketball Roster (2024)

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Is Drake basketball good? ›

Drake basketball won back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference championships before DeVries departed the program. The Bulldogs' roster boasted Tucker DeVries, who claimed the conference's Player of the Year award in his sophom*ore and junior seasons.

As a freshman in basketball, he played in three games and had three rebounds. He returned to the football team as a sophom*ore in 2020 as one of the team's top receivers. London was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2021.

The Toronto native and self-proclaimed “6 God” (the numeral refers to the city's area code) is vocal about his love of the Raptors (so much so that he's an ambassador for the team with his own “Drake night” every season), but just can't help playing the field when it comes to basketball.

DeVries has just one season of eligibility left. DeVries talked media after his Mountaineers introduction about the challenges of playing at a Power Five squad. “Certainly, being at a higher level, there's going to be more expectations.

DeVries has served as the head men's basketball coach at Drake since 2018. ESPN's Pete Thamel first reported the deal was being finalized. Three-year Drake starting guard Tucker DeVries is expected to join his father in West Virginia, according to Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68.

DeVries' contract is set to begin on April 1, 2024, and the Mountaineers are set to pay DeVries $2.8 million for his first season at the helm. DeVries' pay will then increase by $100,000 each passing year. For the final season of his contract in 2028-29, DeVries will earn $3.2 million.

Drake, famous rapper and singer, is a pretty big basketball fan, and his love for the sport doesn't stop with the Toronto Raptors of his hometown — he also can't stand to miss a University of Kentucky Wildcats game.

Is Drake a division 1 college? ›

Athletics – The Drake Bulldogs compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Missouri Valley Conference and Pioneer Football League.

Drake is the Ambassador of the Toronto Raptors. He actually doesn't own any part of the franchise, he's just an ambassador for the organization, 100% of ownership belongs to MLSE (Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment).

No Drake didn't play college basketball, nor did he play high school basketball for that matter. The closest he came to playing the sport, was portraying a high school student-athlete in the TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Drake played basketball in high school, but has never played a collegiate sport. The five-time Grammy Award-winning artist prioritized his career in the entertainment industry.

The University offers over 140 undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, education, law, and pharmacy. Drake University Law School was founded in 1865, which makes it one of the 25 oldest law schools in the United States.

Drake competes in 16 Division I sports—that's the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the NCAA.