Fans react to Drake Bulldogs March Madness placement
DES MOINES, Iowa — Hundreds of fans gathered at the Knapp Center Sunday March 16th for a Selection Sunday watch party with the Drake University Men's Basketball team.
Fans were excited to learn about the Bulldogs placement in the NCAA tournament.
'We're going to play Oregon or like a better team than Drake, or Missouri. But Missouri is still going to go down' said Isiaih Crouch, a Drake Bulldogs fan.
The Latest: NCAA Tournament brackets have been revealed
Drake is set to play Missouri in Wichita on Thursday, March 20th.
Drake University's Director of Athletics, Brian Hardin, said that fans should buy tickets as soon as possible if they plan on attending the game.
'There's going to be a ton of interest in tickets. I would probably urge fans right now, if they can, to jump on and do like secondary markets and try to see what you can get. We'll probably have well over a thousand ticket requests. We'll probably have maybe 200 actual tickets to give away. So, demand is going to exceed the supply we have.' Hardin said.
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