By DRAKE LOHSE
Long before any high-flying dunk or transition three, the Drake 2018-2019 team was merely a whisper. Passing buzz.
Following a 17-17 season in 2017, the Bulldogs lost first-year head coach Niko Medved to Colorado. Drake wasted no time in bringing in Creighton assistant Darian DeVries, along with a slew of new faces in the coaching staff. Assistants Larry Blount, Marty Richter and Matt Woodley all joined DeVries on the bench for the new season.
But it wasn’t just coaches. Drake’s 2018-2019 roster would feature only one returning starter, in senior Nick McGlynn. Brady Ellingson, the sharp-shooter from Iowa.