FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Drake women's basketball team will open the 2017-18 regular season against Milwaukee at the Knapp Center on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the first round of the Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament, tournament officials announced on Wednesday, June 7.
Drake, coming off a historic 2016-17 season that included winning the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in program history, is making its second all-time appearance in the preseason tournament.
The 2017 tournament features a three-game guarantee.