The Northwest Missouri State baseball team (10-12, 4-6 MIAA) made a statement Tuesday afternoon, knocking off No. 3-ranked ...

“We just fought. That’s kind of what we have to do, is just continue to grind and compete,” said McCollum, who won four D-II national titles at Northwest Missouri State before taking the ...

Drake is now through to the Round of 32 with a roster staffed by multiple players who followed McCollum from his former D2 roster at Northwest Missouri State. The Bulldogs were led on Thursday ...

Ben McCollum has significant ties to the state of Missouri. The first-year Drake head coach spent the previous 15 seasons at his alma mater Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri ...

Before we get to any of that, Mizzou (22-11) has a first round matchup with the Bulldogs (30-3), coached by former Northwest Missouri State coach Ben McCollum to contend with. Single-session ...

Enter McCollum, the Iowa native who won four Division II national championships in 15 years at Northwest Missouri State. No one doubted his coaching chops, and he didn’t blink while making the ...

Stirtz, Abreu, Mitch Mascari and Isaiah Jackson all joined coach Ben McCollum in moving from Northwest Missouri State to Drake in 2024. Some fans who wanted name recognition were unimpressed with ...

And Stirtz, the former Northwest Missouri State player with the least tournament experience, leads the team in several statistical categories. That’s to say: This Bulldogs’ squad knows what it ...

One week since winning the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, Drake basketball knows who its opponent will be in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The 11-seeded Bulldogs will face 6-seed ...

“We just fought. That’s kind of what we have to do, is just continue to grind and compete,” said McCollum, who won four D-II national titles at Northwest Missouri State before taking the ...