When looking across the landscape of college athletics, many fans pick their team because of how close they are geographically to where they are or where they grew up. The beauty of national tournaments like the NCAA Tournament is that schools from all over the country can be included and can shine a light on where they are from.

The NCAA Men's Tournament always has small schools looking to make a big splash on the national stage. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Thursday's first-round games had hoop fans wondering: Who is Drake University?

Drake, understandably, wanted to keep up-and-coming superstar coach Ben McCollum around. The draw of coaching the Iowa Hawkeyes was too much, though.

Former Drake star Bennett Stirtz discusses his decision to transfer to Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball under his coach Ben McCollum.

Iowa has agreed to a deal to make Drake coach Ben McCollum the school’s next coach, per me and Jeff Borzello. He won four Division II national titles at Northwest Missouri State prior to leading Drake (31-4) to the NCAA Tournament in his lone season there.