Drake women’s basketball coach Allison Pohlman views lofty expectations as an opportunity and not a challenge. Reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Katie Dinnebier returns for a Bulldog team that is favored to win a third straight league title.

The Bulldogs will be in search of a third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, but they have not won a tournament game since advancing to the “Sweet Sixteen” in 2002.

Pohlman says the style of play that has made Drake so successful will not change.

Drake opens the regular season November fourth at North Dakota State.