2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

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2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
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Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2016–17 record 0–0 (0–0 CAA)
Head coach Zach Spiker (1st year)
Assistant coach Rob O’Driscoll (1st year)
Assistant coach Chris Clark (1st year)
Assistant coach Paul Fortier (1st year)
Home arena Daskalakis Athletic Center
Seasons
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
2016–17 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
College of Charleston 0 0       0 0  
Delaware 0 0       0 0  
Drexel 0 0       0 0  
Elon 0 0       0 0  
Hofstra 0 0       0 0  
James Madison 0 0       0 0  
Northeastern 0 0       0 0  
Towson 0 0       0 0  
UNC Wilmington 0 0       0 0  
William & Mary 0 0       0 0  
2017 CAA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represent Drexel University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by first year head coach Zach Spiker, play their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association.


Previous season

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The 2015–16 Drexel Dragons finished the season with a record of 6-25 after losing to Hofstra in the 2016 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The team went 3–15 in the CAA regular season, finishing 9th.

On March 7, 2016, following the end of the season, Bruiser Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team.[1]

On March 24, 2016, Drexel announced that Zach Spiker was hired to replace Bruiser Flint as head coach.[2]

Off season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Sammy Mojica 2 G/F 6'3" 190 Junior Chestnut Hill, MA Transferring[3]
Tavon Allen 11 G/F 6'7" 190 RS Senior New Haven, CT Graduated
Terrell Allen 12 G 6'2" 180 Freshman Upper Marlboro, MD Transferred to UCF[4]
Kazembe Abif 32 F 6'7" 220 RS Senior Elizabeth, NJ Graduated
Chandler Fraser-Pauls 33 G 6'0" 175 RS Senior Pennington, NJ Graduated; Hired as Director of Player Development at Rider


2016 Recruiting Class

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Sam Green
SF
Forestville, MD Bishop McNamara High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Aug 30, 2015 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Jeremy Peck
PF
Houston, TX St. Thomas' Episcopal School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) N/A Oct 6, 2015 
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Kurk Lee Jr
PG
Baltimore, MD St. Frances (MD) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) May 2, 2016 
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:1/5 stars   ESPN grade: 57
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

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Roster

2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year High school/previous college Home town
G 0 Miles Overton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Saint Joseph's Prep/Wake Forest Philadelphia, PA
G 1 Ahmad Fields 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Massanutten Academy/Utah Washington, D.C.
F 5 Austin Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Trinity Episcopal HS Richmond, VA
G 13 Rashann London 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Roman Catholic HS Philadelphia, PA
F/C 15 Mohamed Bah 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Lee Academy (ME) Bamako, Mali
F 24 Rodney Williams 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr St. Christopher's School (VA) Richmond, VA
G 25 Major Canady 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS So The Kiski School (PA) Wilson, NC
F 35 Andrew Cartwright (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Nokomis Regional HS Guilford, ME
F 55 Tyshawn Myles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Jr Washington Heights Queens, NY
F Sam Green 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Bishop McNamara HS Forestville, MD
F Jeremy Peck 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Fr St. Thomas' Episcopal School Houston, TX
G Kurk Lee Jr 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr St. Frances (MD) Baltimore, MD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: May 4, 2016

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
*
  
                    
 
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2016*
at Monmouth   
                  Multipurpose Activity Center 
West Long Branch, NJ
November 30, 2016*
  
                  Daskalakis Athletic Center 
Philadelphia, PA
December 15/16, 2016*
at    
                    
 
December 18/19, 2016*
  
                  Daskalakis Athletic Center 
Philadelphia, PA
*
at Penn
Battle of 33rd Street
  
                  Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
*
at Rider   
                  Alumni Gymnasium 
Lawrenceville, NJ
*
Saint Joseph's
City 6
  
                  Daskalakis Athletic Center 
Philadelphia, PA
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CAA Tournament
March 3/4, 2017
vs. 
First Round/Quarterfinals
  
                  North Charleston Coliseum 
North Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards

See also

References

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