2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 | |
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Sam Green SF |
Forestville, MD | Bishop McNamara High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Aug 30, 2015 | |
Scout: 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: ESPN grade: 57 | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule
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November 11, 2016* |
at Monmouth | – | – | – | Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ |
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November 30, 2016* |
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at Penn Battle of 33rd Street |
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at Rider | – | – | – | Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ |
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Saint Joseph's City 6 |
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March 3/4, 2017 |
vs. First Round/Quarterfinals |
– | – | – | North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, SC |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |