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1969–70 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

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1969–70 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conferences
DivisionCollege–Southern
Record11–11 (7–6 MAC)
Head coach
  • Frank Szymanski (2nd season)
Captains
  • Phil Kircher
  • Steve Lilly
Home arena32nd Street Armory
Seasons
1969–70 MAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
University–Eastern
Saint Joseph's 5 0   1.000 15 12   .556
La Salle 3 2   .600 14 12   .538
Temple 2 3   .400 15 13   .536
Hofstra 2 3   .400 13 13   .500
American 2 3   .400 11 12   .478
West Chester 1 4   .200 11 15   .423
University–Western
Lehigh 7 3   .700 13 14   .481
Lafayette 7 3   .700 12 14   .462
Rider 7 3   .700 16 10   .615
Delaware 6 4   .600 16 9   .640
Bucknell 3 7   .300 6 17   .261
Gettysburg 0 10   .000 8 18   .308
College–Northern
Philadelphia Textile    
Scranton 10 4   .714 15 8   .652
Upsala    
Juniata 8 4   .667 14 8   .636
Wagner 6 5   .545 11 14   .440
Elizabethtown 7 6   .538 9 13   .409
Susquehanna 8 8   .500 12 11   .522
Albright 7 10   .412 7 18   .280
Lycoming 3 12   .200 4 15   .211
College–Southern
Muhlenberg 13 1   .929 16 6   .727
Pennsylvania Military    
Johns Hopkins 8 4   .667 10 8   .556
Dickinson 11 6   .647 13 11   .542
Drexel 7 6   .538 11 11   .500
Ursinus 8 8   .500 9 9   .500
Swarthmore 7 7   .500 10 8   .556
Lebanon Valley 6 11   .353 7 13   .350
Moravian 4 16   .200 4 17   .190
Franklin & Marshall 3 12   .200 3 17   .150
Haverford 2 12   .143 5 14   .263
1970 MAC men's basketball tournament winner
University division only counted games within their division. College division counted games across Northern/Southern.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969–70 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1969–70 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 2nd year head coach Frank Szymanski, played their home games at the 32nd Street Armory and were members of the College–Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).

The team finished the season 11–11.

Roster

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1969–70 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
Head coach
  • Frank Szymanski
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
December 1969
Delaware Valley W 61–56  1–0
(1–0)
                  32nd Street Armory (1,500)
Philadelphia, PA
December 6, 1969
Philadelphia Textile L 37–64  1–1
(1–1)
                   
 
Unknown
Pennsylvania Military College L 55–60  1–2
(1–2)
                   
 
December 16, 1969
at Lebanon Valley W 57–51  2–2
(2–2)
                   
 
December 20, 1969*
Rensselaer W 72–64  3–2
                  32nd Street Armory 
Philadelphia, PA
Unknown*
Bloomsburg State
Tournament
W 61–55  4–2
                   
 
Unknown*
Towson State
Tournament
L 45–52  4–3
                   
 
January 3, 1970*
at Delaware L 58–63  4–4
                   
 
Unknown
Muhlenberg W 82–67  5–4
(3–2)
 23  Coley              32nd Street Armory 
Philadelphia, PA
Unknown*
West Chester W 63–58  6–4
 22  Coley              32nd Street Armory 
Philadelphia, PA
January 13, 1970
at Swarthmore L 59–60  6–5
(3–3)
 25  Lilly   17  Lilly         
 
Unknown
Moravian W 60–54  7–5
(4–3)
 20  Coley   10  2 Tied        32nd Street Armory 
Philadelphia, PA
January 24, 1970*
at Gettysburg L 55–76  7–6
 19  Coley              Bream Gym 
Gettysburg, PA
January 28, 1970*
Delaware L 85–88 OT 7–7
                  32nd Street Armory 
Philadelphia, PA
January 31, 1970*
8:00 pm
Rider L 54–61  7–8
                  32nd Street Armory 
Philadelphia, PA
February 4, 1970
at Haverford W 37–26  8–8
(5–3)
                   
Haverford, PA
February 7, 1970
Johns Hopkins W 48–46  9–8
(6–3)
                  32nd Street Armory 
Philadelphia, PA
Unknown
Wagner L 68–73  9–9
(6–4)
 20  Coley              32nd Street Armory 
Philadelphia, PA
February 14, 1970
at Scranton L 62–68  9–10
(6–5)
                  Long Field House (5,000)
Scranton, PA
Unknown
Ursinus L 59–61  9–11
(6–6)
                   
 
February 21, 1970
Franklin & Marshall W 63–51  10–11
(7–6)
                   
 
February 25, 1970*
Upsala W 59–58  11–11
 27  Coley               (600)
 
February 28, 1970
at Lehigh
Cancelled
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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