1995–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
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NAC Regular Season Champions NAC Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Tournament Second Round, L 58–69 | |
Conference | North Atlantic Conference |
Record | 27–4 (17–1 NAC) |
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Home arena | Daskalakis Athletic Center |
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Drexel † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 27 | – | 4 | .871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hofstra | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1996 NAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 1995–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 5th year head coach Bill Herrion, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the North Atlantic Conference (which has since changed name).
In the 1995–96 season, the Dragons won a school record 27 games, won the North Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament for the third season in a row, qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in school history, and also won the school's first ever NCAA Tournament game in the first round of the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
After reaching the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, the Dragons lost to Syracuse by a score of 58–69. Syracuse would go on to finish runner–up in the tournament, losing to Kentucky in the National Championship.
In the 1995–96 season, Malik Rose broke Drexel's individual single season record for rebounds with 409 in 31 games.
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 27, 1995* 7:00 pm |
Saint Anselm | W 82–59 | 1–0 |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,112) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
December 1, 1995* 9:00 pm |
vs. Murray State Purdue Tournament semifinals |
L 75–76 | 1–1 |
Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
December 2, 1995* 6:00 pm |
vs. Illinois–Chicago Purdue Tournament 3rd place game |
W 83–72 | 2–1 |
Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
December 7, 1995 7:30 pm |
at Vermont | W 97–58 | 3–1 (1–0) |
Patrick Gym (1,825) Burlington, VT | |||||||
December 9, 1995 2:00 pm |
at Hartford | W 79–72 OT | 4–1 (2–0) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (568) Hartford, CT | |||||||
December 23, 1995* 7:00 pm |
at Oklahoma | L 78–85 | 4–2 |
Lloyd Noble Center (8,562) Norman, OK | |||||||
December 29, 1995* 8:00 pm |
vs. James Madison Bobcat Holiday Stores Classic semifinals |
W 75–55 | 5–2 |
Worthington Arena (6,407) Bozeman, MT | |||||||
December 30, 1995* 10:00 pm |
at Montana State Bobcat Holiday Stores Classic championship |
W 68–62 | 6–2 |
Worthington Arena (6,611) Bozeman, MT | |||||||
January 6, 1996 3:30 pm |
at Hofstra | W 100–71 | 7–2 (3–0) |
Hofstra Physical Fitness Center (1,623) Hempstead, NY | |||||||
January 8, 1996* 7:30 pm |
at Lehigh Postponed (Blizzard of 96) |
Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA | |||||||||
January 11, 1996 7:00 pm |
New Hampshire | W 110–68 | 8–2 (4–0) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (802) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
January 13, 1996 1:00 pm |
Maine | W 88–70 | 9–2 (5–0) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,216) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
January 16, 1996 9:00 pm |
vs. Delaware | W 91–75 | 10–2 (6–0) |
CoreStates Spectrum (7,877) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
January 18, 1996 7:00 pm |
at Northeastern | W 87–65 | 11–2 (7–0) |
Matthews Arena (610) Boston, MA | |||||||
January 20, 1996 1:00 pm |
at Boston University | W 67–47 | 12–2 (8–0) |
Case Gym (1,634) Boston, MA | |||||||
January 26, 1996 7:00 pm |
Boston University | L 74–76 | 12–3 (8–1) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,147) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
January 28, 1996 1:00 pm |
Northeastern | W 84–47 | 13–3 (9–1) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,323) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
February 2, 1996 7:30 pm |
at New Hampshire | W 87–75 | 14–3 (10–1) |
Lundholm Gym (1,790) Durham, NH | |||||||
February 4, 1996 12:00 pm |
Maine | W 73–52 | 15–3 (11–1) |
Alfond Arena (2,316) Orono, ME | |||||||
February 7, 1996 8:00 pm |
Towson | W 96–87 | 16–3 (12–1) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,006) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
February 10, 1996 8:00 pm |
Hofstra | W 93–63 | 17–3 (13–1) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,300) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
February 12, 1996* |
at Lehigh Rescheduled from January 8th |
W 93–73 | 18–3 |
Stabler Arena (508) Bethlehem, PA | |||||||
February 16, 1996 7:30 pm |
at Towson | W 75–56 | 19–3 (14–1) |
Towson Center (1,950) Towson, MD | |||||||
February 18, 1996 3:15 pm |
at Delaware | W 82–78 | 20–3 (15–1) |
Bob Carpenter Center (4,640) Newark, DE | |||||||
February 20, 1996* 7:00 pm |
at UMBC | W 87–55 | 21–3 |
Retriever Activities Center (626) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
February 23, 1996 7:00 pm |
Vermont | W 86–59 | 22–3 (16–1) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,201) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
February 25, 1996 1:00 pm |
Hartford | W 74–56 | 23–3 (17–1) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,120) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
1996 North Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
March 2, 1996 2:00 pm |
(1) | vs. (9) Hartford NAC Tournament Quarterfinals |
L 62–73 | 24–3 |
Bob Carpenter Center (4,786) Newark, DE | ||||||
March 3, 1996 1:00 pm |
(1) | vs. (5) Towson NAC Tournament Semifinals |
W 84–74 | 25–3 |
Bob Carpenter Center (3,970) Newark, DE | ||||||
March 7, 1996 5:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(1) | (2) Boston University NAC Tournament Finals |
W 76–67 | 26–3 |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,300) Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
March 14, 1996* CBS |
(12 W) | vs. (5 W) No. 16 Memphis NCAA Tournament Round of 64 |
W 75–63 | 27–3 |
The Pit (14,762) Albuquerque, NM | ||||||
March 16, 1996* 5:00 pm, CBS |
(12 W) | vs. (4 W) No. 13 Syracuse NCAA Tournament Round of 32 |
L 58–69 | 27–4 |
The Pit (15,792) Albuquerque, NM | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West. All times are in Eastern Time. |