1985–86 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

1985–86 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
1985–86 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
ECC Regular Season Champions; ECC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament First Round, L 73–93
Conference	East Coast Conference
Record	19–12 (11–3 ECC)
Head coach	Eddie Burke (9th season);
Assistant coach	Pat Flannery (3rd season)
Home arena	Daskalakis Athletic Center
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 ECC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Drexel †	11	–	3	.786	19	–	12	.613
Hofstra	9	–	5	.643	17	–	13	.567
Bucknell	8	–	6	.571	17	–	12	.586
Lafayette	8	–	6	.571	14	–	15	.483
Lehigh	6	–	8	.429	13	–	15	.464
Rider	5	–	9	.357	9	–	19	.321
Towson State	5	–	9	.357	8	–	20	.286
Delaware	4	–	10	.286	11	–	16	.407

† 1986 ECC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1985–86 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 9th year head coach Eddie Burke, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the East Coast Conference (ECC).

The team finished the season 19–12, and finished in 1st place in the ECC in the regular season.

Roster

1985–86 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
			—	—

Head coach

Eddie Burke (La Salle)

Assistant coach(es)

Pat Flannery (Bucknell)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Unknown*		vs. Central Connecticut	L 64–65		–	–	–	McCann Field House (1,713) Poughkeepsie, NY
Unknown*		vs. Coppin State	W 88–66		–	–	–	McCann Field House (1,852) Poughkeepsie, NY
Unknown*		vs. Samford	L 73–77		–	–	–	Indian Field House (1,461) Jonesboro, AR
Unknown*		vs. Florida International	W 60–59		–	–	–	Indian Field House (871) Jonesboro, AR
January 4, 1986		at Lehigh	L 66–79		–	–	–	Stabler Arena (500) Bethlehem, PA
February 5, 1986		Lehigh	W 84–77		–	–	–	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,225) Philadelphia, PA
February 24, 1986		at Lafayette	W 65–61	–	–	–	–	(1,065)
Unknown*		Long Island	W 98–82	–	–	–	–	Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA
ECC Tournament
March 1, 1986	(1)	vs. (8) Delaware Quarterfinals	W 99–81	17–11	36 – Rankin	–	–	Towson Center (670) Towson, MD
March 2, 1986	(1)	vs. (4) Lafayette Semifinals	W 78–69	18–11	–	–	–	Towson Center (510) Towson, MD
March 3, 1986	(1)	vs. (2) Hofstra Championship	W 80–76	19–11	–	–	–	Towson Center (816) Towson, MD
1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
March 13, 1986	(15 W)	vs. (2 W) No. 7 Louisville First Round	L 73–93	19–12	–	–	–	Dee Events Center (9,037) Ogden, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time.

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v t e Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Venues	Main Building (1894–1928) Curtis Hall Gym (1928–1952) Palestra (1949–1951, 3 games; 1987–1988 alternate) Sayre Junior High School (1951–1969) 32nd Street Armory (1969–1975) Daskalakis Athletic Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Penn
Culture & lore	Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) City 6 Mario the Magnificent "Drexel Fight Song" DAC Pack
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25