Dragons win first ever NIT game
Sophomore forward Goran Pantovic attempts a shot against the University of Central Florida. Pantovic played eight minutes agaunst UCF and scored a career high 10 points The selection committee didn’t call Drexel’s name to be invited to the big dance on Selection Sunday. After posting a 25-2 record since Dec. 10, the Dragons were left [...]
VCU puts end to Dragons’ 19-game winning streak
After a stretch that remained so constant, there is much uncertainty as to how the remainder of Drexel’s 2011-12 men’s basketball season will finish. For more than two months, the Dragons were unbeaten. Their only loss since Dec. 10 was to Georgia State University in Atlanta Jan. 2. It was all building toward a guaranteed [...]
Graber wraps up career
If you have been following the Drexel men’s basketball team’s incredible season, you may assume that forward Samme Givens is the team’s lone senior. However, there is another member of the team who is playing out his senior season on the sidelines: Steven Graber. Graber is the team’s head manager, and he is responsible for [...]
Basketball star arrested and suspended
The Drexel men’s basketball team has suffered its first loss in what seems like all season, as the team hasn’t lost a game since Jan. 2. Junior Derrick Thomas was recently charged with simple assault and criminal trespass. The charges stem from an incident that took place in December on La Salle University’s campus, according [...]
Can Drexel Basketball rebound for the CAA Tourney
“Year of the Dragon” was the mantra for the Drexel men’s basketball team this year. In a Colonial Athletic Association poll taken in October, the Dragons were favored to win the conference tournament with six of their returning top players. Unfortunately, Derrick Thomas was one of these top six, and he won’t be playing this [...]
Men’s bball earns 14th straight win
After beating Hofstra University for their 13th straight win and 21st victory of the season, the Drexel men’s basketball team welcomed the Tribe of The College of William & Mary to the DAC on Valentine’s Day. The Dragons were able to earn their 14th straight win in a game that went down to the wire [...]
Men’s basketball atop the CAA; win 10 consecutive
Drexel freshman guard Damion Lee goes up for a shot at the DAC during the Dragons 68-48 win over Georgia State Jan. 25. From Feb. 13, 1988 until Feb. 4, 1989, the University of Richmond Spiders, then members of the Colonial Athletic Association, won 17 consecutive regular-season conference matchups. That is the CAA’s longest standing [...]
Dragons blow out Panthers 68-46
The Dragons are breathing fire right now — plain and simple. They boast a 16-5 record (8-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association) and are tied for second in the CAA standings, just below George Mason University and tied with Virginia Commonwealth University and Old Dominion University. The Dragons have won eight games in a row, [...]
Thomas’ game: steller defense
Drexel junior guard Derrick Thomas looks to pass the ball at midcourt, during the Dragons 71-53 win over the Huskies Jan. 21. Thomas scored a game-high 20 points. In order to be a great defensive team, or defensive player, you need to have certain traits. You need to be physical, intense and aggressive, yet responsible [...]
Blazing hot Dragons win fourth and fifth straight
Drexel junior guard Chris Fouch dribbles the ball around the three-point line, while being defended by George Mason redshirt sophomore guard Sherrod Wright during the Dragons 60-53 win over the Patriots at the DAC Jan. 12. Fouch scored six points in 13 minutes. One more win. That’s right, one more consecutive victory and the Drexel [...]
Lee’s 21 helps Dragons top Patriots; 5-0 at DAC
Sophomore point guard Frantz Massenat holds the ball away from George Mason sophomore point guard Byron Allen. Massenat scored 12 points in the 60-53 victory. A freshman is the toast of the campus this week as freshman guard Derrick Lee dropped 21 points — 16 in the second half — to completely take over the [...]
Blast from the Drexel past:
Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups, left, drives against New York Knicks’ Malik Rose during the first half, April 16. ’06 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan. Detroit won 103-97. This week your friends at the sports section are introducing a new column called “Blast from the Past,” where we will take a look [...]
Massenat, Givens lead Dragons past Rider on ESPN
With just over four minutes remaining in the first half Nov. 15 in Lawrenceville, N.J., the Rider Broncs led the Dragons 26-18 and things weren’t looking too good for the Colonial Athletic Association favorites. But that thought was quickly demolished as Drexel proceeded to go on a 10-2 run to head into the locker room [...]
Dragon’s tip-off at 6 a.m.
The Dragons are tipping off their 2011-12 season later than most teams, but take that with a grain of salt because they are still starting extremely early — in the day, that is, 6 a.m. to be exact. So if you happen to be waking up for work or class and you turn on ESPN, [...]
Massenat looks to continue rookie year success
It would be tough for Frantz Massenat to have a better rookie season than he did in 2010-11. But after the season he had in his first year on the Drexel basketball team, his future looks bright, and he looks destined for even better seasons. As a freshman for the Dragons, Massenat did more than [...]
Drexel chosen over VCU as top team in conference
In 1996, Malik Rose led the Drexel Dragons to their most recent NCAA Tournament trip, which concluded with an exclamation point as Rose and the Dragons defeated fifth-seeded Memphis before losing to Syracuse in the program’s only second-round NCAA Tournament game in its history. In addition to Rose’s heroics, 2003 was also another one-and-only for [...]
Senior spotlight: Samme Givens shines the glass
Since his arrival in the 2008-09 Drexel basketball season, now-senior Samme Givens has contributed as a force of extreme dominance for the men’s team. As he steps into his fourth and final year, he will leave behind nothing short of a remembered and honored collegiate career. Head Coach James “Bruiser” Flint made a strategic move [...]
Chiddy Bang has Midnight Madness
Basketball fans rejoice. It is time to escape the reality that is the NFL’s 1-4 Philadelphia “dream team,” and there is no longer a need to feign interest in early-season hockey, and yes, it’s time to stop dabbing the tears off of your cheeks with your Phillies rally towel. The start of a brand new [...]
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Senior featured on reality show
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Dragons flex muscles in Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta
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Drexel softball waves goodbye to it’s all-time home run leader
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Motion City Soundtrack joins forces with MAD Dragon Records for series
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SHAFTED! Dragons snubbed by NCAA committee
by Alex Falk on March 16, 2012 in Men's Basketball, Sports
Drexel head coach James “Bruiser” Flint roams the sidelines during the Dragons 56-59 loss to Virginia Commonwealth University in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship game. The tournament took place in Richmond, Va. at the Richmond Coliseum. Drexel vs. the world — not necessarily. The above statement has caught on as “the thing” to say after [...]