1965–66 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
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1965–66 Drexel Dragons men's basketball | |
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MAC College–Southern regular season champions | |
NCAA tournament Regional semifinals, L 54–62 | |
Conference | Middle Atlantic Conferences |
College–Southern | |
Record | 20–4 (12–0 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Sayre High School |
The 1965–66 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1965–66 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 14th year head coach Samuel Cozen, played their home games at Sayre High School and were members of the College–Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).
The team finished the regular season 19–1, and finished in 1st place in the MAC in the regular season.
Drexel reached the finals of the MAC tournament, where they lost to Albright.[1]
Roster
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Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Unknown* | Delaware Valley | W 92–63 | 1–0 | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown | Upsala | W 72–67 | 2–0 (1–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
December 17, 1965 | at Swarthmore | W 84–58 | 3–0 (2–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown* | vs. Mansfield | W 91–62 | 4–0 | – | – | – | | ||||
December 1965* | vs. Cheyney | L 51–72 | 4–1 | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown* | Delaware | W 66–61 | 5–1 | – | – | – | | ||||
January 11, 1966 | at Lebanon Valley | W 63–60 | 6–1 (3–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown* | West Chester | W 73–67 2OT | 7–1 | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown | Ursinus | W 72–61 | 8–1 (4–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown | Pennsylvania Military College | W 55–34 | 9–1 (5–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown | Moravian | W 63–46 | 10–1 (6–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown* | Rider | W 92–84 OT | 11–1 | – | – | – | | ||||
January 29, 1966 | at Franklin & Marshall | W 76–60 | 12–1 (7–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
February 2, 1966 | at Swarthmore | W 85–48 | 13–1 (8–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
Unknown* | Delaware | W 82–76 | 14–1 | – | – | – | | ||||
February 9, 1966 | at Haverford | W 56–49 | 15–1 (9–0) | – | – | – | Ryan Gym Haverford, PA | ||||
February 12, 1966 | Johns Hopkins | W 86–52 | 16–1 (10–0) | – | – | – | Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA | ||||
Unknown | Wagner | W 84–58 | 17–1 (11–0) | – | – | – | | ||||
February 19, 1966 | at Scranton | W 67–65 | 18–1 (12–0) | – | – | – | Scranton, PA | ||||
Unknown* | Muhlenberg | W 93–50 | 19–1 | – | – | – | | ||||
1966 Middle Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament | |||||||||||
February 25, 1966 | (1) | vs. (2) Haverford Semifinals | W 61–33 | 20–1 | – | – | – | Saint Joseph's Field House Philadelphia, PA | |||
February 26, 1966 | (1) | vs. (2) Albright Conference Championship | L 45–58 | 20–2 | – | – | – | Saint Joseph's Field House Philadelphia, PA | |||
1966 NCAA College Division basketball tournament | |||||||||||
March 4, 1966 7:30 pm | vs. Long Island Regional semifinals | L 54–62 | 20–3 | – | – | – | Albright Field House (3,200) Reading, PA | ||||
March 5, 1966 | vs. Albright Regional third place Game | L 61–78 | 20–4 | – | – | – | Albright Field House Reading, PA | ||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
[edit]- ^ Good, Herb (February 27, 1966). "Albright Beats Drexel, 58-45, For MAC Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 65. Retrieved November 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.