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By KEVIN ROSSI Philahoops Staff @Kevin_Rossi When Drexel meets No. 5 Arizona on Wednesday night in the NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden, it will be a rare chance for the Dragons to knock off a ranked team. It’s not that Drexel coach Bruiser Flint doesn’t want to face the big boys; it’s that […]
According to CBS’s Jon Rothstein, Drexel’s junior forward Kazembe Abif will miss the team’s semifinal game against No. 4 Arizona in the NIT Season Tip-Off with a concussion. Abif confirmed via text message to Philahoops that he does indeed have a concussion and that the injury occurred during the Rutgers game. Through the first four games, […]
By KEVIN ROSSI Philahoops Staff @kevin_rossi – He’s down on the floor underneath the basket, writhing in pain. He’s clutching his right ankle. The gymnasium is silent. His mother made the trip down from New York to see her son play. She’s in the stands but doesn’t see the play. A friend points out that […]
By KEVIN ROSSI Philahoops Staff @kevin_rossi – Earlier in the month, I caught up with Drexel head coach Bruiser Flint and asked him about his former point guard Bashir Mason. Mason is the head coach at Wagner College. At age 29, he is the youngest head coach in D-I college basketball. As if that wasn’t enough, Mason […]
It is official. Bruiser Flint and his coaching staff have inked the next group of Dragons hoops stars after the trio signed their National Letters of Intent. The three come from pipelines that Drexel has previously tapped with success with the recruits coming from from Philadelphia, New York City, and Massachusetts. The first to verbally commit, Roman […]
By KEVIN ROSSI Philahoops Staff @kevin_rossi – With the 78-70 win at Illinois State, Drexel head coach Bruiser Flint tied Sam Cozen for the most wins in school history with 213. Chris Fouch led the Dragons’ scoring push with 26 points on a hot 9-for-14 shooting including 3-for-6 from downtown. The first half was Kaz Abif’s coming out party. The junior forward […]
By KEVIN ROSSI Philahoops Staff @kevin_rossi – Drexel’s senior point guard Frantz Massenat was named the CAA’s Player of the Week for the opening week of the season. In a 72-67 loss at No. 22 UCLA, Massenat led the charge to keep the Dragons in the game. Massenat scored 20 points on 8-for-16 shooting (4-for-7 from […]
