Hump Day Rankings: The Nicknames

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Philahoops’ Hump Day Rankings are a weekly look at some of the other topics that make the City Six great. It will be published each Wednesday and will include a poll at the end of each story to get your thoughts. You can see other rankings here. As always, we encourage interaction through comments at the […]

Drexel 70, Rutgers 59: Allen, Dragons advance to NIT semis

Tavon Allen of Drexel shoots over St. Joe's Chris Wilson on Dec. 31, 2012. (Aaron Bracy/Philahoops)

By ADAM BOOTH Philahoops Staff @ThatsAdamBooth PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Drexel came into its quarterfinal matchup in the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament with only one goal in mind: Make it to New York. If Drexel won its next contest, then they would be spending the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in Manhattan playing in Madison Square Garden, the […]

Fox Sports Live features former Drexel guard Bashir Mason

Bashir Mason continues making Bruiser Flint proud even after his playing days are over. (Drexel Athletics)

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 […]

Drexel-Elon Stats Analysis: Depth Kills

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By ADAM HERMANN Philahoops Staff @AdamWHermann – OFFENSE (The offensive graph contains three components. Along the x-axis runs Scoring Efficiency, which measures how efficiently each player scored their respective points. Along the y-axis runs the percentage of their team’s points each player scored. And the size of the player’s bubble represents the number of minutes […]

Drexel 71, Elon 64: Behind defense, Flint sets Dragons mark

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By ADAM BOOTH Philahoops Staff @ThatsAdamBooth – PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Bruiser Flint’s teams always have been about defense. So, it’s no surprise that it was Drexel’s work on the defensive end of the floor that helped Flint become the school’s all-time winningest coach. The Dragons held Elon to two 3-pointers – nine triples below their […]