Wednesday Preview: Drexel excited for MSG visit

Damion Lee is out for the 2013-14 season with a torn ACL. (Philahoops file)

What: Drexel Dragons (3-1) vs. No. 4 Arizona Wildcats (5-0) When: 7 p.m., Wednesday Where: Madison Square Garden, New York City TV/Radio: ESPNU/drexeldragons.com – By AARON BRACY and KEVIN ROSSI Philahoops Staff @Aaron_Bracy @kevin_rossi – Damion Lee remembers going to Madison Square Garden and dreaming of playing there one day. Now, the Drexel sharpshooter will […]

Abif out for Drexel’s NIT match-up with Arizona

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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, […]

Drexel’s Chris Fouch reaps rewards of resilience

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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 […]

Drexel-Rutgers Stats Analysis: Allen Sparks Win

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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 […]

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 […]