1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
MAC College–Southern Regular Season Champions
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conferences
DivisionCollege–Southern
Record12–5 (11–2 MAC)
Head coach
  • Samuel Cozen (9th season)
Home arenaSayre High School
Seasons
1960–61 MAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
University
Saint Joseph's* 8 – 0   1.000 25 – 5   .833**
Temple 9 – 1   .900 20 – 8   .714
La Salle 7 – 2   .778 15 – 7   .682
Gettysburg 8 – 4   .667 19 – 6   .760
Lafayette 6 – 6   .500 16 – 8   .667
Bucknell 5 – 6   .455 12 – 11   .522
Rutgers 3 – 6   .333 11 – 10   .524
Lehigh 4 – 10   .286 5 – 16   .238
Delaware 2 – 7   .222 8 – 11   .421
Muhlenberg 2 – 12   .143 5 – 20   .200
College–Northern
Albright † 12 – 1   .923 19 – 9   .679
No. 6 Hofstra 10 – 1   .909 21 – 4   .840
Susquehanna 9 – 4   .692 17 – 6   .739
Moravian 11 – 5   .688 13 – 7   .650
Elizabethtown 7 – 7   .500 11 – 11   .500
Lebanon Valley 8 – 8   .500 10 – 9   .526
Wagner 5 – 5   .500 9 – 15   .375
Lycoming 6 – 8   .429 9 – 13   .409
Scranton 4 – 8   .333 5 – 18   .217
Wilkes 4 – 11   .267 7 – 15   .318
Upsala 2 – 9   .182 –   –
Juniata 1 – 10   .091 1 – 17   .056
Stevens*** 0 – 3   .000 –   –
College–Southern
Drexel 11 – 2   .846 12 – 5   .706
Western Maryland 8 – 2   .800 16 – 7   .696
Haverford 8 – 4   .667 12 – 5   .706
Dickinson 9 – 5   .643 –   –
Franklin & Marshall 6 – 7   .462 8 – 11   .421
Pennsylvania Military 5 – 10   .333 –   –
Ursinus 4 – 9   .308 6 – 11   .353
Swarthmore 3 – 10   .231 3 – 13   .188
Johns Hopkins 1 – 9   .100 4 – 16   .200
Washington (MD)*** 4 – 4   .500 –   –
West Chester*** 3 – 3   .500 –   –
† 1961 MAC College Division men's basketball tournament winner
* – Regular-season University Division champion
** – Overall record later adjuted to 22–4 (.846)
*** – Ineligible for championship

The 1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1960–61 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 9th 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 season 12–5, and finished in 1st place in the MAC in the regular season.

Due to a power outage in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, the last 5 minutes and 10 seconds of Drexel's game at Ursinus on February 25, 1961, was not played.[1]

On February 8, 1961, Samuel Cozen recorded his 100th win as Drexel head coach.

Roster

1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
—
—
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
January 7, 1961
 Pennsylvania Military College W –  1–0
(1–0) 		  –      –      –    Sayre High School 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 9, 1961
 at Elizabethtown L 51–61  1–1
(1–1) 		  –      –      –     
 
January 11, 1961
 at Haverford W 57–54  2–1
(2–1) 		 27 – Morgan   14 – Heffner    –    Ryan Gym 
Haverford, Pennsylvania
January 14, 1961
3:30 pm 		Ursinus W 67–56  3–1
(3–1) 		  –      –      –    Sayre High School 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 18, 1961*
8:30 pm 		Delaware W 69–63  4–1
   –     16 – Henry    –    Sayre High School (250)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 21, 1961
3:30 pm 		Washington (Maryland) Cancelled (Snow) Sayre High School 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Unknown
 West Chester W 70–57  5–1
(4–1) 		 20 – Morgan   11 – Heffner    –     
 
January 28, 1961*
6:45 pm 		at Pratt L 59–73  5–2
  18 – Morgan    –      –     
Brooklyn, New York
February 4, 1961
3:30 pm 		at Franklin & Marshall Cancelled (Snow)  
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
February 8, 1961
8:30 pm 		at Swarthmore W 64–52  6–2
(5–1) 		 19 – Brown    –      –     
 
February 11, 1961
8:30 pm 		at Pennsylvania Military College W 80–70  7–2
(6–1) 		 25 – Morgan    –      –     
Chester, Pennsylvania
February 13, 1961
8:45 pm 		at Johns Hopkins W 84–58  8–2
(7–1) 		  –      –      –     
 
February 15, 1961
8:30 pm 		Haverford W 79–65  9–2
(8–1) 		  –      –      –    Sayre High School 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 18, 1961
2:00 pm 		Wagner W 78–70  10–2
(9–1) 		 21 – Brown    –      –    Sayre High School 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 21, 1961
8:15 pm 		at Lebanon Valley L 49–53  10–3
(9–2) 		  –      –      –     
 
February 22, 1961
8:30 pm 		at Wilkes W 73–63  11–3
(10–2) 		 20 – Morgan    –      –     
 
February 25, 1961
 at Ursinus W 67–50  12–3
(11–2) 		 15 – Hilmer    –      –     
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
1961 Middle Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament
March 3, 1961
9:00 pm 		(2) vs. (3) No. 6 Hofstra
Semifinals 		L 55–77  12–4
  26 – Morgan    –      –    Muhlenberg Fieldhouse 
Allentown, Pennsylvania
March 4, 1961
7:00 pm 		(2) vs. (4) Haverford
Third Place Game 		L 61–72  12–5
   –      –      –    Muhlenberg Fieldhouse 
Allentown, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. ^ "CUMULATIVE BASKETBALL STATISTICS SUMMARY" (PDF). NCAA. February 25, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved February 28, 2018.