Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2011–12 |
Team: | Drexel Dragons |
Conference: | Colonial Athletic Association |
Short Conf: | CAA |
Aprank: | RV |
Record: | 29–7 |
Conf Record: | 16–2 |
Head Coach: | Bruiser Flint |
Hc Year: | 11th |
Asst Coach1: | Mike Connors |
Ac1 Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach2: | Ashley Howard |
Ac2 Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach3: | Matt Collier |
Ac3 Year: | 2nd |
Mvp: | Samme Givens |
Mvp Year: | 2nd |
Mvp2: | Frantz Massenat |
Mvp2 Year: | 1st |
Stadium: | Daskalakis Athletic Center |
Champion: | CAA Regular Season Champions |
Bowl: | NIT tournament Quarterfinals |
Bowl Result: | L 70–72 |
The 2011–12 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 11th year head coach Bruiser Flint, played their home games at Daskalakis Athletic Center and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 29–7, 16–2 in CAA play to be crowned CAA regular season champions. They lost in the championship game of the CAA Basketball tournament to VCU.[1] As a conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 NIT where they defeated UCF in the first round and Northern Iowa in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to Massachusetts.
Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kazembe Abif | Center | 6–7 | 210 | Freshman | Elizabeth, New Jersey |
2 | Aquil Younger | Guard | 6–0 | 163 | Freshman | Philadelphia |
3 | Chris Fouch | Guard | 6–2 | 178 | Junior | New York City |
4 | Frantz Massenat | Guard | 6–4 | 185 | Sophomore | Ewing, New Jersey |
5 | Stevan Manojlovic | Guard | 6–5 | 197 | Sophomore | Toronto, Ontario |
11 | Tavon Allen | Forward | 6–7 | 170 | Freshman | New Haven, Connecticut |
14 | Damion Lee | Guard | 6–6 | 200 | Freshman | Baltimore, Maryland |
20 | Casey Carroll | Forward | 6–8 | 225 | Freshman | Canfield, Ohio |
22 | Jake Lerner | Guard | 6–2 | 190 | Sophomore | Philadelphia |
32 | Derrick Thomas | Guard | 6–4 | 195 | Junior | New York City |
33 | Goran Pantovic | Forward | 6–10 | 230 | Sophomore | Belgrade, Serbia |
35 | Dartaye Ruffin | Forward | 6–8 | 250 | Sophomore | Stoughton, Massachusetts |
44 | Daryl McCoy | Forward | 6–9 | 270 | Junior | Hartford, Connecticut |
45 | Samme Givens | Forward | 6–5 | 220 | Senior | Philadelphia |
|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F5CF47; color:#002663;"| Regular Season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F5CF47; color:#002663;"| 2012 CAA men's basketball tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F5CF47; color:#002663;"| 2012 NIT
See also: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.