2015–16 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team explained

Sport:basketball
Year:2015–16
Team:Drexel Dragons
Conference:Colonial Athletic Association
Short Conf:CAA
Record:6–25
Conf Record:3–15
Head Coach:Bruiser Flint
Hc Year:15th
Asst Coach1:Mike Connors
Ac1 Year:8th
Asst Coach2:Matt Collier
Ac2 Year:6th
Asst Coach3:Bobby Jordan
Ac3 Year:4th
Mvp:Kazembe Abif
Mvp Year:1st
Arena:Daskalakis Athletic Center

The 2015–16 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 15th year head coach Bruiser Flint, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

They finished the season 6–25, 3–15 in CAA play to finish in ninth place in the regular season. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA tournament to Hofstra.

On March 7, 2016, following the end of Drexel's season, Bruiser Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team.[1]

Previous season

See main article: 2014–15 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team. The 2014–15 Drexel Dragons finished the season with a record of 10-18 after losing to the College of Charleston in the 2015 CAA men's basketball tournament. The team went 9–9 in the CAA regular season, and was the 7 seed in the conference tournament.

Off season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
0 6'10" 255 Graduated
1 6'3" 204 Graduated
14 6'6" 200 Transferred to Louisville[2]

Incoming transfers

2015 Recruiting Class

Roster

Schedule

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Team statistics

As of the end of the season.
Indicates team leader in each category.
(FG%, FT% leader = minimum 50 att.; 3P% leader = minimum 20 att.)

PlayerGPGSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTPGFG%FT%3P%
data-sort-value="Abif, Kazembe"Kazembe Abif 31 <--GP-->30 <--GS-->29.9 9.3 7.0 <--RPG--> 0.8 0.4 0.3 1.3 .466 <--FG%-->.621 .111
data-sort-value="Allen, Tavon"Tavon Allen 31 <--GP-->19 29.8 13.1 <--PPG--> 2.8 2.1 0.7 0.5 1.7 .364 .827 .366 <--3P%-->
data-sort-value="Allen, Terrell"Terrell Allen 31 <--GP-->29 32.9 <--MPG-->9.8 3.0 3.5 <--APG-->1.5 <--SPG-->0.1 1.8 <--TPG-->.407 .838 <--FT%-->.321
data-sort-value="Bah, Mohamed"Mohamed Bah 26 2 13.1 2.3 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 .431 .469 .000
data-sort-value="Cartwright, Andrew"Andrew Cartwright 6 0 2.0 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 .200 1.000 .200
data-sort-value="Fields, Ahmad"Ahmad Fields 3 1 15.7 6.0 5.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 .286 .667 .400
data-sort-value="Fraser-Pauls, Chandler"Chandler Fraser-Pauls 5 1 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000
data-sort-value="London, Rashann"Rashann London 31 <--GP-->24 30.1 7.5 2.3 2.3 0.4 0.0 1.5 .344 .700 .279
data-sort-value="Mojica, Sammy"Sammy Mojica 31 <--GP-->20 28.4 8.9 3.5 2.0 0.8 0.6 1.6 .351 .623 .338
data-sort-value="Myles, Tyshawn"Tyshawn Myles 23 0 9.3 1.6 2.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 .438 .333 .000
data-sort-value="Williams, Austin"Austin Williams 17 0 7.8 1.0 2.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 .353 .500 .000
data-sort-value="Williams, Rodney"Rodney Williams 30 29 26.2 10.5 5.6 1.2 0.4 1.1 <--BPG-->1.5 .457 .675 .000
Team31 - - 63.2 33.0 12.4 4.5 3.5 11.1 .393 .685 .329

Awards

Terrell Allen
Kazembe Abif
Rodney Williams
Tavon Allen
Terrell Allen
Sammy Mojica
Chandler Fraser-Pauls

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Goodman. Jeff. Borzello. Jeff. Bruiser Flint fired by Drexel after 15 seasons. ESPN.com. ESPN. 7 March 2016. 7 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Parrish. Gary. Louisville lands Damion Lee. CBSSports. 23 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Verlin. Josh. Drexel's Canady to miss second consecutive season due to injury. City of Basketball Love. 18 November 2015.