Sport: | basketball |
Year: | 2020–21 |
Team: | Drexel Dragons |
Conference: | Colonial Athletic Association |
Short Conf: | CAA |
Record: | 12–8 |
Conf Record: | 4–5 |
Head Coach: | Zach Spiker |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach1: | Paul Fortier |
Ac1 Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach2: | Justin Jennings |
Ac2 Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach3: | Rob O’Driscoll |
Ac3 Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach4: | Michael-Hakim Jordan |
Ac4 Year: | 1st |
Mvp: | Camren Wynter |
Mvp Year: | 3rd |
Captain: | James Butler |
Captain Year: | 2nd |
Captain2: | Camren Wynter |
Captain2 Year: | 2nd |
Arena: | Daskalakis Athletic Center |
Champion: | CAA Tournament champions |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | first round |
The 2020–21 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by fifth-year head coach Zach Spiker, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.
In the 2020–21 season, the Dragons had many games postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and did not have fans in attendance for all home games.
They finished the season 12-8, 4-5 in CAA Play to finish in 6th place. They defeated Charleston, Northeastern, and Elon to be champions of the CAA tournament. They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Illinois.
See main article: 2019–20 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team.
The Dragons finished the 2019–20 season 14–19, 6–12 in CAA play to finish in 8th place. They lost to Hofstra in the CAA tournament quarterfinals.[1]
On 14 July, 2020, Drexel announced the addition of Michael-Hakim Jordan as an assistant coach.[2]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
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1 | 5'9" | 150 | Transferred to Alcorn State[3] | |||||
2 | 6'9" | 215 | Transferred to Albany[4] | |||||
4 | 6'6" | 220 | Transferred to Howard[5] |
In a poll of the league coaches, media relations directors, and media members at the CAA's media day, Drexel was picked to finish in third place in the CAA.[6] Redshirt senior James Butler and Junior guard Camren Wynter were selected to the Preseason CAA All-Conference First Team.
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