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By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin In front of a roaring crowd, in an arena they hadn’t lost in all season, holding a 17-point lead in the second half, it looked like the Drexel Dragons were well on their way to the NIT semifinals and a trip to Madison Square Garden. It was an [...]
By AARON BRACY Philahoops Editor Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy The least of Drexel coach Bruiser Flint’s problems next season will be to figure out a way to replace Samme Givens’ 11.6 points and 7.8 rebounds. Givens’ memorable career at 33rd and Market came to a crashing halt on Tuesday night, with Drexel’s heartbreaking 72-70 loss to UMass [...]
By AARON BRACY Philahoops Editor Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy Dartaye Ruffin looked like he was going to beat UMass by himself in the first half on Tuesday night. A 6-foot-8 sophomore forward from Stoughton, Mass., — about a two-hour drive from the Minutemen’s Amherst campus – Ruffin came within one point of tying his career high with [...]
By JOE FEDOROWICZ Philahoops Staff Twitter: @joefedorowicz Tony Chennault will transfer from Wake Forest, Demon Deacons head coach Jeff Bzdelik announced Tuesday. As reported by ACCSports.com, Chennault will be leaving to be closer to his family in Philadelphia. Chennault, a sophomore, was the leading scorer of the 2009-10 Neumann-Goretti state championship team that finished [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Daskalakis Athletic Center: Tuesday, March 20 (7pm: ESPN) When the NIT brackets were announced, it surprised quite a few people to see that Drexel–widely considered one of the first few teams left out of the NCAA tournament–was given a 3-seed, placed below 2-seeds Dayton (20-12) and Miami (Fl.) [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Thanks to Ron Chimelis of the Springfield Republican to answer a few of our questions about the Massachusetts Minutemen for our regular feature, Philahoops Phive. Josh Verlin: After losing to Dayton, 76-43, back on Feb. 25, it seems Massachusetts got a second wind, playing Temple to overtime on the road and [...]
“He’s been instrumental in a lot of the successes I’ve had as a human being.” — Derek Kellogg on Bruiser Flint By AARON BRACY Philahoops Staff Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy Bruiser Flint has the Drexel Dragons one win away from the school’s first-ever trip to the NIT Final Four and the prestige of New York City’s Madison [...]
By AARON BRACY Philahoops Editor Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy And, so, the great career of Zack Rosen finally came to an end. After getting a chance for postseason play for the first time, the heralded senior point guard’s time in the Red and Blue jersey ended on Monday night with the Quakers’ 63-53 loss to Butler in [...]
