1949–50 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1949–50 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conferences
Division	Southern
Record	11–5 (7–3 MAC)
Head coach	Harold Kollar (1st season)
Assistant coach	Bernard Rosenfield (1st season)
Captain	Donald Breder
Home arena	Curtis Hall Gym
Seasons← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1949–50 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 1st year head coach Harold Kollar, played their home games at Curtis Hall Gym and were members of the Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school
F	4	Vincent Filliben	—	—
C	11	John Savchak	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)	—		John Bartram HS
C		Basil Barno	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—
F		Bernard McNamee	—	—
F		Morton Shafter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—
G		Joe Skurla	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—		Allentown HS
G		Bob Brewton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—		Central HS (PA)
F		Stan Laskus	—	—		John Bartram HS
G		Alfred MacCart	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	So	John Bartram HS
F		Donald Breder (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
G		Bill Banks	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—
C		Roy Wagner	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—
F		Sid Kane	—	—		Northeast HS (PA)

Head coach

Harold Kollar (Drexel)

Assistant coach(es)

Bernard Rosenfield(Drexel)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
January 7, 1950*	Stevens Tech	W 63–48	1–0	16 – MacCart	–	–	Curtis Hall Gym Philadelphia, PA
January 10, 1950*	Lehigh	W 58–53	2–0	12 – MacCart	–	–	Curtis Hall Gym Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 1950	at Swarthmore	W 71–60	3–0 (1–0)	15 – Breder	–	–	Lamb-Miller Field House Swarthmore, PA
January 18, 1950	at Haverford	W 79–68	4–0 (2–0)	22 – Savchak	–	–	Ryan Gym Haverford, PA
January 21, 1950	at Pennsylvania Military College	L 54–56	4–1 (2–1)	23 – Filliben	–	–	Chester, PA
January 25, 1950*	Philadelphia Textile	W 76–59	5–1	13 – Wagner	–	–	Curtis Hall Gym Philadelphia, PA
February 1, 1950*	at Saint Joseph's	Postponed to March 8 (Illness)
February 4, 1950*	at American	L 44–68	5–2	9 – Savchak	–	–	Washington, D.C.
February 8, 1950	at Delaware	L 45–51	5–3 (2–2)	12 – MacCart	–	–	Newark, DE
February 11, 1950	Ursinus	W 71–60	6–3 (3–2)	–	–	–	Curtis Hall Gym Philadelphia, PA
February 16, 1950*	Juniata	W 64–37	7–3	–	–	–	Curtis Hall Gym Philadelphia, PA
February 18, 1950	Haverford	W 61–49	8–3 (4–2)	–	–	–	Curtis Hall Gym Philadelphia, PA
February 21, 1950	Swarthmore	L 54–61	8–4 (4–3)	–	–	–	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
February 25, 1950	at Ursinus	W 68–67	9–4 (5–3)	–	–	–
February 28, 1950	Pennsylvania Military College	W 62–54	10–4 (6–3)	–	–	–	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
March 6, 1950	Delaware	W 65–62	11–4 (7–3)	–	–	–	Curtis Hall Gym Philadelphia, PA
March 8, 1950*	at Saint Joseph's	L 51–68	11–5	–	–	–
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

"Kollarmen To Carry War To New Foes" (PDF). The Triangle. December 2, 1949. p. 4. Retrieved June 27, 2017.

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Venues	Main Building (1894–1928) Curtis Hall Gym (1928–1952) Palestra (1949–1951, 3 games; 1987–1988 alternate) Sayre Junior High School (1951–1969) 32nd Street Armory (1969–1975) Daskalakis Athletic Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Penn
Culture & lore	City 6 DAC Pack "Drexel Fight Song" Mario the Magnificent Philadelphia Big 5 Big 5 Classic Robert V. Geasey Trophy
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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