1961–62 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

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1961–62 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conferences
Division	College–Southern
Record	11–8 (11–5 MAC)
Head coach	Samuel Cozen (10th season)
Assistant coach	Bobby Morgan (1st season)
Captains	Ben Brown (1st year) Herb Heffner (1st year)
Home arena	Sayre High School
Seasons← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1961–62 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 10th year head coach Samuel Cozen, played their home games at Sayre High School and were members of the College–Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).

Roster

1961–62 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
			—	—

Head coach

Samuel Cozen (Temple)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Unknown*	Rider	L 64–68	0–1	–	–	–
Unknown*	Pratt	L 57–60	0–2	–	–	–
January 3, 1962*	at Delaware	L 62–89	0–3	–	–	–	Newark, DE
Unknown	at Pennsylvania Military College	L 63–84	0–4 (0–1)	–	–	–
January 10, 1962	Haverford	W 67–53	1–4 (1–1)	20 – Brown	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 13, 1962 3:30 pm	Elizabethtown	W 75–62	2–4 (2–1)	25 – King	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 15, 1962 8:30 pm	Ursinus	W 94–48	3–4 (3–1)	18 – King	10 – Tied	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 17, 1962 8:30 pm	at Wagner	L 58–78	3–5 (3–2)	–	–	–
January 20, 1962 8:00 pm	at Washington (MD)	W 68–50	4–5 (4–2)	16 – King	–	–	Chestertown, MD
January 27, 1962 2:00 pm	Lycoming	W 80–58	5–5 (5–2)	18 – Brown	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
Unknown*	Dickinson	W 67–49	6–5	–	–	–
February 3, 1962 3:30 pm	at Franklin & Marshall	L 56–61	6–6	25 – King	–	–	Lancaster, PA
February 5, 1962 8:30 pm	Johns Hopkins	W 95–43	7–6 (7–3)	20 – Heffner	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 7, 1962 8:30 pm	at Swarthmore	W 68–57	8–6 (8–3)	20 – Zimmerman	17 – Heffner	–
February 10, 1962 2:30 pm	Pennsylvania Military College	L 84–95	8–7 (8–4)	18 – Heffner	15 – Heffner	5 – Zimmerman	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 13, 1962	at Haverford	L 65–72	8–8 (8–5)	–	–	–	Ryan Gym Haverford, PA
February 17, 1962* 2:30 pm	at Juniata	W 70–53	9–8 (9–5)	–	–	–
February 19, 1962 8:00 pm	at Lebanon Valley	W 86–52	10–8 (10–5)	25 – Heffner	14 – Heffner	–
February 24, 1962 8:30 pm	at Ursinus	W 63–45	11–8 (11–5)	–	–	–	Collegeville, PA
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

v t e Drexel Dragons men's basketball
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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