1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

1960–61 MAC men's basketball standings
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	† 1961 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament winner ;

Drexel Dragons men's basketball
1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
MAC College–Southern Regular Season Champions
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conferences
	College–Southern
1960–61 record	12–5 (11–2 MAC)
Head coach	Samuel Cozen (9th season)
Home arena	Sayre High School

The 1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1960–61 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 9th 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).

The team finished the season 12–5, and finished in 1st place in the MAC in the regular season.

Due to a power outage in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, the last 5 minutes and 10 seconds of Drexel's game at Ursinus on February 25, 1961, was not played.[1]

On February 8, 1961, Samuel Cozen recorded his 100th win as Drexel head coach.

Roster

1960–61 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	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
January 7, 1961		Pennsylvania Military College	W –	1–0 (1–0)	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 9, 1961		at Elizabethtown	L 51–61	1–1 (1–1)	–	–	–
January 11, 1961		at Haverford	W 57–54	2–1 (2–1)	27 – Morgan	14 – Heffner	–	Ryan Gym Haverford, Pennsylvania
January 14, 1961 3:30 pm		Ursinus	W 67–56	3–1 (3–1)	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 18, 1961* 8:30 pm		Delaware	W 69–63	4–1	–	16 – Henry	–	Sayre High School (250) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 21, 1961 3:30 pm		Washington (Maryland) Cancelled (Snow)						Sayre High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Unknown		West Chester	W 70–57	5–1 (4–1)	20 – Morgan	11 – Heffner	–
January 28, 1961* 6:45 pm		at Pratt	L 59–73	5–2	18 – Morgan	–	–	Brooklyn, New York
February 4, 1961 3:30 pm		at Franklin & Marshall Cancelled (Snow)						Lancaster, Pennsylvania
February 8, 1961 8:30 pm		at Swarthmore	W 64–52	6–2 (5–1)	19 – Brown	–	–
February 11, 1961 8:30 pm		at Pennsylvania Military College	W 80–70	7–2 (6–1)	25 – Morgan	–	–	Chester, Pennsylvania
February 13, 1961 8:45 pm		at Johns Hopkins	W 84–58	8–2 (7–1)	–	–	–
February 15, 1961 8:30 pm		Haverford	W 79–65	9–2 (8–1)	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 18, 1961 2:00 pm		Wagner	W 78–70	10–2 (9–1)	21 – Brown	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 21, 1961 8:15 pm		at Lebanon Valley	L 49–53	10–3 (9–2)	–	–	–
February 22, 1961 8:30 pm		at Wilkes	W 73–63	11–3 (10–2)	20 – Morgan	–	–
February 25, 1961		at Ursinus	W 67–50	12–3 (11–2)	15 – Hilmer	–	–	Collegeville, Pennsylvania
1961 Middle Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 3, 1961 9:00 pm	(2)	vs. (3) No. 6 Hofstra Semifinals	L 55–77	12–4	26 – Morgan	–	–	Muhlenberg Fieldhouse Allentown, Pennsylvania
March 4, 1961 7:00 pm	(2)	vs. (4) Haverford Third Place Game	L 61–72	12–5	–	–	–	Muhlenberg Fieldhouse Allentown, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

"CUMULATIVE BASKETBALL STATISTICS SUMMARY" (PDF). NCAA. 25 February 1961. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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[1] "CUMULATIVE BASKETBALL STATISTICS SUMMARY" (PDF). NCAA. 25 February 1961. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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