Women’sMen’s Basketball Basketball 2006-07 2006-07 2006-07 Schedule & Results National Invitation Tournament Date Opponent Time Drexel Dragons (23-8) Wed., Nov. 15 Florida Gulf Coast W, 73-37 vs. N.C. State Wolfpack (18-15) Sat., Nov. 18 at Vermont W, 59-46 Tue., Nov. 21 at Penn L, 68-49 NIT First Round Mon., Nov. 27 at Rider L, 89-81 (OT) March 13, 2007 Wed., Nov. 29 Toledo W, 57-52 8:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 2 at St. Joseph’s (Palestra) W, 72-56 Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, Pa. Tue., Dec. 5 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 80-58 Media: ESPNU, WNTP Website: www.drexeldragons.com Sat., Dec. 9 at Villanova W, 81-76 Tue., Dec. 19 at Syracuse W, 84-79 Fri., Dec. 22 at Temple W, 69-54 The Tip... Thu., Dec. 28 George Mason* W, 61-49 -Drexel had won four in a row before losing in the Colonial Wed., Jan. 3 at Georgia St.* W, 61-55 Athletic Association Semifinals to VCU, 63-56. Frank Elegar led Sat., Jan. 6 UNC Wilmington* W, 69-55 the Dragons with 15 points and eight rebounds. He was named to Mon., Jan. 8 at James Madison* W, 65-54 the CAA’s All-Tournament Team. Bashir Mason added 12 points Thu., Jan. 11 Hofstra* L, 55-53 (OT) and had a pair of steals. Sophomore Scott Rodgers had career- Sat., Jan. 13 at ODU* L, 84-57 highs with seven assists and five steals. The Dragons defeated Wed., Jan. 17 Northeastern* W, 67-41 Northeastern, 64-50, in the CAA Quarterfinals. Elegar led Drexel Sat., Jan. 20 at Delaware* W, 69-61 with 23 points and six rebounds. Dominick Mejia chipped in with Wed., Jan. 24 at UNC Wilmington* W, 66-50 11 points and made three three-point shots, while Mason and Sat., Jan. 27 VCU* L, 75-68 Randy Oveneke each scored 10 points. Mon., Jan. 29 at Northeastern* W, 68-59 Thu., Feb. 1 Old Dominion* L, 62-52 -Head Coach Bruiser Flint now has 106 wins at Drexel, the fourth- Sat., Feb. 3 Towson* W, 66-56 highest win total in school history. He has 192 career wins in his Thu., Feb. 8 at Hofstra* W, 95-87 (OT) 11 seasons as a head coach and is the first Drexel coach in histo- Sat., Feb. 10 Delaware* W, 77-62 ry to defeat three Big 5 teams in one season. With the win at Wed., Feb. 14 at William & Mary* L, 60-47 Towson, Flint now has 23 wins this season, the most he has had in one season. His previous high was 21 during the 1997-98 sea- Sat., Feb. 17 at Creighton W, 64-58 son, when he led UMass to the NCAA Tournament. Wed., Feb. 21 William & Mary* W, 64-57 Sat., Feb. 24 at Towson* W, 77-68 -Drexel has two players ranked nationally in statistical categories. Sat. March 3 vs. Northeastern (CAA) W, 64-50 Chaz Crawford is 10th in the country in blocks and is tied for Sun. March 4 vs. VCU (CAA) L, 63-56 24th in rebounding. Bashir Mason is 26th in steals per game (all Tue. March 13 NC State (NIT) 8:00 stats through 3/8). * Colonial Athletic Association game Home games are in bold. 2006-07 Drexel Roster Dates and times subject to change. No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 0 Tramayne Hawthorne G So. 6-0 175 Steelton, Pa./Steelton-Highspire 1 Bobby Jordan G So. 6-0 180 Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic Media Information 3 Scott Rodgers G So. 6-3 205 Philadelphia, Pa./Central MBB Contact: Mike Tuberosa 5 Bashir Mason G Sr. 6-0 185 Jersey City, N.J./St. Benedict’s Prep 12 Rob Hampton G Fr. 6-4 195 Queens, N.Y./Christ the King Office Phone: 215-895-1591 13 Yannick Formbor F Fr. 6-8 240 Roselle, N.J./St. Patrick’s E-mail: [email protected] 14 Bill Lally G Fr. 6-0 175 Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic 15 Frank Elegar C Jr. 6-9 220 Bronx, N.Y./St. Raymond’s Sports Information Fax: 215-895-2038 20 Chaz Crawford F Sr. 6-10 235 Philadelphia, Pa./Hargrave Military Press Row Phone: 215-895-2041 21 Jake Rauchbach G Sr. 5-11 170 Chapel Hill, N.C./Pendleton 23 Dominick Mejia G Sr. 6-4 200 Voorhees, N.J./N.C. State 25 Randy Oveneke F Jr. 6-7 220 Antwerpen, Belgium/Saint-Anna College Interview Policy: All requests for players and 34 Lance Feurtado G Fr. 6-5 195 Uniondale, N.Y./Uniondale 42 Kenny Tribbett F R-Fr. 6-9 240 Berlin, N.J./Chester (Pa.) coaches interviews should be directed to Mike 44 Matt Stevenson F Sr. 6-7 235 Towson, Md./Loch Raven Tuberosa, Drexel’s Assistant AD for Head Coach: Bruiser Flint, sixth season (Saint Joseph’s ‘87) Associate Coach: Geoff Arnold (Saint Joseph’s ‘86) Communications. Assistant Coaches: Mike Connors (Ithaca ‘83), Tony Chiles (Columbia ‘89) Drexel Men’s Basketball 2006-07 Team Facts Game Day Info Home Venue: Daskalakis Athletic Center Capacity: 2,500 Drexel enters postseason play with a 23-8 record. The Dragons finished the regular season with a 13-5 mark in the CAA. They Conference: Colonial Athletic Association defeated Northeastern, 64-50, in the CAA Quarterfinals before los- Head Coach: Bruiser Flint (St. Joe’s ‘87) ing to eventual-champion VCU, 63-56. Drexel junior Frank Elegar Career Record: 192-145 (11th season) was named to the CAA’s All-Tournament Team. Drexel Record: 106-73 (sixth season) The Dragons have a balanced scoring attack. Elegar leads the Assoc. Coach: Geoff Arnold (St. Joe’s ‘86) Dragons in scoring with 15.8 points per game. He has three dou- Asst. Coach: Mike Connors (Ithaca ‘83) ble-doubles this year, including a 27-point, 10-rebound perform- Asst. Coach: Tony Chiles (Columbia ‘89) ance at Syracuse. Elegar also leads the club with a .517 field-goal 2006-07 Overall Record: 23-8 percentage and is second with 6.7 rebounds per game. Dominick Conference Record: 13-5 Mejia leads the team with 71 three-pointers and averages 11.8 2005-06 CAA Tournament: 1-1 points per game. Bashir Mason runs the point for the Dragons Defeated Northeastern, 64-50 and is one of the top defensive guards in the CAA. He leads the Lost to VCU, 63-56 team and the CAA in steals and is third on the club with 11.5 Starters Returning (4): points per game. Crawford is averaging 9.3 rebounds and 3.2 Bashir Mason (6-0, Sr., G) blocks, both tops in the CAA. Tramayne Hawthorne has been a Dominick Mejia (6-4, Sr., G) spark off the bench and leads the team in three-point percentage Frank Elegar (6-9, Jr., C) at .423. As a team, Drexel leads the CAA and is 19th in the nation Randy Oveneke (6-7, Jr., F) in field-goal percentage defense (.399) and is 22nd nationally in Starters Lost (1): scoring defense at 60.5 points per game. Kenell Sanchez (6-5, F) Other Returners: Drexel in the Postseason Chaz Crawford (6-10, Sr., F) This is the ninth year Drexel has advanced to the postseason Matt Stevenson (6-7, Sr., F) since joining Division I. Four of those trips have been under Scott Rodgers (6-4, So., G) Coach Bruiser Flint. This is Drexel’s fourth appearance in the Tramayne Hawthorne (6-0, So., G) National Invitation Tournament in the last five seasons. In addi- Kenny Tribbett (6-9, R-Fr., F) tion, the Dragons participated in the NIT Season Tip-Off last year Bobby Jordan (6-0, So., G) and advanced all the way to the semifinals in Madison Square Jake Rauchbach (5-11, Sr., G) Garden. Drexel lost to Duke, 78-68, and in the consolation game Newcomers (4): took UCLA, an eventual Final Four team, to the wire before losing Lance Feurtado (6-5, Fr., G) by a point. Yannick Formbor (6-8, Fr., F) Rob Hampton (6-4, Fr., G) Drexel in the Postseason Bill Lally (6-0, Fr., G) Year Tourn. Opponent Result Transfers (1 - eligible in 2007-08) 2005 NIT at Buffalo L, 81-76 (OT) Evan Neisler (6-8, So., F) 2004 NIT at Villanova L, 85-70 2003 NIT at Temple L, 68-59 1997 NIT at Bradley L, 66-53 1996 NCAA vs. Syracuse L, 69-58 Live Dragons NCAA vs. Memphis W, 75-63 Catch Drexel men’s basketball live on the 1995 NCAA vs. Oklahoma St. L, 73-49 radio this season on WNTP 990AM. Once 1994 NCAA vs. Temple L, 61-39 again Dan Baker and Rob Brooks will 1986 NCAA Louisville L, 93-73 bring you all the action both during the CAA Tournament. All broadcasts will also be streamed live on drexeldragons.com. Drexel Men’s Basketball 2006-07 Head Coach Bruiser Flint The Bruiser Flint File James "Bruiser" Flint is now in his sixth 2006-07 (23-8, 13-5 CAA) season as Drexel's head coach. Flint has -Led Drexel to its most wins since the established Drexel as one of the top pro- 1995-96 season and was named the NABC grams in the CAA since arriving on the District 3 Coach Of the Year University City campus in 2001. Flint led the -Became the first coach in school history Dragons to 23 wins this year, the most wins for a Drexel team since the 1995-96 season.