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2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

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2016–17 record
  
9–22 (3–15 CAA)

Head coach
  
Zach Spiker (1st year)

2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

Conference
  
Colonial Athletic Association

Assistant coach
  
Paul Fortier (1st year)

Assistant coach
  
Justin Jennings (1st year)

Assistant coach
  
Rob O’Driscoll (1st year)

The 2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represent Drexel University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by first year head coach Zach Spiker, play their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

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Previous season

The 2015–16 Drexel Dragons finished the season with a record of 6–25 after losing to Hofstra in the 2016 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The team went 3–15 in the CAA regular season, finishing 9th.

On March 7, 2016, following the end of the season, Bruiser Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team.

On March 24, 2016, Drexel announced that Zach Spiker was hired to replace Bruiser Flint as head coach.

Incoming transfers

  • Troy Harper and Tramaine Isabell are not eligible to play in the 2016–17 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Both will redshirt and enter the 2017–18 season as a redshirt junior with 2 years of eligibility remaining.
  • Awards

    Rodney Williams
  • CAA Player of the Week
  • Kurk Lee
  • CAA Rookie of the Week (2)
  • Kári Jónsson
  • CAA Rookie of the Week
  • References

    2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team Wikipedia