1955–56 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

1955–56 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
MAC College–Southern Regular Season Champions
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conferences
Division	College–Southern
1955–56 record	10–8 (8–2 MAC)
Head coach	Samuel Cozen (4th season)
Home arena	Sayre High School

The 1955–56 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1955–56 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 4th 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 10–8, and finished in 1st place in the MAC in the regular season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

#	Name	Height	Weight
4	Campbell, JosephJoseph Campbell	—	—
5	Seher, R.R. Seher	—	—
6	O'Brien, EdwardEdward O'Brien	—	—
7	Harley, WilliamWilliam Harley	—	—
9	Szukalski, EugeneEugene Szukalski	—	—
10	Loomis, JohnJohn Loomis	—	—
14	White, W.W. White	—	—
15	Kleppinger, RonRon Kleppinger	—	—
16	Humes, L.L. Humes	—	—
17	Buckley, BobBob Buckley	—	—
	Weinberg, M.M. Weinberg	—	—
	Brotz, G.G. Brotz	—	—
	Cohen, S.S. Cohen	—	—

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
January 4, 1956*	Lebanon Valley	W 77–55	1–0	–	–	–	Philadelphia, PA
January 7, 1956	Delaware	W 75–52	2–0 (1–0)	–	–	–	Philadelphia, PA
January 11, 1956	Swarthmore	W 86–66	3–0 (2–0)	25 – Buckley	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 1956	at Ursinus	W 81–63	4–0 (3–0)	–	–	–	Collegeville, PA
January 18, 1956*	vs. Saint Joseph's	L 57–83	4–1	21 – Kleppinger	–	–	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 25, 1956*	Millersville	L 76–87 ^2OT	4–2	17 – Loomis	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 28, 1956*	at Susquehanna	L 62–68	4–3	–	–	–
February 1, 1956*	at West Chester	W 59–57	5–3	13 – Loomis	–	–	Hollinger Field House West Chester, PA
February 4, 1956* 3:30 pm	Franklin & Marshall	L 57–63	5–4	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 8, 1956	Pennsylvania Military College	W 62–58	6–4 (4–0)	17 – Campbell	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 11, 1956 3:30 pm	Haverford	W 66–54	7–4 (5–0)	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 15, 1956	at Delaware	L 70–83	7–5 (5–1)	25 – Loomis	–	–	Newark, DE
February 18, 1956	at Swarthmore	W 79–66	8–5 (6–1)	–	–	–
February 22, 1956	Ursinus	W 96–66	9–5 (7–1)	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 25, 1956	at Pennsylvania Military College	L –	9–6 (7–2)	–	–	–	Chester, PA
February 28, 1956	at Haverford	W 68–56	10–6 (8–2)	15 – Kleppinger	–	–	Ryan Gym Haverford, PA
March 3, 1956*	at Elizabethtown	L –	10–7	–	–	–
March 6, 1956*	Villanova	L –	10–8	–	–	–	Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Venues	Main Building (1894–1928) Curtis Hall Gym (1928–1952) Sayre Junior High School (1951–1969) 32nd Street Armory (1969–1975) Daskalakis Athletic Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Penn
Culture & lore	City 6 Mario the Magnificent "Drexel Fight Song" DAC Pack
People	Head coaches Retired numbers
Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–1900 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 1999–00 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

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