Well how about that? Drexel continued its downright impressive start to the season by knocking off the defending national runner up, Syracuse, at the DAC on Monday evening.  The Dragons were led by senior point guard Meghan Creighton who went 7 for 10 from behind the arc, including the game winner with just 8 seconds left in the game.

​Despite giving up size and height at every position, a recurring theme in the early part of this season, Drexel played tough defense throughout the night, forcing 17 Orange turnovers.  Sarah Curran played all 40 minutes and chipped in 14 points and 5 rebounds, while Bailey Greenberg once again scored in double figures with 10.  Kelsi Lidge, Sarah Woods, Aubree Brown, and Tereza Kracikova all aided the Dragons interior defense.

A total team effort, and quite possibly the biggest regular season win in program history.  What a night!

So the world is a little (a lot...) worse off than it was last night.  The one thing we can collectively, as a nation, rally behind is our excitement for the return of Drexel basketball.  And what a fun start to the season it should be.  Drexel's women's team enters the season with a deep roster loaded with some of the top players in school history.  The men's team will begin a new era behind Zach Spiker and his uptempo (!) offense.  Both teams will look to their underclassmen to contribute right away.

​The 2016-17 season is just a few weeks away, so we thought it would be interesting to take a look at which returning players have an opportunity to move their names up higher on Drexel’s all-time stat lists.  Two women’s players, Sarah Curran and Meghan Creighton, already find themselves firmly entrenched on several lists with their eyes on moving ever-higher.  Rodney Williams is the lone men’s player with a chance to join the team’s all-time scoring list this season.

​Following up another successful season, Denise Dillon’s Dragons will once again have their hands full with a strong out of conference schedule.  Drexel will open its season at home with an exhibition game against DII opponent West Chester on Sunday, October 30.  What follows that game is a fine mix of local rivalries and power conference matchups.  The Dragons, who are poised for a big season, will welcome several big name opponents to the DAC.

And, we're back!  We're just weeks away from a new season and a new era of Drexel Dragons basketball.  The Zach Spiker era will commence on October 27th when the Dragons host Keiser University in an exhibition game at the DAC.  Spiker's first schedule is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of out-of-conference opponents.  The schedule is highlighted by a few Big 5 games but only includes four home games (plus at Penn), one of which is a real cupcake over winter break.

The Colonial Athletic Association has long been a very strong women's basketball conference, and this year has proven no different.  The league, which skews a bit top heavy, features no less than four impressive teams capable of making noise in March.  James Madison, the reigning champion, lost just its league opener en route to a first place finish.  Your Dragons tied for second and won the tiebreaker over rival Hofstra by virtue of having a better record against fourth place Elon.

​As you’re aware by now, Bruiser Flint’s tenure as the head men’s basketball coach at Drexel ended this morning.  Flint, who has been at the helm for fifteen seasons, steered his team to a career-worst 6-25 record, including a 3-15 CAA mark.  The team did win its first league tournament game in several years this weekend, topping Elon by a point.

​I know what you’re thinking: it’s been forever.  Technically, forever is not really a quantifiable length of time.  But we’re back to tell you why you have nothing to fear when it comes to Drexel’s chances of going dancing this year.  There’s just one simple question to address:
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Why not this year?