1962–63 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 1962–63 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1962–63 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 11th 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).
Drexel finished the regular season as the MAC College–Southern division champions and lost to Susquehanna in the first round of the MAC tournament .[ 1]
Roster
1962–63 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 44
Mike McCurdy —
—
So
G 35
Chuck King —
—
G 21
George Schaeffer —
—
F 14
Pete Zimmerman —
—
Sr
G 23
Ted Sitek —
—
G 17
Dave Lee —
—
G 42
Allen Gart —
—
F 11
Bob Molluro —
—
F
Dick Earley —
—
F
Jerry Whiteman —
—
F
Bob Pursell —
—
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on
Schedule
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Site (attendance)
Regular season
December 1, 1962 *
at Delaware Valley
W 65–39 1–0
14 – King
–
–
Doylestown, PA
December 15, 1962 3:00 pm
Delaware L 51–63 1–1
–
–
–
Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
December 18, 1962 8:00 pm
Swarthmore W 74–38 2–1
17 – King
–
–
Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
December 27, 1962 *
vs. Illinois Tech Rochester Technical College Tournament Quarterfinals W 60–55 3–1
–
–
–
Rochester, NY
December 28, 1962 *
vs. Indiana Tech Rochester Technical College Tournament Semifinals W 68–53 4–1
24 – King
–
–
Rochester, NY
December 29, 1962 *
vs. Lawrence Tech Rochester Technical College Tournament Championship W 63–53 5–1
–
–
–
Rochester, NY
January 3, 1963
vs. Pennsylvania Military College
L 46–47 5–2
14 – McCurdy
–
–
Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 9, 1963
vs. Haverford
W 61–38 6–2
16 – McCurdy
–
–
Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 12, 1963 *
Wagner W 77–76 7–2
19 – McCurdy
–
–
Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 1963
at Ursinus
W 66–47 8–2
16 – Zimmerman
–
–
Collegeville, PA
January 16, 1963
at Elizabethtown
L 59–86 8–3
15 – McCurdy
–
–
Elizabethtown, PA
January 19, 1963 3:30 pm
Washington (MD) W 79–60 9–3
21 – McCurdy
–
–
Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
January 26, 1963 1:30 pm
at Upsala
W 70–52 10–3
22 – McCurdy
15 – Zimmerman
–
East Orange, NJ
February 2, 1963 3:30 pm
Franklin & Marshall W 39–31 11–3
12 – McCurdy
–
–
Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
February 4, 1963 8:45 pm
at Johns Hopkins
W 46–41 12–3
13 – King
11 – Zimmerman
–
February 6, 1963 8:30 pm
at Swarthmore
W 66–47 13–3
19 – McCurdy
–
8 – Schaeffer
February 9, 1963 3:00 pm
at Pennsylvania Military College
W 58–48 14–3
19 – King
–
–
February 13, 1963 8:15 pm
at Haverford
W 59–41 15–3
19 – King
–
–
Ryan Gym Haverford, PA
February 15, 1963 *9:15 pm
vs. Rider
L 69–79 15–4
–
–
–
Palestra Philadelphia, PA
February 16, 1963 3:30 pm
at Lycoming
W 71–59 16–4
–
–
–
February 23, 1963
Ursinus W 69–53 17–4
20 – McCurdy
–
–
Sayre High School Philadelphia, PA
1963 Middle Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament
March 1, 1963 9:00 pm
vs. Susquehanna Semifinals L 62–64 17–5
19 – King
–
–
Muhlenberg Memorial Hall Allentown, PA
March 2, 1963 7:00 pm
vs. Haverford Third Place Game W 61–56 18–5
18 – King
16 – Zimmerman
–
Muhlenberg Memorial Hall Allentown, PA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
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