2011–12 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 Basketball 2011–12 Drexel Dragons Drexel Dragons wordmark.svg 150 Colonial Athletic Association CAA RV 29–7 16–2 Bruiser Flint 11th Mike Connors 4th Ashley Howard 2nd Matt Collier 2nd Samme Givens Frantz Massenat Daskalakis Athletic Center CAA regular season champions NIT Quarterfinals The 2011–12 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 11th year head coach Bruiser Flint, played their home games at Daskalakis Athletic Center and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 29–7, 16–2 in CAA play to be crowned CAA regular season champions. They lost in the championship game of the CAA Basketball tournament to VCU.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/320652182 https://web.archive.org/web/20240229190449/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/320652182 dead February 29, 2024 Darius Theus helps send VCU back to NCAA tournament ESPN March 5, 2012 February 29, 2024 As a conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 NIT where they defeated UCF in the first round and Northern Iowa in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to Massachusetts. Pre-season Class of 2011 commitments no no 2011 Kazembe Abif PF Elizabeth, New Jersey Lawrenceville School 6 6 215 81 2 Tavon Allen SF New Haven, Connecticut Worcester Academy 6 7 190 2 2 84 2 Casey Carroll PF Youngstown, Ohio The Kiski School 6 8 200 84 2 Damion Lee PF Owings Mills, Maryland St. Thomas More School 6 4 190 2 3 3 85 2 Aquil Younger PF Philadelphia Penn Wood High School 6 0 84 2 ESPN 2182/class/2011 March 22, 2017 yes Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 1 Kazembe Abif Center 6–7 210 Freshman Elizabeth, New Jersey 2 Aquil Younger Guard 6–0 163 Freshman Philadelphia 3 Chris Fouch Guard 6–2 178 Junior New York City 4 Frantz Massenat Guard 6–4 185 Sophomore Ewing, New Jersey 5 Stevan Manojlovic Guard 6–5 197 Sophomore Toronto, Ontario 11 Tavon Allen Forward 6–7 170 Freshman New Haven, Connecticut 14 Damion Lee Guard 6–6 200 Freshman Baltimore, Maryland 20 Casey Carroll Forward 6–8 225 Freshman Canfield, Ohio 22 Jake Lerner Guard 6–2 190 Sophomore Philadelphia 32 Derrick Thomas Guard 6–4 195 Junior New York City 33 Goran Pantovic Forward 6–10 230 Sophomore Belgrade, Serbia 35 Dartaye Ruffin Forward 6–8 250 Sophomore Stoughton, Massachusetts 44 Daryl McCoy Forward 6–9 270 Junior Hartford, Connecticut 45 Samme Givens Forward 6–5 220 Senior Philadelphia Schedule 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F5CF47; color:#002663;"| Regular Season November 15, 2011 6:00am yes yes RV Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ ESPN College Tip Off Maraton 1,650 ESPN 80–62 1–0 November 18, 2011 1:00pm yes yes Norfolk State Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI Paradise Jam First Round 2,845 56–61 1–1 November 19, 2011 3:30 pm yes yes Virginia Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI Paradise Jam Consolation round 1,677 35–49 1–2 November 21, 2011 1:00 pm yes yes Winthrop Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI Paradise Jam 7th place Game 500 68–45 2–2 November 30, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Saint Joseph's Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA 4,200 49–62 2–3 December 3, 2011 4:00 pm yes Delaware Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE 2,421 TCN 60–71 2–4 0–1 December 10, 2011 4:00 pm yes Princeton Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,225 64–60 3–4 December 13, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,248 71–58 4–4 December 17, 2011 4:00 pm yes Bradley Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 1,821 73–68 5–4 December 22, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Binghamton Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY 1,895 68–44 6–4 December 28, 2011 7:00 pm yes Fairfield Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,469 77–69 7–4 December 31, 2011 7:00 pm yes Saint Francis (PA) Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,247 63–42 8–4 January 2, 2012 7:00 pm yes Georgia State GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, GA 872 44–58 8–5 0–2 January 4, 2012 7:00 pm Towson Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 1,651 60–27 9–5 1–2 January 8, 2012 8:00 pm VCU Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,532 CSN 64–58 10–5 2–2 January 12, 2012 8:00 pm George Mason Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,532 ESPNU 60–53 11–5 3–2 January 14, 2012 7:00 pm yes UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 3,838 79–57 12–5 4–2 January 18, 2012 7:00 pm yes Hofstra Hofstra Arena Hempstead, NY 1,554 56–50 13–5 5–2 January 21, 2012 4:00 pm Northeastern Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,532 TCN 79–65 14–5 6–2 January 23, 2012 7:00 pm yes William & Mary Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, VA 1,795 64–48 15–5 7–2 January 25, 2012 7:00 pm Georgia State Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,017 TCN 68–46 16–5 8–2 January 28, 2012 2:00 pm Delaware Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,532 71–55 17–5 9–2 February 1, 2012 7:00 pm yes Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, MA 1,374 ESPN3 61–53 18–5 10–2 February 4, 2012 7:00 pm yes Towson Towson Center Towson, MD 1,390 ESPN3 65–57 19–5 11–2 February 8, 2012 7:00 pm yes James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA 3,143 63–56 20–5 12–2 February 11, 2012 4:00 pm Hofstra Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,251 78–67 21–5 13–2 February 14, 2012 7:00 pm William & Mary Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 1,627 CSN 63–61 22–5 14–2 February 18, 2012 11:00 am yes yes Cleveland State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH ESPN BracketBusters 2,583 ESPNU 69–49 23–5 February 22, 2012 7:00 pm RV James Madison Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,532 ESPNU 78–61 24–5 15–2 February 25, 2012 4:00 pm yes RV Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA 8,472 CSN 73–72 25–5 16–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F5CF47; color:#002663;"| 2012 CAA men's basketball tournament March 3, 2012 12:00 pm yes 1 RV UNC Wilmington 9 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Quarterfinals 5,889 TCN 59–47 26–5 March 4, 2012 2:00 pm yes 1 RV Old Dominion 4 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Semifinals 11,200 TCN 68–51 27–5 March 5, 2012 7:00 pm yes 1 RV VCU 2 RV Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Championship 11,200 ESPN 56–59 27–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F5CF47; color:#002663;"| 2012 NIT March 14, 2012 7:15 pm yes 3 RV UCF 6 Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA First Round 1,821 ESPN3 81–56 28–6 March 18, 2012 11:00 am yes 3 RV Northern Iowa 7 Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA Second Round 1,884 ESPN 67–65 29–6 March 20, 2012 7:00 pm yes 3 RV Massachusetts 5 Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA Quarterfinals 2,293 ESPN 70–72 29–7 AP Poll Eastern Time Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 19 19 Post AP RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV Awards Bruiser Flint CAA Coach Of The Year Samme Givens CAA All-Conference Second Team CAA Player of the Week Damion Lee CAA Rookie of the Year CAA All-Rookie Team CAA All-Tournament Team CAA Rookie of the Week (4) Frantz Massenat CAA All-Conference First Team CAA All-Tournament Team CAA Player of the Week References Category:Drexel Dragons men's basketball seasons Drexel Drexel Drexel Drexel