1916–17 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team

1916–17 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball
1916–17 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	–
Head coach	E.L. Lucas (3rd season);
Captain	Ernest Calhoun
Home arena	Main Building

The 1916–17 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1916–17 men's basketball season. Led by 3rd-year head coach E.L. Lucas, the Blue and Gold played their home games at Main Building.

Roster

1916–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
F	Herbert Eves	—	—	So
	Ernest Calhoun (C)	—	—	Sr
F	Ratcliffe	—	—
	A. S. Mahan	—	—
	Probasco	—	—
	Blessing	—	—
	Pearson	—	—
	Watkins	—	—
	Osmond	—	—

Head coach

E.L. Lucas

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
February 7, 1917*	at Delaware	L 18–35		–	–	–	Taylor Gym Newark, DE
Unknown*	Pratt	L –	–	–	–	–
February 23, 1917*	Pratt	L 27–32	–	–	–	–	Main Building Philadelphia, PA
March 2, 1917*	Lebanon Valley	L 32–39		18 – Ratcliffe	–	–	Main Building Philadelphia, PA
Unknown*	Lehigh	L 10–48		–	–	–
March 1917*	Johns Hopkins	W 33–31 ^OT		–	–	–
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Venues	Main Building (1894–1928) Curtis Hall Gym (1928–1952) Palestra (1949–1951, 3 games; 1987–1988 alternate) Sayre Junior High School (1951–1969) 32nd Street Armory (1969–1975) Daskalakis Athletic Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Penn
Culture & lore	City 6 DAC Pack "Drexel Fight Song" Mario the Magnificent Philadelphia Big 5 Big 5 Classic Robert V. Geasey Trophy
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–1900 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 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 1999–2000 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 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Roster

Schedule

References