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1895–96 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team

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1895–96 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–1
Head coach
  • F. Knight (1st season)
Home arenaMain Building
Seasons
1895–96 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wesleyan   1 0   1.000
Bloomsburg   6 1   .857
Minnesota A&M   10 2   .833
Mount Union   3 1   .750
Chicago   5 2   .714
Temple   15 7   .682
Yale   8 5   .615
Allegheny   1 1   .500
Washington   1 1   .500
Minnesota   3 5   .375
Iowa   2 5   .286
Bucknell   1 3   .250
Central Penn   0 2   .000
Drexel   0 1   .000
Macalester   0 4   .000
Savage School of Physical Education   0 1   .000

The 1895–96 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1895–96 men's basketball season. The Blue and Gold, led by 1st year head coach F. Knight, played their home games at Main Building.

Roster

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1895–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
W.H. Gruel
Birney
Low
Brown
Conver
Fritsen
Whitmann
Herchine
Shol
Kempton
Gaskill
Waring
Gorman
Mordagh
Williams
Head coach
  • F. Knight
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule

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[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site
city, state
Regular season
December 6, 1895 [2]*
Temple L 1–3  0-1
 1  Shol              Main Building 
Philadelphia, PA
February 29, 1896*
Temple Reserves W 3–0 
 2  Low               
 
March 14, 1896 [3]*
at Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA Reserves L 1–2 
 1  Birney               
 
March, 1896 [4]*
at Conshohocken Pioneers L 0–4 
                   
 
March, 1896 [5]*
Trenton Turners L 0–4 
                   
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "BASKETBALL AT TEMPLE COLLEGE". newspaperarchive.com. Philadelphia Times. March 1, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "P.R.R.Y.M.C.A. Second and Drexel". newspaperarchive.com. Philadelphia Times. March 16, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 24, 1896 · Page 5". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 24, 1896. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "City Notes". newspaperarchive.com. Trenton Evening Times. March 25, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2018.