1987–88 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

1987–88 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
1987–88 Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Conference	East Coast Conference
1987–88 record	18–10 (9–5 ECC)
Head coach	Eddie Burke (11th season);
Assistant coach	Pat Flannery (4th season)
Home arena	Daskalakis Athletic Center
	Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 11th year head coach Eddie Burke, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the East Coast Conference (ECC).

The team finished the season 18–10, and finished in 2nd place in the ECC in the regular season.

Drexel won their game against Manhattan via forfeit when Manhattah Head Coach Bob Delle Bovi took his team off the court to protest the officiating with 8:09 left to play in the second half.^[1] The recorded final score of 70–56 was the score at the time of the incident.

On January 6, 1988, John Rankin set the Drexel team record for most points in a single game, scoring 44 points against Rider. Later in the season, Michael Anderson scored 43 and 42 points in games against Lehigh and Rider respectively, which were the second and third highest scoring single game records in team history.

Roster[]

1987–88 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G		Michael Anderson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Sr	Carver HS	Philadelphia, PA
			—	—

Head coach

Eddie Burke (La Salle)

Assistant coach(es)

Pat Flannery (Bucknell)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Unknown*		Liberty	W 99–82	1–0	–	–	–	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,492) Philadelphia, PA
December 4, 1987*		vs. American Iona Classic semifinals	W 89–78	2–0	–	–	–	Hynes Athletic Center (2,111) New Rochelle, NY
December 5, 1987*		at Iona Iona Classic championship	W 99–82	3–0	–	–	–	Hynes Athletic Center (2,169) New Rochelle, NY
December 13, 1987*		vs. Saint Joseph's	W 81–64	4–0	–	–	–	Palestra (3,262) Philadelphia, PA
Unknown*		at California	L 74–89	4–1	–	–	–	(6,450)
Unknown*		vs. Houston Spindletop Blowout Tournament semifinals	L 88–91	4–2	–	–	–	Montagne Center (2,888) Beaumont, TX
Unknown*		vs. Manhattan Spindletop Blowout Tournament consolation; Forfeited with 8:09 to play^[1]	W 70–56	5–2	22 – Lehmann	8 – Raabe	3 – Tied	Montagne Center (5,000) Beaumont, Texas
January 6, 1988		Rider	W 104–92	7–3	44 – Rankin	–	–	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,550) Philadelphia, PA
January 9, 1988*		Cornell	W 87–83	8–3	–	–	–	Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,087) Philadelphia, PA
January 23, 1988		at Lehigh	W 91–85	11–5	43 – Anderson	–	–	Stabler Arena (4,125) Bethlehem, PA
Unknown*		King's College (PA)	W 89–55	12–5	–	–	–	Daskalakis Athletic Center (755) Philadelphia, PA
January 30, 1988		at Bucknell	W 104–92	14–5	–	–	–	(2,140)
February 17, 1988		Lehigh	W 94–86	16–7	–	–	–	Daskalakis Athletic Center (3,000) Philadelphia, PA
February 24, 1988		Bucknell	L 89–98	17–9	–	–	–	Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,340) Philadelphia, PA
February 27, 1988		at Rider	W 104–92	18–9	42 – Anderson	–	–	(1,988)
ECC Tournament
March 5, 1988	(2)	at (7) Towson State Quarterfinal	L 67–74	18–10	–	–	–	Towson Center Towson, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards[]

Michael Anderson

ECC Player of the Year

References[]

^ ^a ^b Yannis, Alex (23 December 1987). "Manhattan Upset By Coach's Protest". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

[forfeit-1] Yannis, Alex (23 December 1987). "Manhattan Upset By Coach's Protest". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

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Venues	Main Building (1894–1928) Curtis Hall Gym (1928–1952) Palestra (1949–1951; 3 games) Sayre Junior High School (1951–1969) 32nd Street Armory (1969–1975) Daskalakis Athletic Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Penn
Culture & lore	City 6 Mario the Magnificent "Drexel Fight Song" DAC Pack
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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 1916–17 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


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Lafayette	11	–	3	.786	19	–	10	.655
Delaware	9	–	5	.643	19	–	9	.679
Drexel	9	–	5	.643	18	–	10	.643
Lehigh †	8	–	6	.571	21	–	10	.677
Bucknell	7	–	7	.500	16	–	12	.571
Rider	6	–	8	.429	10	–	19	.345
Towson	4	–	10	.286	14	–	16	.467
Hofstra	2	–	12	.143	6	–	21	.222

† 1988 ECC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll