The 2016–17 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by first year head coach Zach Spiker, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–23, 3–15 in CAA play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the CAA tournament to James Madison.

Previous season

The 2015–16 Drexel Dragons finished the season with a record of 6–25 after losing to Hofstra in the 2016 CAA men's basketball tournament. The team went 3–15 in the CAA regular season, finishing 9th.

On March 7, 2016, after the end of the season, Bruiser Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team.

On March 24, 2016, Drexel announced that Zach Spiker was hired to replace Bruiser Flint as head coach.

Off season

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes 1 G 6'5" 195 Philadelphia, PA Career Ending Injury; Transferred to Cal State LA 11 G/F 6'7" 190 New Haven, CT Graduated; Signed to BC Khimik 12 G 6'2" 180 Upper Marlboro, MD Transferred to UCF 13 G 6'2" 185 Philadelphia, PA Transferred to North Carolina Central 32 F 6'7" 220 Elizabeth, NJ Graduated; Signed to SC Rasta Vechta 33 G 6'0" 175 Pennington, NJ Graduated; Hired as Director of Player Development at Rider

Incoming transfers

Troy Harper and Tramaine Isabell were not eligible to play in the 2016–17 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Both were redshirts for the season and entered the 2017–18 season as redshirt juniors with 2 years of eligibility remaining.

2016 Recruiting Class

Class of 2017 early commitments

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| CAA regular season

!colspan=12 style=| CAA Tournament

Team statistics As of the end of the season. Indicates team leader in each category. (FG%, FT% leader = minimum 50 att.; 3P% leader = minimum 20 att.) Player GP GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FG% FT% 3P% Kris Alford 5 0 3.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 .125 .000 .143 Mohamed Bah 24 5 12.6 4.3 3.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 .583 .588 .000 Major Canady 21 2 9.2 1.4 1.1 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.5 .250 .429 .227 Andrew Cartwright 4 0 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .333 .000 .500 Elgin Ford 5 1 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000 .000 1.000 Sam Green 14 0 6.8 2.4 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 .444 .000 .450 Kári Jónsson 28 21 28.5 10.1 2.3 2.0 1.0 0.1 1.4 .468 .829 .436 Kurk Lee 32 30 32.9 14.9 3.9 5.0 1.6 0.0 2.9 .415 .678 .400 Sammy Mojica 32 31 31.6 11.2 5.3 2.5 1.2 0.4 1.5 .388 .731 .312 John Moran 31 5 13.4 2.8 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.1 .275 .619 .316 Tyshawn Myles 25 0 12.4 2.2 2.8 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 .479 .476 .000 Miles Overton 22 6 23.8 9.5 2.0 1.6 0.9 0.1 2.1 .284 .763 .252 Jeremy Peck 19 0 6.4 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 .500 .778 .400 Austin Williams 31 27 21.8 7.1 6.3 0.5 0.4 1.2 1.5 .613 .480 .000 Rodney Williams 32 32 30.4 15.6 6.8 1.5 0.5 0.8 2.3 .526 .674 .231 Team 32 - - 74.9 36.8 14.5 5.8 3.0 13.3 .435 .666 .345

Awards Rodney Williams Team Most Valuable Player "Sweep" Award (team leader in blocks) CAA All-Conference Third Team CAA All-Academic Team CAA Player of the Week Preseason CAA All-Conference Team Honorable Mention

Kurk Lee Assist Award (team leader in assists) CAA All-Rookie Team CAA Rookie of the Week (2)

Kári Jónsson Donald Shank Spirit & Dedication Award CAA Rookie of the Week

John Moran Team Academic Award CAA All-Academic Team

Austin Williams Dragon "D" Award (team's top defensive player)

Sam Green Samuel D. Cozen Award (most improved player)

See also 2016–17 Drexel Dragons women's basketball team

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