After a forgettable 2024, local men's college basketball teams are hoping for a better year as conference play begins. The Drexel Dragons and La Salle Explorers are among the teams showing early promise.
It was mostly a forgetful 2024 for the local men's college basketball teams. But a new year means it's time to turn the page and hope for better times. It’s time for conference play for the Big 5's teams, including Temple's participation in the American Athletic Conference.It’s the time of year when you reflect on what’s happened and turn the page to what’s next. For the majority of Big 5 men’s basketball teams, it’s better for their sanity to focus on the latter.
There have been more downs than ups for the majority of the local men’s hoops teams in 2024. and if the season ended today, it would likely result in a third consecutive season with no Philly representation in the NCAA Tournament. Luckily for those six coaches, more than half the season remains. It’s time for conference play, and there is reason to be hopeful for at least a few of the local schools. The new-look Dragons (8-5) look a lot like the old Dragons. They remain a difficult team to play against and, like most of Zach Spiker’s recent teams, are a tough one to blow out. Four of Drexel’s five defeats have been by single digits. The other, against Penn State, was by 11 points. The three Dragons leading the way have all waited their turn. Kobe MaGee, a junior guard from the Lehigh Valley, is taking advantage of his increased workload and is up to nearly 15 points per game to go with five rebounds. Yame Butler, a senior who has been with the Dragons for three seasons after starting his college career at Fordham, is nearing 14 points per game while shooting more than 50% from the field. And Cole Hargrove, a junior forward from Methacton, has averages of 10.8 points and 8.5 rebounds. Out with the old, in with the new. That was the theme of the 2024-25 basketball season for the Explorers (8-5), who opened John Glaser Arena with a win over American on Nov. 4 and haven’t stopped winning at home
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