Battle of 33rd Street

Battle of 33rd Street
Drexel Dragons	Penn Quakers
Sport	Basketball
First meeting	December 14, 1920; Penn 28, Drexel 10
Latest meeting	December 22, 2015; Drexel 53, Penn 52
Next meeting	TBD
Statistics
Meetings total	25
All-time series	Penn leads 15–10
Largest victory	Penn, 48–16 (1922)
Longest win streak	Penn, 7 (1920–1928)
Current win streak	Drexel, 6 (2007–Present)

The Battle of 33rd Street rivalry refers to the men's college basketball rivalry between Drexel University and University of Pennsylvania ('Penn') in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The rivalry is fueled by the proximity of the schools to each other, as the rivalry is known for being the closest geographical rivalry in US college sports. The team's home courts are merely blocks away from each other, as Drexel's Daskalakis Athletic Center is located at 33rd and Market Street, and Penn's historic Palestra is located just south of 33rd and Walnut Street. The series was originally played at the Palestra every year until 2015 with the exception of the 2008 game, when Penn played at Drexel University for the first time in team history. Beginning in 2015, the location began alternating between the two schools.

The teams began playing against each other annually during the 1996–97 NCAA basketball season. Previous to this season, the teams faced each other only eight times. Seven of those games were during the 1920s, where Penn won all seven, and the eighth game was in 1988, where Drexel won 70–69.

Results

Drexel victories	Penn victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	December 14, 1920	Weightman Hall	Penn	28–10
2	December 7, 1921	Weightman Hall	Penn	24–10
3	1922	Weightman Hall	Penn	48–16
4	December 8, 1923	Weightman Hall	Penn	28–13
5	December 6, 1924	Weightman Hall	Penn	34–11
6	December 11, 1926	Weightman Hall	Penn	39–26
7	December 19, 1928	Palestra	Penn	35–14
8	December 10, 1988	Palestra	Drexel	70–69
9	January 15, 1997	Palestra	Drexel	58–52
10	January 20, 1998	Palestra	Penn	79–65
11	January 21, 1999	Palestra	Penn	75–65
12	January 25, 2000	Palestra	Penn	54–46
13	January 10, 2001	Palestra	Drexel	68–63
14	November 28, 2001	Palestra	Penn	89–80

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
15	November 25, 2002	Palestra	Drexel	71–62
16	November 24, 2003	Palestra	Penn	79–73
17	November 23, 2004	Palestra	Penn	81–50
18	November 26, 2005	Palestra	Penn	68–60
19	November 21, 2006	Palestra	Penn	68–49
20	November 9, 2007	Palestra	Drexel	67–59^OT
21	November 18, 2008	Daskalakis Athletic Center	Drexel	66–64
22	November 24, 2009	Palestra	Drexel	58–49
23	November 20, 2010	Palestra	Drexel	77–56
24	November 17, 2012	Palestra	Drexel	61–59
25	December 22, 2015	Daskalakis Athletic Center	Drexel	53–52^OT
26	TBA	Palestra
Series: Penn leads 15–10

In 2008, at the first game in the series to be played at the Daskalakis Athletic Center, the game was featured on ESPN Hoops Marathon and tipped off at 10 a.m.

Hiatus in 2011, 2013, and 2014

In the 2011–12 season Drexel and Penn did not play against each other, ending a 14-year streak, due to a dispute over where the annual game was to be played. Initially in 1997, the teams agreed to play all of the rivalry games at the Palestra, as this is where the Philadelphia Big 5 and City 6 games are generally played at; however, since then Drexel's basketball has greatly improved and Drexel favored changing the rivalry so that the location is alternated between the schools every season. The teams resumed play in the 2012–13 season at The Palestra, but did not play again the following season. In the 2015–16 season, Penn agreed to resume the series at Drexel after a 2-year hiatus. From that point forward, it appears that the location of the game will alternate between The Palestra and Daskalakis Athletic Center each season.

Other Events

The schools also occasionally face each other in other sports, including lacrosse, women's basketball, and field hockey.

On March 11, 2014, Drexel and Penn faced each other in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. The teams earned automatic bids by winning each of their conference tournaments, and marked Drexel's first invitation to the national championship. The game was played at Franklin Field, and the Dragons defeated the Quakers by score of 16–11 to advance to the tournament quarterfinals.

References

External Links

v t e Drexel Dragons men's basketball
Venues	Curtis Hall Gym (1894–1952) Sayre Junior High School (1951–1953) Curtis Hall Gym (1953–1954) Sayre Junior High School (1954–1969) 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 Retired numbers
Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 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 1999–00 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

v t e Penn Quakers men's basketball
Venues	The Palestra (1927–present)
Rivalries	Drexel Princeton
Culture & lore	History "Fight on, Pennsylvania!" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Penn Pep Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 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 1999–00 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Philadelphia Big 5
Schools	La Salle University University of Pennsylvania Saint Joseph's University Temple University Villanova University
Teams	La Salle Explorers Penn Quakers St. Joe's Hawks Temple Owls Villanova Wildcats
Arenas	Hagan Arena Liacouras Center Palestra The Pavilion Tom Gola Arena
Related	City 6 Holy War Robert V. Geasey Trophy St. Joe's–Temple Rivalry Battle of 33rd Street

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Hiatus in 2011, 2013, and 2014

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