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UMass Stuns The 21st Ranked Temple Owls

Jerry Brennan — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:57:48 +0000

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Tags: Chazz Williams Fran Dunphy Jesse Morgan Juan Fernandez Khalif Wyatt Ramone Moore Temple Owls

UMass gave the Temple Owls their own version of an early A-10 exit, with a 77-71 defeat of Temple knocking the Owl’s out of the A-10 tournament after only one game. UMass opened the second half on a 15-0 run, led by Jesse Morgan who finished with 21 points and Chazz Williams who finished with 20. [...]

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Temple Joins The Big East, Awkward Moments With Villanova Ensue

GarryCobb — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:07:25 +0000

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Months of speculation officially ended just after 5:35 pm Wednesday afternoon as the Big-East conference announced Temple officially joined the Big-East. The school will join the Big-East in football effective July 1st, 2012 and for basketball effective July 1st, 2013 which means Temple basketball will have one final season in the Atlantic 10 after this season. Once [...]

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Temple Wins An Overtime Thriller; Dunphy Not A Fan Of Senior Night?

Jerry Brennan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:23:04 +0000

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Tags: Fran Dunphy Jake Godino Juan Fernandez Michael Eric Ramone Moore Temple Owls Basketball

The Temple Owls were able to send their seniors off with a thrilling overtime win thanks in part to senior Michael Eric’s 19 points and 15 rebounds as Temple topped UMass 90-88 on senior night. It seemed with two minutes to play in the second half, the Owls up ten points, were about to clinch the [...]

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Coach: No Truth Goodman Goes To Temple If In Big East: Still Wide Open

Jerry Brennan — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:27:30 +0000

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Last week the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Constitution High School forward and blue-chip prospect Savon Goodman would choose Temple as his school if the Owls were to join the Big East Conference. Constitution head basketball coach Rob Moore denies that report. “No truth that [Goodman going to Temple] is automatic. My point was Temple getting into [...]

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Recap Of Philly’s College Basketball Weekend: 5 of 6 Schools Still In The Hunt

Jerry Brennan — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:24:37 +0000

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Tags: Chris Fouch Damion Lee Drexel Dragons Old Dominion Penn Quakers Temple Owls Zach Rosen

It’s an exciting year on the Philadelphia College Basketball scene and the games they played this weekend were tough and illuminating. Amazingly five of the six teams still have a chance to reach the NCAA tournament. Penn Stuns Harvard – Harvard (24-5, 10-2) seemed all but a lock earlier in the college basketball season to be [...]

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Temple Wins 10th Straight; Expected To Land In Top 25

Jerry Brennan — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:25:13 +0000

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Tags: Juan Fernandez Khalif Wyatt Mississippi State Temple Owls Basketball Virginia

The Temple Owls (21-5, 10-2) defeated the Duquesne Dukes (15-11, 6-6) 78-59 for its 10th consecutive victory. Temple was led by Juan Fernandez and Khalif Wyatt. The two combined for 44 of Temple’s 78 points. Wyatt led all scorers with 24 points, while Fernandez earned his 400th career assist to go along with 20 points. The [...]

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Drexel And Temple Could Meet In March

Jerry Brennan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:33:24 +0000

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Tags: Bruiser Flint Chicago Bulls Drexel Dragons ESPN.COM Frantz Massenat Joe Lunardi Ramone Moore Temple Owls

Both Temple (19-5) and Drexel (22-5) improved in NCAA projected seeding on Monday, however both schools remain un-ranked. Temple received the most votes of any un-ranked team in the AP-top 25 pole (122), but was snubbed despite winning its past 8 games. Drexel received 11 votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, but the school [...]

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Rick Pitino: Wants Temple To Join Louisville In Big East

Jerry Brennan — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:20:02 +0000

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Tags: Bruce Pearl Louisville Cardinals Rick Pitino Temple Owls Basketball Villanova Wildcats

Late last week Louisville head coach Rick Pitino told Jeff Goodman and Bruce Pearl of “SiriuxXm’s Inside College Basketball” he still wants Temple to join the Big East with Memphis in the 2013-2014 season. “I’m not the commissioner and I’m not the presidents, people say that Villanova is fighting it. I don’t understand because South Florida [...]

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Temple Survives GW; Fernandez Hurts Hip

Jerry Brennan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:04:28 +0000

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Tags: Dwayne Smith George Washington Colonials Kahlif Wyatt Lasan Kromah Ramone Moore Temple Owls Basketball Tony Taylor

The Temple Owls (18-5, 7-2) overcame a 15-point deficit Wednesday night to defeat the George Washington Colonials (8-16, 3-7) 79-72 for its 7th consecutive win. Temple earned its comeback win due to the team’s success at the foul line. The Owls converted on 79% of their free throws, and were 18 of 23 at the line [...]

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Temple Wins 6th Straight; Takes Over 1st Place In The A-10

Jerry Brennan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:08:34 +0000

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Tags: Aaron Brown Michael Eric Temple Owls Basketball

Temple guard Ramone Moore lead all scorers with 22 points as the Temple Owls (17-5, 6-2 A 10) beat the Rhode Island Rams (5-19, 2-7 A 10) 73-56 to take over sole possession of first place in the Atlantic 10. Temple senior Michael Eric made his first start since injuring his knee in November, Eric finished [...]

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