Temple Owls men's basketball

Temple Owls
Temple Owls
	2015–16 Temple Owls men's basketball team
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University	Temple University
Conference	The American
Location	Philadelphia, PA
Head coach	Fran Dunphy (10th year)
Arena	Liacouras Center; (Capacity: 10,206)
Nickname	Owls
Colors	Cherry and White;
Uniforms
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
	1938
Pre-tournament Helms champions
	1938
NCAA Tournament Final Four
	1956, 1958
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
	1956, 1958, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2001
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1956, 1958, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2001
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2011, 2013
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1944, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Conference tournament champions
	1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010
Conference regular season champions
	1937, 1938, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2012

The Temple Owls men's basketball team represents Temple University in the sport of basketball. The Owls compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). They play their home games in the Liacouras Center on the university's main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and are currently led by head coach Fran Dunphy.

On March 7, 2012, the Temple Owls announced that they would be rejoining the Big East Conference for all sports in 2013, with the Owls football team membership beginning in the 2012 season. Before Temple became an all-sports member of the Big East, the conference split along football lines. The league's non-FBS football schools formed a new Big East in 2013, while Temple's new conference renamed itself the American Athletic Conference.

History

The Temple men's basketball program is only the 6th team in NCAA history to reach 1,800 wins, along with Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, and Syracuse. The Temple Owls became the first National Invitation Tournament (NIT) champions in 1938, one year before the inception of the NCAA Tournament. The Owls were retroactively recognized by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll and the Helms Athletic Foundation as the national champion for the 1937–38 season.^[1] Temple again won the NIT championship in 1969.

During the 1950s, the Temple basketball team made two NCAA Final Four appearances in (1956, 1958) under legendary Head Coach Harry Litwack. Litwack would be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame after concluding a 21-year coaching career that included 373 wins.

Head Coach John Chaney, also a Hall of Famer, won a total of 741 career games (312 losses) and took Temple to the NCAA tournament 17 times. His 1987-88 Owls team entered the NCAA tournament ranked #1 in the country, and he has reached the Elite Eight on five different occasions. He was consensus national coach of the year in 1988.

On April 10, 2006, University of Pennsylvania head coach and La Salle University alumnus Fran Dunphy was named the new Temple's Men's Head Basketball coach. Dunphy had coached the Quakers for 17 straight seasons prior to the move. Dunphy and his Owls won the Atlantic-10 tournament in 2008. And in 2009, the Owls won their second consecutive Atlantic-10 tournament, for their conference leading 8th A-10 title. Dunphy's 2009-2010 team went into the A10 tournament as its regular season champions sharing the title with Xavier. The '09-'10 team has been Dunphy's most successful yet, it ranked #12/#13 going into the NCAA tournament after being ranked in the top twenty-five for thirteen straight weeks in both the AP and ESPN polls.

Players Mark Macon, Juan Ignacio Sanchez, Eddie Jones, Lavoy Allen, Aaron McKie, Tim Perry and Mardy Collins are just a few who have gone on to play in the NBA. An avid supporter is Bill Cosby, who once attended Temple University.

Rivalries

The Owls, a member of the Big 5, have long-standing rivalries with multiple institutions including Villanova University, University of Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph's University, University of Cincinnati and University of Connecticut.

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Owls have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 31 times. Their combined record is 33–31.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1944		Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place Game	Ohio State Catholic	L 47–57 W 55–35
1956		First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	Holy Cross Connecticut Canisius Iowa SMU	W 74–72 W 65–59 W 60–58 L 76–83 W 90–81
1958		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	Maryland Dartmouth Kentucky Kansas State	W 71–67 W 69–50 L 60–61 W 67–57
1964		First Round	Connecticut	L 48–53
1967		First Round	St. John's	L 53–57
1970		First Round	South Carolina	L 51–53
1972		First Round	West Virginia	L 71–77
1979	#7	First Round	#10 St. John's	L 70–75
1984	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 St. John's #1 North Carolina	W 65–63 L 66–77
1985	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 Virginia Tech #1 Georgetown	W 60–57 L 46–63
1986	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Jacksonville #1 Kansas	W 61–50^OT L 43–65
1987	#2	First Round Second Round	#15 Southern #10 LSU	W 75–56 L 62–72
1988	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#16 Lehigh #8 Georgetown #13 Richmond #2 Duke	W 87–73 W 74–53 W 69–47 L 53–63
1990	#11	First Round	#6 St. John's	L 65–81
1991	#10	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#7 Purdue #15 Richmond #3 Oklahoma State #1 North Carolina	W 80–63 W 77–64 W 72–63^OT L 72–75
1992	#11	First Round	#6 Michigan	L 66–73
1993	#7	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#10 Missouri #15 Santa Clara #3 Vanderbilt #1 Michigan	W 75–61 W 68–57 W 67–59 L 72–77
1994	#4	First Round Second Round	#13 Drexel #5 Indiana	W 61–39 L 58–67
1995	#7	First Round	#10 Cincinnati	L 71–77
1996	#7	First Round Second Round	#10 Oklahoma #2 Cincinnati	W 61–43 L 65–78
1997	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Ole Miss #1 Minnesota	W 62–40 L 57–76
1998	#7	First Round	#10 West Virginia	L 52–82
1999	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#11 Kent State #3 Cincinnati #10 Purdue #1 Duke	W 61–54 W 64–54 W 77–55 L 64–85
2000	#2	First Round Second Round	#15 Lafayette #10 Seton Hall	W 73–47 L 65–67^OT
2001	#11	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#6 Texas #3 Florida #7 Penn State #1 Michigan State	W 79–65 W 75–54 W 84–72 L 62–69
2008	#12	First Round	#5 Michigan State	L 61–72
2009	#11	First Round	#6 Arizona State	L 57–66
2010	#5	First Round	#12 Cornell	L 65–78
2011	#7	Second Round Third Round	#10 Penn State #2 San Diego State	W 66–64 L 64–71^2OT
2012	#5	Second Round	#12 South Florida	L 44–58
2013	#9	Second Round Third Round	#8 NC State #1 Indiana	W 76–72 L 52–58

NIT results

The Owls have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 18 times. Their combined record is 23–16. They are two time NIT champions (1938, 1969).

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1938	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Bradley Oklahoma A&M Colorado	W 53–40 W 56–55 W 60–36
1957	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Dayton Bradley St. Bonaventure	W 77–66 L 66–77 W 67–50
1960	First Round	Dayton	L 51–72
1961	First Round Quarterfinals	Army Dayton	W 79–65 L 62–60
1962	First Round Quarterfinals	Providence Loyola–Chicago	W 80–78 L 64–75
1966	First Round Quarterfinals	Virginia Tech BYU	W 88–73 L 78–90
1968	First Round	Kansas	L 76–82
1969	First Round Quarterfinals Semfinals Finals	Florida Saint Peter's Tennessee Boston College	W 82–66 W 94–78 W 63–58 W 89–76
1978	First Round	Texas	L 58–72
1981	First Round Second Round	Clemson West Virginia	W 90–82 L 76–77
1982	First Round	Georgia	L 60–73
1989	First Round	Richmond	L 56–70
2002	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Fresno State Louisville Villanova Memphis Syracuse	W 81–75 W 65–62 W 63–57 L 77–79 W 65–64
2003	Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Drexel Boston College Rhode Island Minnesota	W 68–59 W 75–62 W 61–53 L 58–63
2004	First Round	Rutgers	L 71–76
2005	First Round	Virginia Tech	L 50–60
2006	Opening Round	Akron	L 73–80
2015	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Bucknell George Washington Louisiana Tech Miami (FL)	W 73–67 W 90–77 W 77–59 L 57–60

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v t e Temple University
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Schools	Beasley School of Law Boyer College of Music and Dance Fox School of Business and Management Tyler School of Art Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Podiatric Medicine
Athletics	Temple Owls Temple Owls men's basketball Temple Owls football Liacouras Center McGonigle Hall St. Joe's – Temple rivalry Temple Stadium Veterans Stadium Lincoln Financial Field Skip Wilson Field
People	Alumni and faculty Graduate Students Association
Miscellaneous	Temple University (SEPTA station) Cecil B. Moore (SEPTA station) The Temple News Temple University Press TECH Center WRTI ROTC T For Temple U

v t e Temple Owls men's basketball
Venues	Mitten Hall South Hall Convention Hall (1938–1955) Palestra (1955–1984) McGonigle Hall (1969–1997) Liacouras Center (1997–present)
Rivalries	Saint Joseph's
Culture & lore	City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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 2022–23 2023–24
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances 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

v t e American Athletic Conference men's basketball
Teams	Cincinnati Bearcats Connecticut Huskies East Carolina Pirates Houston Cougars Memphis Tigers SMU Mustangs South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane UCF Knights
Championships & awards	Conference Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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