By Paul Gotham Here come the Irish What was once thought to be an aberration is looking more and more like reality. The Notre Dame Fightin' Irish knocked out a pair of Big East contenders: Pittsburgh 68-53 and Georgetown 78-64. A quick look at the box scores shows that the Irish are doing more with less. Notre Dame shot 22 of 44 from the field, including 10 of 18 … [Read more...] about College Basketball Splinters | March 1, 2010
Temple Owls
Dayton-Temple: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: 1776 N. Broad Street is the location for an Atlantic 10 showdown between Brian Gregory's Dayton Flyers (18-8/ 7-5) and Fran Dunphy's No. 18 Temple Owls (22-5/ 10-2). Plot: Urgency is the theme for Dayton. At one time, the season held promise for the Flyers. Now, they find themselves in seventh place in the A 10 standings. Temple seeks to keep pace … [Read more...] about Dayton-Temple: Tale Of The Tape
Xavier-Temple: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: It's a battle for first place in the Atlantic 10 at 1776 N. Broad Street as Chris Mack's Xavier Musketeers (12-5/4-0) take on Fran Dunphy's No. 16 Temple Owls (15-3/3-0). Plot: Both Temple and Xavier bring four-game winning streaks into the tilt. Sub-plot: This is the Musketeers lone road game for the remainder of the month. Xavier is coming … [Read more...] about Xavier-Temple: Tale Of The Tape
College Basketball Splinters | January 6, 2010
By Paul Gotham Kansas vs. Temple: the difference between 1 and 18 Saturday, Fran Dunphy and his No. 18 Temple Owls got a front row view as to why the Kansas Jayhawks rank number one in the nation. Temple completed an undefeated December. Kansas was on the road. Everything looked good for the Owls. That was until Kansas went on a 19-4 run en route to an 84-52 … [Read more...] about College Basketball Splinters | January 6, 2010
Kansas-Temple: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: 1776 N. Broad Street is the site for a Top 20 tangle as Bill Self’s No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks (12-0) visit the Liacouras Center in downtown Philadelphia for a tilt with Fran Dunphy’s No. 18 Temple Owls (11-2). Plot: Temple finished an undefeated month of December with a victory over Northern Illinois, 70-60. Kansas throttled Belmont, 81-51 to close out … [Read more...] about Kansas-Temple: Tale Of The Tape