by Patrick 'Rey' Reynell The past two seasons have brought some hardware for the Temple Owls by way of two Atlantic 10 tournament championships. Unfortunately, high hopes of upsets in the NCAA tourney never came to fruition in either season. A first round exit to Michigan State in 2008 and Arizona State in 2009 has left a bitter taste for Owl faithful. Lofty expectations … [Read more...] about Temple Owls: Supply and Demand for 2009-2010
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Tale of the Tape: Temple at Xavier
by Paul Casey Gotham Setting: It's Blue and White Night at the Cintas Center as Sean Miller and his ninth-ranked Xavier Musketeers host Fran Dunphy and the Temple Owls in an Atlantic 10 match up. Plots: XU enters tonight's contest 19-2 overall and 7-0 in the A10. Saturday's 82-80 victory over UMass was the Muskies tenth consecutive. Temple has won three of four … [Read more...] about Tale of the Tape: Temple at Xavier
11 hours of driving, 40:00 of hoops – Merry Christmas
It’s about 6:15 a.m. Saturday and my co-pilot, my brother-in-law, Roger, and I are about fifteen minutes south of Syracuse on Rte. 81. The Liacouras Center, home of the Temple Owls and our destination, looms four hours away. We have watched the temperature gauge on the dashboard drop from a, what seems now, balmy 21 degrees to 5. We continue on through the snow belt of Central … [Read more...] about 11 hours of driving, 40:00 of hoops – Merry Christmas