NCAA Tournament March Madness
#162 Temple
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Temple’s at-large case looks shaky because its best moments, a neutral-site win over Princeton and a road victory at Davidson, are outweighed by damaging setbacks such as a heavy defeat at Villanova and a neutral loss to UC San Diego and by too many losses away from home at Memphis, Wichita State and Tulsa. Home wins over lesser opponents and a strong late victory over Tulane dress up the resume but do not provide the kind of marquee scalp the committee rewards. With limited high-end wins and several damaging blemishes, the clearest route to the NCAA field for this team is to earn the automatic berth by winning the conference tournament.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/5 | Delaware St | 362 | W83-65 |
| 11/11 | La Salle | 225 | W90-63 |
| 11/15 | Boston College | 152 | L76-71 |
| 11/19 | Hofstra | 84 | W81-76 |
| 11/24 | (N)UC San Diego | 113 | L91-76 |
| 11/25 | (N)Princeton | 251 | W79-75 |
| 11/26 | (N)Rhode Island | 134 | L90-75 |
| 12/1 | @Villanova | 32 | L74-56 |
| 12/6 | (N)St Joseph's PA | 121 | L70-69 |
| 12/14 | St Francis PA | 354 | W95-67 |
| 12/18 | @Davidson | 107 | W68-63 |
| 12/22 | Princeton | 251 | W65-61 |
| 12/30 | @Charlotte | 191 | W76-73 |
| 1/3 | UT San Antonio | 340 | W76-57 |
| 1/7 | East Carolina | 255 | W75-67 |
| 1/14 | @Memphis | 130 | L55-53 |
| 1/18 | FL Atlantic | 125 | L79-73 |
| 1/21 | @Rice | 226 | W69-65 |
| 1/24 | @UT San Antonio | 340 | W70-64 |
| 1/28 | Charlotte | 191 | L80-76 |
| 1/31 | South Florida | 52 | W79-78 |
| 2/7 | @East Carolina | 255 | W81-73 |
| 2/11 | @Tulane | 210 | L77-66 |
| 2/15 | North Texas | 140 | L65-62 |
| 2/18 | UAB | 123 | L76-71 |
| 2/21 | @Wichita St | 88 | L69-57 |
| 2/26 | @FL Atlantic | 125 | L77-73 |
| 3/1 | Rice | 226 | L80-74 |
| 3/5 | Tulane | 210 | W89-60 |
| 3/8 | @Tulsa | 58 | L78-76 |
| 3/11 | (N)FL Atlantic | 125 | 43% |