NCAA Tournament March Madness

#161 Temple

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Temple’s profile is a mix of resume-building moments and damaging setbacks that leave its at-large case shaky and the conference tournament as the clearest path to the NCAA field. The resume is bolstered by a road victory at Davidson and multiple wins over Princeton plus an important road triumph at Charlotte that show the team can win away from home. Those positives are offset by a heavy loss at Villanova, poor neutral-site showings at UC San Diego and Rhode Island, and a narrow neutral loss to St. Joseph’s that highlight inconsistency and defensive lapses. Upcoming home dates with UAB, Rice, and Tulane are opportunities to add quality wins while road trips to Wichita State and Florida Atlantic are the kind of hostile environments where further résumé repair would carry weight. Unless Temple can turn a few of those remaining chance meetings into convincing road or neutral victories, the most reliable way for the team to reach the tournament will be to earn the conference’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Delaware St360W83-65
11/11La Salle239W90-63
11/15Boston College150L76-71
11/19Hofstra102W81-76
11/24(N)UC San Diego117L91-76
11/25(N)Princeton250W79-75
11/26(N)Rhode Island118L90-75
12/1@Villanova26L74-56
12/6(N)St Joseph's PA155L70-69
12/14St Francis PA356W95-67
12/18@Davidson108W68-63
12/22Princeton250W65-61
12/30@Charlotte201W76-73
1/3UT San Antonio338W76-57
1/7East Carolina261W75-67
1/14@Memphis99L55-53
1/18FL Atlantic116L79-73
1/21@Rice231W69-65
1/24@UT San Antonio338W70-64
1/28Charlotte201L80-76
1/31South Florida60W79-78
2/7@East Carolina261W81-73
2/11@Tulane183L77-66
2/15North Texas136L65-62
2/18UAB13053%
2/21@Wichita St9122%
2/25@FL Atlantic11628%
3/1Rice23175%
3/4Tulane18365%
3/5Tulane18365%
3/8@Tulsa6115%