NCAA Tournament March Madness

#165 Temple

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Temple’s profile is built on a few bright moments and a string of results that undercut an at-large case, so the most realistic path to the big dance runs through the conference championship; the resume’s best wins are a road victory at Davidson and a neutral-site squeaker over Princeton and a dominant home showing against Tulane, but those are offset by damaging slips such as a neutral loss to St. Joseph’s, a home defeat to Rice, a neutral setback at UC San Diego and several poor results away from home at Villanova, Wichita State, Memphis and Tulsa, which together signal inconsistency and a defense that can be exposed against stronger opponents, and with no signature neutral or true road win over a top opponent left on the ledger the team’s remaining upside is to seize the automatic berth by winning the league tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Delaware St362W83-65
11/11La Salle233W90-63
11/15Boston College156L76-71
11/19Hofstra87W81-76
11/24(N)UC San Diego118L91-76
11/25(N)Princeton252W79-75
11/26(N)Rhode Island135L90-75
12/1@Villanova33L74-56
12/6(N)St Joseph's PA116L70-69
12/14St Francis PA354W95-67
12/18@Davidson114W68-63
12/22Princeton252W65-61
12/30@Charlotte183W76-73
1/3UT San Antonio340W76-57
1/7East Carolina254W75-67
1/14@Memphis134L55-53
1/18FL Atlantic129L79-73
1/21@Rice226W69-65
1/24@UT San Antonio340W70-64
1/28Charlotte183L80-76
1/31South Florida47W79-78
2/7@East Carolina254W81-73
2/11@Tulane211L77-66
2/15North Texas136L65-62
2/18UAB127L76-71
2/21@Wichita St82L69-57
2/26@FL Atlantic129L77-73
3/1Rice226L80-74
3/5Tulane211W89-60
3/8@Tulsa63L78-76
3/11(N)FL Atlantic129L63-59