NCAA Tournament March Madness

#145 Temple

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Temple’s profile jibes with the idea that the safest path for them is a conference title because the resume mixes a few resume-building moments with too many damaging outcomes away from home or on neutral courts. They have shown they can beat quality opponents when it matters, most notably a neutral-site win over Princeton and a road victory at Davidson, and they have taken care of low-end foes decisively at home. Those positives are counterbalanced by neutral losses at UC San Diego and Rhode Island, a razor-thin defeat to Saint Joseph’s on a neutral floor, and tough losses at Villanova and Memphis plus a disappointing home setback to Florida Atlantic, all of which blunt the impact of their better wins. With a stretch of road tests at Wichita State, Florida Atlantic and Tulsa and winnable opportunities at home against North Texas, UAB and Rice on the horizon, Temple can still reshape how the committee views them, but until they convert a signature result away from home or on a neutral floor their safest path to the field runs through winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Delaware St359W83-65
11/11La Salle223W90-63
11/15Boston College147L76-71
11/19Hofstra116W81-76
11/24(N)UC San Diego106L91-76
11/25(N)Princeton225W79-75
11/26(N)Rhode Island109L90-75
12/1@Villanova27L74-56
12/6(N)St Joseph's PA166L70-69
12/14St Francis PA353W95-67
12/18@Davidson132W68-63
12/22Princeton225W65-61
12/30@Charlotte179W76-73
1/3UT San Antonio348W76-57
1/7East Carolina265W75-67
1/14@Memphis104L55-53
1/18FL Atlantic98L79-73
1/21@Rice242W69-65
1/24@UT San Antonio348W70-64
1/28Charlotte17968%
1/31South Florida6935%
2/7@East Carolina26564%
2/11@Tulane19549%
2/15North Texas14461%
2/18UAB11955%
2/21@Wichita St9624%
2/25@FL Atlantic9825%
3/1Rice24278%
3/4Tulane19571%
3/5Tulane19571%
3/8@Tulsa6116%