. We are sitting in chairs later today and hoping that our number is called . Same as last year . I am really torn with Tenple basketball because of two very realistic characteristics of the program .
This years team ( just like last year ) has overachieved , played hard and really is a team that you admire . They have stuck together , play as a team and maximize their talent . The kids represent our school well and that is important . The coach is a quality role model and a very good at teaching kids the game of basketball . He as well is a great representative for Temple and just a good man . I will root for them today to get a chance on the big dance and they deserve it if their number is called . They have accomplished close to their maximum this year so how can you root against them .
On the other side , we have a coach and staff that is signed for another 4 to 5 years and what I just wrote above looks like the ceiling for this program . Every year will be NCAA dance or NIT . That's it . Sorry I want more but this is it and it saddens me . I want a sold out arena and mentions that we are on par with the big boys at times but those days left us with the turn of the century . John Chaney and the David /Goliath he created is gone . 10 years of Fran Dunphy tells me it isn't coming back anytime soon .
I try to post positive stuff here but the mediocrity sometimes gets the best of me . There are a lot of other big time Temple fans that bleed the colors but sometimes can't get beyond the low ceiling we have in basketball . I love Temple and its basketball program . I personally just hate to be mediocre at anything .
