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forget about Ric Brunson for a minute. I keep hearing "im glad we got Mckie instead." "Mckie was the better hire anyway." long term Mckie is better, etc..

Aaron has been on the job for over a year now. the biggest area the coaching staff needed help was with recruiting. Has Aaron made an impact there?? Im sure working under Dunphy has to make the job difficult but I'm just wondering how others feel.
When AAron was first mentioned as a plan B to Brunson I wasnt as excited but i did get caught up in the hype. I do think if anything its great to see a hall fame player on the bench and a former Chaney player as well but after that whats left?

This should be almost a given , how can we try to make this happen !

As expected, Parkland HS' Kenny Yeboah committed to Temple this afternoon. Yeboah caught 43 passes for 716 yards for Parkland last year and chose Temple over seven other offers. His final three was Temple, Old Dominion and Towson.

Yeboah will likely fill a sort of h-back role for Temple at the next level.

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I'm not trying to start a debate over the value of how many stars a commit has, but does anyone know how often a 2* rising senior picks up a third star his senior season? and if any of the 2* commits we have should expect a third star?

Alani Moore from Montrose Christian (Mark Williams). Moore is undersized, but plays for a top notch HS program. Offers from PSU, UCF, UMass, URI. He had 20 and 5 rebounds against NJ Playaz (Myles Powell, Jagan Mosely, Taurean Thompson, Temple Gibbs). He's a much better rebounder than you would think for his size.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Alani-Moore-139193

Guess Owls will not be terrorized by him anymore unless teams meet up in post season tourney.

See Kyle's thread.

Kyle . . . . . .

Thanks so much for the quick turnaround recapping today's camp. I know you and JDC will be back when there's more to report.

Great job!

Temple offered MA PF Chris Baldwin, who plays at Notre Dame Prep. Baldwin is 6'8 230. He has offers from TU, WVU, UMass, LaSalle, and URI. Pitt, DePaul, Oklahoma State with interest. Reportedly, he is killing it at the Hoop Group Elite Camp in Reading. Alums of his AAU team include Noah Vonleh, Evan Smotrycz, Zach Auguste.

http://sports.yahoo.com/bwi/basketball/recruiting/player-Chris-Baldwin-132718

I read the first Vegas odds for the Sept3-6 games. We are 7pt underdogs to PSU. Of the 39 games our O/U of 38.5 is the lowest!

Yesterday you tweeted that a RB from Ohio was making some noise at the last MR camp yesterday! Any further info on the young man and was an offer tendered? Thanks! Great followup article but I did not see him mentioned!

Looks like Charlotte was left off by accident. Just an FYI for JDC or one of the other guys.

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If you check out our Twitter feed on the front page, I just posted a bunch of information about the nonconference schedule, which will be released later this afternoon.

Highlights include:

Villanova Feb. 17 at the Liacouras Center

At Wisconsin Dec. 5

Opening against North Carolina at the Veterans Classic in Annapolis Nov. 13

Puerto Rico Tip Off, with field including Butler, Miami, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Missouri State, Texas Tech and Utah.

I would like to get opinions on how they come out of the gate.

Go Owls!

The owls were on CSN the other day. I was shocked to see Dingle, he looked real fit. He must have lost 30 lbs. Has anyone heard anything about his offseason or what the team expects from him this year? He looks fit enough to play on the perimeter. I was concerned about his weight last year, he seemed totally out of shape. If he can play on the outside that would allow dunphy to put him on the floor with obi and bond (who I think are our best front court players). Anyhow wondering if anyone heard something

Interesting read.

http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2015/07/university_of_akron_wrestles_w.html#incart_river

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... according to a tweet from Eric Watkins, who runs the Villanova Rivals site.

Just watched a replay of a sensational game. Houston scored 29pts in the 4th quart. to win 35-34! They are a good Ftb team. Made the AAC look good!

According to a Gopher blog.

http://blogs.twincities.com/gophers/2015/07/15/gophers-basketball-4/

Three star LB Shaka Toney from Imhotep Charter became the 18th player to commit to PSU. He had an offer from us. Again, flight of local talent. Rhule has a ways to go to get us back in the game.

So there are two meetings tomorrow - a Facilities meeting in the morning and a Board of Trustees meeting in the afternoon. Two sources I spoke with today both said they do not anticipate talk of the football stadium being on either agenda.

However, that does not mean that the possibility of a football stadium at Temple is dead. Far from it. Too many people have told me that potential donors have been shown renderings, and I believe at least one of you has posted as much on the message boards here. Talks are most certainly progressing.

What I have been told is that you'll most likely hear word of an announcement on the field hockey/lacrosse fields at the William Penn property before you'll hear an announcement on the stadium. While it's possible that discussion of those fields could be on the agenda for tomorrow's meetings, I can't say for sure. But again, sources I trust are telling me that word of those fields will most likely come before a stadium announcement.