I'm perhaps a bit over optimistic at 6-2.

Big Game and Big Environment on Saturday. Any recruits visiting? Hoping to be surprised!

https://twitter.com/Owlsports_com

Very cool. Please wear white if you don't wear this t-shirt. Don't be that person in green...

Interesting development, who would have thought.

Andy Carl has put together a tailgate for Saturday's game. It will take place in the parking lot outside Qdoba, which is sponsoring the tailgate. Kyle and I will be stopping by with some OwlScoop giveaways. Should be fun time and we look forward to seeing you there.

I've linked the Facebook invite to this post.

Temple-UCONN tailgate

Was at OSU-PSU last night. Love Russell. Think MCW with a jump shot. Lee was a DNP. Speaks volumes when one of our key players the past few years can barely sniff the court at OSU. Yells me that the talent gap between us the the big boys is pretty wide.

1. MAKE THEM PLAY OFFENSE IN THE HALFCOURT . DO NOT LET THEM GET OUT ON THE BREAK

2. MAKE THEM SHOOT TOUGH THREE POINTERS . NOT A GREAT THREE POINT SHOOTING TEAM

2. DRIVE AND KICK TO ESTABLISH QUALITY THREE POINT SHOOTING ON OFFENSE

3. DRIVE INTO THE SHOT BLOCKERS GRILL AND GET HIM IN FOUL TROUBLE . DO NOT FINESSE GOING TO THE HOLE OR UCON WILL BLOCK THE SHOT AND BE GOING QUICKLY THE OPPOSITE WAY

4. CUMMINGS NEEDS TO OUT PLAY BOATWRIGHT PLAIN AND SIMPLE

5. WE NEED TO WIN THE 50/50 BALLS ON BOTH REBOUNDING AND LOOSE BALLS .


BIG GAME PREDICTION : MORGAN , OBI AND CUMMINGS WITH BIG GAMES .

PREDICTION : TEMPLE 62 - UCONN 56

By 1 at Uconn. Shaq Goodwin hit a shot that hit the rim 3 times to go up 1 with 8 seconds left to win. Now a temple win against Uconn on Saturday will put Memphis in the 5 seed and Temple as a 4 seed. Now let's hope Memhpis doesn't beat Cincy on the road on Satrday as that will put us as the 3 seed playing Uconn/USF.

One ticket available for Saturday.

Section 106.

Last minute cancellation.

email - maryellen2709@yahoo.com

Thought I would pass the time worrying about the ECU game tomorrow by setting forth my thoughts regarding Saturday's open practice at the LC which I attended with about 100 others.
Jaylen Bond is a Leader. FD had losing teams from some of the sessions run laps. Jaylen gave everything he had and won every race. And those races included guards who you would think would be faster because they are carrying less weight.
Will had his ring and pinky fingers taped together on his shooting hand which made me nervous. However, he participated in every session and didn't seem to favor that hand at all. WC is a character guy.
Quenton was really working hard. No let up except maybe when he had to run laps. Quenton - and all the guys for that matter - are very competitive and you could see they wanted to win every session where scoring was being kept.
Jesse and Mark were knocking down Js consistently. MW took numerous treys in the game- like sessions and I don't think he missed but 1 or 2. On the other hand, Daniel could make no Js but did attack the goal and finish.
Devontae is still a project far from the Sergio level at the same stage in his career...disappointing.
FD is extremely organized. The 1 and 1/2 hour practice was broken down in 8 minute increments. The guys were working, but enjoying it ( mostly) at the same time. FD is intense, but criticisms were constructive and primarily of the " you have to do better than that " variety with specifics as to what was not done well enough.
Most of the guys stayed around after practice for extra shooting time - another good sign IMO.
The guys all seem to like each other which is another good thing IMO.
Afterwards, all the guys walked into the stands and shook hands with us visitors. You would be very proud of how nice our guys are when you meet them.
A great event that I encourage all season tix holders attend when this is done again.

Go Owls !

OK, enough of the week-long speculation about the bubble and bickering among our fan base. Let's do this, let's Go Owls!

3 games that i found interesting

SMU Uconn- although Uconn is probably out for an at large you don't want to give them momentum and this puts Tulsa in first place which will help them on the bubble

Oregon Standford- 2 bubble teams Orgeon just above us in last 4 byes and Stanford as first 4 out

Tulsa- Cincinnati- 2 bubble teams in our conference

I am going to root for Uconn, Tulsa, and I don't care who wins the other game.

In the most recent Verizon Fios commercial, there is a short clip of a college basketball game. Particularly a Temple game.

This wouldn't be abnormal, but the only reason you know it's a Temple game is because the inside of the arc still has the owl wings and the hardwood-colored paint.

Anybody going to be in the house for tomorrow night's game? I'll be in the house giving these guys as much of a boost as one man can for this vital game.

Not sure how many people view the Temple Football twitter feed but they put some pretty good videos on there. Today they posted a video of Coach Frisman Jackson battling Coach Fran Brown as part of the Temple Team Olympics. You can check out the link to see who won.......

https://twitter.com/Temple_FB

This article gave me some agita.

http://thebiglead.com/2015/03/03/ncaa-tournament-bubble-breakdown-connecticut-once-left-for-dead-now-one-big-week-from-being-in-the-mix/

Nazeer Bostick, Tone Carr and Lamar Stephens were at Penn State-Iowa last night.

When will the roster be updated? Maybe it gets done for spring practice so I answered my own question..

Friend of mine has 3 tickets for the Uconn game. Section 115. If you are interested....post your email and I will have him get in touch with you.

Go Owls

Breaking Washington Post story! Coach K. " I have no comment!"

Rasheed Sulaimon

Traci Carter and Malik Ellison were at the game game last night. They were sitting in Sec105 with two lovely ladies. I suspect that the tix were complimentary since Sec 105 is where staff sits TUBB guests ( ie, behind our bench ). This is some evidence that Owls are still recruiting both guys. I spoke briefly with Traci. He is a very nice young man. I am, therefore, officially joining the TC fan club and hoping he comes to Temple.

On another note, Derrick Battie, was at the game. He looks like he could step on the court and aquit himself well today. Howie Evans, who has put on a few pounds, was there too. Very nice to see these alumni Owls.

I just happen to be in New Orleans with my wife visiting her relatives, and spotted this article (see link) in today's local paper.
This post was edited on 2/28 2:31 PM by TempleBAPittMPA

Galette

Here is the official press release for new coaches Thomas and Jackson!

Welcome to "]["U!
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Coaches Thomas and Jackson Hired

With Memphis' loss and UConn's win, it seems that our "reward" for beating UConn on Saturday could be a first-round rematch with them in the AAC Tournament in the 4-5 game. If we finish tied with Cincy, how is it determined who holds the tie breaker?

Is Temple having a junior day coming up? Did I miss it? Any notable names been on campus lately?