On paper , this is a mismatch but that is why they play the games and stranger things have happened . This is not an unbeatable Villanova club .

1. Temple must play better defense than they have lately . We can be in game in 50s and 60s .

2. Villanova rebounds well and especially on the offensive boards . We have to seal and rebound well

3. Alani will have his hands full with Donnelly . Donnelly has a very good mid range game and we need to keep him out of the paint . He gets into the core of the defense and can score and pass .

4. Shooting has to be at last 38 percent and threes at 35 percent to even be in the game .

I don’t see us winning but I do see a very competitive game .

Bet our guests were really impressed with Temple's performance in a full house and on national T.V. Yeah, I'm bitter, but will get over it.

Decent read HERE.

Jay did this a couple years when he had had to. Seems to be our best lineups right now.

Any guesses?

I'll say Owls get 11.5 points...

... and Gainesville this April. I am pumped (pun intended). Not only that great corn chowder Mission Man informed me about years ago, dinner fare too.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/busi...cken-sandwiches-convenience-stores/index.html

But your Inky roasted (pun intended) Wawa's first attempt at dinner. Is this a Philly thing?

GO Owls, beat Nova, and you can.

The new episode is up on the front page now. Lots of straightforward and candid stuff from Rod Carey on Anthony Russo, the offense, special teams, the transfer portal and more.

Hope you enjoy it.

Hope they aren't looking ahead to a sold out Sunday Liacouras.

JP and Arashma are out and Dre likely won't play.

Hi, everyone.

We'll be recording this week's episode of The Scoop early Wednesday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. If you have football-related mailbag questions, please send them here and we'll answer them on the podcast.

Rod Carey is our guest for this week's podcast, so we'll have a lot of great stuff from him. I already recorded that interview this morning, so these would not be mailbag questions for Carey. Just a note there to keep in mind.

Thank you all for listening and we look forward to answering your questions!

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Hi, everyone.

We're recording this week's episode of The Scoop Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. We'll recap Saturday's Temple win over SMU and preview the Tulane game, what's ahead and talk recruiting, too.

If you have mailbag questions for us, please post them here and we'll answer them on the podcast.

Thank you all for listening!

John

In Seth Greenberg’s opinion. If they happened I think I’d just bail on college basketball.

There's a story on the front page on De'Vondre Perry. A look at his season and his status for this week as the Owls prepare for Tulane tomorrow and Villanova Sunday.

RIP

https://www.inquirer.com/news/richa...eloper-business-school-obituary-20200209.html

Pretty good trip down memory lane.....

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Clearly Temple has no shot at an at large bid. However, Palm says the AAC originally looked like a 3 bid league but is suddenly looking like a one bid league (as of today). Memphis and Wichita State slumping has really hurt. Houston is the only team in and they are an 8 seed.

I know Temple hasn’t helped with their performance since moving to the AAC but I thought the conference last year found its footing with a pretty strong league top to bottom (outside Tulane and ECU).

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/bracketology-wisconsin-purdue-join-field-of-68-giving-big-ten-11-teams-in-ncaa-tournament-bracket-projection/

I think our conference brethren in Cincinnati should be worried.

@SamNeumann has a story on the front page about one of Temple's latest class of 2021 recruiting targets in Mater Dei Prep's Dominick Giudice.

Anyone know his status following the injury yesterday?

“The network inserted the clause in case the AAC’s football powerhouse - UCF - left for a bigger conference. Memphis, Houston, Cincinnati and USF also were seen as likely AAC schools to be poached by bigger conferences if realignment took hold again. ESPN inserted the clause as an assurance that it would not be left paying $1 billion to a conference that has lost its highest rated teams.”

It is troubling that Temple is never included with these schools.

https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/es...ce.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

If a tree falls in the forest..

Any chance?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ce...university/psu-football/article239996728.html