I was curious how Temple was doing in conference play across all sports compared to the rest of the AAC, so I did some math.
I was a bit surprised to see that Temple has the best in-conference winning percentage of all AAC schools at 68.75%. Here is the list in order:
Temple: 68.75%
UConn: 67.14%
SMU: 61.42%
USF: 54.86%
Cincy: 52.11%
Tulsa: 50.69%
Memphis: 50%
UH: 39.68%
UCF: 35.91%
Tulane: 29.62%
ECU: 26.61%
I bolded the three schools (UH, Tulane, ECU) who do not sponsor all six sports (FB, MSoc, WSoc, VB, MBB, WBB). Obviously, it's important to succeed in football and basketball, but having a well-rounded athletics program is very important. I don't think Temple gets credit for that, and it seems we are improving in that area quite a bit. If the soccer programs continue to improve, we'll really have something.
I was a bit surprised to see that Temple has the best in-conference winning percentage of all AAC schools at 68.75%. Here is the list in order:
Temple: 68.75%
UConn: 67.14%
SMU: 61.42%
USF: 54.86%
Cincy: 52.11%
Tulsa: 50.69%
Memphis: 50%
UH: 39.68%
UCF: 35.91%
Tulane: 29.62%
ECU: 26.61%
I bolded the three schools (UH, Tulane, ECU) who do not sponsor all six sports (FB, MSoc, WSoc, VB, MBB, WBB). Obviously, it's important to succeed in football and basketball, but having a well-rounded athletics program is very important. I don't think Temple gets credit for that, and it seems we are improving in that area quite a bit. If the soccer programs continue to improve, we'll really have something.
