As the Temple men’s basketball team made its surprising run to the NCAA Tournament last month, thoughts raced through Andrew “Scootie” Randall’s head.
“They played pretty good and they could’ve made it further in the tournament,” Randall said, referring to the Owls opening round loss to No. 5 Michigan State. “I feel as though I can […]

Agents, scouts, team executives, draft camps, drills, tournaments, weight room sessions, pressure.
This is senior guard Mark Tyndale’s life for the next two months.
Last weekend, the recently-named Owl team MVP took part in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in Portsmouth, Va., a three-day event pitting the top seniors in the country against each other as NBA general […]

The atmosphere in the No. 12-seeded Owls locker room afterwards was almost equivalent to their play during the game: quiet and weary.

DENVER – The topic of Colorado’s much-publicized thin-air came up two days in a row at Temple’s NCAA Tournament press conferences.
Like his teammates, seniors Mark Tyndale and Chris Clark, junior Dionte Christmas, the Owls leading scorer, said he didn’t feel affected by the Mile-High State’s altitude.
Christmas’ respiratory system may have been fine, but his jump […]

In his first NCAA Tournament game, Dionte Christmas hoisted up eight three-pointers.

DENVER – Seated between the vaunted “one-two punch” of Mark Tyndale and Dionte Christmas, senior reserve and team co-captain Chris Clark received most of the spotlight at Temple’s pre-NCAA Tournament press conference Wednesday.
In the last two weeks, Clark has proved just as valuable as Tyndale and Christmas with clutch performances in crucial games.
His teammates and […]

DENVER – Whereas the 13 players on the Temple men’s basketball team’s roster have never experienced the highest level of postseason college basketball, second-year coach Fran Dunphy has been there several times before.
He coached the University of Pennsylvania to nine NCAA Tournament appearances during his 17-year-tenure with the Quakers.
But when the No. 12-seeded Owls face […]

Imagine what it feels like to replace a legend.
Imagine the expectations. Imagine the criticism. Imagine the pressure.
Imagine what Fran Dunphy must have gone through during his first two years at the helm of Temple’s men’s basketball program.
His predecessor, former Owls coach John Chaney, was an institution at Temple University for 24 years. As much […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – In the chaotic scene that followed the Owls’ 69-64 victory over Saint Joseph’s in the Atlantic Ten Conference Championship game Saturday, Mark Tyndale could be found milling about the crowd, hugging teammates, friends and family members.
In his socks.
Tyndale’s white Adidas sneakers vanished and the court at the historic Boardwalk Hall became […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – After the final horn sounded Saturday night, after the fans had rushed the Boardwalk Hall hardwood, and after four roller-coaster seasons, Mark Tyndale and Chris Clark found each other amid a sea of celebration.
There was no hesitation. Not even for a second.
The Philadelphia natives ran straight toward one another and simultaneously […]