Basketball Preview - The Temple News

End of an era

27 March 2012 Jake Adams

The women’s basketball team lost its WNIT Sweet 16 matchup to Syracuse, 82-68, on Thursday, March 22 at McGonigle Hall. Seniors Shey Peddy, Kristen McCarthy, BJ Williams and center Joelle Connelly never got the swan-song

Men’s basketball team: Season in review

27 March 2012 Joey Cranney

The Owls’ season was spoiled by an early exit in the postseason. The men’s basketball season that was riding high for a one-month stretch from mid-January to mid-February came to a crashing end as the

Owls await WNIT Sweet 16 opponent

19 March 2012 Jake Adams

Women’s basketball defeats Harvard and Quinnipiac in WNIT. The women’s basketball team has reached the NCAA tournament in each of the previous eight years. But when the tournament committee didn’t call Temple’s name on March

Owls blow chance in A-10 semis

19 March 2012 Jake Adams

Women’s basketball lose in A-10’s to Dayton. The final 10 seconds of the women’s basketball team’s loss in the Atlantic Ten Conference tournament semifinals to eventually champion Dayton could have been the season’s defining moment.

Early exit

19 March 2012 Connor Showalter

The Owls lost in the second round to the South Florida Bulls. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For guards, redshirt-senior Ramone Moore and Juan Fernandez, and graduate center Micheal Eric, the team’s early exit in the NCAA

Losses loom as Temple advances

12 March 2012 Joey Cranney

Men’s basketball enters March Madness amid a cloud of uncertainty. Uncertainty is the word to use to describe the men’s basketball team right now. Temple fans must feel uncertain about a team that has lost

Dancing days

12 March 2012 Connor Showalter

Owls earn No. 5 seed for the Big Dance. The men’s basketball team hosted a Selection Sunday party for fans and media to join the team at the Liacouras Center, as the Owls earned the

Respecting rivals

27 February 2012 Joey Cranney

The Big-5 season produced its share of emotion and drama this year. It all started with a block. Penn senior guard Zack Rosen, who had already dropped 21 points on Temple in the Big 5

Owls open up scoring

21 February 2012 Jake Adams

The emergence of Victoria Macaulay creates a wide-spread offense. The women’s basketball team’s 21-point win against George Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 15 marked the second straight game the Owls had five players score in double

Pass-first mentality

21 February 2012 Joey Cranney

The Owls’ guards win with unselfish play. The men’s basketball team doesn’t care how it gets to 78 points, all that matters is that when the Owls score that many points, they don’t lose. No.