2016–17 Temple Owls men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Temple Owls basketball team represented Temple University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by 11th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in AAC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to East Carolina.
2016–17 Temple Owls men's basketball | |
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NIT Season Tip-Off champions | |
Conference | American Athletic Conference |
2016–17 record | 16–16 (7–11 AAC) |
Head coach | Fran Dunphy (11th season) |
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Home arena | Liacouras Center |
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No. 11 SMU † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 30 | – | 5 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Cincinnati | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 30 | – | 6 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 24 | – | 12 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 AAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
The Owls finished the 2015–16 season with a record 21–12, 14–4 in AAC play to win the regular season championship. They defeated South Florida in the first round of the AAC Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to UConn. They received an at-large bid as a No. 10 seed to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in overtime in the First Round to Iowa by a buzzer beater from Adam Woodbury.
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Jaylen Bond | 15 | F | 6'8" | 240 | RS Senior | Philadelphia, PA | Graduated |
Devontae Watson | 23 | F/C | 6'10" | 215 | Senior | Ambrige, PA | Graduated |
Quenton DeCosey | 25 | G | 6'5" | 180 | Senior | Union, NJ | Graduated |
Devin Coleman | 34 | G | 6'2" | 205 | RS Senior | Philadelphia, PA | Graduated |
Chima Nwakpuda | 50 | F | 6'4" | 215 | Senior | Philadelphia, PA | Graduated |
Incoming recruits
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Quinton Rose #31 SG |
Rochester, NY | Greece Athena High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Aug 7, 2015 | |
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Alani Moore #38 PG |
Washington, DC | Friendship Collegiate Academy | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 155 lb (70 kg) | Sep 13, 2015 | |
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Damien Moore #49 C |
Vaughn, MS | Callaway High School | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Nov 14, 2015 | |
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPNews |
La Salle Philadelphia Big 5 |
W 97–92 OT | 1–0 |
Liacouras Center (7,768) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
11/14/2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN3 |
New Hampshire NIT Season Tip-Off |
L 52–57 | 1–1 |
Liacouras Center (4,893) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
11/17/2016* 7:00 PM, ASN |
at Massachusetts | L 67–70 | 1–2 |
Mullins Center (3,732) Amherst, MA | |||||||
11/20/2016* 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Manhattan NIT Season Tip-Off |
W 88–67 | 2–2 |
Liacouras Center (5,156) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
11/24/2016* 12:30 PM, ESPNU |
vs. No. 25 Florida State NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals |
W 89–86 | 3–2 |
Barclays Center (2,451) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
11/25/2016* 3:00 PM, ESPN2 |
vs. No. 19 West Virginia NIT Season Tip-Off finals |
W 81–77 | 4–2 |
Barclays Center (3,713) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM, CBSSN |
at Saint Joseph's Rivalry/Philadelphia Big 5 |
W 78–72 | 5–2 |
Hagan Arena (4,200) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/03/2016* 4:00 PM, ASN |
Penn Philadelphia Big 5 |
W 70–62 | 6–2 |
Liacouras Center (6,193) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/07/2016* 7:30 PM, CBSSN |
George Washington | L 63–66 | 6–3 |
Liacouras Center (5,016) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/10/2016* 11:30 AM, ESPNU |
vs. DePaul Hoophall Miami Invitational |
W 74–65 | 7–3 |
American Airlines Arena Miami, FL | |||||||
12/13/2016* 7:00 PM, FS1 |
at No. 1 Villanova Philadelphia Big 5 |
L 57–78 | 7–4 |
The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA | |||||||
12/17/2016* 2:00 PM |
NJIT | W 68–63 | 8–4 |
Liacouras Center (4,934) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/22/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPNU |
Yale | W 83–77 | 9–4 |
Liacouras Center (4,775) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
AAC regular season | |||||||||||
12/28/2016 9:00 PM, ESPNU |
No. 23 Cincinnati | L 50–56 | 9–5 (0–1) |
Liacouras Center (5,478) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/31/2016 4:00 PM, ESPNU |
at UCF | L 53–77 | 9–6 (0–2) |
CFE Arena (3,906) Orlando, FL | |||||||
01/04/2017 9:00 PM, CBSSN |
at SMU | L 65–79 | 9–7 (0–3) |
Moody Coliseum (6,782) Dallas, TX | |||||||
01/07/2017 12:00 PM, ASN |
East Carolina | W 81–62 | 10–7 (1–3) |
Liacouras Center (5,613) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
01/11/2017 9:00 PM, CBSSN |
at UConn | L 59–73 | 10–8 (1–4) |
Gampel Pavilion (6,582) Storrs, CT | |||||||
01/14/2017 12:00 PM, ESPNews |
Tulsa | L 68–70 | 10–9 (1–5) |
Liacouras Center (6,175) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
01/18/2017 7:00 PM, CBSSN |
at No. 20 Cincinnati | L 74–81 | 10–10 (1–6) |
Fifth Third Arena (10,718) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
01/25/2017 6:00 PM, CBSSN |
Memphis | W 77–66 | 11–10 (2–6) |
Liacouras Center (4,950) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
01/28/2017 10:00 PM, ESPNU |
at Houston | L 66–79 | 11–11 (2–7) |
Hofheinz Pavilion (3,627) Houston, TX | |||||||
01/31/2017 8:00 PM, ESPNews |
at Tulane | W 79–71 | 12–11 (3–7) |
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,609) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
02/05/2017 1:00 PM, ASN |
South Florida | W 83–74 | 13–11 (4–7) |
Liacouras Center (5,824) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
02/09/2017 9:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 25 SMU | L 50–66 | 13–12 (4–8) |
Liacouras Center (4,603) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
02/12/2017 2:00 PM, CBSSN |
at Memphis | W 74–62 | 14–12 (5–8) |
FedEx Forum (10,552) Memphis, TN | |||||||
02/15/2017 7:00 PM, ESPNews |
at East Carolina | L 64–78 | 14–13 (5–9) |
Williams Arena (3,741) Greenville, NC | |||||||
02/19/2017 4:00 PM, ESPN |
UConn | L 63–64 | 14–14 (5–10) |
Liacouras Center (8,702) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
02/22/2017 7:00 PM, ESPNU |
UCF | L 69–71 | 14–15 (5–11) |
Liacouras Center (5,073) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
02/25/2017 12:00 PM, ESPNU |
Tulane | W 86-76 2OT | 15–15 (6–11) |
Liacouras Center (7,727) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
03/05/2017 2:00 PM, ESPNU |
at South Florida | W 72–60 | 16–15 (7–11) |
USF Sun Dome (2,509) Tampa, FL | |||||||
AAC Tournament | |||||||||||
03/09/2017 3:30 PM, ESPNU |
(8) | vs. (9) East Carolina First round |
L 69–80 | 16–16 |
XL Center (4,874) Hartford, CT | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |