Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Big East football schedule announced

Temple’s Big East schedule for football for the 2012 season is now official. The Owls, which gained entry back into the Big East for all sports on March 8 after being booted from the league in 2004, will play games against seven Big East opponents and nine total games against schools from power conferences this [...]

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Temple to join Big East in all sports

Temple football will join the Big East for the 2012 season, while all other sports will be added for the 2013 season, multiple sources have confirmed. The Owls will give the Big East eight football teams, along with Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Louisville, Rutgers, Cincinnati and South Florida, for the 2012 season. Temple was a founding [...]

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Dunphy, guards earn A-10 honors

Men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy was named the Atlantic Ten Conference Coach of the Year, while guards, redshirt-senior Ramone Moore, senior Juan Fernandez and junior Khalif Wyatt also earned conference honors on Monday. This is Dunphy’s second Coach of the Year award since becoming Temple’s head coach in 2006. He led the Owls to their [...]

Monday, March 5th, 2012

No Big East announcement today

Temple does not expect to make any kind of announcement on its future with the Big East today, according to Assistant Vice President of University Communications Ray Betzner. Multiple sources reported that Temple could announce that it would join the conference as at least a football member for the 2012 season, with the option of [...]

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Owls clinch No. 1 seed in overtime thriller

The men’s basketball team defeated Massachusetts 90-88 in overtime on Wednesday night, clinching the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Ten Conference Tournament and at least a share of the A-10 regular season title. Temple (23-6, 12-3 A-10) honored graduate center Micheal Eric, redshirt-senior guard Ramone Moore, senior guard Juan Fernandez and senior guard Jake [...]

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Athletics committee meeting canceled

The Temple Board of Trustees athletics committee meeting scheduled for 3 p.m. today that was reportedly going to include discussions about adding Temple as an all-sports member to the Big East, effective the Fall 2012 season, has been canceled. Assistant Vice President of University Communications Ray Betzner said there was no stated reason for canceling [...]

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Temple move to Big East imminent

Temple and the Big East are in talks to have the school join the conference for all sports as early as next school year, according to a report by The New York Times. Temple, which currently plays football in the Mid-American Conference and all other sports in the Atlantic Ten Conference, was a founding member [...]

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Men’s basketball ranks in both polls

The men’s basketball team was ranked No. 22 in the country by both the Associated Press and the USA Today/Coaches’ Poll on Monday. Temple (21-5, 10-2 Atlantic Ten Conference) has won 10 games in a row and are in first place in the A-10. The Owls have won nine conference games in a row after [...]

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Owls sit atop A-10 conference

Temple defeated Atlantic Ten Conference opponent Rhode Island 73-56 on Saturday afternoon to improve its in-conference record to 6-2, good for first place in the A-10. The Owls were led in scoring again by redshirt-senior guard Ramone Moore. Moore scored 22 points to go along with five rebounds and three assists. Moore has scored a [...]

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Owls take care of Fordham, 78-60

The men’s basketball team improved its Atlantic Ten Conference record to 5-2 on Wednesday night with a 78-60 victory against Fordham. Redshirt-senior guard Ramone Moore and junior guard Khalif Wyatt led the scoring for the Owls, with 25 and 24 points, respectively. Wyatt led the charge early in the first half, scoring the team’s first [...]