Matt Langel, an assistant on the men’s basketball team, will be named head coach at Colgate University, according to a report by OwlScoop.com

Langel, who came over from the University of Pennsylvania with Temple coach Fran Dunphy before the 2006-2007 season, spent five years on North Broad Street. During his time at Temple, Langel focused primarily on the guards and was instrumental in the recruitment of a number of players, including junior guard Juan Fernandez.

At 32 years old, Langel will be the second-youngest Division-1 coach in the nation behind IPFW’s Dane Fife.

Lavoy Allen, the men’s basketball team’s all-time leading rebounder, earned the Robert V. Geasey Trophy, which is presented annually to the Philadelphia Big 5’s Most Outstanding Player. Allen is the first Temple player to garner the honor since Mark Tyndale shared the honor with St. Joseph’s forward Pat Calathes in 2008.

Allen averaged 11.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game en route to being name to the Atlantic Ten Conference All-Conference squad for the second-straight year.

Junior guard Ramone Moore joined Allen on the Big 5 First Team. Junior guard Juan Fernandez was named to the second team.

Former Temple guard Aaron McKie, who, along with Rick Brunson and Eddie Jones, was recently inducted into Temple’s Hall of Fame, spoke to a handful of media outlets, including The Temple News, at halftime of Sunday’s win over St. Joseph’s.

McKie, an honorable mention Associated Press All-American during the 1992-93 season, finished his career sixth on Temple’s all-time scoring list with 1,650 points. McKie never came off the bench for the Owls, as he started 92 games in his three-year tenure on North Broad Street.

McKie was drafted in the first round of the 1993 NBA Draft by the Portland Trailblazers. McKie would also later play for Detroit, Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Lakers during his 14-year professional career. While with the Sixers, McKie was named the Sixth Man of the Year following the 2000-01 season. McKie would later join the Sixers as an assistant coach, a position he still holds.

Listen to McKie’s thoughts on a variety of things, includi his induction, former Temple coach John Chaney’s impact on his coaching style and this year’s Temple squad, among other things

Aaron McKie

The football team has issued a press release that confirms that junior defensive tackle Muhammad Wilkerson will enter the NFL Draft.

“I enjoyed my time at Temple University,” Wilkerson said in the release. “It was a good experience for me. I’m thankful for the opportunity for a scholarship and for an education. I promise to come back and get my degree. I’m definitely going to miss my teammates and being a student-athlete at Temple.”

Experts vary on where Wilkerson could be drafted. Most have him leaving the board around the third round, but CBSSports’ Rob Rang released a mock draft yesterday that featured Wilkerson being drafted No. 26 overall in the first round by the New Orleans Saints.