Daily News | Temple fully earned its court storming after upsetting Villanova ... this was big
, starting its fourth season. You could argue there have been no other big ones, since the Owls haven’t reached the NCAA tournament in his time. What else matters?
A comparison of sorts … for years as Temple’s football team gained ground on the field, but not quite in the hearts of even most Temple alums, there was an obvious way to change that dynamic: Beat Penn State. ThatWell, Temple basketball is always relevant in Philadelphia. In fact, it’s not a stretch to say local college hoops feels deprived when the Owls aren’t in the NCAA mix, that Philadelphia basketball is simply better when Temple is good. Sure, that’s true for St.
To make a statement that this group of Owls matters — other than getting back to March Madness itself, there was one obvious way going into this season …“I want to leave a mark,” Khalif Battle said later, sitting next to backcourt mate Damian Dunn, who had 22 points, including the last drive that produced a foul and the winning free throws with 1.1 seconds left. “I know Dame wants to leave a mark.
A decade of Big 5 dominance, only one defeat in all that time, plus those two NCAA titles, Villanova, coming off another Final Four, has dwarfed the other locals. It’s cute that Temple students rolled out their banner pointing out that Villanova’s campus lies some place other than the city, 17 miles from North Broad. Less relevant when Villanova is the program able to sell out the bigger building down off South Broad.
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