Temple Owls men's basketball
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| University | Temple University | |||
| Conference | American Athletic Conference | |||
| Location | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| Head coach | Fran Dunphy (11th year) | |||
| Arena | Liacouras Center | |||
| Nickname | Owls | |||
| Colors | Cherry and White |
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| Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | ||||
| 1938 | ||||
| Pre-tournament Helms champions | ||||
| 1938 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1956, 1958 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1956, 1958, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2001 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1956, 1958, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2001 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2011, 2013 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1944, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1937, 1938, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2016 | ||||
The Temple Owls men's basketball team represents Temple University in the sport of basketball. The Owls compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). They play their home games in the Liacouras Center on the university's main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and are currently led by head coach Fran Dunphy.
On March 7, 2012, the Temple Owls announced that they would be rejoining the Big East Conference for all sports in 2013, with the Owls football team membership beginning in the 2012 season. Before Temple became an all-sports member of the Big East, the conference split along football lines. The league's non-FBS football schools formed a new Big East in 2013, while Temple's new conference renamed itself the American Athletic Conference.
The Temple men's basketball program is only the 6th team in NCAA history to reach 1,800 wins, along with Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, and Syracuse. The Temple Owls became the first National Invitation Tournament (NIT) champions in 1938, one year before the inception of the NCAA Tournament. The Owls were retroactively recognized by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll and the Helms Athletic Foundation as the national champion for the 1937–38 season. Temple again won the NIT championship in 1969.
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