August 19, 200521 yr As usual, Temple is getting ready to play one of the toughest men's basketball schedules in the nation. In nonconference play, it will go against seven teams that made the postseason last season. The Owls' complete schedule will be announced next month, but they will face three teams from the Southeastern Conference (Alabama, Auburn and South Carolina) and three from the Atlantic Coast Conference (Duke, Maryland and Miami). Also on the schedule are Penn and Villanova, two Big Five opponents that made the NCAA tournament, as did Alabama and Duke. In addition, the Owls are lined up to play South Carolina, which won the National Invitation Tournament. Maryland and Miami also were in the NIT. "The schedule is indeed a great schedule as always, and we're hopeful that this team will be able to meet the demands of this schedule," Temple coach John Chaney said. To begin the season, Temple will compete in the Preseason NIT, hosting Army at the Liacouras Center on Nov. 15. Three of Temple's nonconference games will be televised nationally. ESPN will televise the Owls' games against Alabama (Dec. 10) and Duke (Feb. 25), with ESPN2 televising its game against Maryland (Jan. 28). Temple returns four starters from last year's 16-14 team that earned a berth in the NIT. Nov. 15 Army Nov. 27 Miami Nov. 30 at Rutgers Dec. 3 Penn at Palestra Dec. 6 at Princeton Dec. 10 Alabama Dec. 18 at Auburn Dec. 22 South Carolina Dec. 31 Villanova at Palestra Jan. 28 Maryland Feb. 25 Duke I still see them going 7-4 in that group.
August 20, 200521 yr Temple > Indiana > Northern Illinois 908245[/snapback] In football NIU>>>Indiana>Temple
August 20, 200521 yr Nov. 15 Army-Win Nov. 27 Miami-Loss Nov. 30 at Rutgers-Loss Dec. 3 Penn at Palestra-Win Dec. 6 at Princeton-Win Dec. 10 Alabama-Loss Dec. 18 at Auburn-Loss Dec. 22 South Carolina-Loss Dec. 31 Villanova at Palestra-Loss Jan. 28 Maryland-Loss Feb. 25 Duke-Loss 7-4 isn't even possible out of that group. You'll go 6-5 there if you get every break possible.
August 20, 200521 yr Indiana should be extremely decent this year, and the Big 10 is shaping up as a revamped basketball conference. Ohio State coming off of self-imposed sanctions, Indiana's young team that was already decent being one year older, Illinois, Michigan State, and Wisconsin should be in fine form once again. Iowa should can hopefully rebound from losing Pierce, and if things go well and Northwestern, Michigan, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue can pull their own weight, Big 10 can be one of the top 2 conferences.
August 20, 200521 yr The Big 10 is going to be really good this year. Michigan State, Ohio State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Iowa are locks to make the dance IMO, with Michigan and Minnesota being wild cards that could be solid teams.
August 20, 200521 yr Yes, the Big 10 should be good, they were ok last year, but very top heavy, kind of like the ACC. The Big 10 had a very good chance at 3 final four teams, with UNC barely squeeking by Wisconsin(and then, getting every favorable call in the championship game against U of I...the refs handed UNC that game), and the conference as a whole should be up this year.
August 20, 200521 yr Nov. 15 Army-Win Nov. 27 Miami-Loss Nov. 30 at Rutgers-Loss Dec. 3 Penn at Palestra-Win Dec. 6 at Princeton-Win Dec. 10 Alabama-Loss Dec. 18 at Auburn-Loss Dec. 22 South Carolina-Loss Dec. 31 Villanova at Palestra-Loss Jan. 28 Maryland-Loss Feb. 25 Duke-Loss 7-4 isn't even possible out of that group. You'll go 6-5 there if you get every break possible. 908576[/snapback] Considering you know nothing about Temple and city games and how good they are....your opinion means nothing....just like your opinion in all the other sports.
August 20, 200521 yr Nov. 15 Army-Win Nov. 27 Miami-Loss Nov. 30 at Rutgers-Loss Dec. 3 Penn at Palestra-Win Dec. 6 at Princeton-Win Dec. 10 Alabama-Loss Dec. 18 at Auburn-Loss Dec. 22 South Carolina-Loss Dec. 31 Villanova at Palestra-Loss Jan. 28 Maryland-Loss Feb. 25 Duke-Loss 7-4 isn't even possible out of that group.? You'll go 6-5 there if you get every break possible. 908576[/snapback] Considering you know nothing about Temple and city games and how good they are....your opinion means nothing....just like your opinion in all the other sports. 908726[/snapback] First, I know enough about Temple basketball to know they aren't going to beat too many teams that are...well any good. And second, your opinion about any team you like is irrelevant due to your painfully obvious homerism towards them.
August 20, 200521 yr Nov. 15 Army-Win Nov. 27 Miami-Loss Nov. 30 at Rutgers-Loss Dec. 3 Penn at Palestra-Win Dec. 6 at Princeton-Win Dec. 10 Alabama-Loss Dec. 18 at Auburn-Loss Dec. 22 South Carolina-Loss Dec. 31 Villanova at Palestra-Loss Jan. 28 Maryland-Loss Feb. 25 Duke-Loss 7-4 isn't even possible out of that group.? You'll go 6-5 there if you get every break possible. 908576[/snapback] Considering you know nothing about Temple and city games and how good they are....your opinion means nothing....just like your opinion in all the other sports. 908726[/snapback] First, I know enough about Temple basketball to know they aren't going to beat too many teams that are...well any good. And second, your opinion about any team you like is irrelevant due to your painfully obvious homerism towards them. 908728[/snapback] explain to me why this same temple team that pushed Maryland and South Carolina to the limits at their place and why they lost to Auburn at home by 3..you in your infinite wisdom, mark them down as losses.
August 20, 200521 yr Nov. 15 Army-Win Nov. 27 Miami-Loss Nov. 30 at Rutgers-Loss Dec. 3 Penn at Palestra-Win Dec. 6 at Princeton-Win Dec. 10 Alabama-Loss Dec. 18 at Auburn-Loss Dec. 22 South Carolina-Loss Dec. 31 Villanova at Palestra-Loss Jan. 28 Maryland-Loss Feb. 25 Duke-Loss 7-4 isn't even possible out of that group.? You'll go 6-5 there if you get every break possible. 908576[/snapback] Considering you know nothing about Temple and city games and how good they are....your opinion means nothing....just like your opinion in all the other sports. 908726[/snapback] First, I know enough about Temple basketball to know they aren't going to beat too many teams that are...well any good. And second, your opinion about any team you like is irrelevant due to your painfully obvious homerism towards them. 908728[/snapback] explain to me why this same temple team that pushed Maryland and South Carolina to the limits at their place and why they lost to Auburn at home by 3..you in your infinite wisdom, mark them down as losses. 908730[/snapback] Maryland and South Carolina were very young teams last year that are going to be more experienced and better this season. As for Auburn, your right, Temple defintely could win that one.
August 20, 200521 yr Nov. 15 Army-Win Nov. 27 Miami-Loss Nov. 30 at Rutgers-Loss Dec. 3 Penn at Palestra-Win Dec. 6 at Princeton-Win Dec. 10 Alabama-Loss Dec. 18 at Auburn-Loss Dec. 22 South Carolina-Loss Dec. 31 Villanova at Palestra-Loss Jan. 28 Maryland-Loss Feb. 25 Duke-Loss 7-4 isn't even possible out of that group.? You'll go 6-5 there if you get every break possible. 908576[/snapback] Considering you know nothing about Temple and city games and how good they are....your opinion means nothing....just like your opinion in all the other sports. 908726[/snapback] First, I know enough about Temple basketball to know they aren't going to beat too many teams that are...well any good. And second, your opinion about any team you like is irrelevant due to your painfully obvious homerism towards them. 908728[/snapback] explain to me why this same temple team that pushed Maryland and South Carolina to the limits at their place and why they lost to Auburn at home by 3..you in your infinite wisdom, mark them down as losses. 908730[/snapback] Maryland and South Carolina were very young teams last year that are going to be more experienced and better this season. As for Auburn, your right, Temple defintely could win that one. 908734[/snapback] ok....Temple was as well...their returning everyone except for one player and returning one of the most unheralded players in the NCAA Mardy Collins...don't dismiss them from pullin an upset or two......This is a dumb argument....unfortunately i started it but i just wanted to talk about how tough the schedule was.
August 20, 200521 yr Nov. 15 Army-Win Nov. 27 Miami-Loss Nov. 30 at Rutgers-Loss Dec. 3 Penn at Palestra-Win Dec. 6 at Princeton-Win Dec. 10 Alabama-Loss Dec. 18 at Auburn-Loss Dec. 22 South Carolina-Loss Dec. 31 Villanova at Palestra-Loss Jan. 28 Maryland-Loss Feb. 25 Duke-Loss 7-4 isn't even possible out of that group.? You'll go 6-5 there if you get every break possible. 908576[/snapback] Considering you know nothing about Temple and city games and how good they are....your opinion means nothing....just like your opinion in all the other sports. 908726[/snapback] First, I know enough about Temple basketball to know they aren't going to beat too many teams that are...well any good. And second, your opinion about any team you like is irrelevant due to your painfully obvious homerism towards them. 908728[/snapback] explain to me why this same temple team that pushed Maryland and South Carolina to the limits at their place and why they lost to Auburn at home by 3..you in your infinite wisdom, mark them down as losses. 908730[/snapback] Maryland and South Carolina were very young teams last year that are going to be more experienced and better this season. As for Auburn, your right, Temple defintely could win that one. 908734[/snapback] ok....Temple was as well...their returning everyone except for one player and returning one of the most unheralded players in the NCAA Mardy Collins...don't dismiss them from pullin an upset or two......This is a dumb argument....unfortunately i started it but i just wanted to talk about how tough the schedule was. 908735[/snapback] Hey, I have been proven wrong before. It is not debateable that Temple plays one of the 5 toughest OOC's every season, and whenever they go into conference with a good record, they have to be watched out for since their conference schedule is a cakewalk compared to the out of conference. And I know who Mardy Collins is, he's a very good player.
August 20, 200521 yr Nice to see Southern Illinois in the Great Alaskan Shootout again. But aside from the GAS...bad acronym...SIU's non con schedule is weak. 11/18/2005 Louisiana-Lafayette Carbondale, Ill. 11/24/2005 Monmouth N.J. Anchorage, Alaska 11/25/2005 TBA Anchorage, Alaska 11/26/2005 TBA Anchorage, Alaska 11/30/2005 Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. 12/03/2005 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. 12/10/2005 Kent State Carbondale, Ill. 12/18/2005 Central Michigan Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 12/22/2005 Arkansas-Little Rock Carbondale, Ill. 12/28/2005 Murray State Murray, Ky. 02/18/2006 ESPN Bracket Buster Carbondale, Ill. Man I'd love to go down there for the Bracket Buster game, maybe it'll be NIU this year since we play Kent State already. Or possibly Hawaii again, I was down there when they played Hawaii in the 04 Bracket Buster and it was nuts(I was drinking beer watching it on the TV at a party). Carbondale is nuts about Saluki basketball man, I wish we would add Gonzaga to the schedule, that way you would have two of the traditionally strong mid majors squaring off(maybe we meet them in the GAS :mischief2 ).
August 20, 200521 yr Indiana should be extremely decent this year 908595[/snapback] lol, I guess that is a good thing?
August 20, 200521 yr Well, looks like no Gonzaga/SIU matchup this year, hopefully in the big dance. We wiped the floor with St. Marys last year, who incidentally had Gonzaga's # all year long in WCC play :shifty I say bring all the big schools on, SIU asks big schools to come down to Carbondale all the time, Duke, UNC, U of I, they are afraid. No one comes into the Dawg Pound and wins.
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