NCAA Tournament: Departure Day for Temple Owls
The Temple University men's basketball team is headed to Tucson, Ariz., as their NCAA Tournament opener with Penn State on Thursday creeps closer.
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The Temple University men's basketball team is headed to Tucson, Ariz., as their NCAA Tournament opener with Penn State on Thursday creeps closer.
Before the traditional field of 64 begins play on Thursday, there are four play-in games: two tonight and two tomorrow. Does that mean you have to fill out the brackets for your office pool by today? Not necessarily.
For the fourth straight season, Villanova and Temple are in the NCAA Tournament. In a Keystone State battle, the seventh-seeded Owls play 10th-seeded Penn State Thursday in Tucson, Arizona.
Fueled by a run to the Big Ten tournament title game, the Penn State Nittany Lions drew a No. 10 seed in the West region and a first-round game Thursday against No. 7 seed Temple.
Jared Sullinger had 15 points and 11 rebounds and No. 1 Ohio State defeated Penn State 71-60 in the Big Ten tournament final on Sunday to strengthen its case for the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament.
Talor Battle scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half to help Penn State defeat Michigan State 61-48 in the Big Ten tournament semifinals on Saturday and advance to the final for the first time.
Temple's three-year run on the boardwalk is over. Richmond dethroned the three-time defending Atlantic 10 Conference tournament champions Saturday with a 58-54 victory in the semifinals at Boardwalk Hall in this casino resort.
Chris Wright had 17 points, 15 rebounds and five assists and Dayton advanced to the championship game for the first time since 2004 with a 64-61 victory over stubborn Saint Joseph's on Saturday.
The Atlantic-10 Tournament kicks into high gear today with quarterfinal action in Atlantic City, NJ. The marquee match-up of the day will feature Big 5 foes Temple and La Salle facing off about 7 PM.
The Tigers will open things up on Friday in the Division II NCAA Tournament against a familiar foe: conference rival Goldey-Beacom College.
After an 18-win regular season, the Drexel Dragons are the #6 seed in the CAA Tournament which begins Thursday in Upper Marlboro, Md.
Langston Galloway scored six of his 15 points in overtime and St. Joseph's University opened the extra session with a 12-0 run to upset George Washington, 71-59, Tuesday night in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
Steve Weingarten hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 32 seconds left in the second overtime as 10th-seeded La Salle University knocked off seventh-seeded St. Bonaventure, 75-73.
The Wildcats squandered a 16-point halftime lead and lost to the 15th seeded South Florida (10-22), who had previously lost eight of nine.
Penn led 23-19 at halftime after ending the half on a 19-4 run. The Quakers got 18 points from Tyler Bernardini and 12 points and six assists from Miles Cartwright.
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Aiden Logrande, 19, was arrested in connection with two vehicle arsons and multiple acts of criminal mischief in Washington Township, police said.
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