1987–88 Temple Owls men's basketball team

1987–88 Temple Owls men's basketball
1987–88 Temple Owls men's basketball
A–10 Regular Season Champions; A–10 Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Regional Final, L 53–65 vs. Duke
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 1
Record	32–2 (18–0 A–10)
Head coach	John Chaney;
Home arena	McGonigle Hall
	Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University during the 1987–88 NCAA men's basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
December 3*		at UCLA	W 81–76	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 7		at Massachusetts	W 89–71
December 10		St. Joseph's	W 83–62	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
December 12		Rhode Island	W 75–66	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
December 19*		South Carolina	W 63–50	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
December 28*		vs. Ole Miss Sugar Bowl Classic	W 70–61	New Orleans, LA
December 29*		vs. Southern Sugar Bowl Classic	W 84–47	New Orleans, LA
January 4		Rutgers	W 86–60	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
January 6*		at Penn	W 84–50	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 9		at George Washington	W 79–66
January 14*		La Salle	W 59–56	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
January 16		at St. Bonaventure	W 73–63
January 18		at Penn State	W 59–44	State College, PA
January 21		Massachusetts	W 71–52	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
January 24*		at No. 8 UNLV	L 58–59	Las Vegas, NV
January 28		St. Bonaventure	W 87–66	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
January 31		at Rhode Island	W 77–70
February 4		Duquesne	W 110–70	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
February 6		at Rutgers	W 84–53	Piscataway, NJ
February 10*		No. 10 Villanova	W 98–86	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
February 14		George Washington	W 92–67	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
February 16		Penn State	W 50–49	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
February 21*		at No. 5 North Carolina	W 83–66	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
February 23		at West Virginia	W 78–69	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 25		at Duquesne	W 94–55
February 28		West Virginia	W 62–61	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
March 2		at St. Joseph's	W 75–62	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
March 6*		vs. Duquesne Atlantic 10 Tournament	W 77–57	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
March 8*		vs. St. Joseph's Atlantic 10 Tournament	W 79–67	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
March 10*		vs. Rhode Island Atlantic 10 Tournament	W 68–63 ^OT	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
March 18*	(1)	vs. (16) Lehigh NCAA Tournament	W 87–73	Hartford, CT
March 20*	(1)	vs. (8) Georgetown NCAA Tournament	W 74–53	Hartford, CT
March 24*	(1)	vs. (13) Richmond NCAA Tournament	W 69–47	East Rutherford, NJ
March 26*	(1)	vs. (2) No. 5 Duke NCAA Tournament	L 53–63	East Rutherford, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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Roster

Derrick Brantley (1.9 ppg)
Duane Causwell (2.0 ppg)
Jerome Dowdell (1.5 ppg)
G Howard Evans (C) (Sr, 11.1 ppg), All A-10 (1st team)
Shawn Johnson (1.8 ppg)
Tom Katsikis (1.9 ppg)
G Mark Macon (Fr, 20.6 ppg), AP All-American (2nd team)
F Darrin Pearsall (Jr, 1.5 ppg)
F Tim Perry (Sr, 14.5 ppg), A-10 Player of Year
Ernest Pollard (1.3 ppg)
Shoun Randolph (1.0 ppg)
C Ramon Rivas (Sr, 6.9 ppg)
F Mike Vreeswyk (C) (Jr, 16.7 ppg) All A-10 (2nd team)
John Chaney (USBWA National Coach of the Year)

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References

^ 2015-16 Temple Owls media guide. Retrieved 2015-Dec-21.
^ [1]. Retrieved 2015-Dec-21.
^ 2015-16 Temple Owls media guide. Retrieved 2015-Dec-21.

[1] 2015-16 Temple Owls media guide. Retrieved 2015-Dec-21.

[2] [1]. Retrieved 2015-Dec-21.

[3] 2015-16 Temple Owls media guide. Retrieved 2015-Dec-21.

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v t e Temple Owls men's basketball
Venues	Mitten Hall South Hall Convention Hall (1938–1955) Palestra (1955–1984) McGonigle Hall (1969–1997) Liacouras Center (1997–present)
Culture & lore	City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics