Temple University Athletics
DUKE, CINCINNATI HIGHLIGHT 2006-07 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
8.28.06 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA -- First-year Temple University head men's basketball coach Fran Dunphy will take his Owls to Durham, N.C. to take on the Duke Blue Devils in a nationally-televised game (ESPN) on January 2. Duke is one of six teams that competed in the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Temple's 2006-07 schedule, which also includes five games against 2006 NIT squads. Temple will also play Big East member Cincinnati at the Atlantic City Convention Center, the site of the 2007 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship, on December 9.
"This is clearly a challenging schedule, but that is what we want to provide for our team as well as our fans," said Dunphy, who takes over the program from Hall of Fame coach John Chaney after a successful 17-year career at Penn. "This year we will also start to face Mid-American Conference teams as part of our agreement with that league, and we are excited at the challenge that 2006 Champion Kent State presents as our opening MAC opponent."
Temple opens its 2006-07 slate at Kent State, one of four MAC teams (Buffalo, Western Michigan, at Ball State) on the Owls' schedule. The scheduling of MAC teams is part of an agreement with the conference which Temple football becomes an affiliate member for the 2007 season.
Besides Buffalo and Western Michigan, the Owls non-conference home schedule includes a date with Rutgers, a 2006 NIT team, as well as area rivals Drexel and Lafayette. Long Beach State rounds out the Liacouras Center non-conference foes.
Temple's Atlantic 10 Conference schedule includes home dates with Charlotte, Dayton, La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis and Saint Joseph's. The Owls will travel to A-10 rivals Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, La Salle, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Joseph's and Xavier.
Penn, the team Dunphy guided to 10 Ivy League titles, highlights Temple's Big 5 slate. The Owls and Quakers square off on January 24 at The Palestra. The Owls will also travel to The Pavilion to take on Villanova on December 30.
See attached for the complete men's basketball schedule.
