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Men's Basketball Ranked #22 in ESPN/USA Today Poll
10.21.10 | Men's Basketball
Owls to open season in Top 25
PHILADELPHIA –The three-time defending Atlantic 10 Conference champion Temple Owls will open the 2010-11 season ranked #22 in the nation in the ESPN/USA Today poll. It marks the first preseason ranking for the program since the 2001-02 season.
The Owls, which ended the 2009-10 season with a 29-6 and ranked 12th in the final Associated Press poll, return three starters including first team All-Atlantic 10 Conference performer, 6-9 senior forward Lavoy Allen, A-10 Most Outstanding Player, 6-4 junior guard Juan Fernandez and 6-11 junior forward Micheal Eric. Junior Ramone Moore, the league's Sixth Man of the Year, also returns along to bolster a program that has won 73 games over the last three seasons.
Temple was picked to repeat as A-10 champions in a media/coaches poll announced at the league's media day on October 21. Allen was named preseason first team all-conference and to the all-defensive team while Fernandez was a second team selection.
For the first time since the 2000-01 season Temple will open with consecutive home games at the Liacouras Center. The season opens with a home game against Seton Hall on Nov. 12. The Owls follow that with a home date against Toledo on November 14.
Blue Ribbon Preseason Top 25
1. Duke
2. Michigan State
3. Kansas State
4. Pittsburgh
5. Ohio State
6. Villanova
7. Kansas
8. Purdue
9. North Carolina
10. Kentucky
11. Florida
12. Gonzaga
13. Syracuse
14. Baylor
15. Missouri
16. Illinois
17. Washington
18. Butler
19. Memphis
20. Tennessee
21. Georgetown
22. Temple
23. Virginia Tech
24. Wisconsin
25. Texas
The Owls, which ended the 2009-10 season with a 29-6 and ranked 12th in the final Associated Press poll, return three starters including first team All-Atlantic 10 Conference performer, 6-9 senior forward Lavoy Allen, A-10 Most Outstanding Player, 6-4 junior guard Juan Fernandez and 6-11 junior forward Micheal Eric. Junior Ramone Moore, the league's Sixth Man of the Year, also returns along to bolster a program that has won 73 games over the last three seasons.
Temple was picked to repeat as A-10 champions in a media/coaches poll announced at the league's media day on October 21. Allen was named preseason first team all-conference and to the all-defensive team while Fernandez was a second team selection.
For the first time since the 2000-01 season Temple will open with consecutive home games at the Liacouras Center. The season opens with a home game against Seton Hall on Nov. 12. The Owls follow that with a home date against Toledo on November 14.
Blue Ribbon Preseason Top 25
1. Duke
2. Michigan State
3. Kansas State
4. Pittsburgh
5. Ohio State
6. Villanova
7. Kansas
8. Purdue
9. North Carolina
10. Kentucky
11. Florida
12. Gonzaga
13. Syracuse
14. Baylor
15. Missouri
16. Illinois
17. Washington
18. Butler
19. Memphis
20. Tennessee
21. Georgetown
22. Temple
23. Virginia Tech
24. Wisconsin
25. Texas
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