Temple University Athletics
Record Number of National TV Exposures Highlight MBB Schedule
8.21.13 | Men's Basketball
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PHILADELPHIA – Welcome to The American Temple fans! Temple's new conference, the American Athletic Conference, released its full schedule of games, including national television exposures, and the Owls brand will be seen nationally like never before.
A record 26 national television games highlight Temple's 2013-14 men's basketball schedule, and all but four contests – LIU, Penn, Texas Southern and Towson – will be seen nationally. More games may be added at a later date.
"The American Athletic Conference is one of the top basketball conferences in the country and this is evident by the amount of television exposure the league has generated in its first season," said Temple head coach Fran Dunphy. "Clearly this is one of the most challenging schedules in the history of Temple Basketball, and arguably the toughest home slate for an Owl team. Hopefully our young men will be up for the challenge."
Temple men's basketball will appear on ESPN entities a total of 22 times during the course of the season. The Owls co-host ESPN's College GameDay with La Salle, that coming on January 18 when Temple travels to The Palestra to for a game to be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.
Three other games, Louisville (Feb. 13 & 27) and UConn (Feb. 20), are also designated as "flex" games, that will either appear on ESPN or ESPN2 with a decision being made on the outlet closer to the contest. Besides the "flex" games, the Cherry and White will appear on ESPN at least twice with games against Texas at the Wells Fargo Center and Memphis, and possibly a third in the final of the Charleston Classic.
At least five Owls games will appear on ESPNU, including the home opener against Kent State (Nov. 11), which is part of ESPN's Marathon Tip-Off, and two of the Charleston Classic games may be broadcast by the channel.
Temple will make seven appearances on ESPNews, marking the first time the Owls will appear on the channel previously dedicated to sports news.
Five Temple games will also air on CBS Sports Network, which like ESPN is a television partner of the American Athletic Conference.
Temple, one of just eight schools to compete in the last six NCAA Tournaments, returns eight letterwinners including two starters from the 2012-13 squad that posted a 24-10 record while advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
Season ticket deposits are currently being taken by the Temple Ticket Sales Office at 215-204-8499. Season tickets will officially go on sale by the end of the month.
