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Temple: A Difficult Opponent To Read

KhalidShockedTheWorld

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The schedule says 20 point loss to Duke at home, but 25 point win against Kansas at home. 23 point loss at Nova. So they have had mixed results against top 15 competition. 9-4 with the 4 losses to Duke, Nova, St. Joe's and UNLV, all solid clubs.

They are not shooting well - 37% from the field, 30% from the 3 point line. But they go 10 deep and have 10 guys playing double figure minutes. They also seem to be solid on the boards. They seem to be very good defensively. Villanova is the only team that scored 80 on them this year. Villanova shot the 3 well in that game.
 
This is a big game for us. Temple has by far and away the best AAC non conference win under their belt with that stomping of Kansas. This is the Temple that we all expected to see from a Fran Dunphy coached club - last year was an anomaly.

Temple will usually play smart team oriented basketball with hard nosed defense. If we can win this one then I like our chances in Florida with us gaining some momentum
 
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