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April 16, 2012 | DAILY NEWS STAFF REPORTS
SOPHOMORE running back Kenny Harper scored two touchdowns - one for each team - as Cherry beat White, 17-10, in Temple's annual spring scrimmage before an announced crowd of 2,500 at Lincoln Financial Field. For White, Harper was the top rusher with 48 yards and a touchdown on eight carries. Junior quarterback Clinton "Juice" Granger went 14-for-20 for 125 yards. Redshirt freshman wideout Robbie Anderson was the receiving leader with three catches for 43 yards. For Cherry, sophomore Jalen Fitzpatrick had 40 yards on five carries.
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April 15, 2012 | By Keith Pompey, Inquirer Staff Writer
Aaron Brown will leave both Temple and the Owls basketball program at the end of the spring semester. The sophomore shooting guard informed coach Fran Dunphy of his decision Saturday morning. The St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.) product was granted his release. "I felt like I haven't been given the opportunity," said Brown, who averaged 6.4 points and 14.6 minutes this past season. "And I think that it is just time to move on. You know I worked hard. . . . I did everything they asked, a hard worker.
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April 11, 2012 | By the Inquirer Staff
Fran Dunphy was named the Big Five men's basketball coach of the year for the third straight season and fourth time in his six years at Temple, the Owls' Shey Peddy was named the women's player of the year for the second straight season, and Penn's Zack Rosen was named the men's player of the year. Villanova's Harry Perretta was named the women's coach of the year. The awards, announced Tuesday, were the result of voting by the Big Five head coaches and selected media.
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March 18, 2012 | By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist
NASHVILLE - A basketball never sounds more hollow than when it stops bouncing, and it was that sudden silence that found the Temple Owls after their opening game of the NCAA tournament late Friday night. Across the street from the Country Music Hall of Fame, the 58-44 loss to the University of South Florida told a sad story of heartbreak and betrayal. The rim was a liar, the ball was cheating and the stat sheet was drunk. Maybe someone would even get shot, but if it was by either of these teams, it would probably be a miss.
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March 17, 2012 | By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist
NASHVILLE - Temple's season of high promise ended with a game that provided low comedy and not much good basketball on Friday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Owls lost, 58-44, to a University of South Florida team that looked all but dead for much of the first half. By halftime, it was a game again - a very ugly one - and by midway through the second half USF took control with an unexpected display of offense. Every display of offense was unexpected in this game, however.
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March 16, 2012
THE GREAT, WIDE, wonderful, unpredictable world that is the NCAA Tournament is opening again. It is a place, especially on the first couple of days, where rationality can take a holiday. Sometimes it is nerves and sometimes it is a funky, unfamiliar visual background in the arena, but these are the early hours of the tournament when tested, trusted shooters can become clankers and coaches begin searching for scoring alternatives. Sometimes, again, it is nerves and sometimes, again, it is a level of unfamiliarity with the teams, but these also are the games when officials - who are trying to impress people so that they can advance in the tournament, too - can blow the oddest, quickest, persnicketiest whistles, forcing coaches to juggle because of foul trouble.
NEWS
March 16, 2012 | By B.G. Kelley
Temple basketball coach Fran Dunphy earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from La Salle and a master's in counseling and human relations from Villanova, and he has completed his course work toward a doctorate in counseling and student development at American University. He teaches a course at Temple's Fox School of Business. As "March Madness" kicks off and Temple enters the national championship tournament for the fifth time since Dunphy took over the program, in 2006, high school and college athletes would be wise to take a cue from him. About 1 percent of all the kids playing high school basketball in the United States will be good enough to get a college scholarship in the sport.
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March 16, 2012 | By Keith Pompey, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Temple will look to advance beyond the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season. The fifth-seeded Owls might have their hands full against the defensive-minded, 12th-seeded South Florida. Here's a breakdown of the matchups: Coaches Fran Dunphy (Temple): Dunphy, the Atlantic Ten Conference coach of the year, has brought pride back to the "Cherry and White" since taking over the program before the start of the 2006-07 season.
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March 16, 2012 | By Mike Kern, gabriek@phillynews.com
Who: No. 5 Temple (24-7) vs. No. 12 South Florida (21-13) What: NCAA second round (Midwest Region), Bridgestone Arena, Nashville. When: 9:50 p.m. TV/Radio: TNT/WPHT (1210-AM) History: This is the first meeting. How they got here: Temple (at-large from the Atlantic 10). USF (at-large from the Big East) beat California, 65-54, in its opener on Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio. Up next: Winner faces the winner of fourth-seeded Michigan (24-9) from the Big Ten or 13th-seeded Ohio (27-7)
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March 14, 2012 | BY MIKE KERN, kernm@phillynews.com
PENN HADN'T played a postseason game in 5 years. The last time it hosted one was 1978, in an NCAA preliminary round against St. Bonaventure. And the last time the Quakers advanced was 1994, when Fran Dunphy's team with current coach Jerome Allen knocked off Nebraska in the four-letter tournament before losing to a third-seeded Florida bunch would reach the Final Four. Last night at the Palestra a Quaker squad that had somehow managed to win seven straight down the stretch, including a one-pointer at Harvard to almost force an Ivy League playoff, got a chance to extend the season.