Temple Owls – March Madness Team Predictions, Odds and Preview 2016

South No. 10 – Temple Owls (Overall: 22-10, Conf: 12-6)

Team Strengths:

Brush aside the loss to streaking UConn at the semifinal round of the AAC tournament, and the Owls are are hot as they come, having won 10 of their last 12 games prior to that defeat. That superb stretch also ultimately led to a season title over the likes of fierce conference rivals in the Huskies, Cincinnati and SMU.

Temple also has a player worth keeping an eye on in Quenton DeCosey. The last time the team made it to the Big Dance, DeCosey was sitting on the bench. Now a senior, the versatile guard is averaging over 15 points a game and has maintained a double-digit scoring average in each of the past three seasons as well.

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Team Weaknesses:

The Owls often fail to overcome stronger competition. They have a record of 8-10 against teams ranked in the top 200 of the RPI standings, plus one brutal loss at the hands of lowly East Carolina.

Temple’s at-large bid into the Big Dance feels as if they were voted in mainly because they won a regular-season title. It’ll be interesting if this disappointing trend will continue against Iowa (28^th in RPI) in the first round of the tournament.

Team Stats:

Category	Stat	NCAA Rank
Points Per Game	68.7	260
Rebounds Per Game	36.7	127
Blocks Per Game	3.1	199
3-Point Percentage	34.0%	207
Free Throw Percentage	68.4%	232

Starting Lineup:

Position	Name	PPG
F	Jaylen Bond	10.2
F	Obi Enechionyia	11.2
G	Josh Brown	8.1
G	Quenton DeCosey	15.6
G	Daniel Dingle	4.5

Writer’s Prediction:

The Owls shock the Hawkeyes in the opening round, only to fall to Villanova in the round of 32.

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