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1955-56 Temple Owls Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 27-4 (Independent)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Litwack

PS/G: 78.5 (49th of 175)

PA/G: 65.6 (25th of 175)

SRS: 9.41 (28th of 166)

SOS: -1.34 (99th of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (74-72) versus Holy Cross
Won East Regional Semifinal (65-59) versus Connecticut
Won East Regional Final (60-58) versus Canisius
Lost National Semifinal (83-76) versus Iowa
Won National Third Place (90-81) versus Southern Methodist

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AP Poll Summary

1955-56 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/5	Final
Temple	-	11	12	17	16	10	8	6	7	9	9	10	14	13	15

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	REG	@	Kentucky (2)	SEC	14.95	W	73	61		1	0	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
2	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	REG		Princeton	Ivy	-3.93	W	83	80		2	0	W 2	Convention Hall
3	Tue, Dec 20, 1955	REG	N	Pennsylvania	Ivy	-7.11	W	93	72		3	0	W 3
4	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	REG	@	Lehigh	Ind	-25.05	W	81	48		4	0	W 4	Taylor Gym
5	Wed, Jan 11, 1956	REG	N	Villanova	Ind	0.32	W	80	73		5	0	W 5
6	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	REG		Manhattan	Metro NY	-2.27	W	91	79		6	0	W 6	Convention Hall
7	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	REG		Lehigh	Ind	-25.05	W	72	44		7	0	W 7	Convention Hall
8	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	REG	@	Navy	Ind	-5.47	W	93	74		8	0	W 8	Dahlgren Hall
9	Wed, Feb 1, 1956	REG	@	Muhlenberg	Ind	-1.77	L	66	67		8	1	L 1	Memorial Hall
10	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	REG	@	Saint Francis (PA)	Ind	-8.32	W	103	68		9	1	W 1
11	Mon, Feb 6, 1956	REG	@	Duquesne	Ind	5.94	W	63	48		10	1	W 2	Duquesne Gymnasium
12	Wed, Feb 8, 1956	REG		Bucknell	Ind	-19.56	W	88	50		11	1	W 3	Convention Hall
13	Fri, Feb 10, 1956	REG		Penn State	Ind	-10.34	W	77	58		12	1	W 4	Convention Hall
14	Wed, Feb 15, 1956	REG	N	La Salle	Ind	1.97	W	60	57		13	1	W 5
15	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	REG	@	Lafayette	Ind	-0.08	W	66	65		14	1	W 6	Alumni Gym
16	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	REG	N	Saint Joseph's	Ind	2.96	L	68	77		14	2	L 1
17	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	REG		Duquesne	Ind	5.94	L	64	66		14	3	L 2	Convention Hall
18	Wed, Mar 7, 1956	REG		St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	-0.57	W	71	66		15	3	W 1	The Palestra
19	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	REG	N	Saint Joseph's	Ind	2.96	W	89	82		16	3	W 2
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
20	Mon, Mar 12, 1956	NCAA	N	Holy Cross (14)	Ind	11.14	W	74	72		17	3	W 3	Madison Square Garden (III)
21	Fri, Mar 16, 1956	NCAA	N	Connecticut	Yankee	-6.70	W	65	59		18	3	W 4	The Palestra
22	Sat, Mar 17, 1956	NCAA	N	Canisius	WNY3	9.74	W	60	58		19	3	W 5	The Palestra
23	Thu, Mar 22, 1956	NCAA	N	Iowa (4)	Big Ten	14.61	L	76	83		19	4	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
24	Fri, Mar 23, 1956	NCAA	N	Southern Methodist (7)	SWC	13.45	W	90	81		20	4	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena