1987-88 Temple Owls Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 32-2 (18-0, 1st in A-10 MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: John Chaney

PS/G: 76.8 (92nd of 290)

PA/G: 61.2 (7th of 290)

SRS: 18.61 (11th of 290)

SOS: 2.99 (89th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in East)
Won East First Round (87-73) versus #16 Lehigh
Won East Second Round (74-53) versus #8 Georgetown
Won East Regional Semifinal (69-47) versus #13 Richmond
Lost East Regional Final (63-53) versus #2 Duke

A-10 Reg Season Champ
A-10 Tourney Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1987-88 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
Temple	12	12	11	8	6	6	6	4	3	6	5	1	1	1	1	1	1

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	Thu, Dec 3, 1987	REG	@	UCLA	Pac-10	12.22	W	81	76		1	0	W 1	Pauley Pavilion
2	Mon, Dec 7, 1987	REG	@	Massachusetts	A-10	-5.06	W	89	71		2	0	W 2	Curry Hicks Cage
3	Thu, Dec 10, 1987	REG		Saint Joseph's	A-10	-0.23	W	83	62		3	0	W 3	McGonigle Hall
4	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	REG		Rhode Island	A-10	9.92	W	75	66		4	0	W 4	McGonigle Hall
5	Sat, Dec 19, 1987	REG		South Carolina	Metro	8.36	W	63	50		5	0	W 5	McGonigle Hall
6	Mon, Dec 28, 1987	REG	N	Mississippi	SEC	4.96	W	70	61		6	0	W 6
7	Tue, Dec 29, 1987	REG	N	Southern	SWAC	1.30	W	84	47		7	0	W 7
8	Mon, Jan 4, 1988	REG		Rutgers	A-10	-9.69	W	86	60		8	0	W 8	McGonigle Hall
9	Wed, Jan 6, 1988	REG	@	Pennsylvania	Ivy	-9.87	W	84	50		9	0	W 9	The Palestra
10	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	REG	@	George Washington	A-10	-1.63	W	79	66		10	0	W 10	Charles E. Smith Center
11	Thu, Jan 14, 1988	REG		La Salle	MAAC	5.57	W	59	56		11	0	W 11	McGonigle Hall
12	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	A-10	-1.51	W	73	63		12	0	W 12	Reilly Center
13	Mon, Jan 18, 1988	REG	@	Penn State	A-10	0.73	W	59	44		13	0	W 13	Rec Hall
14	Thu, Jan 21, 1988	REG		Massachusetts	A-10	-5.06	W	71	52		14	0	W 14	McGonigle Hall
15	Sun, Jan 24, 1988	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas (8)	PCAA	17.22	L	58	59		14	1	L 1	Thomas & Mack Center
16	Thu, Jan 28, 1988	REG		St. Bonaventure	A-10	-1.51	W	87	66		15	1	W 1	McGonigle Hall
17	Sun, Jan 31, 1988	REG	@	Rhode Island	A-10	9.92	W	77	70		16	1	W 2	Keaney Gymnasium
18	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	REG		Duquesne	A-10	-6.13	W	110	70		17	1	W 3	McGonigle Hall
19	Sat, Feb 6, 1988	REG	@	Rutgers	A-10	-9.69	W	84	53		18	1	W 4	Louis Brown Athletic Center
20	Wed, Feb 10, 1988	REG		Villanova (20)	Big East	13.92	W	98	86		19	1	W 5	McGonigle Hall
21	Sun, Feb 14, 1988	REG		George Washington	A-10	-1.63	W	92	67		20	1	W 6	McGonigle Hall
22	Tue, Feb 16, 1988	REG		Penn State	A-10	0.73	W	50	49		21	1	W 7	McGonigle Hall
23	Sun, Feb 21, 1988	REG	@	North Carolina (5)	ACC	19.52	W	83	66		22	1	W 8	Dean Smith Center
24	Tue, Feb 23, 1988	REG	@	West Virginia	A-10	6.19	W	62	61		23	1	W 9	WVU Coliseum
25	Thu, Feb 25, 1988	REG	@	Duquesne	A-10	-6.13	W	94	55		24	1	W 10	Civic Arena
26	Sun, Feb 28, 1988	REG		West Virginia	A-10	6.19	W	78	69		25	1	W 11	McGonigle Hall
27	Wed, Mar 2, 1988	REG	@	Saint Joseph's	A-10	-0.23	W	75	62		26	1	W 12	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sun, Mar 6, 1988	CTOURN	N	Duquesne	A-10	-6.13	W	77	57		27	1	W 13	WVU Coliseum
29	Tue, Mar 8, 1988	CTOURN	N	Saint Joseph's	A-10	-0.23	W	79	67		28	1	W 14	WVU Coliseum
30	Wed, Mar 9, 1988	CTOURN	N	Rhode Island	A-10	9.92	W	68	63		29	1	W 15	WVU Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	NCAA	N	Lehigh	ECC	-1.59	W	87	73		30	1	W 16	Hartford Civic Center
32	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	NCAA	N	Georgetown	Big East	14.17	W	74	53		31	1	W 17	Hartford Civic Center
33	Thu, Mar 24, 1988	NCAA	N	Richmond	CAA	3.95	W	69	47		32	1	W 18	Brendan Byrne Arena
34	Sat, Mar 26, 1988	NCAA	N	Duke (5)	ACC	23.33	L	53	63		32	2	L 1	Brendan Byrne Arena