2015–16 Temple Owls men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Temple Owls Temple T logo.svg 150 American Athletic Conference AAC 21–12 14–4 Fran Dunphy 10th Dave Duke Dwayne Killings Shawn Trice Aaron McKie Liacouras Center The American regular season champions NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Temple Owls basketball team represented Temple University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by tenth year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at the Liacouras Center and were members the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season with a record 21–12, 14–4 in AAC play to win the regular season championship. They defeated South Florida in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to UConn. They received an at-large bid as a #10 seed to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Iowa. Previous season The Owls finished the 2014–15 season with a record 26–11, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place in conference. They advanced to the semifinals of the AAC tournament before losing to SMU. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bucknell, George Washington, and Louisiana Tech to advance to the semifinals of the NIT at Madison Square Garden. There, they lost to Miami (FL). Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Will Cummings 2 G 6'2" 175 Senior Jacksonville, FL Graduated, signed with the Houston RocketsFeldman Dan Report: Rockets signing four free agents, including Chris Walker http://nba.nbcsports.com/2015/09/04/report-rockets-signing-four-free-agents-including-chris-walker/ October 1, 2015 NBC Sports September 4, 2015 Jesse Morgan 3 G 6'5" 190 RS Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated Nick Pendergrast 13 F 6'5" 180 RS Junior Bridgewater, CT Graduated & transferred to Nova Southeastern Jimmy McDonnell 41 F 6'10" 210 Senior Jackson, NJ Graduated Incoming recruits no no 2014 Levan Alston SG Haverford, Pa The Haverford School 6 4 175 2014-11-12 3 4 82 Ernest Aflakpui C Radnor, Pa Archbishop Carroll High School 6 10 220 2014-10-12 3 3 80 Trey Lowe SG Ewing, NJ Ewing High School 6 5 165 2014-08-07 3 3 80 2015 2015 Temple Signees 2015 Temple Signees 2015 Temple Signees 2015-08-28 yes Recruiting class of 2016 no yes 2016 Quinton Rose SG Rochester, NY Greece Athena High School 6 6 170 08/07/2015 3 3 80 2016 2016 Temple Signees 2016 Temple Signees 2016 Temple Signees 2015-08-28 yes Roster 2015 Temple Owls y y Obi Enechionyia y 0 F 6 8 220 SO Springfield, VA St. James School n Josh Brown 1 G 6 3 185 JR Irvington, NJ St. Anthony (NJ) n Shizz Alston y 3 G 6 4 170 FR Philadelphia, PA Haverford School n Daniel Dingle 4 G/F 6 7 235 JR y Bronx, NY St. Raymond n Mark Williams 10 F 6 8 240 JR Cleveland, OH Montrose Christian n Trey Lowe 11 G 6 6 165 FR Ewing, NJ Ewing n Jaylen Bond 15 F 6 8 240 SR y Philadelphia, PA TexasPlymouth-Whitemarsh n y Mike Robbins 22 G 6 4 185 JR Wynnewood, PA Lower Merion n W Devontae Watson 23 F/C 6 10 215 SR Ambridge, PA Lincoln Park Performing Arts n Ernest Aflakpui 24 C 6 10 235 FR Accra, Ghana Archbishop Carroll n Quenton DeCosey 25 G 6 5 180 SR Union, NJ St. Joseph, Metuchen, NJ n y Ayan Nunez de Carvalho 32 G 6 5 190 FR Paraná, Argentina Escuela Normal Superior n Devin Coleman 34 G 6 2 205 SR y Philadelphia, PA ClemsonFriends' Central n Chima Nwakpuda 50 F 6 4 215 SR Philadelphia, PA MillersvilleShipley n http://www.owlsports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Fran Dunphy Dave Duke Dwayne Killings Shawn Trice Aaron McKie Schedule yes |- !colspan=12 style="Temple Owls"| Regular season |- November 13, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes North Carolina 1 Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD Veterans Classic CBSSN 67–91 0–1 5,710 November 19, 2015 11:30 am yes yes Minnesota Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off Quarterfinals ESPN2 75–70 1–1 1,601 November 20, 2015 1:00 pm yes yes Butler 22 Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off Semifinals ESPN2 69–74 1–2 1,814 November 22, 2015 4:30 pm yes yes Utah 16 Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off 3rd place game ESPNU 68–74 1–3 5,309 November 29, 2015 5:00 pm yes Delaware Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN3 69–50 2–3 4,706 December 2, 2015 7:00 pm yes Fairleigh Dickinson Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN3 79–70 3–3 4,034 December 5, 2015 12:30 pm yes yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI CBS 60–76 3–4 17,287 December 9, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Big 5 77–73 4–4 4,378 December 13, 2015 4:00 pm yes Saint Joseph's Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA Rivalry/Philadelphia Big 5 CBSSN 65–66 OT 4–5 6,194 December 19, 2015 3:00 pm yes Delaware State Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN3 78–63 5–5 4,578 December 29, 2015 3:00 pm yes Cincinnati 22 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 77–70 6–5 1–0 10,029 January 2, 2016 12:00 pm Houston Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNews 50–77 6–6 1–1 5,374 January 5, 2016 8:00 pm yes UConn 23 XL Center Hartford, CT CBSSN 55–53 7–6 2–1 11,319 January 9, 2016 9:00 pm East Carolina Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNews 78–60 8–6 3–1 4,524 January 13, 2016 8:00 pm yes Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, TN CBSSN 65–67 8–7 3–2 12,247 January 16, 2016 12:00 pm Cincinnati Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 67–65 2OT 9–7 4–2 7,481 January 20, 2016 7:00 pm yes yes La Salle Palestra Philadelphia, PA CBSSN 62–49 10–7 8,030 January 24, 2016 12:00 pm SMU 8 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 89–80 11–7 5–2 6,096 January 27, 2016 7:00 pm yes East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC ESPN3 61–64 11–8 5–3 4,196 January 31, 2016 2:00 pm yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL CBSSN 70–63 12–8 6–3 2,875 February 4, 2016 7:00 pm Tulsa Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 83–79 OT 13–8 7–3 5,929 February 6, 2016 12:00 pm yes UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNU 62–60 14–8 8–3 3,654 February 11, 2016 7:00 pm UConn Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 63–58 15–8 9–3 8,316 February 14, 2016 3:00 pm South Florida Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA CBSSN 75–63 16–8 10–3 7,560 February 17, 2016 7:00 pm yes Villanova 1 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Big 5 ESPN2 67–83 16–9 10,472 February 21, 2016 7:00 pm yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNews 69–66 17–9 11–3 4,466 February 23, 2016 7:00 pm yes Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK ESPNews 55–74 17–10 11–4 4,827 February 27, 2016 12:00 pm UCF Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNews 63–61 18–10 12–4 7,569 March 3, 2016 7:00 pm Memphis Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 72–62 19–10 13–4 March 6, 2016 3:00 pm yes Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA ESPN3 64–56 20–10 14–4 |- !colspan=12 style="Temple Owls"|American Athletic Tournament March 11, 2016 12:00 pm yes 1 South Florida 9 Amway Center Orlando, FL Quarterfinals 7,475 ESPN2 79–62 21–10 March 12, 2016 3:10 pm yes 1 UConn 5 Amway Center Orlando, FL Semifinals 7,465 ESPN2 62–77 21–11 |- !colspan=12 style="Temple Owls"|NCAA tournament March 18, 2016 3:10 pm yes yes 10 S Iowa 7 S Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY First Round 17,333 truTV 70–72 OT 21–12 AP Poll Eastern Time S South Region References Category:Temple Owls men's basketball seasons Temple Temple Temple Temple