2018–19 Temple Owls men's basketball team

2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2019 AAC Tournament winner ; As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Temple Owls men's basketball
2018–19 Temple Owls men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
2018–19 record	0–0 (0–0 AAC)
Head coach	Fran Dunphy (13th season)
Assistant coach	Chris Clark
Assistant coach	Aaron McKie
Assistant coach	Shawn Trice
Home arena	Liacouras Center

The 2018–19 Temple Owls basketball team will represent Temple University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by head coach Fran Dunphy in his 13th and final season with the Owls, will play their home games at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia as members of the American Athletic Conference.

This will be Fran Dunphy's final season as Temple head coach, as the school announced on April 13, 2018 that he would step down at the end of the season with top assistant and former Owls star Aaron McKie succeeding him in 2019.^[1]

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2017–18 season 17–16, 8–10 in AAC play to finish in seventh place. In the AAC Tournament, they defeated Tulane before losing to Wichita State in the quarterfinals. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Penn State in the first round.

Shortly after the season, head coach Fran Dunphy announced that the 2018–19 season would be his last at Temple. Top assistant and former Owls star Aaron McKie was named as his designated successor.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Obi Enechionyia	0	F	6'10"	220	Senior	Springfield, VA	Graduated
Josh Brown	1	G	6'3"	195	RS Senior	Irvington, NJ	Graduated
Steve Leonard	25	G/F	6'6"	180	RS Senior	Collegeville, PA	Graduated
Ayan Núñez de Carvalho	32	G	6'5"	200	RS Sophomore	Paraná, Argentina	Transferred

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
James Scott	2	G	6'5"	185	Junior	Union, NJ	Transferred from Kennesaw State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Scott will sit out the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Quentin Jackson	13	G	6'3"	184	Junior	Cary, NC	Tallahassee Community College

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Arashma Parks #65 C	Malvern, PA	The Phelps School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Aug 3, 2017
Arashma Parks #65 C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 66
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2017-11-13.

Roster

2018–19 Temple Owls men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Alani Moore II	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Friendship Collegiate Academy	Washington, D.C.
G	1	Quinton Rose	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Bishop Kearney	Rochester, New York
G	2	James Scott	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	St. Benedict’s Prep Kennesaw State	Union, New Jersey
F	4	J. P. Moorman	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Greensboro Day School	Greensboro, North Carolina
G	10	Levan Alston, Jr.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Haverford School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G	11	Trey Lowe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	RS Jr	Ewing	Ewing, New Jersey
G	13	Quentin Jackson Jr.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Cape Fear Christian Academy Tallahassee CC	Cary, North Carolina
F	14	Arashma Parks	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Phelps School (PA)	North Royalton, Ohio
G	15	Nate Pierre-Louis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Roselle Catholic High School	Plainfield, New Jersey
F	21	Justyn Hamilton	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Independence High School	Charlotte, North Carolina
F	22	De'Vondre Perry	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Baltimore Polytechnic	Baltimore, Maryland
C	23	Damien Moore	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Callaway	Vaughn, Mississippi
C	24	Ernest Aflakpui	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Archbishop Carroll	Accra, Ghana

Head coach

Fran Dunphy (La Salle)

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Clark (Temple)
Aaron McKie (Temple)
Shawn Trice (Pennsylvania)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2018* 7:30 pm	La Salle	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm	Detroit Legends Classic campus-site game	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
November 13, 2018* 7:00 pm	Georgia	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
November 16, 2018* 7:00 pm	Loyola (MD) Legends Classic campus-site game	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
November 19, 2018* 9:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. VCU Legends Classic semifinals	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
November 20, 2018* 5:00 pm/7:30 pm, ESPNU/ESPN2	vs. St. John's or California Legends Classic	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
December 27, 2018* 9:00 pm, SECN	at Missouri	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
December 1, 2018* 5:30 pm, NBCSN	at Saint Joseph's Rivalry	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
December 5, 2018* 8:30 pm, FS1	at Villanova	Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
December 12, 2018* 7:00 pm	Massachusetts	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
December 15, 2018* 4:30 pm	vs. Davidson Basketball Hall of Fame Boardwalk Classic	Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ
December 22, 2018* 1:00 pm	at Drexel	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNews	at UCF	CFE Arena Orlando, FL
January 6, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPNews	at Wichita State	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
January 9, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPNews	at Houston	Fertitta Center Houston, TX
January 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPNU	South Florida	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
January 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at East Carolina	Williams Arena Greenville, SC
January 19, 2019* 5:00 pm, CBSSN	Penn	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
January 24, 2019 7:00 pm, CBSSN	Memphis	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
January 27, 2019 12:00 pm, CBSSN	Cincinnati	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
January 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU	Houston	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
February 2, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Tulane	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
February 6, 2019 6:00 pm, CBSSN	Connecticut	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
February 9, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPNU	at Tulsa	Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
February 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3	SMU	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
February 16, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPNU	at South Florida	Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
February 23, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU	Tulsa	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
February 26, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPNU	at Memphis	FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
March 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPNU	Tulane	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
March 7, 2019 7:00 pm, CBSSN	at Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
March 9, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPNews	UCF	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
AAC Tournament
March 14-17, 2019	vs.	FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1 2 Hunt, Donald (April 13, 2018). "Aaron Mckie to become Temple head coach in 2019". Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved August 3, 2018.

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[McKie-1] 1 2 Hunt, Donald (April 13, 2018). "Aaron Mckie to become Temple head coach in 2019". Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved August 3, 2018.

Temple Owls men's basketball
Venues	Convention Hall (1938–1955) ? (1955–1969) McGonigle Hall (1969–1997) Liacouras Center (1997–present)
Rivalries	Saint Joseph's
Culture & lore	City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 Robert V. Geasey Trophy Hooter T. Owl "T For Temple U"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Connecticut	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
East Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Houston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Memphis	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
SMU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
South Florida	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Temple	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tulane	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tulsa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UCF	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wichita State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2019 AAC Tournament winner As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll