2020–21 Temple Owls men's basketball team

2020–21 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	As of June 25, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll; 2021 AAC Tournament

Temple Owls men's basketball
2020–21 Temple Owls men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Head coach	Aaron McKie (2nd season)
Associate head coach	Monté Ross
Assistant coaches	Chris Clark; Jimmy Fenerty;
Home arena	Liacouras Center

The 2020–21 Temple Owls men's basketball team represents Temple University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by second-year head coach Aaron McKie, play their home games at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia as a member of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2019–20 season 14–17, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. They entered as the No. 10 seed in the AAC Tournament, which was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Alani Moore	0	G	5'10"	170	Senior	Washington, D.C.	Graduated
Quinton Rose	1	G	6'8"	185	Senior	Rochester, New York	Graduated
Monty Scott	2	G	6'5"	185	RS Junior	Union, New Jersey	Graduate transferred to Portland State[1]
Josh Pierre-Louis	3	G	6'3"	180	Freshman	Plainfield, New Jersey	Transferred to UC Santa Barbara[2]
Nate Pierre-Louis	15	G	6'4"	170	Junior	Plainfield, New Jersey	Declared for the NBA Draft[3]
Justyn Hamilton	21	F	6'10"	190	Junior	Charlotte, North Carolina	Transferred to Kent State[4]
Tim Waddington	25	F	6'5"	195	Senior	Warrington, Pennsylvania	Walk-on; graduated
Anto Keshgegian	32	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Media, Pennsylvania	Walk-on; graduated
Damion Moore	44	C	6'11"	255	Senior	Vaughn, Mississippi	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Khalif Battle	G	6'5"	175	Sophomore	Edison, New Jersey	Transferred from Butler. Under NCAA transfer rules, Battle will have to sit out the 2020–21 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.[5]
Sage Tolbert	F	6'8"	210	Junior	Richmond, Texas	Transferred from Southeast Missouri State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Tolbert will have to sit out the 2020–21 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.[6]

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jahlil White #64 SF	Wildwood, New Jersey	Wildwood Catholic High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jul 19, 2019
Jahlil White #64 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 76
Quincy Ademokoya #75 SF	Dacula, Georgia	Dacula High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 12, 2019
Quincy Ademokoya #75 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: NR
Nick Jourdain PF	Wayne, New Jersey	Covenant College Prep	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Mar 18, 2020
Nick Jourdain PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Jeremiah Williams #77 SF	Chicago, Illinois	Simeon Career Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Apr 22, 2020
Jeremiah Williams #77 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 93
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: "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2020–21 Temple Owls men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	--	Khalif Battle	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Trenton Catholic Academy Butler	Edison, New Jersey
F	--	Sage Tolbert	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Combine Academy Southeast Missouri State	Richmond, Texas
F	--	Jahlil White	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Wildwood Catholic High School	Wildwood, New Jersey
G	--	Quincy Ademokoya	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Dacula High School	Dacula, Georgia
F	--	Nick Jourdain	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Covenant College Prep	Wayne, New Jersey
G	--	Jeremiah Williams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Simeon Career Academy	Chicago, Illinois
F	4	J. P. Moorman	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Greensboro Day School	Greensboro, North Carolina
F	10	Jake Forrester	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Jr	Westtown School Indiana	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
G	11	Damian Dunn	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	RS Fr	Meadowcreek High School	Kinston, North Carolina
G	13	Tai Strickland	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	RS So	St. Petersburg High School Wisconsin	Tampa, Florida
F	14	Arashma Parks	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS So	The Phelps School	North Royalton, Ohio
F	22	De'Vondre Perry	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Baltimore Polytechnic	Baltimore, Maryland
G	31	Jasen West (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Lake Highland Prep	Orlando, Florida

Head coach

Aaron McKie (Temple)

Assistant coach(es)

Monté Ross (Winston Salem State)
Chris Clark (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
Exhibition
TBD* TBD		Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
Regular season
November 13, 2020* TBD	vs. Virginia Charlotte Showcase	Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC
December 22, 2020* TBD	vs. TBD Diamond Head Classic	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
December 23, 2020* TBD	vs. TBD Diamond Head Classic	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
December 25, 2020* TBD	vs. TBD Diamond Head Classic	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
TBD* TBD	NJIT	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
TBD* TBD	La Salle Philadelphia Big 5	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
TBD TBD	Penn Philadelphia Big 5	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
TBD TBD	at Villanova Philadelphia Big 5	Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
TBD TBD	at Saint Joseph's Philadelphia Big 5/Rivalry	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
	Cincinnati	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at Cincinnati	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	East Carolina	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at East Carolina	Williams Arena Greenville, NC
	Houston	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at Houston	Fertitta Center Houston, TX
	at Memphis	FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
	Memphis	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at SMU	Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
	SMU	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at South Florida	Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
	South Florida	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at Tulane	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
	Tulane	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at Tulsa	Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
	Tulsa	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at UCF	Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
	UCF	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	Wichita State	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	at Wichita State	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
AAC Tournament
TBD TBD	vs.	Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

Goodman, Jeff [@GoodmanHoops] (2 May 2020). "Temple transfer Monty Scott is headed to Portland State, per source. Eligible immediately with one year to play" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 May 2020 – via Twitter.
Klan, Mike (10 Apr 2020). "Reports have guard Josh Pierre-Louis transferring to UCSB". keyt.com. KEYT-TV. Retrieved 13 Apr 2020.
Juliano, Joe (29 Apr 2020). "Villanova's Saddiq Bey, St. Joseph's Ryan Daly, and Temple's Nate Pierre-Louis officially file for NBA draft early entry". inquirer.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
"Kent State Gets Commitment From Transfer Justyn Hamilton". kentstatesports.com. Kent State Athletics. 19 Apr 2020. Retrieved 20 Apr 2020.
Woods, David (21 Mar 2020). "Freshman guard Khalif Battle to transfer from Butler". indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 20 Apr 2020.
"Men's Basketball Announces Three Signings". owlsports.com. Temple University Athletics. 16 Apr 2020. Retrieved 20 Apr 2020.

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[1] Goodman, Jeff [@GoodmanHoops] (2 May 2020). "Temple transfer Monty Scott is headed to Portland State, per source. Eligible immediately with one year to play" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 May 2020 – via Twitter.

[2] Klan, Mike (10 Apr 2020). "Reports have guard Josh Pierre-Louis transferring to UCSB". keyt.com. KEYT-TV. Retrieved 13 Apr 2020.

[3] Juliano, Joe (29 Apr 2020). "Villanova's Saddiq Bey, St. Joseph's Ryan Daly, and Temple's Nate Pierre-Louis officially file for NBA draft early entry". inquirer.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[4] "Kent State Gets Commitment From Transfer Justyn Hamilton". kentstatesports.com. Kent State Athletics. 19 Apr 2020. Retrieved 20 Apr 2020.

[5] Woods, David (21 Mar 2020). "Freshman guard Khalif Battle to transfer from Butler". indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 20 Apr 2020.

[6] "Men's Basketball Announces Three Signings". owlsports.com. Temple University Athletics. 16 Apr 2020. Retrieved 20 Apr 2020.

Temple Owls men's basketball
Venues	Mitten Hall Convention Hall (1938–1955) Palestra (1955–1984) 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
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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 1999–2000 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 2019–20 2020–21
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2020–21 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cincinnati	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	–

As of June 25, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll 2021 AAC Tournament