(03-03-2012 07:02 PM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote: (03-03-2012 05:37 PM)Wolfman Wrote: Some time ago I said the ACC should "consider" Temple if/when it expands again. I got slammed by everyone except the Temple fans. Now suddenly they are the saviors of the Big East??
Seriously, every single other Big East team, except maybe SMU, would be a better choice for the ACC than Temple.
Temple is a low ceiling choice for the Big East but the truth is that it has very few options available to it and it needs to fill football games next season so Temple it is.
Doc,
How many other schools in the country, nevermind the BE, can claim that their 3 revenue sports - fball, m bball and w bball - over the past 3 seasons(including this one) that they were bowl eligible and both bball teams made the tournament???
You can count them on less than 1 hand and Temple is one of them.
Where does Temple rank in total wins over the past 3 years for total wins in all 3 sports combined?
Again, Temple is in top 5.
Check the sagarins ratings for the last 2-3 years and what school is in the top half of both the old BE and the new BE?
Attendance for fball has increased 83% over the last 5 years and increasing year by year. A winning team in the BE conference can only help.
Bball avg attendance was 8300 this year while playing in the A10. ACC average as a conference in 10-11 was 9936. Avg BE bball was 11082. Again, Temple was close to the ACC avg and less than 3k from the BE average playing an a10 schedule.
And Temple lays right smack in the middle of the ACC footprint in the 4th largest market.
In the last 13 years, on campus students have increased from 3k to 12k with a goal of 16k within the next 2-3 years.
This isnt the Temple of the 90s!