(01-05-2021 08:15 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  I started my studies at Temple when it was not a national power, and I watched Temple become one of the two dominant teams in the Atlantic 10 (West Virginia was the main rival), receiving their first NCAA bid in 1983. Back then, the A-10 only sent one or two teams to the NCAA. By 1990, Temple was a national power and a top 30-35 quality program.

I take it that you're going to try to tell me that I'm wrong - - that Temple didn't become a national power in the 1980s by virtue of being one of the two dominant teams in the Atlantic 10.

Wow, that would have been an awesome time to be a Temple fan, Chaney had some GREAT teams. Tough, hard-nosed, Philly, etc. By the 90's they were a shoe-in for the Dance and best bet they'd make a run; that's when I remember them most vividly.

Temple vs. UMass was the A10 game, but I do recall some other teams being pretty solid back then. Mainly Xavier and perhaps Rhode Island.