Temple ranked 29th in preseason poll
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Temple ranked 29th in preseason poll
Temple received the most points among City Six team in the USA Today-ESPN men's preseason college basketball poll that was released today.
Temple was 29th. Villanova was 34th and Drexel was 44th.
North Carolina received 30 or 31 first-place votes and is No. 1. Kentucky is No. 2 and received the other first-place vote.
Here is the Top 25:
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Carolina
2. Kentucky
3. Ohio State
4. Connecticut
5. Syracuse
6. Duke
7. Vanderbilt
8. Louisville
9. Memphis
10. Florida
11. Pittsburgh
12. Baylor
13. Kansas
14. Wisconsin
15. Xavier
16. Arizona
17. Alabama
18. Michigan
19. Texas A&M
20. UCLA
21. Marquette
22. Cincinnati
23. Gonzaga
24. California
25. Missouri
Others receiving votes Florida State; Texas; Michigan State; Temple; Washington; Butler; New Mexico; Creighton; Villanova; Purdue; UNLV; West Virginia; George Mason; Mississippi State; St. John's; Saint Mary's; Virginia; Virginia Commonwealth; Drexel; Kansas State; Long Beach State; Brigham Young; Notre Dame.
Hopefully our lowest ranking of the year ... Go Owls!— gopherkiddd- Glad I bought my $99 season ticket today. Temple's home game includes Maryland, Duke, Villanova, Xavier...13 games.— damnels
- Hmm Temple 29 That V catholic league school 34! Beginning of the end.— Clifton
- Congrats to the Owls. Surprised Nova is ranked that high in the rebuilding year. If Freshmen come through, they could end up being good but time will tell.Will be a good game in December.— StorminNorman
- UMd is at Palestra, is that game included in the season package?— regassert6
- Drexel will end up ranked in the top 25 at some point this season. It's a shame that Temple and Nova are a little too scared to play the "Big 5 reject" because those could be some pretty good games.— DrexelDragonFan
- Nova has played Drexel multiple times in recent history— bigpiece85
- Vanillanova has it's highest ranking of the season.— Wilhelm Von Humboldt
- I was told that the MD at the Palestra is part of the season ticket plan.— damnels
- Drexel would crush Temple— woodenships
- Hahahahaha!!! Yeah, okay! — olneymike
