The 1987–88 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented

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as a member of the

Atlantic 10 Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern ...

during the

1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1987 and ended with the Final Four in Kansas City, Missouri on April 4, 1988. Season headlines Major rule changes Beginning in 1987–88, the following rules changes ...

Roster

*Derrick Brantley (1.9 ppg) *Duane Causwell (2.0 ppg) *Jerome Dowdell (1.5 ppg) *G Howard Evans (C) (Sr, 11.1 ppg), All A-10 (1st team) *Shawn Johnson (1.8 ppg) *Tom Katsikis (1.9 ppg) *G

Mark Macon Mark L. Macon (''born April 14, 1969'') is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is the former head coach of Binghamton University and a current staff member at his alma mater, Temple University. Playing career Macon w ...

(Fr, 20.6 ppg), AP All-American (2nd team) *F Darrin Pearsall (Jr, 1.5 ppg) *F Tim Perry (Sr, 14.5 ppg), A-10 Player of Year *Ernest Pollard (1.3 ppg) *Shoun Randolph (1.0 ppg) *C Ramon Rivas (Sr, 6.9 ppg) *F

Mike Vreeswyk Mike Vreeswyk (born March 1, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Temple Owls where he was a three year starter for ''Naismith'' Memorial ''Basketball Hall of Fame'' coach John Chaney. ...

Schedule

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Rankings

Awards and honors

* Tim Perry – Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, First-team All-Atlantic 10 *

– Consensus Second-team All-American, First-team All-Atlantic 10 *Howard Evans – First-team All-Atlantic 10 * John Chaney – AP Coach of the Year,

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, UPI Coach of the Year, USBWA National Coach of the Year, Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year

Team Players in the 1988 NBA draft

References

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