The 2019–20 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Owls, led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at the

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as a member of the

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2018–19 season 23–10, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. As the 3-seed in the AAC tournament, the Owls lost to sixth-seeded

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in the first round. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament as an 11th seed, where they lost to Belmont in the

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. The season was head coach

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's final season as Temple head coach. The school announced on April 13, 2018, that he would step down at the end of the 2019 season and that top assistant and former Owls star Aaron McKie would succeed him.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2019 recruiting class

Preseason

In the preseason, Temple was picked to finish seventh in the

by the league coaches. Senior guard

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was picked to the preseason First Team All-AAC while junior guard

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was picked to the preseason Second Team All-AAC.

Roster

*Preseason - Damian Dunn suffered a foot injury. He would appear in only one game during the season due to the injury.

Schedule and results

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Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference honors

All-AAC Second Team

*Quinton Rose

Player of the Week

*Week 1: Nate Pierre-Louis *Week 4: Quinton Rose Source

References

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