Temple Owls NCAA Basketball News

Temple's Lavoy Allen and Ryan Brooks have been extensively preparing to lead this season's edition of Fran Dunphy's team.

Temple held its men's basketball media day today, and I hopped on the Broad Street Line to pay a visit to Fran Dunphy and company.

Temple 's basketball program has received an oral commitment for its 2010 recruiting class from Aaron Brown, a 6-4 senior wing guard from St.

Philadelphia police say former Temple University basketball star Dionte Christmas, who was cut by the 76ers on Wednesday, has been arrested on firearms charges.

So what do we know about the Atlantic 10, aside from the fact that it will now, for whatever reasons, be headquartered in Newport News, Va.? Well, Dayton has been picked as the team to beat in men's basketball , having received 33 of a possible 57 first-place votes.

The 76ers practiced today at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. They're taking tomorrow off, then they'll be back in the gym Monday and Tuesday before flying to Orlando on Tuesday afternoon for Wednesday's season opener against the Magic.

Former Temple University basketball star Dionte Christmas was arrested on Thursday night during a traffic stop in North Philadelphia, less than two days after the shooting guard was cut by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Philadelphia police say former Temple University basketball star Dionte Christmas, who was cut by the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, has been arrested on firearms charges.

Dionte Christmas, the former Temple University basketball star whom the 76ers cut from their roster Wednesday, was arrested in North Philadelphia tonight, police officials told the Daily News.

Tonya Cardoza's first season at Temple couldn't have gone any better. After taking over for Philadelphia legend Dawn Staley as head coach of the women's basketball team, Cardoza guided the Owls to their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth.

Dionte Christmas' hopes of making his hometown team ended yesterday when the former Temple scorer was one of two free agents waived by the 76ers.

What's Next For Christmas? There was a theory circulating that, if the 76ers were going to carry a 14th man, Dionte Christmas might fit the bill.

On October, 10th2009 All-Star forward Elton Brand headed down north Broad Street to Girard College high school to hand out his brand new Converse EB2a s to kids from many neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.A Usually the only time Girard College high school is in the news is when highly rated senior guard and University of Pittsburgh commit John ...

Former Temple coach John Chaney will be inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame this season.

Here's one line that will be used one last time: It's no longer Christmas time at Temple .

The 76ers waived two players Monday - former Penn Charter guard Sean Singletary and big man Stromile Swift - trimming their roster to 15.

Could the 76ers be celebrating Christmas early this year? Dionte Christmas , a former Temple standout, remained on the roster as of Wednesday as the Sixers continued to roll through the preseason.

HE IS SO COMFORTABLE in his own skin that if his dream job is taken away within the next couple of weeks, you'd half expect Dionte Christmas to shrug it off and move on with his life.

Semaj Inge spent most of last summer working on his game with hopes of landing an opportunity to play professional basketball overseas.

By Kevin Tatum After spending three seasons as the go-to guy for the Temple basketball team, Dionte Christmas is now racking the balls when practice is over and making late-night runs to the store for veteran teammates.