Temple Owls NCAA Basketball News

Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Honorable Mention All-American Gary Forbes will play for the Washington Wizards in the NBA Summer League.

Three local players will travel to Cleveland with the chance to make an NBA summer-league team.

If things go the way they want them to go, two local players will be celebrating after tonight's NBA draft.

The Bucks have announced that the following draft prospects will work out for them today at the team's training facility - Ramel Bradley of Kentucky, Gary Forbes of Massachusetts, James Gist of Maryland, ...

The 76ers will continue workouts for prospective draft picks with five guards, including three local players, today at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The Hornets' draft workout Wednesday at the New Orleans Arena: Player College Class last season Position Height Weight Projection Mark Tyndale Temple Senior Forward 6-5 210 Second round Wayne Ellington North ...

Senior guard Mark Tyndale , who had a strong showing at the Portsmouth Invitational in April, has been invited to the NBA Pre-Draft Camp held in Orlando, Fla.

“Over this past weekend we got real, real close”

Tyndale, Calathes each hoping to hear names called in June Josh Wheeling Whether it be the Atlantic 10, Big 5, Sonny Hill League or Portsmouth Invitational, Mark Tyndale and Pat Calathes have always been in the ... via Daily Pennsylvanian

Temple's Fran Dunphy has been selected the Eastern College Coach of the Year by the Herb Good Basketball Club. via Philly.com

The fix was in. Or so it seemed. Three star players from the Atlantic 10. Two selfless frontcourt performers. via NBA

“That's just part of my nature”

FIRST JIMMY HOFFA, now this. Last summer, a construction worker buried a Red Sox jersey under 2 feet of concrete at the site of the new Yankee Stadium. via Philly.com

“At the end of the games, he was exhausted because he used up all his energy on the court. And when you have a player like that, everyone else plays harder, too. It's no surprise his team won.”

Oklahoma's Longar Longar, left, puts up a shot attempt past the outstretched arms of Drexel's Frank Elegar during a consolation game Saturday. via PilotOnline.com

Pat Calathes of St. Joseph's and Temple's Mark Tyndale have been voted the Big Five's Co-Outstanding Players of the Year by the Herb Good Basketball Club. via The Philadelphia Inquirer

“The six-eye is a takeoff on the Jordan Rules”

Temple was a popular upset pick to beat Michigan State in the first round. However, if people had looked at the numbers and not just the 5-12 seedings, this was a mismatch. via Gang Green - MLive.com

ESPN's Andy Katz breaks down all of the Sweet 16 teams. Here is his profile on Michigan State: March 24, 2008, ESPN.com : Was this expected? Depends whom you ask. via Gang Green - MLive.com

“We knew if we didn't guard Christmas, we were going home is what it was.”

Posted by Ryan White, The Oregonian March 20, 2008 12:58PM Light headed ... need food ... will ... be ... back ... 1:47 p.m. Anyone else remember that totally bogus War on Christmas that was all the rage a year ... via The Tailgate - OregonLive.com

“When you see the ball go through the basket, it helps your confidence. I'm a very confident guy either way. But I've been missing since I came back. I was able to knock down some shots today.”

DENVER - No one could expect, with fairness, that Levance Fields would break his foot, sit out 12 games and return without a sliver of difference in his offensive rhythm. via Chicago Tribune

“They're very good, and they're very good together”

EAST LANSING - When people think of Temple, they think of John Chaney, the legendary, raspy-voiced coach who ran 6 a.m. practices, employed a unique matchup zone and was considered a college basketball pillar ... via Lansing State Journal

“We're a well-conditioned team”

Three teams won their conference tournaments last week by winning four games and two of them were quickly gone from the NCAA tournament. via Journal-Register

“Travis will be no problem, but it will be a little bit of a problem when they go small”

The 10:30 a.m. tipoff time will have absolutely no bearing on the outcome of today's Michigan State-Temple game in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, although coach Tom Izzo said the Spartans would skip ... via MSU Spartans Insider - MLive.com