For the first time since 2013, the Temple men's basketball team is going to the Big Dance. The Owls are the No. 10 seed in the South Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and will play at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The team faces No. 7 seed Iowa in the first round of play. The game tips off at approximately 3 p.m. and will air on TruTV.
Temple enters the tournament having won 10 of their last 13 games, while Iowa has lost six of their last eight matches. This will be the third time the Owls have played the Hawkeyes. Iowa leads Temple 2-0 in their all-time series, winning in both 1955–1956 and again in 1990–1991.
Tickets for the game are available online. A free, on-campus watch party will be held in the Great Court of Mitten Hall. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.