Women's Basketball

Temple University

Vivacqua Hall, 4th Floor - Philadelphia, PA - 19122
Team Office: Tel: (215) 204-1955 Fax: (215) 204-7499
Team website: www.owlsports.com/

Founded in 1884, Temple is one of Pennsylvania's three public research universities along with Pittsburg and Penn State. Temple University is the 28th largest university in the U.S., the sixth largest provider of professional education in the country, and known for its programs in law, education, media, business, and health sciences. It offers over 120 Bachelor and Master degrees and nearly 60 PhDs. Majors offered include Horticulture Operations, Ceramic Arts, Computer & Information Sciences, Criminal Justice, Dance, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, and Real Estate. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Temple in the third tier among national institutions.

Temple is located in Philadelphia (pop. 1.5M), about one and a half miles north of Center City.

School website
www.temple.edu

College Profile

Type:

Semi-private, co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

34,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult: SAT 25/75: 990-1190

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$18,000
Out-of-State: ~$26,000

Most Popular Majors

Education - Criminal Justice - Marketing

Misc. Information

Head coach Dawn Staley enters her eighth season at Temple in 2007-08. Staley, an Olympic gold medalist in Athens in 2004 and five time WNBA all-star, has taken a dormant program and put it on the map. Since arriving in 2000-01 (and up until 2006 playing for the WNBA during the summers), Staley has averaged 21 wins per season, garnered five tournament titles, and made five NCAA appearances. USA Today's National High School Player of the Year in 1989, Staley played at Virginia before playing overseas and the WNBA. In 2006-07, she took the Owls to a 25-8 mark (her fourth consecutive 20+ winning season) but lost in the second round of the NCAA tourney to Duke.

Team Name	Owls
Colors	Cherry and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	620-603 (.507)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	25-8	24-8	28-4	84-65 (.563)
Conference	13-1	12-4	16-0	51-29 (.637)
Conf. Finish	2	3	1	1, 2, 2, 3, 3
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#19	#18	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Dawn Staley
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Temple	2000-01
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	151-67 (.692)
Record at Temple	151-67 (.692)
Coaching Awards	Atlantic 10 COTY 2x, NABC Region COTY

Asst. Coaches	Lisa Boyer, Fred Chmiel, Darius Taylor

Recruiting Coordinator

Lisa Boyer, (215) 204-1955, coachboyer@temple.edu

Conference and Schedule

Temple plays in the Atlantic 10 Conference (www.atlantic10.org) which is comprised of 14 teams from six states and the District of Columbia. Although some of its members are state-funded, it is largely made up of private, Catholic institutions. Conference play begins in late December/early January with games usually played on Fridays and Sundays. The season concludes with the AC 10 tourney which takes all teams with the top two teams receiving first round byes. The winner is an automatic qualifier for the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

St. Josephs, George Washington, Rhode Island, Massassuchettes, St. Bonaventure, Fordham, Duquesne, Richmond, Dayton, Xavier (OH), St. Louis, UNC Charlotte, and La Salle.

Facilities

Liacouras Center
Capacity: 10,200