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Temple releases nonconference men’s and women’s basketball schedules for 2024-25

The Owls will start things off with a doubleheader on Nov. 4 at the Liacouras Center.

Temple coach Diane Richardson and the Owls will be back in action on Nov. 4. They'll play a doubleheader with the men's team to start their season.
Temple coach Diane Richardson and the Owls will be back in action on Nov. 4. They'll play a doubleheader with the men's team to start their season.Read moreCharles Fox / Staff Photographer
    by Sam O'Neal
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Temple announced the nonconference schedules for its men’s and women’s basketball teams on Thursday, revealing that the two will debut together.

The Owls will open their seasons with a Nov. 4 doubleheader at the Liacouras Center. The men will play Sacred Heart, while the women will face Richmond. In all, the men will play 13 nonconference games and the women will play 12.

The men will travel to Trenton to face Monmouth in the Jersey Jam on Nov. 8, followed by a road contest against Boston College and two games at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off against Florida State and UMass on Nov. 22-23 in Uncasville, Conn.

Temple’s two pod games in the Big 5 Classic are a home game against Drexel on Nov. 12 and a road game against La Salle on Nov. 30. The Owls beat the Explorers in triple overtime last season to punch their ticket to the Big 5 Classic championship game.

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This year’s men’s Big 5 Classic championship will be on Dec. 7 at the Wells Fargo Center. Temple will face Villanova, St. Joseph’s, or Penn, depending on each team’s success in pod games. The inaugural women’s Big 5 Classic will be Dec. 6 at Villanova’s Finneran Pavilion.

The rest of the men’s nonconference schedule includes home games against Division II Holy Family on Dec. 10, Davidson on Dec. 18, and Buffalo on Dec. 29. The Owls also will face Hofstra on the road on Dec. 15 and Rhode Island in the Hall of Fame Classic on Dec. 21 in Springfield, Mass.

The women’s schedule includes home games against Princeton (Nov. 26) and West Virginia (Dec. 14) and road games against Delaware (Nov. 12), Virginia Commonwealth (Nov. 15), and Georgetown (Nov. 19). Temple will play Xavier and California or Fordham on Dec. 21-22 in the Raising the B.A.R Invitational in Berkeley, Calif. The Owls also will face Big 5 foes Drexel (Nov. 23, at home) and La Salle (Dec. 1, road).

The American Athletic Conference schedules for both teams will be released at a later date.