The 2007–08 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Fran Dunphy

Fran Dunphy

Fran Dunphy is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at Temple University. He succeeded John Chaney in 2006.- Coaching career :...

 and played their home games at the Liacouras Center

Liacouras Center

The Liacouras Center, a 10,200-seat multi-purpose venue, is located on the Temple University campus along North Broad Street in North Philadelphia. The venue is a full entertainment arena featuring concerts, family shows, Temple Men’s and Women’s Basketball games, Philadelphia KiXX games, and other...

. The Owls are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 21–13 and 11–5 in A-10 play. They won the 2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from March 12 through March 15, 2008. By winning the tournament, Temple received an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was crowned Atlantic 10 Conference...

 to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2007–08 basketball season...

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Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown		High School
1	Chris Clark		165 pounds (74.8 kg)	G	Sr.	Narberth, Pennsylvania Narberth, Pennsylvania Narberth is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,282 at the 2010 census.-History:Narberth is located on a parcel of land originally deeded to Edward Rees , who arrived from Wales in 1682. A portion of this original tract became the farm of Edward R...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	St. Joseph's Prep
2	Ryan Brooks		200 pounds (90.7 kg)	G	So.	Narberth, Pennsylvania Narberth, Pennsylvania Narberth is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,282 at the 2010 census.-History:Narberth is located on a parcel of land originally deeded to Edward Rees , who arrived from Wales in 1682. A portion of this original tract became the farm of Edward R...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Lower Merion HS Lower Merion High School Lower Merion High School, is an American public high school in Ardmore, a community on the Pennsylvania Main Line.It is the larger of the two high schools in Lower Merion School District, which serves both Lower Merion Township and the Borough of Narberth. It was ranked among the top 60 U.S. high...
5	Martavis Kee		190 pounds (86.2 kg)	G	Fr.	Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	St. Thomas Aquinas HS
10	Luis Guzman		200 pounds (90.7 kg)	G	So.	New York City, New York	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Paramus Catholic HS Paramus Catholic High School Paramus Catholic High School is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school located in Paramus in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The school, founded in 1965, is one of several high schools in the Archdiocese of Newark...
13	Mark Tyndale		210 pounds (95.3 kg)	G	Sr.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Simon Gratz HS Simon Gratz High School Simon Gratz High School is a secondary school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. An inner-city school, it is perhaps best-known for its famous alumni . Originally operated as a public school by the School District of Philadelphia, Gratz has been run as a charter school by Mastery Charter...
15	Semaj Inge		190 pounds (86.2 kg)	G	Jr.	Camden, New Jersey Camden, New Jersey The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Woodrow Wilson HS Woodrow Wilson High School (New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson High School is a four-year public high school in Camden, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Camden City Public Schools....
21	Rafael DeLeon		200 pounds (90.7 kg)	F	So.	District Heights, Maryland District Heights, Maryland District Heights is an incorporated city in. Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located near Maryland Route 4. The population was 5,837 at the 2010 census...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Bishop McNamara HS Bishop McNamara High School Bishop McNamara High School, a college preparatory school in the Holy Cross tradition, is in Forestville, Maryland. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington.-History:...
22	Dionte Christmas Dionte Christmas Dionte Christmas is an American basketball player. Christmas is listed as 6 ft 5 in and 205 lb .-High school career:...		205 pounds (93 kg)	G	Jr.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Lutheran Christian Academy
24	Lavoy Allen Lavoy Allen -Freshman:Coming into his freshman season, Allen was selected to the Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Rookie Team. He was seen as an answer for Temple's rebounding and interior scoring struggles from the previous 12-18 season. In his first college basketball game, Allen scored eight points and grabbed...		225 pounds (102.1 kg)	F	Fr.	Morrisville, Pennsylvania Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Morrisville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,728 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Morrisville is located at . It is situated on the Delaware River directly across from Trenton, New Jersey...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Pennsbury HS Pennsbury High School Pennsbury High School is a public high school located in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, in the United States.With 3,591 students enrolled for the 2009-2010 school year, Pennsbury High School is the largest high school in Bucks County, and the teneth largest high school in the state of Pennsylvania...
30	Craig Williams		240 pounds (108.9 kg)	F	Fr.	Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands Christiansted is a town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands composing the United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States. It is a former capital of the Danish West Indies and home to the Christiansted National Historic Site...	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	St. Croix Central HS St. Croix Central High School (Virgin Islands) St. Croix Central High School, commonly referred to as "Central High" or "Central," is the largest public high school located on the island Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. The school is operated by the St. Croix School District....
41	Sergio Olmos		220 pounds (99.8 kg)	C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...	Jr.	Valencia	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Vincente Blasco Ibanez HS
43	Orlando Miller		190 pounds (86.2 kg)	F	Sr.	Lanham, Maryland Lanham, Maryland Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...	U.S. United State United State may refer to:* Union of Russia and Belarus, sometimes called the United State * United States* United State of Electronica, the Seattle dance/rock band...	High Point HS High Point High School High Point High School is a high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County....