PHILADELPHIA – Temple University will celebrate Valentine's Day this year by bestowing love on its 1991 men's basketball Elite Eight team. At the Owls' Feb. 14th game against USF (3:00 pm), Temple will honor the players, coaches and managers on the 25th Anniversary year of this special team.
Hall of Fame coach John Chaney's 1990-91 Owls, led by the program's all-time leading scorer in senior guard Mark Macon (2,609 points) entered the NCAA Tournament as the 10th-seed in the East Region. The Cherry and White opened the tournament, held at College Park, Md., by knocking off 7th-seed Purdue, 80-63, with Mik Kilgore scoring a game-high 25 points.