Game 8: Temple Owls at Nashville Hetwetters — Open Game Thread

5-3

NR (AP)

NR (Coaches)

134 (KenPom)

December 7, 2021

7:00 PM CT

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5-2

NR (AP)

NR (Coaches)

76 (KenPom)

Well, Vanderbilt played one good half of basketball at SMU on Saturday. And then, sporting a 40-28 halftime lead, the Commodores decided that the best course of action was to allow the Mustangs to score 36 points in a little over 10 minutes, on their way to an 84-72 loss in Dallas.

Anyway, tonight’s opponent is another AAC team, the Temple Owls, who come in to Memorial Gym on a four-game winning streak, though said winning streak has moved them up all of two spots in KenPom. That’s primarily because it’s come against terrible teams,…