2017 – 18 Temple Owls basketball team represented Temple University during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Owls , led by 12th-year head coach Fran Dunphy , played their home games at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania as members the American Athletic Conference . They finished the season 17 – 16 , 8 – 10 in AAC play to finish in seventh place . In the AAC Tournament , they defeated Tulane before losing to Wichita State in the quarterfinals . They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Penn State in the first round
AAC Tournament
2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Temple Owls men's basketball team