2016 – 17 Temple Owls basketball team represented Temple University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Owls , led by 11th-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 16 – 16 , 7 – 11 in AAC play to finish in eighth place . They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to East Carolina
AAC Tournament
2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Temple Owls men's basketball team