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Temple is recognized as having won the first-ever National Collegiate championship in 1938, under Coach James Usilton, and that Owls team, which finished with a sparkling 23-2 record, won the inaugural National Invitation Tournament by routing Colorado with 60-36 in the championship final. Because the NCAA Tournament was not held until the following year, Temple's NIT championship earned the Owls national title recognition. The Temple basketball team made two NCAA Final Four appearances during the 1950s under legendary Head Coach Harry Litwack.
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He would be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame after concluding a 21-year coaching career that included 373 wins. Head Coach John Chaney, also a Hall of Famer, won a total of 724 career games and took Temple to the NCAA tournament 17 times. His 1987-88 Owls team entered the NCAA tournament ranked number one in the country, and he has reached the Elite Eight on five different occasions, and he was consensus national coach of the year in 1988. Current NBA players Eddie Jones of the Miami Heat, Aaron McKie of the Los Angeles Lakers, Rick Brunson of the New York Knicks, and Mardy Collins of the New York Knicks continue to enhance Temple's proud basketball heritage.
Hall of Fame head coach John Chaney retired on March 13, 2006, and Dan Leibovitz, previously of the University of Hartford was hired to serve as acting head coach. University of Pennsylvania head coach and La Salle University alumnus Fran Dunphy was named the new Temple's Men's Head Basketball coach on April 10, 2006. Dunphy had coached the Quakers for 17 straight seasons prior to the move. The Owls were rewarded with a 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament and paired against 5th-seeded Michigan State, losing that game 72-61.
