Sometimes the difference between making a deep run in the NCAA Tournament and being eliminated in the first round is something as simple as a push in the back, a key player with a broken wrist or a 6-foot-11 impact center not being ready due to injuries.
For Temple‘s basketball team, it was all three in a 72-70 first-round loss to Iowa. The fact that the Owls will finally have an impact center who figures to be a big contributor should put them in prime position to either repeat as the AAC champion or at least make a deeper run.