The 1987-88 Temple men's basketball team that finished as the Associated Press' #1 ranked team and advanced to the NCAA Elite 8 with a 32-2 overall record was one of five teams inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame at the league's annual awards banquet Monday night.
This marks the first time the Big 5 has inducted teams into its prestigious Hall of Fame. The other teams are: the 1968-69 La Salle Explorers (23-1, #2 national ranking); the 1970-71 Penn Quakers (28-1, #3 national ranking); 2003-04 Saint Joseph's Hawks (30-2, #1 national ranking) and 1984-85 Villanova Wildcats (25-10, NCAA Champions).