PHILADELPHIA – Temple University men's basketball redshirt sophomore Tai Strickland had successful surgery on his right shoulder on August 27. He is expected to make a full recovery with his timeline for return to physical team activities to be determined.
A 6-2, 180-pound guard out of St. Petersburg High in Tampa, Strickland sat out last season due to NCAA rules, but did play with the Owls in the Bahamas where he tied for team-high honors with 13 points in a win over an IBA Select team (8/5/19). At Wisconsin, he played sparingly in his one season with the Badgers (2018-190, averaging 1.