PHILADELPHIA – Temple, seeded 10th in the South Region, will face seventh-seeded Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Friday, March 18. Game time and television information will be announced later.
The Owls are making their 32nd NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2013 after advancing to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament a year ago.
The Cherry and White (21-11) are under the direction of 10th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, named the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year for a second year in a row in 2015-16.