Temple Owls NCAA Tournament History
American- All-Time Record
- 33-33
- Appearances
- 33
- Final Fours
- 2
- Titles
- 0
- First
- 1944
- Most Recent
- 2019
Year by Year
Temple Owls has made 33 NCAA Tournament appearances between 1944 and 2019.
1944
L
Regional Semifinal (Sweet 16)
Ohio State
47-57
W
Third Place Game
Catholic
55-35
1956
L
National Semifinal (Final Four)
Iowa
76-83
W
Regional Final (Elite 8)
Canisius
60-58
W
Regional Semifinal (Sweet 16)
Connecticut
65-59
W
Second Round
Holy Cross
74-72
W
Third Place Game
Southern Methodist
90-81
1958
L
National Semifinal (Final Four)
Kentucky
60-61
W
Regional Final (Elite 8)
Dartmouth
69-50
W
Regional Semifinal (Sweet 16)
Maryland
71-67
W
Third Place Game
Kansas State
67-57
1964
L
Second Round
Connecticut
48-53
1967
L
Second Round
St. John's
53-57
1970
L
Second Round
Villanova
69-77
1972
L
Second Round
South Carolina
51-53
1979
L
First Round
St. John's
70-75
1984
W
First Round
St. John's
65-63
L
Second Round
North Carolina
66-77
1985
W
First Round
Virginia Tech
60-57
L
Second Round
Georgetown
46-63
1986
W
First Round
Jacksonville
61-50
L
Second Round
Kansas
43-65
1987
W
First Round
Southern University
75-56
L
Second Round
LSU
62-72
1988
W
First Round
Lehigh
87-73
L
Regional Final (Elite 8)
Duke
53-63
W
Regional Semifinal (Sweet 16)
Richmond
69-47
W
Second Round
Georgetown
74-53
1990
L
First Round
St. John's
65-81
1991
W
First Round
Purdue
80-63
L
Regional Final (Elite 8)
North Carolina
72-75
W
Regional Semifinal (Sweet 16)
Oklahoma State
72-63
W
Second Round
Richmond
77-64
1992
L
First Round
Michigan
66-73
1993
W
First Round
Missouri
75-61
L
Regional Final (Elite 8)
Michigan
72-77
W
Regional Semifinal (Sweet 16)
Vanderbilt
67-59
W
Second Round
Santa Clara
68-57
1994
W
First Round
Drexel
61-39
L
Second Round
Indiana
58-67
1995
L
First Round
Cincinnati
71-77
1996
W
First Round
Oklahoma
61-43
L
Second Round
Cincinnati
65-78
1997
W
First Round
Mississippi
62-40
L
Second Round
Minnesota
57-76
1998
L
First Round
West Virginia
52-82
1999
W
First Round
Kent State
61-54
L
Regional Final (Elite 8)
Duke
64-85
W
Regional Semifinal (Sweet 16)
Purdue
77-55
W
Second Round
Cincinnati
64-54
2000
W
First Round
Lafayette
73-47
L
Second Round
Seton Hall
65-67
2001
W
First Round
Texas
79-65
L
Regional Final (Elite 8)
Michigan State
62-69
W
Regional Semifinal (Sweet 16)
Penn State
84-72
W
Second Round
Florida
75-54
2008
L
First Round
Michigan State
61-72
2009
L
First Round
Arizona State
57-66
2010
L
First Round
Cornell
65-78
2011
No. 7 seed
W
First Round
#10 Penn State
66-64
L
Second Round
#2 San Diego State
64-71
2012
No. 5 seed
L
First Round
#12 South Florida
44-58
2013
No. 9 seed
W
First Round
#8 NC State
76-72
L
Second Round
#1 Indiana
52-58
2016
No. 10 seed
L
First Round
#7 Iowa
70-72
2019
No. 11 seed
L
First Four
#11 Belmont
70-81