Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 1937–38 |
Prev Year: | 1936–37 |
Next Year: | 1938–39 |
Team: | Temple Owls |
Conference: | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference |
Short Conf: | EIC |
Record: | 23–2 |
Conf Record: | 9–1 |
Hc Year: | 12th |
Champion: | National Invitation Tournament Champions Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions EIC Champions |
The 1937–38 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University during the 1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was James Usilton, coaching in his 12th season with the Owls. The team finished the season with a 23–2 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2] [3] They won the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference title with a 9–1 record, and the Owls also won the first-ever National Invitation Tournament (NIT) by winning all three games in the tournament.[4] Additionally, this Temple squad reached the finals of the 1936 Olympic Trials.[4]
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