Quite a year for Temple hoops as the Owls closed out the regular season with a 64-56 victory over Tulane on the road, clinching the AAC regular season title outright. Both Temple's men's and women's basketball teams hit the 20-win mark in back to back seasons.

Quenton DeCosey continued his strong senior season with a another game in double figures with 15 points and he certainly has strong case for being named the AAC player of the year. Obi Enechionyia has been stellar down the stretch this season notching an 18-point performance against Tulane.

Jaylen Bond continues to be a monster inside getting his ninth double-double of the year with 10 points and 16 rebounds. Josh Brown dished out nine assists and Devin Coleman contributed some key points off the bench as he's done all year.

Hats off to Temple coach Fran Dunphy who piloted an incredible season that not many saw coming.

Temple has the number one seed in the conference tournament in Orlando. The Owls will play the winner of East Carolina-South Florida on Friday March 11th at noon on ESPN2. If the Owls continue their momentum, a bid in the NCAA tournament will be certain.

Saint Joe’s picked the wrong time to drop a winnable game as they had a chance to win the Atlantic-10 outright, but Duquesne had other ideas, beating the Hawks in a tight 78-70 victory. This is the type of game that could be a resume killer for some teams, however, it seems Saint Joe’s spot in Joe Lunardi’s bracketology as a nine-seed is intact.

DeAndre Bembry struggled for Saint Joe’s only managing to score 11 points on 5 of 13 shooting from the floor and only made one trip to the free throw line. Isaiah Miles’ spectacular season continued as he notched ninth double-double of the season with 21 points and 12 rebounds.

Aaron Brown had a nice game with 20 points and Shavar Newkirk dished out six assists. The Hawks struggled collectively shooting, making only 34% of their shots and doing even worse from beyond the arc.

Saint Joe’s limps into the Atlantic-10 tournament after losing three out of their last five games to finish the regular season, but they do have a first round bye as the number four seed in the tournament. The Hawks will play their first game of the tournament on Friday, March 11th at 2:30 pm awaiting the winner of #5 George Washington vs #12 George Mason/ #13 Saint Louis.

Villanova had no problem in this one, easily winning the game by a score of 84-71. The Wildcats clinched the Big East conference outright and there wasn’t really much resistance from the rest of the conference.

Josh Hart led the way with 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists, proving to be an unstoppable force all season long and one of the keys to Villanova’s success. Ryan Arcidiacono had 16 points and Kris Jenkins torrid pace went on with a 17-point performance, just missing a double-double two rebounds.

Villanova shot almost 50% as a team and Georgetown just couldn’t keep with them in the least. The Wildcats just kept the pressure on the Hoyas and they simply couldn’t handle it.

Villanova has the number one seed in the Big East tournament and they will play the winner of Georgetown-Depaul on Thursday, March 10th at 12 pm on Fox Sports 1. 

Drexel had little chance against Hofstra, who could have won a by a lot more, but settled for a 80-67 victory. Drexel managed to win six total games this year with half of them coming in conference play.

Rodney Williams had a double-double for the Dragons with 20 points and 11 rebounds, but missed some key minutes due to foul trouble. Kazembe Abif also played a key role in the game adding 18 points and 8 rebounds and Sammy Mojica added 10 points, but it was not enough to secure a win.

It just seems that Drexel has been outmatched each game this year and it’s a shame because it brought the end of an era.

Head coach Bruiser Flint and Drexel parted ways after spending 15 seasons together, winning 245 games and was the CAA coach of the year four times. It’s sad to see him go, but hopefully Drexel hoops has a better tomorrow ahead.