Temple, St. John’s to meet in men’s basketball at the Empire Classic in November
The other teams this year's tournament are Syracuse and Richmond.
Temple will face St. John’s on Nov. 21 at the Empire Classic, part of a four-team men’s basketball tournament that includes Syracuse and Richmond.
The Owls are in the late game on the first day of the two-day tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with a 9:30 p.m. start that will be televised on ESPNU.
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Syracuse will take on Richmond at 7 p.m., with the winners of both games meeting the next night in the final televised on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. The matchups were announced Wednesday.
With a tournament win for Temple, the Big 5 would have back-to-back champions after Villanova won in 2020 following an 83-74 win over Arizona State in a closed-door game because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Temple was tournament champion in 1998 when it was called the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic (also formerly the 2K Sports Classic) with a 59-48 win over Wake Forest. Owls power forward Lamont Barnes also was named tournament MVP.
Tickets went on sale Wednesday for both days of the tournament.