Temple University's basketball team has caused an upset by defeating Florida Atlantic University in the AAC Tournament, advancing to the championship game. Temple, as 14-point underdogs, won 74-73 against FAU, who missed a chance to win in the final moments. The AAC will have either Temple or UAB as the auto bid winner. Temple will face UAB for the conference title and an NCAA Tournament spot.
Men’s Basketball: UAB steamrolls Temple to win AAC championship, berth in NCAA Tournament https://t.co/bAdsvoWuR6
Temple's run in the @American_MBB tournament comes to an end to a very good UAB team in an 85-69 loss. Hysier Miller had a career-high 32 points on 9-18 shooting and 10-11 from the line to go with six assists and five rebounds in 40 minutes. Alejandro Vasquez had 29 for UAB.
Temple trailed 47-32 at halftime against UAB when they played 10 days ago. https://t.co/LWFxhHXydz
FAU bounced in the AAC Tournament semis. Temple and UAB will play for a conference title and spot in the NCAA Tournament tomorrow. https://t.co/JASHPN8hJ8
Temple UPSETS Florida Atlantic! https://t.co/6vjW3g1sZ2
Temple upsets FAU and advances to the American Championship Final! https://t.co/5oyrrOZ3PO
FAU GOES DOWN 😱😱 TEMPLE is headed to the AAC title game!! 🤯🤯 https://t.co/NjAcIKv2QC
TEMPLE (+800 ML) JUST UPSET FAU 🤯 They were 14-point underdogs ✅ https://t.co/IHJh0Tdno9
AAC semis: A 15-19 Temple team just upset Florida Atlantic, 74-73. Temple was seeded No. 11; FAU was No. 2. No. 1 South Florida was ousted earlier. Some team's bubble is going to burst tomorrow.
Haha what a finish. FAU can’t get a shot off for the win after Temple missed two FTs. The AAC is going to knock out an at-large team: either Temple or UAB is going to win the auto bid. Crazy.