Following a two-win 2023 season, Temple made a hard reset in the offseason by dismissing former head coach Nick Bochette and bringing in Robert Morris coach Chris Shaw to lead the program. A lengthy rebuild was necessary regardless of who was in charge of the program. Temple hadn’t had a winning season since 2015 and Shaw was tasked with remedying a struggling program. Temple finished its first year under Shaw with an uninspiring 2-17 record and didn’t pick up a conference win for the third straight season. Despite the final record, the Owls showed flashes of progress in Shaw’s first season and there is reason to believe there may be light at the end of the tunnel. “As [the players] go we go,” Shaw said. “If they want to end on a good note and they want to leave a positive legacy for the next year’s class, then it’s up to them to really step up. I will say that they are a good group and I think they are heading in the right direction.” Shaw’s first season was a rebuilding year that...