Through the first half of its American Athletic Conference schedule, Temple has delivered a mixed bag of impressive wins and underwhelming losses. The Owls suffered a less-than-ideal one-point loss to East Carolina on Jan. 8 after leading by as much as 11 but rebounded by narrowly beating a middle-of-the-conference Rice team on Jan. 11. Then, head coach Adam Fisher got a signature win by defeating No. 19 Memphis on Jan. 16. The win was followed up by a victory against Tulane on Jan 19, who sat atop the AAC at the time. Right when Temple earned a spot in the top four of the AAC it dropped two straight games to beatable opponents. The Owls’ chances at obtaining an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament are non-existent, so regular season results won’t matter much for the rest of the season — as long as the team secures a respectable seed in the AAC tournament. What does matter is how well they play in Fort Worth, Texas, from March 12-16. “We’re gelling off the court and on the court,” s...