We know, we know: We’ve been a bit lax in updating the site in the past week (and a half) or so. Stuff happens. But with our next series of posts, we’re gonna do our best to get you caught up on the city’s six teams. ‘Cause that’s how we do. Next up: Temple. But you knew that already, didn’t you?

The Owls have won four straight since that disaster against then-No. 1 Kansas on Jan. 2. First, there was an easy win over Saint Joe’s on North Broad Street that essentially put the KU nightmare behind them. A few days later, the Owls went to Rhode Island — which had won eight in a row — and won, 68-64, in overtime. Temple turned it over 10 times in the first half, but it got a little help from Rhody, which made just 12 of 26 from the line, according to The Inquirer. After that, the Owls topped Penn, in a game we had written about here. And Saturday, Ryan Brooks tossed in a career-high 29 points to go over 1,000 for his career in a 76-64 win over UMass at the Liacouras.

Don’t look now, but the Owls are 15-3 overall, 3-0 in the A-10. They’ve moved up to No. 16 in the Associated Press’ Top 25, No. 17 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll. And Wednesday night, they host Xavier (12-5, 4-0 A-10) in a matchup of the last two unbeaten teams in the A-10.

Links: Owls cruise past Hawks [phillyBurbs.com]
Big win at Rhody for Temple [Inquirer]
Dunphy (mentor) defeats Allen (student) at the P [phillyBurbs.com]