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Temple landed two important recruits this week in Georgetown transfer guard Jordan Riley and Howard transfer forward Steve Settle, and you’ll hear from both players on this week’s OwlScoop.com podcast.

 

Riley, a former top-150 recruit, talked about why he connected with new head coach Adam Fisher and why he’s better than what his stats from his first two seasons with the Hoyas would indicate, and Settle was struck by Fisher’s energy and believes that he and the Owls’ staff can help him in areas of his game where he’s just starting to scratch the surface.

 

In addition to hearing from Riley and Settle, listeners will get football recruiting updates and answers to their mailbag questions as well.

18:47 – Steve Settle on why he connected with Adam Fisher and how he believes Fisher and the staff can improve his game.

 

30:27 – Jordan Riley on why his game film matters more than his stats from his first two seasons at Georgetown.

 

31:54 – Riley on how he believes Adam Fisher will want Temple to play in his first season and how he believes Fisher will use him.

 

33:30 – Football recruiting update on the addition of ETSU transfer defensive lineman Davion Hood.

 

36:58 – Mailbag

New Temple men's basketball coach Adam Fisher landed Providence transfer Quante Berry out of the transfer portal this week, and you'll hear from him, Owls assistant coach Chris Clark and former Temple offensive tackle Isaac Moore on this week's podcast, along with answers to your mailbag questions.

Jahlil White talked about what led to Temple missing the NCAA Tournament, and new assistant coach Bobby Jordan talked about his approach to recruiting and what's ahead now for the Owls under new Temple men's basketball coach Adam Fisher. 

That insight, answers to your mailbag questions and plenty more on this week's OwlScoop.com podcast. 

New Temple head coach Adam Fisher landed his first recruit out of the NCAA's transfer portal in UMBC sharp-shooting guard Matteo Picarelli, and the Owls are courting another transfer portal guard and skilled three-point shooter in UT-Rio Grande Valley's Will Johnston. 

Listeners will hear from both players on this week episode, along with updates on what's ahead on the basketball and football recruiting fronts. 

Scoop listeners are in for a little bit of everything on this week's podcast. 

 

Our 38th episode of the season includes part of OwlScoop.com's interview with former Temple All-American and Buffalo Bills linebacker Tyler Matakevich, who talked about what it has meant to be Damar Hamlin's teammate, continuing his NFL career with former Temple teammate Dion Dawkins and much more. 

 

Listeners will also hear from Temple head coach Stan Drayton and his thoughts on why he believes tight end Jordan Smith made significant strides this spring, as well as some names new Temple basketball coach Adam Fisher and his staff could be courting in the NCAA's Transfer Portal as they look to rebuild the Owls' roster. 

 

In addition to Scoop mainstays John DiCarlo, Kyle Gauss and Cayden Steele, OwlScoop.com staff reporters Rymir Vaughn, Declan Landis and Johnny Zawislak made their OwlScoop.com podcast debut.

 

And Zawislak, the Philadelphia Phillies' visiting clubhouse batboy, wasted little time in gaining some exposure on local television. 

New Temple men's basketball coach Adam Fisher sounded like someone who's ready to embrace the challenges of revamping the Owls' program when he spoke with reporters Wednesday at his introductory press conference at the Liacouras Center.

On this week's episode of The Scoop, you'll hear him talk about doing whatever he needs to do to help support the program's Name, Image and Likeness efforts and why recruiting out of the transfer portal shouldn't be a problem. 

And in addition to hearing from Fisher and Temple Athletic Director Arthur Johnson, we'll talk some spring football, too, and get you ready for Saturday's Cherry and White game. 

More than two weeks later, Temple's search for a new head men's basketball coach is finally over. OwlScoop.com broke the story Wednesday that Penn State associate head coach and Bucks County native Adam Fisher will become the 19th coach in the history of the Temple program, and we talked about how it all came together.

What could Fisher's staff look like? Who could the Owls pursue in the transfer portal? We've got you covered here on this week's special edition of The Scoop. 

As Temple's men's basketball head coaching search continues, OwlScoop.com confirmed that Penn State assistant coach Adam Fisher and  Rutgers assistant Karl Hobbs are among the candidates who have interviewed. We examined their candidacy, answered a full mailbag and provided some spring football updates as well on this week's podcast. 

Who should be Temple's next men's basketball coach? Former Owls star Dionte Christmas has some thoughts. 

Christmas, who scored 2,043 points in his Temple career before embarking on a pro career that included overseas and NBA stops, joined John DiCarlo and Javon Edmonds on our second podcast of the week to talk about the Owls' search for a new head basketball coach after Aaron McKie stepped away from that role after four seasons. 

Christmas talked about why he feels Colgate coach and former Temple assistant Matt Langel would be a good fit as McKie's successor, and he also dropped some news about his new role with a prominent national AAU program. 

We also have Temple spring football updates and answers to a packed mailbag, too. 

Temple announced Monday that Aaron McKie will not return after four seasons as the Owls' men's basketball coach and that a national search for his successor will begin immediately. 

What went wrong for McKie? Why does Colgate head coach and former Temple assistant Matt Langel's name keep coming up? Who else could be in the mix for the job?

Those are just some of the many questions we answered on another special edition of The Scoop as our coaching search coverage begins.