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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 22, 2009

STORRS, Conn. - Ninth-seeded Temple (21-9) is likely to have the crowd behind it as the Owls face eighth-seeded Florida (23-7) today in a first-round game in the Trenton Regional.

First-year Temple coach Tonya Cardoza spent the previous 14 seasons as an assistant coach at UConn.

"I actually promised some of the UConn players that I would be back here, and so this is how I get to come back," Cardoza said. "I'm really happy about the fact that we'll actually have some fans here cheering for us."

Florida is just 1-5 over its past six games, losing 71-67 to Tennessee in their conference quarterfinals on March 6.

"We lost a game that we felt we should have won in SEC Tournament and I think our team is still feeling that loss, and good luck to Temple because we are going to take it all out on them," senior Marshae Dotson said.

The Associated Press

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