1937–38 Temple Owls men's basketball team
| 1937–38 Temple Owls men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference |
| Record | 23–2 (9–1 EIC) |
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| MVP | Don Shields |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 23 | – | 2 | .920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carnegie Tech | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 6 | – | 13 | .316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1937–38 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University during the 1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was James Usilton, coaching in his 12th season with the Owls. The Owls finished the season with a 23–2 record, going 9–1 in conference play to win the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference championship.
The Owls entered the inaugural National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and won the championship in three games. The team was hailed as national champions after their Invitation win.
The team was later retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was also retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.