"It definitely shows that we’re a fraud right now," said a frustrated Pope, who moments later toned down the assessment of his team’s 71-65 setback to Temple at the Prudential Center.

"We didn’t come back and show defense," Pope said. "Not that we’re a fraud, but we didn’t prove anything yet. We still got a lot more to show. We’ll bounce back, but I’m extremely devastated from this loss because I thought we had them."