Current Temple student who grew up in UConn country here. A few things:
1. The area around Temple is nowhere near as bad as the people in this thread think it is. You'll be fine. Broad Street is one of the busiest streets in America and the Liacouras Center is on campus.
2. Go to Jim's on South Street. When you walk in, immediately look on the wall on the right, near the ATM. There are several framed articles about Gens's first championship in the 90s (he is a Philly guy, remember).
3. I apologize in advance if there aren't many kids in the student section. We are having the season from hell (just lost to ECU by 14) so I feel your guys' pain and Temple students generally only show up if we're playing Nova, Notre Dame, Penn State, etc. It's rough sometimes being one of like 10 people cheering for your school. I have work during that time but I might call out for this game.
4. Go see Center City Philly, it's one of the most vibrant city cores in the country. Lots of shopping, food, entertainment, etc. See the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, and definitely Chinatown!
I hope you have fun, Temple and Philly are both given unfairly bad reps and they're both great places to be!