Fran Dunphy
Fran Dunphy
Francis Joseph DunphyOctober 5, 1948) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at Temple University. He succeeded John Chaney in 2006...
biggest difficult
The part that really makes it difficult is that they're pretty good. That's the biggest thing.
great liked won
We would have liked to have won more, but I thought we had great opportunities during those years.
allowing energy putting
We're putting a lot of energy into not allowing him to score.
everybody game stepped win
Everybody stepped up. That's what it would take to win a game like this.
coach competing forward kids looking ncaa talking
We're talking about Texas, we're looking forward to Texas. I coach 15 kids right now and we're looking forward to competing in the NCAA Tournament.
afford boston cannot capable college except game gaps last lost period played round short texas tournament
When we lost to Boston College (85-65) in the first round of the tournament last year, we played right with them except for a seven- or eight-minute span. You cannot afford to have gaps in a game with Texas because they're capable of overwhelming you in a very short period of time.
certainly foul good latter stages
What are we, about 302nd? We're not very good at foul shooting, and we're going to concentrate on it a little more. We certainly need to improve, especially as we get into the latter stages of the season.
close last minutes needed
We just needed to close out the last 20 minutes and play it very much like the first 20 minutes.
decided duke job number prepare segments watched year
We went to Duke this year as decided underdogs. Our job is to prepare our guys; we watched a number of segments of film.
great respect wish
We have great respect for Aldridge, but we wish he was their only weapon.
pay sure
I don't know but I'd sure like to pay to see that game.
delighted penn
I'd be delighted if we could get a lot more of those opportunities now that I'm at Penn -- sorry, Temple. First of many times, probably.
ahead among basketball challenges coach elite excited forward keeping lie opportunity owl temple university
I am excited about the opportunity to coach at Temple University and look forward to the challenges that lie ahead in keeping Owl basketball among the nation's elite programs.
eight fit hour might practice seven situation six tuesday
We have a situation where we try to look at practice times that might fit for guys, who might have an hour on Tuesday or an hour on Wednesday. In that hour we may only get six or seven or eight guys.