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...
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I thought Friedrich?s three-point play in the first half was huge. We were a struggling basketball team at that time. It really settled us. And from that point on, I thought we ran a little bit of a better offense.
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I think you might want to give Villanova credit for that, but we also had some pretty good looks, the ball just didn't go.
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I thought they had some pretty good looks, and they just didn't go in the basket.
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I think we were timely in our shots dropping tonight, and that's what you gotta do if you're going to win a game like this on the road. It's a terrific win for us, no doubt about it.
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He'll remember it, which is the difficult part. He should never question how much heart and desire and hard work he's put into this. He deserves an opportunity to get one of these wins.
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He'll have played against some of the best players in the country, so hopefully it will help his game as he plays the guys in our league as well.
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We took advantage of the fact that they had a couple of guys that didn't shoot it as well as they are capable of. For the most part, we did a pretty good job.
defense offense
Our defense wasn't good, and our offense was worse.
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Steve is our best post-position defender. We would have liked to have him in there all the time and hopefully limit the things Steven Smith does.
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I don't understand what the problem is. To me, it's just a matter of respect. If the athletic department wants to honor or pay tribute to an important media icon like Chucky, then we have to value and prepare for such a colossal undertaking.
problem wish
I wish that was the only problem we had.
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I wish my job was that easy. The biggest quality of the Texas team is their balance, not just a few players.
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He was right were he needed to be all the time.
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Harvard had a tough loss last week. I think they'll be real eager to put that one behind them and come out ready to play.