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...
everybody game stepped win
Everybody stepped up. That's what it would take to win a game like this.
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I think our shots were timely tonight. That's what you have to do to win a tough game like this on the road against a good team. You've got to be timely.
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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.
game nice oz space
It was nice to see Oz make his first jumper of the game and have it be a three, and we put some space between us and them.
challenge game matter
It'll be a pro-Texas crowd, but it's a challenge no matter where the game is played.
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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.
against best game guys help hopefully league played players plays
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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I think our guys are pretty bright. They understand how important the game is and how Princeton is playing. They respect everybody in this league and understand how hard it is to win the league.
battle flow game good
It was a fractured game because of all the fouling. There's not a good flow to the game, but you have to battle through it some time.
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He's just a good basketball player, and the opportunity presented itself and he's done a good job with his opportunity. All you want from your young guys when they're given that chance is to play their very best. It looks like he's really stepped his game up.
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The guard play on both teams was, and is, extraordinary. The Nelson-West combination with Pat Carroll as a shooter was phenomenal. Villanova has great guard play, too. Neither one was a box of chocolates to play against. The knowledge of the game and the way they carry themselves is what you want to see.
close last minutes needed
We just needed to close out the last 20 minutes and play it very much like the first 20 minutes.
exact guys needed screws turned yale
The Yale guys really turned up the screws defensively. We needed to be more patient. We needed to be exact in what we were doing.
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We went to Duke this year as decided underdogs. Our job is to prepare our guys; we watched a number of segments of film.