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...
deserves desire difficult hard heart opportunity question remember work
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.
against basketball great hard played proud team worked
I'm proud of our efforts. We worked hard, played hard, played against a very hard basketball team and did a great job.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.