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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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.
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Our whole defensive thrust was better that last 10 minutes or so. It was a big stretch for us. From that point on, I thought we really played terrific basketball.
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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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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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We just needed to close out the last 20 minutes and play it very much like the first 20 minutes.
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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.
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Sometimes it's contagious; you make them and everybody makes them.
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Everybody stepped up. That's what it would take to win a game like this.
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That's two real good wins for us, there's no question. We feel very fortunate to have won both games.
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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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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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We have obviously some very bright kids who can do some high-level academic work. But when it comes to playing basketball, nobody cares. Unless we do a good job, nobody's going to appreciate the kind of people that we are or the kind of students that we are.