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 few job quality team texas wish
I wish my job was that easy. The biggest quality of the Texas team is their balance, not just a few players.
basketball bit half point ran settled struggling team
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.
choice credit defense poor shoot stretch team wrong
We had one stretch of very inconsistent offense, and making poor choices. You can't give that team a 21-point lead. We didn't shoot well, obviously, but it would be wrong if you didn't credit Villanova's defense for a lot of it.
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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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Defensively, we were about as good as we can be. When the separation occurred, we did things that were out of character for us. We had three open looks we didn't make. We had to have those to beat a team like Texas.
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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.
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.