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 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.
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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.
biggest difficult
The part that really makes it difficult is that they're pretty good. That's the biggest thing.
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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.
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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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We need to keep him off the glass number one. He's stepping away from the basket and making jump shots, so we have to pay attention to that detail. When he does post up, he's got some pretty good inside moves as well.
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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.
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We have to prepare that they are going to play the 50-point half on offense unless we guard them extremely well.
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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.
great respect wish
We have great respect for Aldridge, but we wish he was their only weapon.
allowing energy putting
We're putting a lot of energy into not allowing him to score.
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We have a situation where we try to look at practice times that might fit for guys, who might have an hour on Tuesday or an hour on Wednesday. In that hour we may only get six or seven or eight guys.
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Those are two good players, and if we can limit their damage that they do to us, we'll feel like we've done a good job.
opportunity
When your opportunity comes, it's not what you do right as much as it's what you don't do wrong.