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...
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.
everybody
Sometimes it's contagious; you make them and everybody makes them.
good separation
Defensively, we were just about as good as we could be. Offensively, when the separation occurred, it was because we did some things out of character.
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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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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.
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I think our league has a philosophy and a stance on what they think athletics should mean to their institutions and overall as a league. I think that's what they want to do, and I respect that greatly.
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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.
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His impact on me has been great. He's been a great friend and someone I have counted on for counsel a number of times in my career.
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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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It's a great opportunity to come to Hawaii and not only enjoy the history and tradition of the place, but also to play college basketball. So we feel pretty fortunate to do both.
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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It was critical for us. I thought our guys did a good job early on, but you know they are going to make a run.
chance
I've got a chance to be reborn again.