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...
coach good job minds struggling trying
It's weighing on a lot of peoples' minds up at Cornell. I know coach Donahue is struggling with it, but I think he's doing a good job of trying to go on.
college continue daunting fill great task temple university
It is a daunting task to try to fill these shoes. To try to be a great representative of Temple University and to continue to be a great representative of Philadelphia college basketball.
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.
consider daunting follow great impact john
I will not be as profound, or as prophetic. John had a great impact on me. I consider him a great friend. But to follow John Chaney is a very daunting task.
challenge game matter
It'll be a pro-Texas crowd, but it's a challenge no matter where the game is played.
game nice oz space
It was nice to see Oz make his first jumper of the game and have it be a three, and we put some space between us and them.
accept arms best divorced easy group guessing guys hand help open
I'm guessing I just got divorced from those kids. And that's not an easy thing. And while I get divorced from those guys on one hand now I accept another group of guys with open arms and I will do my best to do everything I can to help you be better.
good
I thought they had some pretty good looks, and they just didn't go in the basket.
defense offense
Our defense wasn't good, and our offense was worse.
against game good road shots timely tough win
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.
best hopefully liked limit smith steve steven time
Steve is our best post-position defender. We would have liked to have him in there all the time and hopefully limit the things Steven Smith does.
both fortunate good wins won
That's two real good wins for us, there's no question. We feel very fortunate to have won both games.
ball credit good might
I think you might want to give Villanova credit for that, but we also had some pretty good looks, the ball just didn't go.
both box carry chocolates game great guard knowledge neither pat shooter teams themselves
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.