Some fans of Temple (and Penn) may not like that none of Fran Dunphy’s teams have made it to the second NCAA weekend (so far), despite the fact they have had 16 tries . . . But maybe they should be more focused on the fact that have had 16 tries.
Dunphy will make his 17th NCAA Tournament appearance Tuesday, which is tops (along with John Chaney) among any head coaches of any Big 5 team(s) and 12th among all coaches from 1993 to 2019.
Those lists and his game-by-game NCAA record ATS are below.
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Coaches that have gone to the NCAA Tournament the most times with Big 5 teams:
17 . . .John Chaney, Temple
17 . . . Fran Dunphy, Penn/Temple
14 . . . Jay Wright, Villanova
11 . . . Rollie Massimino, Villanova
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Coaches that have gone to the NCAA Tournament the most times 1993-2019:
26 . . . Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams
22 . . . Rick Barnes, Bob Huggins, Tom Izzo
21 . . . Bill Self
20 . . . Mark Few, Jim Boeheim
19 . . . John Calipari
18 . . . Rick Pitino, Tubby Smith
17 . . . Fran Dunphy
16 . . . Jay Wright
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Here are Dunphy’s teams’ record against the spread in NCAA Tournament appearances:
