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Fran Dunphy Named to NIT Committee

INDIANAPOLIS—The National Invitation Tournament named the following individuals as the newest members of its eight-person committee: former basketball coach and Temple athletics administrator Fran Dunphy, New Orleans vice president for athletics and recreation Tim Duncan, and former basketball coach Bob Williams, who spent 19 of his 29 years as head coach at UC Santa Barbara.

During his 30 years as a head coach at Pennsylvania and Temple, Dunphy had a 580-325 record and is the winningest coach in Philadelphia Big 5 history. During his 17 years at Penn, Dunphy led his teams to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship nine times and eight tournament appearances in 13 seasons at Temple.