Championship game multimedia (Soft Pretzel Logic)

Championship game multimedia

Okay, I'm back in Philadelphia now, and as this night finally comes to an end, here's all the video and audio from the championship game.

Video

Temple, in which Mark Tyndale talks about just what it means for Temple to be back in the NCAA Tournament.
St. Joseph's, in which Phil Martelli tells fans to "pray your ass off for us, please" that his team gets an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament

Audio

Temple: Fran Dunphy, Mark Tyndale and Dionte Christmas
St. Joseph's: Phil Martelli, Pat Calathes and Ahmad Nivins

Your video highlight is presented in honor of Stormingthefloor.com, because the Temple fans delivered a pretty good one at the final buzzer, and also in honor of the guy in the Flyers jersey who came up to me on the train back to Philadelphia and said he reads the blog. Thanks for that.

To close things out, I'd like to throw this out there. I've watched Fran Dunphy's teams for six years now, and I've talked to a lot of people who've seen him coach for much longer.

I have a hard time believing he's ever done a better job of coaching a game than he did tonight. Temple simply owned the second half, and Dunphy deserves full credit for getting the Owls to step up in the second half and take things over.

And as Tyndale alluded to in his remarks in the video, the fact that Temple is back in the NCAA Tournament is an important thing. It's been a while since Temple has been front and center like this, and I'm willing to bet that even St. Joe's fans will begrudge the Owls some time in the spotlight.

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Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on March 16, 2008 1:51 AM | Permalink

Comments (5)

LibraryChick:

Thank you Coach Dunphy and all the Temple Owls players! A-10 Champs!!!

Posted by LibraryChick | March 16, 2008 2:27 AM

Posted on March 16, 2008 02:27

Nicole:

I have been following the Owls for my entire adult life. My friends and I spent beyond our means to be there to watch my Owls play in another A-10 tourney. Thank you Temple University for always inspiring me in the most surprising and gratifying ways. I think we all understand these acres of diamonds!
FIGHT TU!

Posted by Nicole | March 16, 2008 4:42 AM

Posted on March 16, 2008 04:42

christian:

Is there anyone's butt you don't kiss?

Posted by christian | March 16, 2008 9:14 AM

Posted on March 16, 2008 09:14

jshinola:

I have to eat my words. When Dunphy came here, I thought that there was no way that he would be able to replicate his success at Penn. I thought he would be a fish out of the Ivy League's water. I was wrong.

Posted by jshinola | March 16, 2008 10:26 AM

Posted on March 16, 2008 10:26

kb:

Congrats to Coach Dunphy! Go represent the Big 5 well in the tourney!

Posted by kb | March 16, 2008 10:37 AM

Posted on March 16, 2008 10:37

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