Dunphy voted most underrated

In a poll conducted by nearly 100 college basketball coaches, men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy was voted the most underrated coach in the country, CBS announced Tuesday morning.

Dunphy received 14 percent of the votes, beating out his peers, Randy Bennett of Saint Mary’s (9 percent), Rick Byrd of Belmont (7 percent), Bill Self of Kansas (7 percent) and Buzz Williams (7 percent), who finished second through fifth, respectively.

“I appreciate my peers thinking I have a clue about what I’m doing,” Dunphy told CBS. “We’re lucky to have the jobs we have.”

Dunphy has 444 career victories and 14 NCAA tournament appearances during his tenures at Penn and Temple. He has led the Owls to a tournament birth in each of his past five years with the team.