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Temple's Fran Dunphy shaves mustache in honor of former player

Every time Temple basketball head coach Fran Dunphy saw former Owls player Dionte Christmas in recent years, the coach got on him for not graduating despite needing only one more course. Dunphy finally told Christmas he'd shave his mustache if he got it done. After Christmas, who has been playing professional basketball overseas the last two years, finished his degree work this summer, Dunphy didn't forget. The mustache came off Thursday in front of a packed press room. He agreed to take his most definable feature off in a news conference setting because he understood the message it was sending out, Dunphy said.