Jay Wright
Jay Wright
Jerold Taylor "Jay" Wright, Jr.is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the men's coach at Villanova University. In 2016, Villanova won the NCAA men’s basketball national championship title game against North Carolina, Wright's first national championship, and Villanova's first since 1985...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 December 1961
CityChurchville, PA
covering difficult good hit job team today
We just didn't do a good enough job today covering the 3s, ... When they hit those 3s they are a very difficult team to beat.
speeding time tough
We were having a tough time speeding them up.
keeping shots stops turned
We were getting stops and keeping it out of Quincy's hands. And those shots turned into fast-break opportunities for us.
chance gotten guys mean means positive responses teams
We've gotten a lot of positive responses about teams that would take him in the first round. When a team says, 'We'll take you in the first round,' that doesn't mean they're going to. That means they would. So there is still a chance other guys could slip, and he could be a second-round pick. He understands that.
bit
We have more options. We can go a little bit more conventional at times when we have to.
best great known players
I would never have known he had 32 points. He does so much for us. He's a great leader. I think he's one of the best players in the country.
blame sure
You don't blame it on being tired... I'm sure they were tired, too.
ball both coaching decision gets hands player
You just feel like they take coaching out of your hands. You just feel like, 'I got a coach out there, we're going to put the ball in his hands and then he's going to make the right decision and he does it every time. If he gets fouled, he's going to make the shots, both of them. I think I've said this before. I had Speedy Claxton (at Hofstra) who was just like that. I never thought I would get another player like that, and I have two of them. I don't know, I did something right.
cunningham great guarded jason
Will Sheridan did a great job, he guarded him most of the time. Jason (Fraser) also guarded him, Dante Cunningham guarded him.
prepare
You know what it is going into the season. You've just got to prepare yourself for it.
great jeff office preparing saw turned walk
When I saw (athletic trainer) Jeff (Pierce) walk into the office with an x- ray, I was preparing myself for the worst. But this turned out to be great news.
busy felt forever super took traveling
We did try to keep them busy this week, but everyone wanted to play. It felt like we were at the Super Bowl; it took forever to play this game. Traveling usually mixes it up a little but we're at home.
couple doubt remind
We had no doubt that St. John's was going to come in here and play tough. They remind me of us a couple of years ago, young and just scrapping.
guys half hold ncaa onto plays rebound second
We had no choice. We had a lead. We are in the NCAA tournament. We said, 'Let's get through this second half and let's see if these guys can hold onto the ball, and we make some plays and just try to rebound with them.