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
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.
definitely game learn takes
We definitely used that as something to learn from. It only takes one game and one guy.
fear
They've been through so much, they just don't fear failure.
coaching decision guys single
They take the coaching out of your hands. It's unbelievable to have two guys out there who make the right decision every single time.
coaching lucky player
They take the coaching out of your hands. I never thought I would get another player like Speedy Claxton and I got two of them. I'm a lucky man.
bang bigger defend dirty enjoys guys mind players position post smaller
A lot of times bigger players have to bang inside, they have to do the dirty work, they have to screen, they have to defend in the post, they have to post up. If a smaller guys doesn't mind doing that and actually enjoys doing that, he can play that position and that's what we have.
bit fit freshmen hearing incredible realize regular season sick talked team
They know so much about the other teams. They don't know anything about themselves, about where they fit in. I talked to them about it a little bit yesterday. I said the freshmen were going to be sick of hearing about this team from me because what they did in this regular season was incredible ... But I don't think they realize where they fit.
pros work
They had so many pros and we've got work to do.
champions half playing second
They're playing like champions and we're out here cruising. I thought we started the second half relaxed.
armed britain great guards guns machine security soldiers teams
There was a lot of security for our team, and the teams from Great Britain and Israel, ... We had armed security guards and soldiers with machine guns with us at all times. That was a wakeup call.
four great three
Allan's got that great scorer's mentality. He's different than the three of them. The four of them, tough, are very unselfish.
looked signs
Allan looked great. He was right back at it and didn't show any signs of tentativeness at all. He was right back at it.
injury ok serious
Allan has a serious injury and he's doing OK . . . That's all we can say at this point.
injury ok serious
Allan has a serious injury and he's doing OK and being evaluated right now.