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
deal hit
You're hit with that, and you say to yourself, 'Wow. This is going to be something to deal with at the end of the year'.
affect concerned
You're always concerned about how it's going to affect these guys.
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They are probably more skilled at every position than any Big East team that we play against because everybody can handle it, pass it, shoot it well. They remind me of Connecticut, but with their size at every position and with the way they push the ball at you, they are just a little more skilled at each spot.
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There was never a time to relax. That's probably a positive, a sign of a great league. We never had to worry about our guys being ready for a game. You cannot relax one second.
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And then to see Randy carry the flag into that stadium with 80,000 people. I could see how much confidence he had. He was growing up right in front of my eyes and was ready to take on the season.
devastated surgery
Are they going to give us an asterisk? ... Curtis is going to have surgery on Nov. 11. At first we were devastated but we just went back to work.
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Anytime our guards got into their guards, there was always an outlet to one of their forwards. I was very impressed.
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This is as good a college basketball atmosphere as you are going to find in the country. It starts with the students and this is a very difficult place to play. Our guys love to play here and we feel like we have an advantage in here. It's hot, there are people on top of you and they're loud. It's just a great place to play college basketball. I've always thought its one of the best. I don't know if there's anywhere in the country with a wall of human beings like that behind one basket that can create that noise. We love it.
experience seed
This is a new experience for us, being No. 1. For us, there is pressure. You don't want to be the first No. 1 seed to lose.
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This is a tough night for Allan Ray right now. A tough night. But there's been great nights, too -- a lot of them. You have to take them both.
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This is a tough night for Allan Ray. But you know what? He made a lot of great shots for us over the last four years. He made shots that probably shouldn't have gone in, and we took those. This is just part of basketball.
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This is the first time we've been in this position. I know Syracuse has been through it a lot, but at this point we're enjoying it.
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This is obviously a devastating injury for Curtis and our program. Fortunately, Curtis is incredibly strong, physically and emotionally. I know he will bounce back stronger and better than ever.
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This is the best news we possibly could have gotten.