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
fortunate last
We were very fortunate the last game. You don't want to get down to them here.
ability basketball beat college credit fortunate great playing proud teams
Well, I know that wasn't a pretty game, but that was a great college basketball game. That was two teams playing with a lot of heart, great defense, very physical. I really give a lot of credit to the BC team, their ability to execute. They were a great team.We are very, very fortunate and proud to beat that team.
hope sure
I sure hope so. That's something we're going to need to do.
circumstance given happened took understand
It did take longer, but, given the circumstances, I understand why it took longer. I don't think given all of our circumstances, it could have happened any quicker.
terrorist
I thought it was a terrorist attack, ... I had no idea what was going on.
great intensity level minutes played start
I thought it was a great start for us and I thought that we played with great intensity for 40 minutes and everyone contributed at the level we want to play.
challenge chance choose experience game gave good
I thought it would be a good challenge for us at this point. Obviously, I wouldn't choose to do that, but it gave us a chance to play big a little bit. ... That was a good experience for us. I think this game is going to really make us stronger.
chance coach enormous glad recognize
I'm so glad we are going to have the chance to recognize Coach Kraft in this way for the enormous contributions he made to our program.
conference facility family newly nowhere planned practice rather staff
We now have a long-term commitment, a new practice facility planned, a newly expanded conference and renovations planned for the Pavilion. There's nowhere our staff and my family would rather be.
affect
We can't let that affect what we do on the court.
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.
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.
basketball responsibility states united
We take the responsibility of representing United States basketball very seriously,
speeding time tough
We were having a tough time speeding them up.