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
country four rated respect talks teams top tradition
When Villanova's rated as one of the top four teams in the country and a No. 1 seed, I think it talks a lot about the respect, not just of this season, but it's respect for the tradition of the program.
capable game mentally physically saying win
I find myself saying the same things about him. He is physically capable and mentally capable of doing anything to win a game for you.
ask great worried
I feel great right now. I didn't ask if he could play. I was more worried about his future. And they said he's fine.
gerry shirts sons spent wearing weekend
I feel like we spent a weekend in Scranton. My sons were wearing Gerry McNamara shirts (but) not during the game.
knew love
We knew it was coming. I love him. I told him after the game, he was great. He was a beast.
decision gets knew
We knew he was going to have to make a decision at some point. Once he gets cleared, we've got to know. We've got to make a decision because it's getting to be drama.
careful guys information lose
You have to be careful about that because you don't want to give the guys too much information and lose our aggressiveness.
people proving seem worried year
This year it doesn't seem like people are worried about us proving ourselves, but we feel like we do.
team
When you play a seasoned team like that, and you get a lead, you just know they're going to get a run.
basketball care guys leading proud unique
What we are most proud of is these young guys really wanted to be part of the U.S. basketball team. They didn't care who was the leading scorer. That's unique these days.
cut game home people shocked sudden
What happened? I thought this was a home game for us and all of a sudden when they cut it to seven, that shocked me. Where did all those people come from?
great seen talented
We have seen (Russia), they are very talented and a very tough, disciplined team. It should be a great battle.
seed
There is pressure. You don't want to be the first one seed to go down to a 16 seed.
great loved
We loved being here. It was great being comfortable here.