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
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I wanted to be here. This is the best place in the world for me to coach. This is my hometown; my wife went to Villanova; it's the greatest college basketball town in the country. This is a dream for me.
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That was a great college basketball game. We were very fortunate to get out of here with the win.
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That was a great college basketball game. It's difficult to take but we have to. It's part of life and you move on. We have to win the next one that's what's on our minds now.
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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.
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We take the responsibility of representing United States basketball very seriously,
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One of the areas the NBA has affected college basketball is the big guys. If they're very skilled as young guys, they take them early. The guys who are able to benefit from maturing four years in college are the guards.
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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.
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It?s a chance. He understands that. When we recruited him, he never said that he wanted to leave early. I think he?s as surprised that he?s in this position and had to make a decision as anybody. And that?s what was so difficult for him. He was not prepared to make this decision during the basketball season. He was not even thinking about it.
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We ran into a team that played better basketball today. We're going to suck up this hurt tonight but I want to make sure my guys feel great about themselves. They gave everything they had.
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We ran into a team that played better basketball than us. I think we can play a lot better and we can shoot a lot better, and the other team had a lot to do with that. They were really good.
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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.
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One guy, Speedy Claxton. He reminds me a lot of him. You ask how does a guy 5-10 make it to the NBA? That's the kind of things Speedy did. He's the only other person I've seen do that. That's why he's special. A lot of guys say, 'I'm a point guard. I set people up, that's what I do.' Kyle's a ballplayer. He says: 'I'll do anything I have to do'... The point guard is not supposed to do that. A good team can block out four guys. You're not thinking about blocking out the point guard, but he loves that. That's a basketball player.
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It has amazed me how confident he has become in his intellect. The first day on the basketball court here, he was not intimidated. But that summer going to class, he was. It was very obvious. He was scared.
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He's always doing the dirty work. He keeps battling and battling. Will Sheridan is everything that Villanova basketball is about.