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
anytime beat bit hunger regain understanding
What we'll take from that is to regain a little bit of hunger and an understanding that we can get beat anytime by anybody.
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I think we are a little bit more experienced, probably a little bit. We are very similar, but they are a lot different.
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We have more options. We can go a little bit more conventional at times when we have to.
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It?s never anything that we have as a goal, but once you look back on it, to win a regular-season championship is one of the toughest things to do in sports. Coaches and players know that. Fans usually get into tournaments and things like that. And that?s OK. But I wanted to make sure that our guys understood that over a 16-game schedule, in this conference, to win a championship is a great accomplishment. If we would have lost today and been 13-3 in this conference, that?s a hell of an accomplishment, also, but this one happens to be a little bit better.
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.
beat bit gaining hunger rather tournament understanding winning
I'd much rather go into this tournament after winning the Big East, but now that we haven't, I think what we will take from that is gaining a little bit of hunger and the understanding that we can get beat by anybody.
gives size
We're going to need him. He gives us more size out on the perimeter.
extra hit pass
When we double-teamed them, they made the extra pass and hit the 3.
dropped good ncaa prepare time
When we did it in the NCAA Tournament, it was kind of dropped on us. We didn't have a lot of time to prepare. I feel good that we have a little more time to prepare and play that way.
hit lead
When we had that 10-point lead we hit a lull. Then it was a game.
concerned couple tough worried
When we had some tough times a couple of years ago, we were all concerned about the program. I never, ever worried about my job. We all worried about the program.
became chance cumulative effect focused forget grow guy second talked
When we got back to Philadelphia and we talked about it, we just said, we got a second chance here - we got a second chance in life, forget about basketball. It just made every guy grow up - I think every guy became a little more mature, a little more focused on what's important in life, and I think it had a cumulative effect on our team.
pictures
We're going to do it nicely, so he'll do it with me and he'll be in the pictures with his classmates.
doctor expecting practice today
We're expecting the doctor to say he can practice. If he is cleared, he'll practice today right after his appointment.