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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Typical, tough conference road game. It didn't take South Florida long to figure out how to play in the Big East.
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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.
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I'm real proud of our team. To win the conference over a 16-game schedule is a great accomplishment.
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This feels like a conference game. It feels like it's the middle of January and we've got BC next. I don't know if that's going to be positive or negative for us.
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I don't think (the selection committee) looked at this season as a shock. I think they looked at from the standpoint that Villanova has done this before. They had a great year. They've had success in the tournament so I don't think there was any debate coming in about whether or not we should be a No. 1. They play in the best conference in the country. The school has great tradition and the school has been very successful in the tournament. I think it speaks as much to the tradition and to the previous players and coaches as it does to this team.
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It kind of feels like a conference game to me. You know each other. You know what each of you is going to do. You just have to play the game.
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It kind of feels like a conference game. This just seems like a Big East game to me. I feel we're in the middle of January and we've got BC next.
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We have seen (Russia), they are very talented and a very tough, disciplined team. It should be a great battle.
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There is pressure. You don't want to be the first one seed to go down to a 16 seed.
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We loved being here. It was great being comfortable here.
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We've just got to execute better against better teams.
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We did a very good job and I give (Smith) credit. He was hurting us in the first half. He's really good.
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When our press was effective at times, it kept them from getting into their (half-court) sets. When they got into their sets, he hurt us.
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When both guys went with Al ... Kyle Lowry actually did a great job of offing to Allan and got it to (Sheridan). It was a great play by all three.