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
body defensive excited fresh good kept mike
We kept Mike and Allan on (McNamara). We wanted to keep a fresh body on him. These two are very good defensive players. They really get excited about guarding people.
defensive pride stop
We're a defensive team. We take pride in that. And we just couldn't stop them. ...I've never had that feeling, where you just couldn't stop somebody.
best defensive efforts guards handled might physical quickness small team toughness worry
I thought that might have been one our best defensive efforts of the season. They are a very tough, physical team and we always worry about being a small team because of our guards that I thought we handled their toughness with quickness and toughness defensively.
best defensive team
I think they are probably the best defensive team in the tournament, ... They are very well-coached, especially on the defensive end.
defensive effort guys intense kept matter pleased possession proud score
I was very pleased with our defensive effort, no matter what the score was we kept a very intense effort each possession and I was proud of our guys for that.
basketball college defensive drilling game hit incredible offensive percentage shot teams terrible
We're pretty defensive-minded and when you look at Louisville's defensive percentage and the 3s they hit, you just feel terrible about how you played. Then you look and we hit 14 3s and that's unbelievable. That was just an incredible college basketball game with two outstanding offensive teams drilling big shot after big shot.
defensive easy expect struggle
In these Big 5 games, you come to expect the unexpected. But I never thought we would struggle the way we did offensively and give up that many easy baskets on the defensive end.
defensive feeling pride stop
It was crazy. We are a defensive team. We take pride in that. We just couldn't stop them. I just never had the feeling that you can't stop anybody.
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.
against execute
We've just got to execute better against better teams.
good hurting job
We did a very good job and I give (Smith) credit. He was hurting us in the first half. He's really good.
effective hurt kept press
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.