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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That was a typical tough game on the road in the Big East. It didn't take South Florida long to figure out how to play like a Big East team. ... That team is going to win some games in this league. They're good.
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That's the guy the pros all wanted to talk about at the (World University) Games this summer. He's just an amazing player.
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That's a Big Five game, and as long as we play in the Big Five, I'm never going to have one of these games let me make decisions about my team. These games are crazy. I'm not going to be down on my guys based on what happens in these games. We just have to survive these games.
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I've got to give Texas credit. The last three games have been against good teams in tough environments. I'm very pleased with our team, we just didn't execute.
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It's just a joy to be a part of games like this.
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We've won games that way. We've shot poorly and then got on the offensive boards and played defense. They were just too good.
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South Florida was well-prepared and did a good job. It wasn't a case of us going out on the road and not being able to shoot well. Their defense had a lot to do with it. We just tried to tough it out and play hard for 40 minutes. That team is going to win some games in this league.
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We try to play our four guards, but sometimes we have games where we get off to a good start, and we can speed people up and stay with it. We were having a rough time speeding them up.
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I'm very pleased with our team, we just didn't execute. This was one of those games that could've gone either way. I thought we did a decent job, we just came up a little short.
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We just got a report from the doctor at the hospital, and it is great news. It actually looked a lot worse than it was. Al is going to be released, and he has vision.
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We will sit down when the season is over and we will gather all the information, and there is no one that wants what's best for him more than any of us. I have been incredibly impressed with the way he has handled this.
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The students are all yelling, 'Final Four, Jay,' ... It's fun. We're loving it.
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Is that with an asterisk? ... It's an honor because obviously the coaches have a high regard for our players. Now we have to go out and earn it.
Right now we're No. 3, so I like it.