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
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.
cunningham east frazier game guys incredible jason kept league louisville number obviously runs shots tells time
Obviously this was an incredible Big East battle. We just said to ourselves, this is BIG EAST game No. 1 - it tells you what this league will be like...Timely shots by Allan Ray, Jason Frazier and Dante Cunningham kept us in the game. Every time Louisville made runs at us, those guys made big plays. Game number one in the Big East, that's what it's going to be like.
complete finished good kept proud sign
I was really proud that we were able to complete 40 minutes. We struggled, but we finished it off and we just kept playing. That's a sign of a really good team.
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.
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.
ball kept shooting
In the first half, that kept us in it, because we weren't shooting the ball very well.
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.