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
create easy points
The 17 turnovers did create some easy points for us.
guys last playing point putting quietly
At this point last year, we were in catastrophe mode. We were actually putting in new stuff, playing guys at different positions. ... I think we all were quietly apprehensive at this point last year, we didn't know what we were going to do.
came mike pass point recruit tried wait
Do we pass up Mike to wait for Mustafa. That's what it came down to. We weren't going to pass up on Mike. We still tried to recruit Mustafa after that point and he told us that he wasn't interested.
enjoying point syracuse time
This is the first time we've been in this position. I know Syracuse has been through it a lot, but at this point we're enjoying it.
ask basketball block blocking four good guard guy guys loves people point reminds seen supposed team thinking
One guy, Speedy Claxton. He reminds me a lot of him. You ask how does a guy 5-10 make it to the NBA? That's the kind of things Speedy did. He's the only other person I've seen do that. That's why he's special. A lot of guys say, 'I'm a point guard. I set people up, that's what I do.' Kyle's a ballplayer. He says: 'I'll do anything I have to do'... The point guard is not supposed to do that. A good team can block out four guys. You're not thinking about blocking out the point guard, but he loves that. That's a basketball player.
against bigger gone people point seen start teams version
Most people are bigger than us, so they start that way and see how that goes. A lot of teams at some point have gone to their version of 'small' against us. We've seen both.
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.