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
decision gets knew
We knew he was going to have to make a decision at some point. Once he gets cleared, we've got to know. We've got to make a decision because it's getting to be drama.
careful guys information lose
You have to be careful about that because you don't want to give the guys too much information and lose our aggressiveness.
people proving seem worried year
This year it doesn't seem like people are worried about us proving ourselves, but we feel like we do.
team
When you play a seasoned team like that, and you get a lead, you just know they're going to get a run.
moved past
You get past that first one and now we are in the tournament. We've moved on and I think that makes them feel better, that they can just go play basketball.
coaches coaching decisions
You feel like they take coaching out of your hands. You feel like they're coaches on the court. They're going to make the right decisions and if they get fouled, they're going to make their shots.
against game level scoring tells tonight took
We need to get our forwards involved. We've been working on it. Will has been defending, making plays, but not scoring as much. Tonight he took it to another level in a big game against an outstanding team, which I think tells you a lot about Will Sheridan.
calories chance feet good lost percent week
We need to get him on his feet and just get calories in him, because he's lost so much weight. I think this week will be really good for him. ... He has a chance of being 100 percent by Sunday.
contested game good matter texas
We've got very good shooters, and I don't think it was a matter of them not being on their game. Texas just contested everything.
poor shooting toss
We'll just toss it out as a poor shooting night.
billy group incredible job year
Billy (Donovan) has done an incredible job getting this group together. I think what we all see in them this year is an outstanding team. They just really play off each other.
turned
At the end, he was just exhausted. I turned to him and asked: Have you got one more in you?
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.
age amazes constantly definitely great listen looks people perspective pick
There is definitely something God-given in him that enabled him from a young age to pick the right people to listen to. It constantly amazes me. ... Because of all those people, he's got a great perspective on life. He looks at the big picture.