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
attention best concerned paying team
We've not been paying attention to the polls. We really want to be concerned with being the best team we can be at the end of the year.
great loved
We loved being here. It was great being comfortable here.
great seen talented
We have seen (Russia), they are very talented and a very tough, disciplined team. It should be a great battle.
cut game home people shocked sudden
What happened? I thought this was a home game for us and all of a sudden when they cut it to seven, that shocked me. Where did all those people come from?
basketball care guys leading proud unique
What we are most proud of is these young guys really wanted to be part of the U.S. basketball team. They didn't care who was the leading scorer. That's unique these days.
team
When you play a seasoned team like that, and you get a lead, you just know they're going to get a run.
conference figure florida road south tough
Typical, tough conference road game. It didn't take South Florida long to figure out how to play in the Big East.
keeping shots stops turned
We were getting stops and keeping it out of Quincy's hands. And those shots turned into fast-break opportunities for us.
speeding time tough
We were having a tough time speeding them up.
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.
fortunate last
We were very fortunate the last game. You don't want to get down to them here.
ability basketball beat college credit fortunate great playing proud teams
Well, I know that wasn't a pretty game, but that was a great college basketball game. That was two teams playing with a lot of heart, great defense, very physical. I really give a lot of credit to the BC team, their ability to execute. They were a great team.We are very, very fortunate and proud to beat that team.
cherish enjoyed moment
We enjoyed this and we wanted to cherish every moment of it.
beat efficient game phase today
We got beat today because they were more efficient in every phase of their game today than we were.