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
came decent either games gone pleased
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.
encourage excited fact full progress senior
I'm very excited about the fact that his progress has been so encouraging. But I still would, however, encourage him to come back and have a full senior season.
happy life
I'm at Villanova for life now. I'm happy as hell.
against aggressive hope inside strong
I hope so. I don't want to go inside against inside against them. But there's a lot of similarities, too. They're very strong and aggressive defensively. They like to play fast. And so do we.
final good playing
I really feel so good about this season. It's not even not going to the Final Four, we just wanted to keep advancing, keep being together, keep playing together.
defensive easy expect struggle
In these Big 5 games, you come to expect the unexpected. But I never thought we would struggle the way we did offensively and give up that many easy baskets on the defensive end.
advantage becomes good match unorthodox
In the Big East, we're so unorthodox that it becomes an advantage for us. What we're going to find out (today) is, 'will that be good for us, or will they be able to match us real well?' I don't know.
aspect great knew player spiritual strong
I never thought we could get a player from a nationally renowned program. I knew there was a strong spiritual aspect to him and great intelligence.
good loves offensive
He's so good at rebounding. Normally, we always have him going for the offensive glass. He loves it, and so much of rebounding is passion.
great happy
He's such a warrior. I'm just so happy to see him on the floor. He's really tough, a great competitor.
beat both depth game impressive knew surprise year
I didn't think someone would do it this year because of the depth of the conference, because of how much every game is going to take out of you. This is real impressive for both teams. It doesn't surprise me, any of the upsets, because we knew we could get beat any night.
basketball college kids paperwork practice supposed
I?m excited. I can?t wait. And I know the kids are excited, too. I got in here at 6 because there is so much paperwork to do. We have to set up the practice rules, the schedule, everything.But it?s fun. It?s what college basketball is supposed to be about.
basketball best class great playing proud schedule senior win
I'm proud of our guys, that our senior class can be called champions. Over a 16-game schedule in this conference, to win a championship is a great accomplishment. I think we're playing our best basketball right now.
came freshman leading player taking team
He came in as a freshman and got better and better every year, and really by taking a team over and leading a team to a championship got him Player of the Year.