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
jason pleased reason
That's one reason why we're pleased to have Jason and Chris. We need big bodies.
definitely perception
That is definitely the impression. I'm not surprised, because I always thought that should be the perception all year.
based decisions five games guys happens survive
That's a Big Five game, and as long as we play in the Big Five, I'm never going to have one of these games let me make decisions about my team. These games are crazy. I'm not going to be down on my guys based on what happens in these games. We just have to survive these games.
everybody great league tells
That just tells you how great everybody in this league is.
bowl closest everybody great says
It's a great atmosphere, a great environment. Everybody says it's the closest thing you get to a bowl game.
shooting
I told him, 'We're going to go down with you shooting the ball. That's who we are.
dose experience great hit late learning perfect practices served spirited time woke
It really served as a great learning experience for us this late in the season. I think it was perfect for this time of year. It woke us up, hit us with a dose of reality, and enabled us to go back to work. Our practices have been spirited and tough.
concerned great recognize
It's all great drama, it's all great TV, but we've got to concentrate on (Saint Joseph's). I recognize it all, but we're not really concerned about any of that.
june problem
It's not really a problem right now. In June it could be, but right now, it's not.
bad effects feeling high news
The bad news is, he's still pretty ill. He's got a high fever. He's still feeling the effects of tonsillitis. We don't know when we're going to get him back.
bothered confidence great last nice senior strong tournament year
That is nice for him, and last year in the tournament he struggled. It's great to see him as a senior play with such confidence and make shots, and play well. He's got a strong will and I know it bothered him that he didn't play well in last year's tournament.
amazed days few prepared saw until watching
It's incredible. We all saw what happened, we were there. I was prepared up until a few days ago not to have him for this game. I'm just amazed watching him do this. It's a miracle, that's all I can say.
definitely kids love plans
It's definitely different. Our kids love the challenge. Everyone is making plans for Minneapolis. It's a completely different challenge.
accomplish came intense needed purpose workout
They were so intense that we had to back off, but we accomplished what we needed. They had a very businesslike approach. They came to each workout with a purpose and that enabled us to accomplish what we needed to get done.