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
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That's the advantage of having seniors, we know that Randy and Allen are going to make those big plays when we need them.
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My original plan was to allow Curtis to come back, practice, see how he feels and decide game by game what he wanted to do. But this has become such a distraction to our team. There have been some national reports that, I just don't know where they're getting this information, and they're false ... so it's kind of sped up this process.
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It's the best possible news we could have had.
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I'm happy that Curtis is making an intelligent long-term decision. He has been focusing on helping his classmates. I feel he is confident in them and can now concentrate on what is best for his future.
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He's our best free-throw shooter. I'm glad he got on the line and buried them.
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I'm proud of our guys, that our senior class can be called champions.
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It could end in two games. And if it does, as long as we're giving our best effort, I'm proud of them.
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He's still got time before he can even talk them into a decision. If they clear him, we'll still have to sit down and make a decision. I'm hoping as we get closer he'll realize it'll be best for him to come back next year.
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I think they are probably the best defensive team in the tournament, ... They are very well-coached, especially on the defensive end.
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They did a great job of getting out and contesting our shooters. We've got very good shooters. I don't think it was a matter of not being ready to play or being on our game.
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Not once did they mention he's a good shooter. I thought that was such a breakthrough for him. He's made himself a complete, all-around player.
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I don't think (the selection committee) looked at this season as a shock. I think they looked at from the standpoint that Villanova has done this before. They had a great year. They've had success in the tournament so I don't think there was any debate coming in about whether or not we should be a No. 1. They play in the best conference in the country. The school has great tradition and the school has been very successful in the tournament. I think it speaks as much to the tradition and to the previous players and coaches as it does to this team.
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I'd much rather go into this tournament after winning the Big East, but now that we haven't, I think what we will take from that is gaining a little bit of hunger and the understanding that we can get beat by anybody.
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He's such an unselfish player. I told him he was going to have to shoot the ball or he was going to sit -- it was that simple.