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
shooting
I told him, 'We're going to go down with you shooting the ball. That's who we are.
fever game pitch played
I was very pleased, very proud. We played every possession. We played at fever pitch and that's what put the game away early.
loving students
The students are all yelling, 'Final Four, Jay,' ... It's fun. We're loving it.
champions half playing second
They're playing like champions and we're out here cruising. I thought we started the second half relaxed.
turned
At the end, he was just exhausted. I turned to him and asked: Have you got one more in you?
officers people police street walking
Getting on the bus, police officers know everybody. People walking down the street know all the players' names. It is fun, but it is a challenge.
terrorist
I thought it was a terrorist attack, ... I had no idea what was going on.
initially looked worse
It actually looked a lot worse than it was. It's much, much better than they initially anticipated.
further hard
I think they know how hard it's going to be to get any further than that.
coming decide deep enthusiasm excited goal goes hoping looks matched slow time toward
I don't want to slow him down at all right now because he's excited about the possibility of coming back. I know he looks at it as his goal and I don't want to take away his dream. And if he does decide to play, I'm going to let him. I'm hoping as time goes on, his enthusiasm is matched with some deep thinking, which I think it will be, and then we look more toward the future.
confident faith gone great injuries jason mental player reservoir strong
Jason has gone through more injuries than any player we have ever coached. He has a great reservoir of faith and mental toughness. We are confident he will come back strong from this.
agent difficult hire lottery might team thinking top
If some team told him they would take him in the first round, he might hire an agent and go. That's why I'm thinking it's so difficult for him. He's not a clear-cut lottery pick. If he was top 15, I'd make him go, I really would.
defensive effort guys intense kept matter pleased possession proud score
I was very pleased with our defensive effort, no matter what the score was we kept a very intense effort each possession and I was proud of our guys for that.
case credit florida four wish
As a coach, everything I have I stole from somebody. In the Florida game, it was more of a case of, let's get through this, than, let's go to four guards. I wish I could take credit for it, but it's not really the case.