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
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.
concerned helped joining motivation playing senior team
I think our team playing well helped him. I know he's very concerned about joining this group, his senior class. That was always his motivation and I didn't want to take that motivation away from him.
great loved
We loved being here. It was great being comfortable here.
against execute
We've just got to execute better against better teams.
anyone early oklahoma played test
When we played Oklahoma early in the year, that was the test for us. We just thought we're going to have to do this because we don't have anyone else ready.
When we need baskets, they make baskets. When we need stops, they get stops. When we need rebounds, they get rebounds.
cautious few fully gifted given incredibly man monitor move needs next plan recovery time
We will monitor Curtis' recovery over the next few months. We plan to be very cautious as we move ahead. This is an incredibly gifted young man and he will be given as much time as he needs to fully recuperate.
cautious few fully gifted given incredibly man monitor move needs next plan recovery time
We will monitor Curtis' recovery over the next few months, ... We plan to be very cautious as we move ahead. This is an incredibly gifted young man and he will be given as much time as he needs to fully recuperate.
depending knew people teams three
We knew there were going to be times that we're going to play bigger, even three forwards depending on teams we play. It's not real complicated. We can put people in different spots.
body defensive excited fresh good kept mike
We kept Mike and Allan on (McNamara). We wanted to keep a fresh body on him. These two are very good defensive players. They really get excited about guarding people.
blew hit night prepared three
You have to be prepared to have an off-shooting night and still win. We could have hit two or three more threes and everyone would have said we blew them out.
advantage closed couple looks
We had a couple of looks that went in and out. That was our chance. You only get so many opportunities and we didn't take advantage and they closed us out.
days good great nine practices turned
We had about nine days to really get fresh. We had some great practices and it turned into good playing.
change good guards stopping time tough
We had a tough time stopping Aldridge down the stretch. Our guards are very good finishers. There were times when we got to the rim and he made us change our shots.