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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He's always doing the dirty work. He keeps battling and battling. Will Sheridan is everything that Villanova basketball is about.
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Look at Kyle missing the first semester and coming back and being able to play because of his basketball IQ. Shane has not been on campus the whole first semester, and has been able to come in and pick things up rather quickly.
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That was a great college basketball game. We were very fortunate to get out of here with the win.
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That was a great college basketball game. It's difficult to take but we have to. It's part of life and you move on. We have to win the next one that's what's on our minds now.
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One of the areas the NBA has affected college basketball is the big guys. If they're very skilled as young guys, they take them early. The guys who are able to benefit from maturing four years in college are the guards.
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It?s a chance. He understands that. When we recruited him, he never said that he wanted to leave early. I think he?s as surprised that he?s in this position and had to make a decision as anybody. And that?s what was so difficult for him. He was not prepared to make this decision during the basketball season. He was not even thinking about it.
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On behalf of Allan, his family and our basketball family, I would like to thank everyone for the well-wishes and prayers Allan has received in the last 36 hours. Obviously Allan is very fortunate to have come through a potentially dangerous injury with these positive results.
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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.
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These guys - Allan, Randy, Kyle, Mike even - they're tough kids. They enjoy rebounding. They enjoy being basketball players, not just guards that stand out on the perimeter.
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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.
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I know that wasn't a pretty game, but it was a great basketball game. That was two teams playing with a lot of heart.
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I wanted to be here. This is the best place in the world for me to coach. This is my hometown; my wife went to Villanova; it's the greatest college basketball town in the country. This is a dream for me.
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One guy, Speedy Claxton. He reminds me a lot of him. You ask how does a guy 5-10 make it to the NBA? That's the kind of things Speedy did. He's the only other person I've seen do that. That's why he's special. A lot of guys say, 'I'm a point guard. I set people up, that's what I do.' Kyle's a ballplayer. He says: 'I'll do anything I have to do'... The point guard is not supposed to do that. A good team can block out four guys. You're not thinking about blocking out the point guard, but he loves that. That's a basketball player.
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This is as good a college basketball atmosphere as you are going to find in the country. It starts with the students and this is a very difficult place to play. Our guys love to play here and we feel like we have an advantage in here. It's hot, there are people on top of you and they're loud. It's just a great place to play college basketball. I've always thought its one of the best. I don't know if there's anywhere in the country with a wall of human beings like that behind one basket that can create that noise. We love it.