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
anytime beat bit hunger regain understanding
What we'll take from that is to regain a little bit of hunger and an understanding that we can get beat anytime by anybody.
everybody hear mythical spend talking talks time
We hear it all the time, so you think about it because everybody talks about it around here. We spend all our time with each other talking about, 'Forget about it.' It's such a mythical thing and everybody talks about it.
god
We're right where we wanted to be right now. Honestly, I didn't think it would take this long. God had other plans. We had some struggles.
circumstance dictated gets
Our lineup gets dictated by the circumstances of the game.
devastated surgery
Are they going to give us an asterisk? ... Curtis is going to have surgery on Nov. 11. At first we were devastated but we just went back to work.
june problem
It's not really a problem right now. In June it could be, but right now, it's not.
leg percent resistance shooting strength work
His leg strength is at about 90 percent of where it was before. He's doing resistance work and is shooting every day.
gerry shirts sons spent wearing weekend
I feel like we spent a weekend in Scranton. My sons were wearing Gerry McNamara shirts (but) not during the game.
protects
He?s going to be a factor. He sits back there and protects the basket.
clicked efficient phases
Connecticut was just really sharp; they clicked on everything today. They were more efficient in all phases of the game.
pros work
They had so many pros and we've got work to do.
calculated confident risk until
It's a calculated risk. We are confident we'll be able to do that, but it's still a risk. Until you get it back, it's never in the bag.
noah shots sure
I know how many shots Noah blocked. I'm not sure how many shots he altered. He is outstanding.
glass good liked might pound surprise
He's good. We actually recruited him. We really liked him. ... You know what he's going to do. He's just going to pound you. He's going to go to the glass every time. He's going to be very physical. He's a good player. He might surprise some people, but he doesn't surprise us because we recruited him.