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
answered beat deserve game good great
I think we beat them on a good night. They're great. They deserve to be No. 1. They answered everything we did, we answered what they did and that's what made a great game between two outstanding teams.
challenge chance choose experience game gave good
I thought it would be a good challenge for us at this point. Obviously, I wouldn't choose to do that, but it gave us a chance to play big a little bit. ... That was a good experience for us. I think this game is going to really make us stronger.
experience game good
That was a good experience for us. I think this game is going to really make us stronger.
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.
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.
covering difficult good hit job team today
We just didn't do a good enough job today covering the 3s. When they hit those 3s they are a very difficult team to beat.
covering difficult good hit job team today
We just didn't do a good enough job today covering the 3s, ... When they hit those 3s they are a very difficult team to beat.
good great hampton success
We know Monmouth a little bit. Hampton has had great success in the tournament, so we are going to get a good team.
dropped good ncaa prepare time
When we did it in the NCAA Tournament, it was kind of dropped on us. We didn't have a lot of time to prepare. I feel good that we have a little more time to prepare and play that way.
credit finished goes good sign
We struggled, and a lot of that credit goes to Marquette. But we finished it off, and that's a sign of a really good team.
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.
four games good people rough speed speeding stay time
We try to play our four guards, but sometimes we have games where we get off to a good start, and we can speed people up and stay with it. We were having a rough time speeding them up.
champions coming except good prove
I don't know what to expect, except that these are champions coming back to prove themselves. I know it's going to be everything they've got. The good thing is, that's how they play anyway. I don't know how much more they can bring.