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.
dose experience great hit late learning perfect practices served spirited time woke
It really served as a great learning experience for us this late in the season. I think it was perfect for this time of year. It woke us up, hit us with a dose of reality, and enabled us to go back to work. Our practices have been spirited and tough.
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There was a lot of security for our team, and the teams from Great Britain and Israel, ... We had armed security guards and soldiers with machine guns with us at all times. That was a wakeup call.
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.
compared great guards hear night plays thank type
It's cool. That was an old school, split-the-house type of night. Thank God, (Lowry) plays for us. There have been a lot of great Philadelphia guards to play here. That's just a great thing to hear him compared on this night to some of them.
enjoying point syracuse time
This is the first time we've been in this position. I know Syracuse has been through it a lot, but at this point we're enjoying it.
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I thought we started the game really strong. But Australia made a great adjustment in the second half, credit to them.
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I thought we started the game really strong and were very focused, which is a credit to our guys playing at 10:30 in the morning. I thought Australia made a great adjustment in the second half by going to a smaller lineup which gave us trouble.
jason pleased reason
That's one reason why we're pleased to have Jason and Chris. We need big bodies.
bruised craig painful stiff
Craig bruised his tailbone. It's pretty painful and stiff right now. He could be (out).
five four guy knew pounds surprise
He?s good, but we knew that already because we recruited him. He?s a four or five for a Connecticut team, so he?s going to be a guy who pounds you, who?s very physical. He?s not a surprise to us.
split
Old school, split the house... It was cool.
bothered confidence great last nice senior strong tournament year
That is nice for him, and last year in the tournament he struggled. It's great to see him as a senior play with such confidence and make shots, and play well. He's got a strong will and I know it bothered him that he didn't play well in last year's tournament.
finish hell schedule top
In this conference, if you finish in a grinding, 16-game schedule at the top of the conference, you're a hell of a program.