Mike Jensen produced an excellent column in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning on Jay Wright’s rebuilding project on the Main Line. Jensen doesn’t refer to it as a rebuilding project though, he calls it “starting over,” and after the 19-loss campaign in 2011-12 and the loss of two junior guards to the NBA draft,...
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On Valentines Day in 2006, Villanova and Jay Wright announced a long-term relationship. The Wildcats were ranked 4th in the nation and would later progress to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. Wright, who was facing an expiring contract, was extended through the end of the 2012-13 season — next year. “This agreement...
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“As much as I enjoyed it, I learned how much I love coaching,” Jay Wright told Philly.com about his experience covering the NCAA tournament for CBS. Wright worked in the Atlanta studios of CBS and the Turner Networks during the play-in rounds and second-round games on Thursday and Friday. Wright said that he hoped...
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The Associated Press ran a story on Villanova and the team’s struggles this season. Jay Wright was interviewed for the piece and had a few things to say that were illuminating. While staying upbeat about his team and where the program is heading, Wright at times sounds a little bit like VUhoops.com readers when...
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There has been much conversation lately among disappointed Villanova fans about whether the current downturn has been the fault of the head coach. Jay Wright has always walked on thin ice at Villanova, with calls for his job coming shortly after starting his run on the Main Line with a big recruiting class and...
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The following email has been sent out to Supporters of Villanova Basketball, VUhoops is trying to spread the message for this beneficial community outreach effort. Email from Jay Wright… For the fourth consecutive year, we are organizing a program to bring inner-city youth to our exhibition game free of charge. They cheer our players...
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The gloomy weather outside the New York Athletic Club mirrored the mood inside its halls. Some, like West Virginia coach Bob Huggins and Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, seemed exhausted by the onslaught of conference realignment questions — which seemed to be all that anyone wanted to talk about, despite John Marinatto’ hopes that the...
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At the Big East Media Day in October, Jay Wright told reporters that he didn’t have an account on Facebook or Twitter — yesterday, that changed. On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 21, 2011, Jay Wright issued his first ever tweet: It’s great to be a part of the twitter nationless than a minute...
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When Gary Williams announced his retirement yesterday it took just moments for people to start throwing Jay Wright’s name out there. It is a dance that we have all seen before, with most major coaching jobs that have opened over the last few years. Jay Wright is a commodity. Should we take it seriously...
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Yesterday, a source in the the University of Tennessee athletics department leaked a list of five candidates to replace Bruce Pearl as men’s basketball coach. Those five candidates were: Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon, Villanova coach Jay Wright, Alabama coach Anthony Grant, Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon and Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall. Jaime Dixon...
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