Big East Coach of the Year Jay Wright called into ESPN Radio this morning for a quick interview. Here are the highlights of what he said… “The Big 10 will get 8, the Big East will get 7, but we will have some very low seeds.” Is ‘Nova built for the Tournament, “it only...
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With Jay Wright winning the Big East Coach of the Year award yesterday here are some reactions in today’s press… Bob Ford with Jay Wright’s Accomplishments Mike Kern’s Villanova’s Wright Named Big East Coach of the Year in the Daily News
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We got word from a couple of sources yesterday, but it is official now. Jay Wright has been named Big East Coach of the Year Coach Wright earned the same honor in 2006 when he additionally grabbed the National Coach of the Year. Villanova was pegged to finish 5th in Big East in the...
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Last Night was the final episode of the radio show Talking Villanova Basketball with Jay Wright. One of the itneresting tidbits that came out of program was that senior Frank Tchuisi will be joining the Basketball Staff next season after he graduates. His role will most likely be a Graduate Assistant for Jay. It...
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Bored? Check out this article from Philly’s Mike Kern, Jay Wright deserves look as Big East’s top coach. What the Wildcats lack in sheer talent, they make up for with belief. The belief that somehow, someway, somebody will figure out a way to make it happen. And more often than not, it has worked....
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Some links to keep you occupied this afternoon… The Photo Archives for the 2008-09 Season are filling up nicely and are current Jeff Goodman has Jay Wright leading his list of 12 candidates for Coach of the Year Seth Davis has Jay at #9 for Coach of the Year NorthStar Basketball has some new...
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The Asbury Park Press ran an an insightful story a few days ago on how Jay Wright found now assistant coach Jason Donnelly when Donnelly was the main assistant to Joe Wooten at Bishop O’Connell HS in Arlington, VA. Growing up in Colonia, NJ Donnelly noted… Growing up you watch all these teams —...
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The knock against the #21 Villanova squad was that they haven’t won a “big game”- all 4 of their losses had come to teams ranked in the Top 15. That ended on wednesday night as the Wildcats knocked off #3 Pitt at the Wachovia Spectrum behind a career-high 18 points by Reggie Redding. Dante...
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There have been some undercurrents that teams under Jay Wright are slow starters in the new year. Typically, this matches up with the start of Conference play as well. So we decided to take a look at this argument. Quick Points 1. We are looking at all games- Big East and non-conference matchups....
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Quick quote for January 20th… Through this election we’ve talked about Obama and what we’re going to do . We’ve talked about how great our country is and how great Barack Obama is as a man. -Jay Wright Jay said the Wildcats will watch today’s inauguration as a team, “whether it’s live...
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