I Bleed Blue and White

Jay Wright just came on as a guest for Mike Francesa’s show on WFAN 660. You can go to the WFAN website and listen for free. I’ll provide updates as they happen.

• Jay talking about how good Marquette looked today. Villanova practiced at 11:30 today and got back to watch Marquette and he was impressed.
• They talked about Mike Tranghese and how he has been great leading the conference and how he supports the 16-team tournament. Jay believes the double-bye helps protect the top teams for the NCAA Tournament.
• Francesa talked about how he used to broadcast Hofstra-Deleware games when Jay Wright and Mike Brey coached against each other. “Those were some big games!”
• Francesa is asking how Wright approaches the Big East Tournament as he prepares for next week. Wright believes it changes from team to team. He believes Villanova has good depth this year so he doesn’t worry about wearing them out this week. He says the 05-06 team had no depth and was vunerable to getting banged up, so he wasn’t upset about losing in the BET that year.
• Francesa comparing Jay Wright’s offense to New York Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni, and wants to know if Wright prefers a certain pace. Wright says that he doesn’t have the ability to dictate pace against other good teams, but Jay Wright loves to play high-tempo and in the open court, citing their 2nd game against Marquette.
• Francesa loves how Villanova has the ability to spread it out and leave Dante Cunningham alone down low, says he has great moves and the ability to dominate. Wright says Dante has been amazing this year, and when his guards are making shots they are very difficult to stop because the other team can’t double Dante.
• Jay believes the 3-point line change has helped Villanova.
• Francesa asking about the upper echelon teams. Wright says Louisville is the best defensive team in the league. Says UConn is learning to play without Jerome Dyson and they are dangerous. Pittsburgh is “dominant” with DeJuan Blair. Syracuse has so much talent, and can really score. Wright says he wouldn’t be surprised if Louisville, UConn and Pitt all made the Final Four.
• Francesa asking about Dominic James and his absence. Wright says they need to focus on stopping Matthews and McNeal. Says Lazar Hayward is very underrated and will step up.
• Jay Wright is taking off to meet the team and start talking about Marquette. Jay says the team enjoyed the rest, but is itching to get on the hardwood and play.

It’s easy to see that Mike Francesa loves Jay Wright and Villanova. He was very nice and supportive of everything Wright said.

Now I’m really pumped for tomorrow. Good God! I might have trouble sleeping tonight.