DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

Jay Wright absolutely nailed it on why John Calipari’s Kentucky teams keep losing in March Madness lately

Jay Wright totally nailed it on John Calipari and Kentucky's March Madness struggles.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 22, 2024

Jay Wright Details Why the Blueblood Era in College Basketball Is Over

The former Villanova coach believes the transfer portal plays a big part in this shift.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 14, 2024

Celtics’ Payton Pritchard calls out ex-Villanova coach Jay Wright on Donte DiVincenzo anecdote

"That's cap," tweeted Fast PP in response to a story that seemed to frame him as too intimidated to play for Villanova.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 22, 2024

Dan Hurley seeks advice on playing in cavernous NRG Stadium, which hosted 2011 lowest-scoring title performance

STORRS, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball program’s third national title, in 2011, came after what many remember as one of the worst national championship games in the history of the tournament. Three-seeded UConn beat No. 8 seed Butler, 53-41, after the Bulldogs put together a record-low scoring performance.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023

Gonzaga’s game-winning 3 over UCLA is the same play that won Villanova the 2016 men’s tourney

Did this look familiar? It should.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 24, 2023

Mike Sielski: Jay Wright is becoming the TV face of college hoops. He’d be nuts to coach again.

Halftime of Connecticut-St. Mary’s on Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament’s second round, UConn up one, and if you left your television tuned to TNT during the break, you saw and heard Jay Wright in his sweet spot. He knew the coaches and teams well — the Huskies’ Danny Hurley…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 21, 2023

Jay Wright tried (and maybe intentionally failed) to recreate Tom Izzo’s rageful clipboard snap

Maybe it's not quite as easy as Izzo made it look.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 17, 2023

Joe Starkey: That was Pitt's biggest basketball win in more than a decade

You could look at it like Pitt qualified for the NCAA tournament with that pulsating 60-59 win over Mississippi State on Tuesday night, or that it actually won a tourney game — which is how the NCAA views it (even though my bracket clearly labels the next group of games…

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

Seth Davis, Jay Wright Picked the Same Final Four but Have Different Champs

They both like a No. 1 seed to win the NCAA tournament.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 12, 2023

How the Big East Rose From the Ashes of Its Doomed Predecessor

Wednesday marks the beginning of the Big East men’s basketball tournament—and the 10-year anniversary of a bold move that saved the conference from extinction.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 8, 2023