Long Shots: Jay Wright, Villanova, and College Basketball's Most Unlikely Champion

Dana O'Neil

Long Shots: Jay Wright, Villanova, and College Basketball's Most Unlikely Champion
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Triumph Books
Country
United States
Published
10 May 2017
Pages
256
ISBN
9781629374598

Long Shots: Jay Wright, Villanova, and College Basketball’s Most Unlikely Champion

Dana O'Neil

31 years after the Perfect Game - Villanova’s shocking national championship upset over Georgetown - Nova struck again with the Perfect Shot, taking down North Carolina in one of the most thrilling finishes in sports history. The shot and second national title in school history were the culmination of 15 years of Coach Jay Wright painstakingly building the unheralded program, through ups and downs, heartbreak and triumph. In Long Shots: Jay Wright, Villanova, and College Basketball’s Most Unlikely Champion, ESPN senior writer Dana O'Neil uses exclusive access to Coach Wright and Nova basketball to delve into the inner-workings of a championship program. In the spirit of A Season on the Brink, O'Neil not only explores behind-the-scenes of the historic 2015-2016 NCAA championship season but also the improbable path that the Nova program took to college basketball immortality. In overcoming a disappointing NCAA Tournament track record, the breakup of the Big East conference as we knew it, and Nova’s underdog status among traditional college hoops powerhouses, Jay Wright and his team provided the blueprint for how a have-not can prevail over the blue bloods the right way - the Villanova Basketball Way.

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