NCAA Basketball: Top 10 seasons for Jay Wright at Villanova

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - APRIL 02: Head coach Jay Wright of the Villanova Wildcats talks with his team during a timeout in the second half of the game against the Kansas Jayhawks during the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal at Caesars Superdome on April 02, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Villanova Wildcats 81-65. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /

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Saddiq Bey Villanova Basketball (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

6. 2019-20

Record: 24-7

Big East Record: 13-5

Big East Tournament Champion: N/A

NCAA Tournament finish: N/A

Highest Ranking: #8

Top scorer: Saddiq Bey 16.1 ppg

Coronavirus, Corona, Covid-19, Covid… whatever you want to call it, it messed up potentially the greatest NCAA tournament of all-time. There is strong belief behind that statement because of the wide range of teams that could win it. One of those teams could have possibly been this ‘Nova team.

We are in a timeframe where Coach Wright is more seasoned. He has already reached every level in the tournament and touched every accolade. This year would have been the cherry on the top of his already Hall-of-Fame career.

What sets this team apart from the ones aforementioned before in this ranking is the scoring tandem on the wings, Saddiq Bey and Justin Moore. Both are from the DMV area and were fairly young.

This was Bey’s breakout year though as he shot 47.7/45.1/76.9 and doubled his scoring average from the year before. Moore’s last year on the grassroots circuit with Team Takeover, he was an integral part of a team that won Peach Jam. Moore carried that success over to averaging 11.3 ppg in 31 games.

Anyways, these two would have caused problems scoring from all different levels and areas of the court. Freshman Jeremiah Robinson-Earl was also starting to come into his own as he was a former 5-star recruit himself. Being a stretch big he could pose mismatches going forward.

All across this roster were players that could score, defend, playmake, and work accordingly in Wright’s team-first system. It was a lot of untapped potential with this ‘Nova team. Due to a global pandemic, we never got to see what they could or would have been. Nevertheless, even though it was one of Wright’s youngest teams they acted as if they were there before. Knowing this I can trust that some March Madness magic would have occurred.

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