Jay Wright

singing Frank Sinatra's New York, New York with 18,500 people, singing Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind, being on the court, hugging John Starks and Marbury and Spike Lee and Tim Thomas and Jalen and Josh and Mikel.

That truly was one of the greatest sporting events I've ever been to.

Do you feel like you won a national championship?

You know what?

In my heart, I...

don't know if it compares to there there's a unique feeling in my heart that you know i they took me on this ride with them and and and all of us at villanova and and we're a we're a small small part of it just as fans but i i you know i woke up the day after like

We won, man, I feel so good, it's over.

And there was even a sense of relief too, like when I won it as a coach, there's a sense of relief, like it's over, we didn't blow it.

Were you going to game six?

I don't think so.

Unless, if they would have asked me to, because they know I don't like to go to the games.

If they would have asked me to, I would have, but I think they were so focused in,

Dialed in, I think they were beyond worrying about me at that point.

So probably not.

You had a suit on.

It was like you were ready to coach.

No, man.

I was a pure fan and enjoying every minute of it.

And actually, at game four, I got to sit next to Billy Lang, who was one of our former assistants at Villanova, who's now on the Knicks staff.

He's in development.