Head coach Jay Wright opening statement:
“Very good win for us. I give Dave Leitao and DePaul a lot of credit. They came in here and played with confidence and shot the ball well. I thought we did a decent job defensively of getting turnovers. They hit some tough shots. I’m proud of our guys coming to play and being ready to play. It was a good win for us. I’m proud to win the BIG EAST championship.”
Wright on Kris Jenkins averaging 20 points a game over his last five games:
“He doesn’t pass. Kris always winds up being that guy the ball comes back to you. It’s not his job to pass. It’s his job to make shots. What he has really improved upon is making decisions of when to shoot it, drive it, and put it in the post. I think that is where he is right now. When you make those perfect decisions you shoot a high percentage. That’s what he is doing.”
Wright on Jenkins overall play:
“He’s a complete player. A lot of young guys like shooting three. We want him to be aggressive. We want him to work on his decision making and becoming a complete player. I think he is doing a great job of it. His teammates do a really good job of finding him.”
Jenkins on whether or not there has been a difference the last five games:
“There really is no difference. I think it’s just staying aggressive. My teammates do an unbelievable job of making the right plays. They do a great job of finding me.”
Jenkins on shooting the ball aggressively:
“We all have free range of making the right play. Making the right basketball play for our team not only on offensive but defense as well.”
Josh Hart on the team getting better:
“We’re just trying to focus on getting better every day. If we focus on that, at the end of season we’ll be the best team we can be. We just have to focus on getting better.”
Hart on winning the BIG EAST regular season title for three straight years:
“It has not hit me yet. Hopefully, it doesn’t hit me until the end of the year. I’m not trying to think about that personally. Obviously, that was one of the goals we set out at the beginning of the year. We achieved that goal, but we have more games left to play. We need to get a lot better defensively.”
