His talent was on display this
past summer, leading Team USA
to a gold medal and winning
Most Valuable Player at the FIBA
Under-19 World Championships,
averaging 14.0 PPG, 5.6 APG and
2.1 SPG.
Fellow freshman Donte
DiVincenzo and redshirt freshman
Mikal Bridges, a top-100 recruit
in 2014, will be asked to provide
adequate depth immediately.
As Wright has shown with
Hilliard and Pinkston in 2012,
Arcidiacono and Ochefu in 2013
and Hart and Jenkins last season,
he is not afraid to play freshman
significant minutes, with all of the
aforementioned players seeing at
least 25 percent of team minutes.
Villanova will have a much
tougher schedule ahead of them this
year, which may better prepare them
for the postseason. They will square
off with Virginia and Oklahoma—
two preseason top FV