Jay Wright had to pause from praising his perfect Villanova team because a special delivery arrived at his office: a framed photo of Wright, his wife, school officials and former Wildcats coach Rollie Massimino at the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. ''I got to go on stage, and to hug him when he came up, it was awesome.'' The gift would be presented to Massimino, who coached the Wildcats to the 1985 national title, a day later at Villanova's latest win, a romp over Rider that has the Wildcats at 11-0 and No. 8 in The Associated Press poll. The walls are already coated in collages and pictures of some of Villanova's great players and moments since Wright took over in 2001. Walk into his office and the first image frozen on the wall is one of Darrun Hilliard and Daniel Ochefu in full chest-bump celebrating a special moment during the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in November.
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