In the first half of #15 Villanova’s 79-64 win at DePaul, a Blue Demons fan heckled Jay Wright by yelling “Put a suit on Jay, you look like an AAU coach.” Wright was indeed going track suit casual today, at WinTrust Arena, but his coaching resume is black tie/dressed to the nines.

At a time when college basketball coaching is experiencing a big time star drain, Jay Wright looks to ascend to a position where he’ll be one of the primary faces of the sport. See the statistic below:

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Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright might become the chairman of the board for the next generation of college hoops individual brands. This is the final season for Coach K. Roy Williams has already retired. You have a couple voids there that need to be filled, and someone needs to step up and join the big boy table with John Calipari and Tom Izzo.

Wright, who recently entered the Basketball Hall of Fame, has something neither Izzo or Coach Cal have- two national titles. In fact, come next season, Wright will be the only active high major coach with two national titles.

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DePaul basketball completes their non-conference season with a very short trip north to Evanston, where they’ll take on the Northwestern Wildcats. The Blue Demons have won the first two games on their current three game road trip. DePaul rallied late, and put together a 9-0 run in the final 3:44 win at UIC, 72-66, on Tuesday night.

Northwester, thus far, have a pretty decent season resume, but we’ll see who they really are/are not once the Big Ten season gets there. In the meantime, we have a pretty decently intriguing all-Chicagoland match on the weekend, so let’s preview.

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Do you have a daughter who is preparing for adolescents? If so, you already know the difficulties and wonderments of being a parent of a female child. Now, it is your turn to become a parent of an adolescent female. While only a few days separate childhood from adolescence, your daughter’s demeanor will change gradually over time.

Adolescence is a trying time, with every girl going through various life transformations. This is when your daughter will begin to take an interest in boys, show signs of sexual maturation, and experience a significant growth spurt. Parents do not always notice these changes, but they are very apparent to their daughters.

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