LOUISVILLE, KY. -- Villanova coach Jay Wright came upon his offensive style almost by mistake. It was the 2005 NCAA tournament and forward Curtis Sumpter tore his anterior cruciate ligament.
That injury led Wright to use a four-guard lineup and, even though the Wildcats lost their Sweet 16 matchup against North Carolina, he knew he’d stumbled upon an offense that would be tough to defend.
“But we knew it could only get us so far, and we needed a good big guy inside,” Wright said. “When that started, when we started to have some success, people started calling us ‘Guard U,’ and it was difficult to recruit good big men because they thought, ‘Hey, I’m not going there, it’s Guard U.