A quiet Wednesday night in mid-April got very loud in quite a hurry within the world of college basketball, as Villanova men's basketball coach Jay Wright stunned the industry via word of his imminent retirement after 21 seasons, 520 wins, two national championships and four Final Fours on the Main Line. Wright stepped down just 18 days after leading the Wildcats in their Final Four loss to eventual national champion Kansas at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
While the world awaits word from Wright, ESPN's college basketball team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and Joe Lunardi weighed in on Wright's accomplishments, where the shock factor of his accomplishment ranks in college hoops history, and what's next for a storied Villanova program set to turn the reins over to ex-Villanova assistant and Fordham head coach Kyle Neptune: