PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Neptune had a free hour late Monday afternoon, so there he was, opening the door to Villanova’s basketball offices, his the last at the end of the hallway. Walk past one doorway, then another, then …
“Hey, guys,” Jay Wright said, emerging from one of the offices.
It wasn’t a surprise to see him. Wright will still work at and for Villanova, and he still had Friday’s commencement address to deliver. When he decided last month that he would retire, he and the university’s other power people strove for seamlessness in the transition from him to the next head coach. Open up the search in the hopes of attracting a bigger name? Nah. Neptune had worked under Wright for 10 years. He had just coached Fordham to its second .500-or-better record in the Rams’ last 15 seasons. He was the guy.
