Nova’s Wright to be honored by V Foundation

“It’s very humbling, especially to be included with those guys.”

There will be 1,000 people there, raising $1 million, all of which goes to cancer research. The V Foundation is named for legendary coach Jim Valvano.

“That’s the beauty of the foundation,” said Wright, who is also involved with the City 6 Coaches for Cancer cause. “It’s amazing.”

And on Saturday night, the honorees and their guests will have dinner at Vitale’s house.

“To be in that position, where they think that you are worthy of being honored, I’m very, very fortunate that I can help them do some great things,” Wright said. “It does make you feel a little uncomfortable. It’s just because I’m the coach at Villanova, and that means something…“I remember the first one started at [Vitale’s] house. It’s just grown into this huge thing. He’s [honored] some unbelievable people: Bobby Knight, Mike Krzyzewski, Magic Johnson. Last year, it was Roy Williams and John Calipari. I think [Vitale] must have picked me before the season. I know I’ll definitely be the only one being honored coming off a losing record.”

Did we mention that there’s an after-party featuring a concert by the Spinners? By then, it won’t matter so much who spoke when, but the fact that so many showed up for all the right reasons. n