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Villanova coach Jay Wright's path should look familiar to Loyola's Porter Moser

CHICAGO - Before they were Final Four coaches, Porter Moser and Jay Wright met 25 years ago over a feast in Las Vegas as up-and-coming assistant coaches.

Moser, now Loyola's head coach, was just a few years removed from college in his early 20s, working his way up the coaching ladder on Tony Barone's Texas A&M staff. Wright, now Villanova's head coach, was in his early 30s on Rollie Massimino's UNLV staff after a five-year stint on his Villanova staff, two seasons away from landing his first head coaching gig.

"Two guys like Rollie Massimino and Tony Barone, of course,

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