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Audio: Jay Wright after practice

Preamble: If you're coming here to see the video of my interview with Brandon Costner that was referred to in the print edition of the Sunday Inquirer, click here.

Click here to listen to what Jay Wright had to say after the Saturday afternoon practice session.

The money quotes go something like this. Wright said that some of the players did well early on and some did well later on, which led me to ask how that applied to the guards specifically (as I wrote about today with Lofton, Reynolds, Low, et al.). Here's what he said:

A couple guys showed well early, a couple guys showed well late. I don't think any of them went through every day and just dominated at the guard position. I think a guy like Roy Hibbert is just so different that every day, he's doing what he does, being 7-2. I thought D.J. White [was the same} -- every day, just a big presence.

[With Joey] Dorsey you could say did that too. Dorsey was pretty dominant every day. The guards didn't do that, but everybody had some good days.

With that, I'm off to sleep. For those of you who are visiting the blog for the first time, my real job is maintaining the sports page of Philly.com, and today I had a 6am shift doing not only the daily sports page buildout but also the news side on the main home page. So I'm pretty tired.

I'll talk to you all again tomorrow when I get to Haverford for practice, which starts at noon Eastern. With the new commenting system running pretty smoothly, I've set comments to publish automatically, so if you all want to chat among yourselves, go right ahead. Just be nice, if you don't mind...

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Jonathan Tannenwald is a producer with Philly.com.

I fell in love with the Big 5 at first sight upon moving to Philadelphia in 2002. At various points in my journalistic career, I've covered all six of the region's Division I teams. During that time, I've eaten many soft pretzels from the Palestra's concession stands, which is how this blog got its name.

In addition to the blog, I host and produce the Inquirer's College HoopsCast. It's a weekly podcast that features all the latest news and analysis from around local and national college basketball. Regular guests include Inquirer writers Mike Jensen, Joe Juliano and Mel Greenberg.

I also occasionally contribute to the Inquirer's women's basketball weblog, Women's Hoops Guru. If you've come here from there, this blog deals mostly with the men's side of things, though I do write about women's basketball and other sports when they fit in.

When not focusing on college hoops, I host and produce the Inquirer's PhilliesCast with Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki, and can occasionally be found behind the camera shooting videos of the Eagles, other professional sports teams and the tiger cubs at the zoo.

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