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</li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rollie_Massimino_era_(1973–1992)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rollie_Massimino_era_(1973–1992)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Rollie Massimino era (1973–1992)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rollie_Massimino_era_(1973–1992)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1985_National_Champions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1985_National_Champions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>1985 National Champions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1985_National_Champions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Steve_Lappas_era_(1992–2001)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Steve_Lappas_era_(1992–2001)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Steve Lappas era (1992–2001)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steve_Lappas_era_(1992–2001)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jay_Wright_era_(2001–2022)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jay_Wright_era_(2001–2022)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Jay Wright era (2001–2022)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jay_Wright_era_(2001–2022)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2004–05_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004–05_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.1</span> <span>2004–05 season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2004–05_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2005–06_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2005–06_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.2</span> <span>2005–06 season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2005–06_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006–07_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006–07_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.3</span> <span>2006–07 season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006–07_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2007–08_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2007–08_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.4</span> <span>2007–08 season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2007–08_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008–09_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008–09_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.5</span> <span>2008–09 season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008–09_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2009–10_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2009–10_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.6</span> <span>2009–10 season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2009–10_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2016_National_Champions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2016_National_Champions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.7</span> <span>2016 National Champions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016_National_Champions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2018_National_Champions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2018_National_Champions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.8</span> <span>2018 National Champions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2018_National_Champions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards_and_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards_and_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Awards and honors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards_and_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Postseason" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Postseason"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Postseason</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Postseason-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Postseason subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Postseason-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-NCAA_Tournament_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NCAA_Tournament_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>NCAA Tournament history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NCAA_Tournament_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NCAA_Tournament_Seeding_History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NCAA_Tournament_Seeding_History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>NCAA Tournament Seeding History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NCAA_Tournament_Seeding_History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NIT_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NIT_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>NIT history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NIT_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Campus_Basketball_Tournament_results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Campus_Basketball_Tournament_results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>National Campus Basketball Tournament results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Campus_Basketball_Tournament_results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Basketball_Hall_of_Fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Basketball Hall of Fame</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Basketball_Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Individual_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Individual_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Individual honors</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Individual_honors-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Individual honors subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Individual_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Retired_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retired_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Retired numbers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retired_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retired/honored_jerseys" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retired/honored_jerseys"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Retired/honored jerseys</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retired/honored_jerseys-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villanova_career_records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villanova_career_records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Villanova career records</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Villanova_career_records-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Villanova career records subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Villanova_career_records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-All-time_leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#All-time_leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>All-time leaders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-All-time_leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Points" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Points"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>Points</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Points-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rebounds" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rebounds"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.2</span> <span>Rebounds</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rebounds-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Assists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Assists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.3</span> <span>Assists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Assists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Steals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Steals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.4</span> <span>Steals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Blocks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blocks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.5</span> <span>Blocks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blocks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wildcats_in_the_NBA/ABA" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wildcats_in_the_NBA/ABA"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Wildcats in the NBA/ABA</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Wildcats_in_the_NBA/ABA-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Wildcats in the NBA/ABA subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Wildcats_in_the_NBA/ABA-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Villanova's_All-Time_NBA/ABA_roster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villanova's_All-Time_NBA/ABA_roster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Villanova's All-Time NBA/ABA roster</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villanova's_All-Time_NBA/ABA_roster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Members_of_professional_championship_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Members_of_professional_championship_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Members of professional championship teams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Members_of_professional_championship_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villanova_players_currently_in_the_NBA" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villanova_players_currently_in_the_NBA"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Villanova players currently in the NBA</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villanova_players_currently_in_the_NBA-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villanova_players_currently_in_international_leagues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villanova_players_currently_in_international_leagues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Villanova players currently in international leagues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villanova_players_currently_in_international_leagues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villanova_records_in_the_NBA" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villanova_records_in_the_NBA"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Villanova records in the NBA</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villanova_records_in_the_NBA-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villanovans_drafted" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villanovans_drafted"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Villanovans drafted</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villanovans_drafted-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Rivals</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rivals-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Rivals subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Rivals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Big_East" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Big_East"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Big East</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Big_East-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Big_Five" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Big_Five"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Big Five</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Big_Five-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Traditions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Traditions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Traditions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Traditions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input 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class="infobox-data">1920–1921<span class="noprint">; 103 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1921</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">All-time record</th><td class="infobox-data">1,849–956 (.659)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Neptune" title="Kyle Neptune">Kyle Neptune</a></span> (3rd season)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Villanova,_Pennsylvania" title="Villanova, Pennsylvania">Villanova, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Arena</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Finneran_Pavilion" title="Finneran Pavilion">William B. 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text-align: center;"><b>Away</b></div> </div> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament champions</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1985, 2016, 2018</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament runner-up</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1971*</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament Final Four</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1939, 1971*, 1985, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament Elite Eight</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1939, 1949, 1962, 1970, 1971*, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2006, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1951, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1970, 1971*, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament round of 32</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament appearances</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1939, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971*, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022<br />*vacated</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference tournament champions</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1978, 1980, 1995, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference regular season champions</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021</b></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Villanova Wildcats men's basketball</b> program represent <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a> in men's <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> and competes in the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East Conference</a> of <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a>. Their first season was the 1920–21 season. Named the Wildcats, Villanova is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_5" title="Philadelphia Big 5">Philadelphia Big Five</a>, five Philadelphia college basketball teams who share a passionate rivalry. </p><p>The Wildcats have won the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">national championship</a> three times: <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2016</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2018</a>. Their <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_championship_game" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game">1985 NCAA championship</a> victory as an 8 seed still stands as the lowest seed ever to win the title. The championship game of that year is referred to as "The Perfect Game" as they shot a championship game record 78.6% as a team for the game (22 for 28, including 9 for 10 in the second half).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their <a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">2016 NCAA Championship</a> is referred to as "The Perfect Ending" and became the second of only two NCAA Men's Championship games to be won on a buzzer beater when <a href="/wiki/Kris_Jenkins_(basketball)" title="Kris Jenkins (basketball)">Kris Jenkins</a> drained a shot as time expired.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their most recent national championship victory in <a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2018</a> was the culmination of a season many believe to be one of, if not, the greatest college basketball season for a team of all time. They made the <a href="/wiki/Final_four" title="Final four">Final Four</a> in 1939, <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1970–71 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2018</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2021–22 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2022</a>; their six <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Final_Four_appearances_by_school" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by school">Final Four appearances</a> are 13th most all-time. As of 2019, they have an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_all-time_team_records" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament all-time team records">NCAA Tournament record</a> of 65–37 (.637). </p><p>Villanova has defeated six No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament (<a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team">Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team">Georgetown</a> in 1985, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Pittsburgh_Panthers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team">Pittsburgh</a> in <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team">Kansas</a> and <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina</a> in <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2016</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team">Kansas</a> in <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2018</a>), which is sixth most all-time. The Villanova Wildcats have appeared in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship">NCAA tournament</a> 39 times, the eighth highest total in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_bids_by_school" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament bids by school">NCAA history</a>. They have won the Big East regular season championship eight times, most recently winning four straight from 2014 to 2017. They won the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Big East men's basketball tournament">Big East tournament</a> in <a href="/wiki/1995_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1995 Big East men's basketball tournament">1995</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2015 Big East men's basketball tournament">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2017 Big East men's basketball tournament">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 Big East men's basketball tournament">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2019 Big East men's basketball tournament">2019</a> and <a href="/wiki/2022_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2022 Big East men's basketball tournament">2022</a>. Through 2021, Villanova has 1,817 wins, which is <a href="/wiki/List_of_teams_with_the_most_victories_in_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_college_basketball" title="List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball">19th among Division I men's basketball teams</a> and is tied for 9th in all time winning percentage at (.657). Villanova has won the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_5" title="Philadelphia Big 5">Philadelphia Big Five</a> 27 times, and is tied with Temple University for the most of any team, including five straight from 2014 to 2018. The Wildcats have appeared in the <a href="/wiki/National_Invitation_Tournament" title="National Invitation Tournament">National Invitation Tournament</a> 18 times, winning in <a href="/wiki/1994_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1994 National Invitation Tournament">1994</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_the_numbers">By the numbers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: By the numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Villanova_Banners.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Villanova_Banners.jpg/220px-Villanova_Banners.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Villanova_Banners.jpg/330px-Villanova_Banners.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Villanova_Banners.jpg/440px-Villanova_Banners.jpg 2x" data-file-width="730" data-file-height="486" /></a><figcaption>Villanova national championship banners hanging in the rafters of the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a>, the home arena for the Wildcats</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>NCAA national championships – 3</li> <li>NCAA Championship Game appearances – 4</li> <li>NCAA Final Four – 7</li> <li>NCAA Elite Eight – 14</li> <li>NCAA Sweet Sixteen – 18</li> <li>NCAA Tournament Appearances – 39</li> <li>National Coach of the Year – 2</li> <li>Conference regular season Championships – 12</li> <li>All-Americans – 20</li> <li>Weeks Ranked as AP #1 Team – 19</li> <li>30-Win Seasons – 5</li> <li>Philadelphia Big 5 Championships – 25</li> <li>Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year – 20</li> <li>Winning Seasons – 78</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_seasons" title="List of Villanova Wildcats men's basketball seasons">List of Villanova Wildcats men's basketball seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years_(1920–1936)"><span id="Early_years_.281920.E2.80.931936.29"></span>Early years (1920–1936)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years (1920–1936)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Villanova began its varsity basketball program in 1920. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Saxe" title="Michael Saxe">Michael Saxe</a> coached for six seasons, from 1920 to 1926, compiling a 64–30 record (.681). <a href="/wiki/John_Cashman_(basketball)" title="John Cashman (basketball)">John Cashman</a> coached three seasons, from 1926 to 1929, compiling a 21–26 record (.447). <a href="/wiki/George_Jacobs_(basketball_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Jacobs (basketball coach)">George "Doc" Jacobs</a> coached seven seasons, from 1929 to 1936, and had a 62–56 record (.525). </p><p>The team played its first game in 1920 in Alumni Hall on Villanova's campus, beating <a href="/wiki/The_Catholic_University_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="The Catholic University of America">Catholic University</a> 43–40. In the early years, Villanova's home courts were Alumni Hall and West Catholic High School. In 1932, The Wildcats moved into the <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Field_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Villanova Field House">Villanova Field House</a>—now known as the <a href="/wiki/Jake_Nevin" title="Jake Nevin">Jake Nevin</a> Field House, which was named after Villanova's long-time trainer. Villanova also played many home games at the <a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a> on the campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> beginning in 1929. The Wildcats played home games in both the Villanova Field House and the Palestra until 1986. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Al_Severance_era_(1936–1961)"><span id="Al_Severance_era_.281936.E2.80.931961.29"></span>Al Severance era (1936–1961)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Al Severance era (1936–1961)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Severance" title="Alexander Severance">Al Severance</a> coached Villanova for 25 seasons, from 1936 to 1961. It was under Severance's leadership that Villanova's basketball program rose to prominence. Severance compiled a 413–201 record (.673). </p><p>The 1938–39 team won the first-ever NCAA Tournament game, which put them in the inaugural <a href="/wiki/1939_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1939 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">Final Four</a>. Severance led the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament again in <a href="/wiki/1949_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1949 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1949</a>, <a href="/wiki/1951_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1951 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1951</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1955_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1955 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1955</a>. Villanova earned NIT bids in <a href="/wiki/1959_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1959 National Invitation Tournament">1959</a> and <a href="/wiki/1960_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1960 National Invitation Tournament">1960</a>. </p><p>The most storied player in Villanova history, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a>, played during this era. Severance discovered Arizin, already a Villanova student, playing basketball in the Villanova Fieldhouse. Arizin holds the Villanova record for most points in a game (85), and is credited with inventing the <a href="/wiki/Jump_shot_(basketball)" title="Jump shot (basketball)">jump shot</a> and was the 1949 College Player of the Year. Other notable players from the Severance era include <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lord" title="Joe Lord">Joe Lord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hennessy" title="Larry Hennessy">Larry Hennessy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Schafer" title="Bob Schafer">Bob Schafer</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Raveling" title="George Raveling">George Raveling</a>. </p><p>Coincidentally, Severance died on April 1, 1985, which was the same day that Villanova upset Georgetown University and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a> to take the NCAA basketball championship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1939_Final_Four">1939 Final Four</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1939 Final Four"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The inaugural <a href="/wiki/1939_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1939 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA tournament</a> featured eight teams from throughout the country. Villanova, representing the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic states</a>, beat <a href="/wiki/Brown_Bears_men%27s_basketball" title="Brown Bears men's basketball">Brown</a>, representative of the <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> States, 43–40 before a crowd of 3,500 at the Palestra. The following night, the Wildcats lost to <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_men%27s_basketball" title="Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball">Ohio State</a> 53–36 in the Eastern Division championship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jack_Kraft_era_(1961–1973)"><span id="Jack_Kraft_era_.281961.E2.80.931973.29"></span>Jack Kraft era (1961–1973)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Jack Kraft era (1961–1973)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kraft" title="Jack Kraft">Jack Kraft</a> coached Villanova for 12 years, from 1961 through 1973. He compiled a 238–95 record (.715). Kraft led Villanova to the NCAA tournament six times, and five times to the NIT. Only once did Kraft's teams fail to earn a post-season bid, in his final season. </p><p>Notable players during the Jack Kraft era include: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ingelsby" title="Tom Ingelsby">Tom Ingelsby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wali_Jones" title="Wali Jones">Wali Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Melchionni" title="Bill Melchionni">Bill Melchionni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Washington" title="Jim Washington">Jim Washington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hubie_White" title="Hubie White">Hubie White</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1971_NCAA_Finalist">1971 NCAA Finalist</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1971 NCAA Finalist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 27, 1971, Villanova made its first appearance in an NCAA basketball tournament championship game. The unheralded Wildcats took on the legendary <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">John Wooden</a> and his mighty <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1970–71 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">UCLA Bruins</a>. The 28–1 UCLA squad featured <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Sidney Wicks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Rowe" title="Curtis Rowe">Curtis Rowe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bibby" title="Henry Bibby">Henry Bibby</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Patterson_(basketball)" title="Steve Patterson (basketball)">Steve Patterson</a>. Going into the title game, the Bruins had won six of the previous seven NCAA championships, including the previous four. </p><p>Jack Kraft's Villanova squad, nicknamed the "Iron Men", was made up of just nine players. Led by <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a>, Clarence Smith, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Siemiontkowski" title="Hank Siemiontkowski">Hank Siemiontkowski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ingelsby" title="Tom Ingelsby">Tom Ingelsby</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Gohl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Gohl (page does not exist)">Bob Gohl</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Daley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Daley (page does not exist)">Mike Daley</a>, John Fox and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_McDowell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe McDowell (page does not exist)">Joe McDowell</a>. Villanova amassed a 27–6 record, including a shocking 90–47 victory over a previously undefeated powerhouse Penn squad. </p><p>Villanova fought from behind for most of the game, twice cutting the lead to three in the final minutes. Villanova lost by six, 68–62. Up to that time, the six-point loss was the narrowest spread of UCLA's six NCAA title game victories. </p><p>Despite the loss, Villanova's <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a> was named the Tournament's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">Most Outstanding Player</a>. Porter was later stripped of the award and the team's NCAA victories were vacated after it was discovered that Porter had violated NCAA rules because he had signed a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association during the middle of his senior year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rollie_Massimino_era_(1973–1992)"><span id="Rollie_Massimino_era_.281973.E2.80.931992.29"></span>Rollie Massimino era (1973–1992)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rollie Massimino era (1973–1992)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Massimino" title="Rollie Massimino">Rollie Massimino</a>'s tenure, the Villanova Wildcats abandoned their traditional independent status by joining the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Eastern Eight</a> Conference in 1975. In 1980, the Wildcats moved into the new <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Conference</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball" title="Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball">Georgetown</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Red_Storm_men%27s_basketball" title="St. John's Red Storm men's basketball">St. John's</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_men%27s_basketball" title="Syracuse Orange men's basketball">Syracuse</a>. The 1980s were the golden age of the Big East, highlighted by the <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1985 NCAA tournament</a>, when Villanova, <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team">Georgetown</a>, and St. John's all reached the Final Four. </p><p>Massimino's teams had tremendous success in the NCAA tournament, usually in an underdog role. He led the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament 11 times, winning in 1985, and his teams reached the Elite Eight five times in an 11-year span: <a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1983</a>, 1985, and <a href="/wiki/1988_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1988</a>. Massimino's teams were well-prepared for the tournament, always playing a difficult schedule and emphasizing tenacious defense. Massimino lost the opening game in the NCAA tournament only once, to Shaquille O'Neal and Chris Jackson-led LSU in 1990, and he remarkably never lost to a lower-seeded team. </p><p>Massimino coached for 19 seasons at Villanova, compiling a record of 357–241 (.596). In the NCAA tournament, Massimino had a 20–10 record (.667). </p><p>Notable players from the Massimino era include <a href="/wiki/Alex_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Alex Bradley (basketball)">Alex Bradley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger_(basketball)" title="Stewart Granger (basketball)">Stewart Granger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Herron" title="Keith Herron">Keith Herron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_McClain" title="Dwayne McClain">Dwayne McClain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Jensen" title="Harold Jensen">Harold Jensen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rory_Sparrow" title="Rory Sparrow">Rory Sparrow</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Doug_West" title="Doug West">Doug West</a>. </p><p>In 1976, the Wildcats played their first game in <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">the Spectrum</a> in Philadelphia. Because of the greater seating capacity, Villanova generally played a few home games each year at the Spectrum until the opening of what is now known as the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a>. Villanova christened its current home court as John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion, now <a href="/wiki/Finneran_Pavilion" title="Finneran Pavilion">the Pavilion</a>, with a 64–62 victory over Maryland on February 1, 1986. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1985_National_Champions">1985 National Champions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1985 National Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team</a></div> <p>In 1985, under the direction of Massimino, the men's basketball team completed one of the most surprising runs in NCAA tournament history by winning the national championship in the first year of the 64-team field. The eighth-seeded Wildcats (unranked in the final <a href="/wiki/AP_poll" title="AP poll">AP poll</a>) beat <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Flyers_men%27s_basketball" title="Dayton Flyers men's basketball">Dayton</a> (at Dayton), top-seeded <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan Wolverines men's basketball">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_men%27s_basketball" title="Maryland Terrapins men's basketball">Maryland</a> and second-seeded <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a> to win the Southeast Regional en route to the <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">Final Four</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a>. After defeating 2-seed <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" title="Memphis Tigers men's basketball">Memphis State</a> in the national semifinals, Villanova met defending champion Georgetown, a 10-favorite led by <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a>, in the title game on April 1, 1985. </p><p>Top-seeded Georgetown had beaten conference rival Villanova twice during the regular season, and had reached the title game with tenacious defense, which gave up less than 40% of their opponents' shots from the field in both the regular season and the postseason. Before the championship game, Massimino told his team they had to play a perfect game in order to beat Georgetown. In perhaps the greatest shooting performance in NCAA history, the Wildcats went 22-of-28 from the field to convert a blistering 78.6% of their shots, including a second half where they missed only one basket. The Hoyas hung tough, converting 55% of their 53 attempts, but were unable to overcome the astounding shooting performance as Villanova won 66–64 to claim the NCAA championship. The Wildcat squad remains the only eight-seed and the lowest overall seed in tournament history to win the championship, and their overall team shooting percentage remains an NCAA tournament record for a single game. The game is often cited among the greatest upsets in <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> history. <a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a>, who shot 5-of-7 and had 16 points in the game, was named the tournament's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">Most Outstanding Player</a>. This game is featured in the book <i>The Perfect Game</i> by Frank Fitzpatrick.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steve_Lappas_era_(1992–2001)"><span id="Steve_Lappas_era_.281992.E2.80.932001.29"></span>Steve Lappas era (1992–2001)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Steve Lappas era (1992–2001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lappas compiled a very respectable record of 174–110 (.613) during his years at Villanova. The 1994 and 1995 teams, led by <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a>, Eric Eberz, and <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Williams" title="Alvin Williams">Alvin Williams</a>, won the NIT and Big East tournaments, respectively. The 1995 Big East tournament title was capped by a decisive victory over a Connecticut team that had been ranked Number 1 during the regular season before being defeated on the Huskies home court by Villanova. This represents the one and only time Villanova won the original Big East tournament before the Conference was reconfigured in 2013. </p><p>Under Coach Lappas, Villanova reached the NCAA tournament in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1999, compiling a disappointing 2–4 record and never advancing beyond the second round. After a 2001 First round NIT loss at Minnesota, junior center Michael Bradley announced he was forgoing his final year of eligibility to enter the NBA draft, essentially leaving Villanova without a returning star player. Shortly thereafter, Hofstra coach and former Massimino assistant Jay Wright became available, and the Administration decided a coaching change would benefit all parties. Lappas left Villanova to pursue other opportunities, ultimately becoming a respected television analyst for CBS coverage of NCAA basketball, and has been welcomed back with open arms to the Villanova basketball family. </p><p>Notable players in the Lappas era include <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Michael Bradley (basketball)">Michael Bradley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Celestand" title="John Celestand">John Celestand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Williams" title="Alvin Williams">Alvin Williams</a> and Eric Eberz. </p><p>During the Lappas-era, Villanova began playing a few major home games at the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> beginning in 1996. Villanova's first game in the new arena was a December 1996 loss to the Duke Blue Devils. <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> was known as the CoreStates Center, the First Union Center, and the Wachovia Center before it adopted the Wells Fargo Center name. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jay_Wright_era_(2001–2022)"><span id="Jay_Wright_era_.282001.E2.80.932022.29"></span>Jay Wright era (2001–2022)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Jay Wright era (2001–2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jay Wright (coach)">Jay Wright</a> was named Villanova's head coach in 2001. As Rollie Massimino's assistant from 1987 through 1992, he was well-acquainted with Villanova. Prior to his hiring by Villanova, Wright was head coach at <a href="/wiki/Hofstra_Pride" title="Hofstra Pride">Hofstra</a>. </p><p>Villanova earned a post-season tournament berth in each of Wright's initial ten seasons as Villanova head coach before missing in 2011–12. The Wildcats played in the NIT in 2002, 2003, and 2004, and in 14 of 15 NCAA Tournaments since 2005. Wright's Villanova teams have reached 6 Regionals, 4 Final Fours and have won 2 National Championships. During Wright's tenure, Villanova has compiled a 34–13 record in the NCAA tournament, crowned with the 2016 and 2018 National Championships. Six of Wright's NCAA Tournament losses at Villanova have been to the eventual National Champion. One of the highlights of his tenure was an amazing run to the 2009 Final Four when Villanova beat #1 seeded Pittsburgh to win the Elite 8 on a coast-to-coast buzzer beating layup by team captain <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a>. Villanova subsequently lost the national semifinals to eventual NCAA Champion North Carolina. </p><p>Strong starts to the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons were followed by struggling finishes. Villanova barely beat Robert Morris in overtime before taking losses at the hands of St Mary's (2010) and George Mason (2011) in NCAA Tournament play. Villanova had a rebuilding 2011–12 season, compiling a 13–19 record and missing a post-season bid for the only time in Wright's tenure. </p><p>A young nucleus in 2012–13 was a portent of future glory and saw the Wildcats make a return trip to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they fell to once-and-future foe North Carolina. Still, a #2 seed in 2013–14 and a #1 seed in 2014–15 preceded second round NCAA exits at the hands of Connecticut (2014) and N.C. State (2015) causing Nova Nation some well-publicized consternation. The 2016 and 2018 Championship runs put the "underachiever" tag to the sword, cementing Wright's Villanova legacy as the program's greatest mentor. The 2016 National Championship victory was accomplished on the strength of Kris Jenkin's NBA-range 3 point buzzer bomb, thwarting North Carolina. The 2018 Championship win over Michigan culminated a six-game NCAA tournament run in which no opponent finished within a dozen points of the Wildcats. </p><p>Notable players during the Jay Wright era include <a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dante_Cunningham" title="Dante Cunningham">Dante Cunningham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allan_Ray" title="Allan Ray">Allan Ray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nardi" title="Mike Nardi">Mike Nardi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Will_Sheridan" title="Will Sheridan">Will Sheridan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Sumpter" title="Curtis Sumpter">Curtis Sumpter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corey_Fisher" title="Corey Fisher">Corey Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/JayVaughn_Pinkston" title="JayVaughn Pinkston">JayVaughn Pinkston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darrun_Hilliard" title="Darrun Hilliard">Darrun Hilliard</a>, 2016 champions including Final Four most outstanding player <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ochefu" title="Daniel Ochefu">Daniel Ochefu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kris_Jenkins" title="Kris Jenkins">Kris Jenkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a>. Four Villanova players from the 2018 championship team were drafted by the NBA—national player of the year and Final Four most outstanding player <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mikal_Bridges" title="Mikal Bridges">Mikal Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">Donte Divincenzo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omari_Spellman" title="Omari Spellman">Omari Spellman</a>. National title holdovers <a href="/wiki/Phil_Booth_(basketball)" title="Phil Booth (basketball)">Phil Booth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Paschall" title="Eric Paschall">Eric Paschall</a> keyed Villanova' surprising run to the 2019 Big East Regular Season and tournament championships. In the 2019 NCAA Tournament, six seed Villanova gained a measure of revenge against St. Mary's with a first-round victory followed by a loss to <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball" title="Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball">Purdue</a>, a strong 3 seed, in the second round. Booth ended his Villanova career as the all-time winningest player in program history with 2 national titles and 4 Big East tournament championships (2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004–05_season"><span id="2004.E2.80.9305_season"></span>2004–05 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2004–05 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under coach Jay Wright, Villanova's men's basketball team reached the 2005 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, defeating New Mexico and Florida before losing to #1 seed and eventual champion North Carolina by one point. Junior Forward Curtis Sumpter was injured in the Florida game and did not return to the court until the 2006–07 season. There is controversy surrounding a disputed traveling call against <a href="/wiki/Allan_Ray" title="Allan Ray">Allan Ray</a> made in the closing seconds of the UNC game. With under a minute left and Villanova down by three, Ray drove and made a shot. There was contact with a UNC defender and a whistle. Most assumed the whistle signified a foul on Carolina, giving Ray a chance to tie the game with the resultant free-throw. Incredibly, the officials ruled that Ray committed a traveling violation prior to taking the shot, negating the basket, and rendering Kyle Lowry's buzzer beating 3 pointer a mere footnote to a painful loss. In an ironic twist of fate, Booth, late in the 2016 National Championship game (also against North Carolina), made a crucial "and one" three point opportunity denied Allan Ray 12 years earlier. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2005–06_season"><span id="2005.E2.80.9306_season"></span>2005–06 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2005–06 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2005–06 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2005–06 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team</a></div> <p>Led by senior guards <a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allan_Ray" title="Allan Ray">Allan Ray</a> as well as sophomore guard <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a>, the Villanova men's basketball team began the 2005–2006 year ranked #4 in the major polls from USA Today and the Associated Press. Having lost only three regular season games, the Wildcats enjoyed a #1 seed in the 2006 tournament—their first. The Wildcats' wins over <a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Hawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Monmouth Hawks men's basketball">Monmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Arizona Wildcats men's basketball">Arizona</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="Boston College Eagles men's basketball">Boston College</a> brought them back to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1988. Villanova's 75–62 upset loss in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> to eventual champion <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">Florida</a> ended the team's run toward a Regional Final. The loss to Florida was the second consecutive year that Villanova was eliminated in the NCAA tournament by the eventual national champion. The Wildcats' 28 wins during the 2006 campaign was the second most victories for any Villanova Men's Basketball team at that time. Foye, Ray and Lowry all entered the NBA following the season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006–07_season"><span id="2006.E2.80.9307_season"></span>2006–07 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2006–07 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2006–07 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2006–07 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team</a></div> <p>Wright's 2006–2007 team was composed mainly of freshmen and sophomores who, at times, struggled to mesh. The Wildcats improved throughout the season, due in large part to the emergence of freshman <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a>. Villanova finished the 2006–07 season with a record of 22–11. The Wildcats earned an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the second round to the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2006–07 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team">Kentucky Wildcats</a>. Villanova's 2006–07 <a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">free throw</a> percentage of .781 led the NCAA, and set a Villanova season record.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007–08_season"><span id="2007.E2.80.9308_season"></span>2007–08 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2007–08 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2007–08 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2007–08 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team</a></div> <p>The 2007–08 campaign was an erratic one for the young Wildcats, a team with no seniors. After a promising 9–1 start, Villanova had a rough start to its Big East season. In mid-season, the Wildcats lost five consecutive games by double digits and lost 6 of 7 games during a 3-week span in the middle of the season, as the freshmen struggled to adjust to the college game, and the experienced players encountered difficulties in adjusting to leadership positions. In February and March, as the players became more comfortable within Coach Wright's system, and with improved defense, the team began to win. </p><p>A win against Syracuse in the Big East tournament was good enough for the Wildcats to secure one of the final at-large bids to the NCAA tournament. Villanova proved it was worthy of the bid when an upset over <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Clemson_Tigers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2007–08 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team">Clemson</a> and a victory over <a href="/wiki/Siena_Saints_men%27s_basketball" title="Siena Saints men's basketball">Siena</a> put them in the final 16 teams in the tournament, where they lost to eventual National Champion <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team">Kansas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008–09_season"><span id="2008.E2.80.9309_season"></span>2008–09 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2008–09 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2008–09 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team</a></div> <p>Most notable in the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">2008–09 season</a> was the rise to prominence of senior forward <a href="/wiki/Dante_Cunningham" title="Dante Cunningham">Dante Cunningham</a>. Cunningham averaged 16.1 points per game, an increase of nearly 6 points over the previous season. He also managed to average 7.5 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and 1.2 steals per game.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cunningham was honored as the Big East Most Improved Player.<sup id="cite_ref-villanova.com_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-villanova.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His teammate, tenacious sophomore guard <a href="/wiki/Corey_Fisher" title="Corey Fisher">Corey Fisher</a>, was also honored as the Big East Sixth Man of the Year for his contributions off the bench.<sup id="cite_ref-villanova.com_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-villanova.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Wildcats finished the regular season with a mark of 26–7, earning a school record for most regular season victories. They lost their final regular season game to the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Louisville_Cardinals_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team">Louisville Cardinals</a>, 69–55, in the fourth round, or semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/2009_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2009 Big East men's basketball tournament">Big East tournament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbssports.com_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbssports.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats began the NCAA tournament at the <a href="/wiki/Wachovia_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Wachovia Center">Wachovia Center</a>, a secondary venue for home games. They survived an early scare by <a href="/wiki/American_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="American Eagles men's basketball">American</a><sup id="cite_ref-cbssports.com_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbssports.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to handily beat two of college basketball's most prestigious programs, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">UCLA</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team">Duke</a>, in the rounds of 32 and 16 by a combined margin of 43 points.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Villanova won a very close match up against number 1 seed <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Pittsburgh_Panthers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team">Pittsburgh</a> in the Elite 8 round of the tournament, with guard Scottie Reynolds racing down the court to make a layup with only 0.5 seconds left. Pitt took the final shot, which bounced off the backboard to end the game. The last-second basket by Reynolds was widely hailed as one of the most exciting plays of that year's tournament, with <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Seth_Davis" title="Seth Davis">Seth Davis</a> calling the victory "one of the great games in NCAA tournament history".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Villanova advanced to the Final Four where they faced the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina Tar Heels</a>. Villanova fell to the Tar Heels in the national semifinals at <a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a> in Detroit, Michigan, by a final score of 83–69.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the fourth time in five years that Villanova's tournament ouster was by the eventual national champion. </p><p>The Wildcats' record of 30–8 broke a previous high for most victories in a season, a distinction previously held by the 2005–06 Wildcats squad. The senior class of 2009, composed of forwards Dante Cunningham, Shane Clark, Dwayne Anderson and Frank Tchuisi, earned the distinction of being the winningest senior class in school history.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009–10_season"><span id="2009.E2.80.9310_season"></span>2009–10 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2009–10 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Villanova_Wildcats_Men%27s_Basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="2009–10 Villanova Wildcats Men's Basketball">2009–10 Villanova Wildcats Men's Basketball</a></div> <p>The Wildcats enjoyed another highly successful regular season, finishing with a record of 24–7 and earning a #2 Seed in the NCAA tournament. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Marquette and required overtime to defeat 15th seeded <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_University" title="Robert Morris University">Robert Morris University</a> in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats were defeated in the 2nd round by the 10th seeded St. Mary's Gaels. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a> ended his career as the second-leading scorer in Villanova history with 2,222 points, 21 points short of breaking Kerry Kittles's all-time record. He finished his college career with 472 assists and 203 steals. Reynolds was named to the 2010 AP All-American 1st team, but was not selected in the NBA draft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016_National_Champions">2016 National Champions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2016 National Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team</a></div> <p>The Wildcats enjoyed another highly successful regular season and held the AP #1 ranking in the nation for the first time in school history over a 3-week period. They finished the regular season with a 27–4 record losing only to teams (Oklahoma, Virginia, Providence, Xavier) that were ranked at the time of the match-up. Villanova finished <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East Conference</a> play 16–2 for the third year in a row also garnering their 3rd straight outright Regular Season Conference Title. After losing in the Big East tournament championship Game to Seton Hall, 69–67, the Wildcats earned a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament South Region where they dispatched the #15 seeded UNC Asheville by 30 points, followed by a 19-point win over #7 seed Iowa. After defeating #3 seed Miami by 23, they moved on to the Elite Eight to face the overall #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks. The Wildcats defense shined as they won by 5 points to advance to their 5th Final Four and the first since 2009. They faced #2 seed Oklahoma Sooners, who had beaten Villanova by 23 on December 7, 2015, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii early in the season. In the national semi-Finals, Villanova beat the Sooners by 44 points (an NCAA Final Four record) to advance to the NCAA Championship for the first time in 31 years. They faced the second-overall #1 seed North Carolina Tar Heels for the championship. On April 4, Villanova defeated UNC on a game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer by <a href="/wiki/Kris_Jenkins_(basketball)" title="Kris Jenkins (basketball)">Kris Jenkins</a> to win the NCAA Championship by a final score of 77–74, winning their second NCAA championship. UNC had recovered from a 10-point deficit in the final five minutes to tie the game on an off-balance, double-clutch three-point shot that passed through the net with 4.7 seconds left, leaving the Wildcats one last chance to clinch a victory before overtime. Kris Jenkins inbounded the ball to four-year team captain <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a>, who dribbled down court, passed the ball and set a bubble screen to assist Jenkins' game-winning shot. Coach <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a> credits the play to the "Wildcat minute", where the team practices late-game scenarios at every practice. The game has been called one of the greatest in the history of NCAA tournament championships.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-si.com_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si.com-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Villanova ended the 2016 season at 35–5 including the unanimous #1 ranking in the final Coaches' Poll (USA Today) while capturing their 2nd NCAA basketball championship trophy in the history of the program. In beating #3 seed Miami (AP #10), #1 seed Kansas (AP #1), #2 seed Oklahoma (AP #7) and #1 seed UNC (AP #3), Villanova became the first school in 31 years — since the 1985 Villanova Wildcats — to not only beat four top-three seeds on the way to a national title but to also beat four straight opponents ranked in the AP top 10, in addition to beating AP-ranked Iowa in the Round of 32. Villanova's run included two of the ten most offensively efficient games in the analytics era (2002–present), beating Miami and Oklahoma by scoring 1.56 and 1.51 points per possession in the Sweet Sixteen and Final Four, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been called perhaps the most dominant tournament championship run of all time, and the most dominant of the analytics era by a wide margin, with Villanova posting an average margin of victory equal to 20.7 points per game (+124 total point margin).<sup id="cite_ref-si.com_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si.com-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2018_National_Champions">2018 National Champions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2018 National Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team">2017–18 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Villanova_Parade_2018_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Villanova_Parade_2018_06.jpg/300px-Villanova_Parade_2018_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Villanova_Parade_2018_06.jpg/450px-Villanova_Parade_2018_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Villanova_Parade_2018_06.jpg/600px-Villanova_Parade_2018_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2499" data-file-height="1666" /></a><figcaption>Championship parade in Center City, Philadelphia on April 5, 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>The Wildcats finished second in regular season Big East play, won the Big East tournament, and were undefeated in non-conference play. They were awarded the top seed in the East Regional for the NCAA tournament. They reached the Final Four with wins over 16 seed Radford, 9 seed Alabama, 5 seed West Virginia and 3 seed Texas Tech with each victory coming by double-digit margins. In the national semifinals they faced the Kansas Jayhawks, the one seed from the Midwest Region, and defeated them 95–79. In this game Villanova set the new record for successful 3-point attempts in a Final Four game (breaking the previous full-game record before reaching halftime, finishing with 18 total made attempts). In the NCAA tournament championship Game they played the Michigan Wolverines, the 3 seed from the West Region. The Wildcats earned their third national championship in school history by beating the Wolverines 79–62. The game saw a historic performance by Big East Sixth Man of the Year <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">Donte DiVincenzo</a> (31 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks), named the 2018 Final Four's Most Outstanding Player.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coach Wright led the team to a 36–4 record for the 2017–18 season (14–4 Big East). The 36–4 mark sets the record for most wins in any Villanova season. Jalen Brunson received the Wooden Award as well as Associated Press and Naismith National Player of the Year Awards for his season leading the Wildcats.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mikal_Bridges" title="Mikal Bridges">Mikal Bridges</a> was presented the <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving_Award" title="Julius Erving Award">Julius Erving Award</a> as the nation's best small forward—the second straight year a Villanova player achieved that honor after <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a> won it in 2017. <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a> was named winner of the <a href="/wiki/John_R._Wooden_Award#Legends_of_Coaching_Award" title="John R. Wooden Award">John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year">AP Player of the Year</a></b></dt></dl> <ul><li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>AP Third Team All-Americans</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lord" title="Joe Lord">Joe Lord</a> – 1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Hennessy" title="Larry Hennessy">Larry Hennessy</a> – 1952,'53</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a> – 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a> – 1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a> – 2016</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikal_Bridges" title="Mikal Bridges">Mikal Bridges</a> – 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collin_Gillespie" title="Collin Gillespie">Collin Gillespie</a> - 2022</li></ul> <dl><dt>AP Honorable Mention All-Americans</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Schafer" title="Bob Schafer">Bob Schafer</a> – 1954</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Siemiontkowski" title="Hank Siemiontkowski">Hank Siemiontkowski</a> – 1972</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger_(basketball)" title="Stewart Granger (basketball)">Stewart Granger</a> – 1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a> – 1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Williams" title="Alvin Williams">Alvin Williams</a> – 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a> – 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddiq_Bey" title="Saddiq Bey">Saddiq Bey</a> – 2020</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collin_Gillespie" title="Collin Gillespie">Collin Gillespie</a> – 2021</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Robinson-Earl" title="Jeremiah Robinson-Earl">Jeremiah Robinson-Earl</a> – 2021</li></ul> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy_Award" title="Bob Cousy Award">Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year</a></b></dt></dl> <ul><li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Collin_Gillespie" title="Collin Gillespie">Collin Gillespie</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Consensus First Team All-Americans</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a> – 1950</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a> – 1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a> – 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a> – 2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a> – 2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a> – 2018</li></ul> <dl><dt>Consensus Second Team All-Americans</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a> – 1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a> – 1995</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Michael Bradley (basketball)">Michael Bradley</a> – 2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Ray" title="Allan Ray">Allan Ray</a> – 2006</li></ul> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/John_R._Wooden_Award" title="John R. Wooden Award">John R. Wooden Player of the Year</a></b></dt></dl> <ul><li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/John_R._Wooden_Award" title="John R. Wooden Award">John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching</a></b></dt></dl> <ul><li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving_Award" title="Julius Erving Award">Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year</a></b></dt></dl> <ul><li>2017 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Mikal_Bridges" title="Mikal Bridges">Mikal Bridges</a></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Saddiq_Bey" title="Saddiq Bey">Saddiq Bey</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Final Four</b></dt></dl> <ul><li>1971 <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a></li> <li>1985 <a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a></li> <li>2016 <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">Donte DiVincenzo</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-American_Game" title="McDonald's All-American Game">McDonald's High School All-Americans</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a> – 1981</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a> – 1982</li> <li>Barry Bekkedam – 1986</li> <li>Calvin Byrd & Arron Bain– 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a> – 1996</li> <li>Jason Fraser – 2002</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a> – 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Stokes" title="Corey Stokes">Corey Stokes</a> – 2007</li> <li>Dominic Cheek & <a href="/wiki/Maalik_Wayns" title="Maalik Wayns">Maalik Wayns</a> – 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/JayVaughn_Pinkston" title="JayVaughn Pinkston">JayVaughn Pinkston</a> – 2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a> – 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahvon_Quinerly" title="Jahvon Quinerly">Jahvon Quinerly</a> – 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Robinson-Earl" title="Jeremiah Robinson-Earl">Jeremiah Robinson-Earl</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Antoine" title="Bryan Antoine">Bryan Antoine</a> – 2019</li></ul> <dl><dt><b>National Freshman of the Year</b></dt></dl> <ul><li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>National Coach of the Year</b></dt></dl> <ul><li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li> <li>2016 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Robert_V._Geasey_Trophy" title="Robert V. Geasey Trophy">Robert V. Geasey Trophy</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_White" title="Hubie White">Hubie White</a> – 1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wali_Jones" title="Wali Jones">Wali Jones</a> – 1963,'64</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Melchionni" title="Bill Melchionni">Bill Melchionni</a> – 1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Jones_(basketball,_born_1943)" title="Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1943)">Johnny Jones</a> – 1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a> – 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a> – 1972</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ingelsby" title="Tom Ingelsby">Tom Ingelsby</a> – 1973</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a> – 1981,'82,'83</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a> – 1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a> – 1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a> – 1995,'96</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a> – 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a> – 2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Bell_(basketball)" title="James Bell (basketball)">James Bell</a> – 2014</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrun_Hilliard" title="Darrun Hilliard">Darrun Hilliard</a> – 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a> – 2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a> – 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddiq_Bey" title="Saddiq Bey">Saddiq Bey</a> – 2020</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/List_of_Senior_CLASS_Award_men%27s_basketball_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Senior CLASS Award men's basketball winners">Senior CLASS Award</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a> – 2017</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Big East Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year">Big East Rookie of the Year</a></b></dt></dl> <ul><li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a></li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Omari_Spellman" title="Omari Spellman">Omari Spellman</a></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Robinson-Earl" title="Jeremiah Robinson-Earl">Jeremiah Robinson-Earl</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>Big East Coach of the Year</b></dt></dl> <ul><li>1982 <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Massimino" title="Rollie Massimino">Rollie Massimino</a></li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li> <li>2014 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li> <li>2016 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li> <li>2019 <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>Big East All-Freshman Selections</b></dt></dl> <ul><li>1994 <a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2000 <a href="/wiki/Gary_Buchanan" title="Gary Buchanan">Gary Buchanan</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2004 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nardi" title="Mike Nardi">Mike Nardi</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2005 <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Corey_Fisher" title="Corey Fisher">Corey Fisher</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2010 <a href="/wiki/Maalik_Wayns" title="Maalik Wayns">Maalik Wayns</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2013 <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2014 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart" title="Josh Hart">Josh Hart</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016 <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">Donte DiVincenzo</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Omari_Spellman" title="Omari Spellman">Omari Spellman</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019 <a href="/wiki/Saddiq_Bey" title="Saddiq Bey">Saddiq Bey</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Justin_Moore_(basketball)" title="Justin Moore (basketball)">Justin Moore</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Robinson-Earl" title="Jeremiah Robinson-Earl">Jeremiah Robinson-Earl</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year">Big East Player of the Year</a></b></dt></dl> <ul><li>1995 <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a></li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a></li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a></li> <li>2021 <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Robinson-Earl" title="Jeremiah Robinson-Earl">Jeremiah Robinson-Earl</a></li> <li>2021 <a href="/wiki/Collin_Gillespie" title="Collin Gillespie">Collin Gillespie</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Collin_Gillespie" title="Collin Gillespie">Collin Gillespie</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>Big East Sixth Man of the Year</b></dt></dl> <ul><li>2009 <a href="/wiki/Corey_Fisher" title="Corey Fisher">Corey Fisher</a><sup id="cite_ref-bigeast.org_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bigeast.org-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">Donte DiVincenzo</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>Big East Defensive Player of the Year</b></dt></dl> <ul><li>1986 <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a></li> <li>1988 Gary Massey</li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a></li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/Mikal_Bridges" title="Mikal Bridges">Mikal Bridges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a></li></ul> <p><b>Big East Most Improved Player of the Year</b> </p> <ul><li>2009 <a href="/wiki/Dante_Cunningham" title="Dante Cunningham">Dante Cunningham</a><sup id="cite_ref-bigeast.org_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bigeast.org-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2014 <a href="/wiki/Darrun_Hilliard" title="Darrun Hilliard">Darrun Hilliard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ochefu" title="Daniel Ochefu">Daniel Ochefu</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postseason">Postseason</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Postseason"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NCAA_Tournament_history">NCAA Tournament history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: NCAA Tournament history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Villanova has appeared in 40 <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship">NCAA Tournaments</a>, beginning with the first in 1939. The Wildcats have amassed a tournament record of 67–38 (.638), and were the national champions in 1985, 2016, and 2018. Their three titles are the 8th most of any program. They have reached the Final Four five times, tied for fifteenth most. Villanova has won as the underdog (based on Tournament seeding) 16 times, more than any other program,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they are the highest seed (8) to ever win the NCAA tournament (1985). Villanova is one of only two programs (the other being <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_men%27s_basketball" title="Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball">Ohio State</a>) that has played in the NCAA tournament in every decade since the 1930s. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Score </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Site </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">City </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Round </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2022_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2022</a> − 2 Seed - FINAL FOUR</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2021–22 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team">Delaware</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>80–60</td> <td><a href="/wiki/PPG_Paints_Arena" title="PPG Paints Arena">PPG Paints Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021-22_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2021-22 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team">Ohio State</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>71–61</td> <td><a href="/wiki/PPG_Paints_Arena" title="PPG Paints Arena">PPG Paints Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2021–22 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team">Michigan</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>63–55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Center">AT&T Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2021–22 Houston Cougars men's basketball team">Houston</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>50–44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Center">AT&T Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a></td> <td>Regional Final </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2021–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team">Kansas</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>65–81</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caesars_Superdome" title="Caesars Superdome">Caesars Superdome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a></td> <td>National semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2021_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2021</a> − 5 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Winthrop_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2020–21 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team">Winthrop</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>73–63</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Farmers_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana Farmers Coliseum">Indiana Farmers Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_Texas_Mean_Green_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2020–21 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team">North Texas</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>84–61</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bankers_Life_Fieldhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankers Life Fieldhouse">Bankers Life Fieldhouse</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Baylor_Bears_basketball_team" title="2020–21 Baylor Bears basketball team">Baylor</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>51–62</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinkle_Fieldhouse" title="Hinkle Fieldhouse">Hinkle Fieldhouse</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2019_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2019</a> − 6 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Saint_Mary%27s_Gaels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2018–19 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team">Saint Mary's</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>61–57</td> <td><a href="/wiki/XL_Center" title="XL Center">XL Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartford" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartford">Hartford, Connecticut</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2018–19 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team">Purdue</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>61–87</td> <td><a href="/wiki/XL_Center" title="XL Center">XL Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartford" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartford">Hartford, Connecticut</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2018</a> − 1 Seed – NCAA CHAMPIONS</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Radford_Highlanders_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team">Radford</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>87–61</td> <td><a href="/wiki/PPG_Paints_Arena" title="PPG Paints Arena">PPG Paints Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team">Alabama</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>81–58</td> <td><a href="/wiki/PPG_Paints_Arena" title="PPG Paints Arena">PPG Paints Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team">West Virginia</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>90–78</td> <td><a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2017–18 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team">Texas Tech</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>71–59</td> <td><a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a></td> <td>Regional Final </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team">Kansas</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>95–79</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alamodome" title="Alamodome">Alamodome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio, Texas</a></td> <td>National semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team">Michigan</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>79–62</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alamodome" title="Alamodome">Alamodome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio, Texas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">national championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2017_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2017</a> − 1 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Mount_St._Mary%27s_Mountaineers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team">Mount St. Mary's</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>76–56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KeyBank_Center" title="KeyBank Center">KeyBank Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Wisconsin_Badgers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team">Wisconsin</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>62–65</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KeyBank_Center" title="KeyBank Center">KeyBank Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2016</a> – 2 Seed – NCAA CHAMPIONS</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UNC_Asheville_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team">UNC Asheville</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>86–56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn, New York</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Iowa_Hawkeyes_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team">Iowa</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>87–68</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn, New York</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Miami_Hurricanes_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team">Miami</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>92–69</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KFC_Yum!_Center" title="KFC Yum! Center">KFC Yum! Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team">Kansas</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>64–59</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KFC_Yum!_Center" title="KFC Yum! Center">KFC Yum! Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a></td> <td>Regional Final </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Oklahoma_Sooners_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team">Oklahoma</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>95–51</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NRG_Stadium" title="NRG Stadium">NRG Stadium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, Texas</a></td> <td>National semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>77–74</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NRG_Stadium" title="NRG Stadium">NRG Stadium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, Texas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">national championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2015</a> – 1 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Lafayette_Leopards_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2014–15 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team">Lafayette</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>93–52</td> <td><a href="/wiki/PPG_Paints_Arena" title="PPG Paints Arena">Consol Energy Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack_men%27s_basketball" title="NC State Wolfpack men's basketball">North Carolina State</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>68–71</td> <td><a href="/wiki/PPG_Paints_Arena" title="PPG Paints Arena">Consol Energy Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>Third round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2014</a> – 2 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Milwaukee_Panthers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2013–14 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team">Milwaukee</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>73–53</td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Niagara_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Niagara Center">First Niagara Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Connecticut_Huskies_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2013–14 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team">Connecticut</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>65–77</td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Niagara_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Niagara Center">First Niagara Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a></td> <td>Third round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2013</a> – 9 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2012–13 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>71–78</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sprint_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprint Center">Sprint Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2011</a> – 9 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mason_Patriots_men%27s_basketball" title="George Mason Patriots men's basketball">George Mason</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>57–61</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quicken_Loans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicken Loans Arena">Quicken Loans Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2010</a> – 2 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_Colonials_men%27s_basketball" title="Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball">Robert Morris</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>73–70 <sup>OT</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunkin' Donuts Center">Dunkin' Donuts Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_Gaels_men%27s_basketball" title="Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball">St. Mary's</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>68–75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunkin' Donuts Center">Dunkin' Donuts Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2009</a> – 3 Seed – FINAL FOUR</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="American Eagles men's basketball">American</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>80–67</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wachovia Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">UCLA</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>89–69</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wachovia Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team">Duke</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>77–54</td> <td><a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Banknorth Garden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Pittsburgh_Panthers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team">Pittsburgh</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>78–76</td> <td><a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Banknorth Garden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a></td> <td>Regional Final </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2008–09 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>69–83</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a></td> <td>National semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2008</a> – 12 Seed – Sweet 16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Clemson_Tigers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2007–08 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team">Clemson</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>75–69</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">St. Pete Times Forum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siena_Saints_men%27s_basketball" title="Siena Saints men's basketball">Siena</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>84–72</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">St. Pete Times Forum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team">Kansas</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>57–72</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2007</a> – 9 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2006–07 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team">Kentucky</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>58–67</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2006</a> – 1 Seed – Elite 8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Hawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Monmouth Hawks men's basketball">Monmouth</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>58–45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wachovia Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Arizona_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2005–06 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team">Arizona</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>82–78</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wachovia Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="Boston College Eagles men's basketball">Boston College</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>60–59 <sup>OT</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2005–06 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>62–75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a></td> <td>Regional Final </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2005</a> – 5 Seed – Sweet 16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Lobos_men%27s_basketball" title="New Mexico Lobos men's basketball">New Mexico</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>55–47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Gaylord Entertainment Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2004–05 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>76–65</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Gaylord Entertainment Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2004–05 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>67–66</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Dome">Carrier Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, New York</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1999</a> – 8 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_men%27s_basketball" title="Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball">Mississippi</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>70–72</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1997</a> – 4 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LIU_Brooklyn_Blackbirds_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball">Long Island</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>101–91</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Joel_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum">Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_men%27s_basketball" title="California Golden Bears men's basketball">California</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>68–75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Joel_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum">Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1996</a> – 3 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland_Pilots_men%27s_basketball" title="Portland Pilots men's basketball">Portland</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>92–56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_men%27s_basketball" title="Louisville Cardinals men's basketball">Louisville</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>64–68</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1995</a> – 3 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_Monarchs_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Dominion Monarchs basketball">Old Dominion</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>81–89 <sup>3OT</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pepsi_Arena_(Albany,_New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)">Pepsi Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1991_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1991</a> – 9 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" title="Princeton Tigers men's basketball">Princeton</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>50–48</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Dome">Carrier Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, New York</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>69–84</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Dome">Carrier Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, New York</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1990</a> – 12 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="LSU Tigers basketball">LSU</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>63–70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thompson%E2%80%93Boling_Arena" title="Thompson–Boling Arena">Thompson–Boling Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville, Tennessee</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1988</a> – 6 Seed – Elite 8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks_men%27s_basketball" title="Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball">Arkansas</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>82–74</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Riverfront_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverfront Coliseum">Riverfront Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_basketball" title="Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball">Illinois</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>66–63</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Riverfront_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverfront Coliseum">Riverfront Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball">Kentucky</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>80–74</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham%E2%80%93Jefferson_Convention_Complex#Arena" title="Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex">BJCC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_men%27s_basketball" title="Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball">Oklahoma</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>59–78</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham%E2%80%93Jefferson_Convention_Complex#Arena" title="Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex">BJCC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1986_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1986</a> – 10 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_men%27s_basketball" title="Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball">Virginia Tech</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>71–62</td> <td><a href="/wiki/LSU_Assembly_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="LSU Assembly Center">LSU Assembly Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_men%27s_basketball" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball">Georgia Tech</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>61–66</td> <td><a href="/wiki/LSU_Assembly_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="LSU Assembly Center">LSU Assembly Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1985</a> – 8 Seed – NCAA CHAMPIONS</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dayton_Flyers_men%27s_basketball" title="Dayton Flyers men's basketball">Dayton</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>51–49</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UD_Arena" title="UD Arena">University of Dayton Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan Wolverines men's basketball">Michigan</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>59–55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UD_Arena" title="UD Arena">University of Dayton Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_men%27s_basketball" title="Maryland Terrapins men's basketball">Maryland</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>46–43</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham%E2%80%93Jefferson_Convention_Complex#Arena" title="Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex">BJCC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>56–44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham%E2%80%93Jefferson_Convention_Complex#Arena" title="Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex">BJCC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" title="Memphis Tigers men's basketball">Memphis State</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>52–45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rupp_Arena" title="Rupp Arena">Rupp Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a></td> <td>National semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball" title="Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball">Georgetown</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">66–64</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rupp_Arena" title="Rupp Arena">Rupp Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a></td> <td>national championship </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1984</a> – 7 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Thundering_Herd_men%27s_basketball" title="Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball">Marshall</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>84–72</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_MECCA" class="mw-redirect" title="The MECCA">The MECCA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_basketball" title="Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball">Illinois</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>56–64</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_MECCA" class="mw-redirect" title="The MECCA">The MECCA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1983_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1983</a> – 3 Seed – Elite 8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bye</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Cardinals_basketball" title="Lamar Cardinals basketball">Lamar</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>60–56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Hawkeyes_men%27s_basketball" title="Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball">Iowa</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>55–54</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kemper_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Kemper Arena">Kemper Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1982–83 Houston Cougars men's basketball team">Houston</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>71–89</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kemper_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Kemper Arena">Kemper Arena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1982_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1982</a> – 3 Seed – Elite 8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bye</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Huskies_men%27s_basketball" title="Northeastern Huskies men's basketball">Northeastern</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>76–72 <sup>3OT</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nassau_Coliseum" title="Nassau Coliseum">Nassau Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uniondale,_New_York" title="Uniondale, New York">Uniondale, New York</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" title="Memphis Tigers men's basketball">Memphis State</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>70–66 <sup>OT</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Coliseum" title="Reynolds Coliseum">Reynolds Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>60–70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Coliseum" title="Reynolds Coliseum">Reynolds Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1981_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1981</a> – 9 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball" title="Houston Cougars men's basketball">Houston</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>90–72</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bojangles%27_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Bojangles' Coliseum">Charlotte Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_men%27s_basketball" title="Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball">Virginia</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>50–54</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bojangles%27_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Bojangles' Coliseum">Charlotte Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1980</a> – 8 Seed</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marquette_Golden_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball">Marquette</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>77–59</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Civic Center">Providence Civic Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_men%27s_basketball" title="Syracuse Orange men's basketball">Syracuse</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>83–97</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Civic Center">Providence Civic Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a></td> <td>Second Round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1978</a> – Elite 8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Explorers_men%27s_basketball" title="La Salle Explorers men's basketball">La Salle</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>103–97</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_men%27s_basketball" title="Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball">Indiana</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>61–60</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Civic Center">Providence Civic Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball" title="Duke Blue Devils men's basketball">Duke</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>72–90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Civic Center">Providence Civic Center</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1972 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1972</a> – Sweet 16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Carolina_Pirates_men%27s_basketball" title="East Carolina Pirates men's basketball">East Carolina</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>85–70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jadwin_Gymnasium" title="Jadwin Gymnasium">Jadwin Gymnasium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton, New Jersey</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers_men%27s_basketball" title="Penn Quakers men's basketball">Pennsylvania</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>67–78</td> <td><a href="/wiki/WVU_Coliseum" title="WVU Coliseum">WVU Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown, West Virginia</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_men%27s_basketball" title="South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball">South Carolina</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>78–90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/WVU_Coliseum" title="WVU Coliseum">WVU Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown, West Virginia</a></td> <td>Consolation </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1971_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1971</a> – NCAA RUNNER-UP</b> <i><b>(Vacated by the NCAA)</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Hawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball">Saint Joseph's</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>93–75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fordham_Rams_men%27s_basketball" title="Fordham Rams men's basketball">Fordham</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>85–75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Coliseum" title="Reynolds Coliseum">Reynolds Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers_men%27s_basketball" title="Penn Quakers men's basketball">Pennsylvania</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>90–47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Coliseum" title="Reynolds Coliseum">Reynolds Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Kentucky_Hilltoppers_basketball" title="Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball">Western Kentucky</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>92–89</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></td> <td>National semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1970–71 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">UCLA</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>62–68</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></td> <td>national championship </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1970_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1970 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1970</a> – Elite 8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_men%27s_basketball" title="Temple Owls men's basketball">Temple</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>77–69</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Purple_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball">Niagara</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>98–73</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Coliseum" title="Carolina Coliseum">Carolina Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, South Carolina</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_Bonnies_men%27s_basketball" title="St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball">St. Bonaventure</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>74–94</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Coliseum" title="Carolina Coliseum">Carolina Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, South Carolina</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1969</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Davidson_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Davidson Wildcats men's basketball">Davidson</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>61–75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Coliseum" title="Reynolds Coliseum">Reynolds Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1964</a> – Sweet 16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence_Friars_men%27s_basketball" title="Providence Friars men's basketball">Providence</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>77–66</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball" title="Duke Blue Devils men's basketball">Duke</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>73–87</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Coliseum" title="Reynolds Coliseum">Reynolds Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" title="Princeton Tigers men's basketball">Princeton</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>74–62</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Coliseum" title="Reynolds Coliseum">Reynolds Coliseum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></td> <td>Consolation </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1962_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1962</a> – Elite 8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Mountaineers_men%27s_basketball" title="West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball">West Virginia</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>90–75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NYU_Violets_men%27s_basketball" title="NYU Violets men's basketball">NYU</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>79–70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cole_Field_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Cole Field House">Cole Field House</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/College_Park,_Maryland" title="College Park, Maryland">College Park, Maryland</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_men%27s_basketball" title="Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball">Wake Forest</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>69–79</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cole_Field_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Cole Field House">Cole Field House</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/College_Park,_Maryland" title="College Park, Maryland">College Park, Maryland</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1955_NCAA_basketball_tournament" title="1955 NCAA basketball tournament">1955</a> – Sweet 16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball" title="Duke Blue Devils men's basketball">Duke</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>74–73</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_(1925)" title="Madison Square Garden (1925)">Madison Square Garden</a></td> <td>New York City</td> <td>First round </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canisius_Golden_Griffins_men%27s_basketball" title="Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball">Canisius</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>71–73</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" title="Princeton Tigers men's basketball">Princeton</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>64–57</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>Consolation </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1951_NCAA_basketball_tournament" title="1951 NCAA basketball tournament">1951</a> – Sweet 16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack_men%27s_basketball" title="NC State Wolfpack men's basketball">North Carolina State</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>62–67</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Regional semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1949_NCAA_basketball_tournament" title="1949 NCAA basketball tournament">1949</a> – Elite 8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1948–49 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team">Kentucky</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>72–85</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_(1925)" title="Madison Square Garden (1925)">Madison Square Garden</a></td> <td>New York City</td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yale_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball" title="Yale Bulldogs men's basketball">Yale</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>78–67</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_(1925)" title="Madison Square Garden (1925)">Madison Square Garden</a></td> <td>New York City</td> <td>Consolation </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/1939_NCAA_basketball_tournament" title="1939 NCAA basketball tournament">1939</a> – NCAA FINAL FOUR</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_Bears_men%27s_basketball" title="Brown Bears men's basketball">Brown</a></td> <td><b>W</b></td> <td>42–30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>Regional Finals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_men%27s_basketball" title="Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball">Ohio State</a></td> <td>L</td> <td>36–53</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td>National semifinals </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NCAA_Tournament_Seeding_History">NCAA Tournament Seeding History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: NCAA Tournament Seeding History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> began seeding the tournament with the <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1979 edition</a>.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Years → </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">'80</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1981_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">'81</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'82</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1983_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'83</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1984_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'84</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'85</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1986_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'86</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1988_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'88</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'90</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1991_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'91</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'95</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'96</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'97</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'99</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'05</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'06</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'07</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'08</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'09</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'10</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'11</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'13</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'14</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'15</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'16</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'17</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'18</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'19</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'21</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">'22</a> </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td style="text-align:left; background:#e3e3e3;"><b>Seeds →</b> </td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NIT_history">NIT history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: NIT history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Wildcats have appeared in the <a href="/wiki/National_Invitation_Tournament" title="National Invitation Tournament">National Invitation Tournament</a> (NIT) 18 times. Their combined record is 24–18. They were NIT Champions in 1994. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Round </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1959 National Invitation Tournament">1959</a></td> <td>First Round</td> <td>St. John's</td> <td>L 67–75 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1960 National Invitation Tournament">1960</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Quarterfinals</td> <td>Detroit<br />Utah State</td> <td><b>W</b> 88–86<br />L 72–73 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1963 National Invitation Tournament">1963</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Quarterfinals<br />Semifinals<br />3rd-place game</td> <td>DePaul<br />Wichita State<br />Canisius<br />Marquette</td> <td><b>W</b> 63–51<br /><b>W</b> 54–53<br />L 46–61<br />L 58–66 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1965 National Invitation Tournament">1965</a></td> <td>Quarterfinals<br />Semifinals<br />Finals</td> <td>Manhattan<br />NYU<br />St. John's</td> <td><b>W</b> 73–71<br /><b>W</b> 91–69<br />L 51–55 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1966 National Invitation Tournament">1966</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Quarterfinals<br />Semifinals<br />3rd-place game</td> <td>St. John's<br />Boston College<br />NYU<br />Army</td> <td><b>W</b> 63–61<br /><b>W</b> 86–85<br />L 63–78<br /><b>W</b> 76–65 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1967 National Invitation Tournament">1967</a></td> <td>First Round</td> <td>Marshall</td> <td>L 68–70 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1968_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1968 National Invitation Tournament">1968</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Quarterfinals</td> <td>Wyoming<br />Kansas</td> <td><b>W</b> 77–66<br />L 49–55 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1977 National Invitation Tournament">1977</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Quarterfinals<br />Semifinals<br />3rd-place game</td> <td>Old Dominion<br />Massachusetts<br />St. Bonaventure<br />Alabama</td> <td><b>W</b> 71–68<br /><b>W</b> 81–71<br />L 82–86<br /><b>W</b> 102–89 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1987 National Invitation Tournament">1987</a></td> <td>First Round</td> <td>La Salle</td> <td>L 84–86 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1989 National Invitation Tournament">1989</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Second round<br />Quarterfinals</td> <td>Saint Peter's<br />Penn State<br />Michigan State</td> <td><b>W</b> 76–56<br /><b>W</b> 76–67<br />L 63–70 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1992 National Invitation Tournament">1992</a></td> <td>First Round</td> <td>Virginia</td> <td>L 80–83 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1994 National Invitation Tournament">1994</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Second round<br />Quarterfinals<br />Semifinals<br />Finals</td> <td>Canisius<br />Duquesne<br />Xavier<br />Siena<br />Vanderbilt</td> <td><b>W</b> 103–79<br /><b>W</b> 82–66<br /><b>W</b> 76–74<br /><b>W</b> 66–58<br /><b>W</b> 80–73 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2000 National Invitation Tournament">2000</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Second round</td> <td>Delaware<br />Kent State</td> <td><b>W</b> 72–63<br />L 67–81 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2001 National Invitation Tournament">2001</a></td> <td>First Round</td> <td>Minnesota</td> <td>L 78–87 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2002 National Invitation Tournament">2002</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Second round<br />Quarterfinals</td> <td>Manhattan<br />Louisiana Tech<br />Temple</td> <td><b>W</b> 84–69<br /><b>W</b> 67–64<br />L 57–63 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2003 National Invitation Tournament">2003</a></td> <td>Opening Round</td> <td>Siena</td> <td>L 59–74 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2004 National Invitation Tournament">2004</a></td> <td>First Round<br />Second round<br />Quarterfinals</td> <td>Drexel<br />Virginia<br />Rutgers</td> <td><b>W</b> 85–70<br /><b>W</b> 73–63<br />L 60–72 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2023 National Invitation Tournament">2023</a></td> <td>First Round</td> <td>Liberty</td> <td>L 57–62 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Campus_Basketball_Tournament_results">National Campus Basketball Tournament results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: National Campus Basketball Tournament results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Wildcats appeared in the only National Campus Basketball Tournament. Their record is 0–1. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Round </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1951</td> <td>Quarterfinals</td> <td>Utah</td> <td>L 65–67 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Basketball_Hall_of_Fame">Basketball Hall of Fame</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Basketball Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a></b> '50, inducted 1978.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rollie_Massimino" title="Rollie Massimino">Rollie Massimino</a></b>, coached Villanova to first national championship in 1985, inducted 2013</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Jay Wright</a></b>, two-time National Championship winning coach, inducted 2021</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Individual_honors">Individual honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Individual honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Villanova honors outstanding former players, coaches, and others by retiring their numbers or jerseys. For those honored, a replica jersey is hung in the rafters of the Pavilion. Uniform numbers of retired jerseys remain in circulation, while retired numbers are no longer used. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a>'s #11 is the only retired number. As of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 21 have been honored with a retired number or jersey, including 16 players, four coaches, and longtime trainer Jake Nevin.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Retired numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_men%27s_basketball_retired_numbers" title="List of NCAA men's basketball retired numbers">List of NCAA men's basketball retired numbers</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG/150px-Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG/225px-Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG/300px-Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="623" /></a><figcaption>Paul Arizin, the only player to have his number retired by Villanova</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="6" style="background-color:#00205B;color:white;"><b>Villanova Wildcats retired numbers</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th width="40px" style="background-color:#13B5EA;color:#00205B;">No. </th> <th width="150px" style="background-color:#13B5EA;color:#00205B;">Player </th> <th width="40px" style="background-color:#13B5EA;color:#00205B;">Pos. </th> <th width="100px" style="background-color:#13B5EA;color:#00205B;">Career </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#13B5EA;color:#00205B;">No. ret. </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#13B5EA;color:#00205B;">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>11</b></div></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></td> <td>1947–50</td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired/honored_jerseys"><span id="Retired.2Fhonored_jerseys"></span>Retired/honored jerseys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Retired/honored jerseys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The honorees include: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Al_Severance" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Severance">Al Severance</a></b>, Coach.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kraft" title="Jack Kraft">Jack Kraft</a></b>, Coach.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rollie_Massimino" title="Rollie Massimino">Rollie Massimino</a></b>, Coach (1973–92). Jersey retired in 2005.</li> <li><b>No. 1 <a href="/wiki/Jake_Nevin" title="Jake Nevin">Jake Nevin</a></b>, longtime trainer. Jersey retired in 1984.</li> <li><b>No. 1 <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a></b> (2004–2006). Jersey retired in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-arcilow_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arcilow-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>No. 1 <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a></b> (2015–2018). Jersey retired in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>No. 2 <a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a></b> (2002–2006). Jersey retired in 2011.</li> <li><b>No. 3 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart" title="Josh Hart">Josh Hart</a></b> (2013–2017). Jersey retired in 2022.</li> <li><b>No. 11 <a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a></b> (1947–1950). Jersey retired in 1994.</li> <li><b>No. 14 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hennessy" title="Larry Hennessy">Larry Hennessy</a></b> (1950–1953).</li> <li><b>No. 14 <a href="/wiki/Allan_Ray" title="Allan Ray">Allan Ray</a></b> (2002–2006). Jersey retired in 2019.</li> <li><b>No. 14 <a href="/wiki/Hubie_White" title="Hubie White">Hubie White</a></b> (1959–1962). Jersey retired in 2001.</li> <li><b>No. 15 <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a></b> (2012–2016). Jersey retired in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-arcilow_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arcilow-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>No. 24 <a href="/wiki/Wali_Jones" title="Wali Jones">Wali Jones</a></b> (1961–1964). Jersey retired in 1995.</li> <li><b>No. 24 <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ingelsby" title="Tom Ingelsby">Tom Ingelsby</a></b> (1970–1973). Jersey retired in 2006.</li> <li><b>No. 25 <a href="/wiki/Bill_Melchionni" title="Bill Melchionni">Bill Melchionni</a></b> (1963–1966). Jersey retired in 1995.</li> <li><b>No. 25 <a href="/wiki/Bob_Schafer" title="Bob Schafer">Bob Schafer</a></b> (1951–1955).</li> <li><b>No. 30 <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a></b> (1992–1996). Jersey retired in 1998.</li> <li><b>No. 33 <a href="/wiki/Keith_Herron" title="Keith Herron">Keith Herron</a></b> (1974–1978).</li> <li><b>No. 42 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a></b> (1969–1972). Jersey retired in 2006.</li> <li><b>No. 45 <a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a></b> (1979–1983). Jersey retired in 1995.</li> <li><b>No. 50 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Washington" title="Jim Washington">Jim Washington</a></b> (1962–1965). Jersey retired in 1995.</li> <li><b>No. 54 <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a></b> (1968–1971). Jersey retired in 2019.</li> <li><b>No. 54 <a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a></b> (1981–1985)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Villanova_career_records">Villanova career records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Villanova career records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Games played </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Collin_Gillespie" title="Collin Gillespie">Collin Gillespie</a> – 156 games </td></tr> <tr> <th>Rebounds </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a> – 1,325 rebounds </td></tr> <tr> <th>Assists </th> <td>Kenny Wilson – 627 assists </td></tr> <tr> <th>Steals </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a> – 277 steals </td></tr> <tr> <th>Blocks </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a> – 375 blocks </td></tr> <tr> <th>Points Scored </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a> – 2,243 points </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-time_leaders">All-time leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: All-time leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1088965794">@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .columns-start .column{float:left;min-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .columns-2 .column{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .columns-3 .column{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .columns-4 .column{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .columns-5 .column{width:20%}}</style><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Points">Points</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Points"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Player<sup id="cite_ref-1920guide_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920guide-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kittles, Kerry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1992–96 </td> <td>2,243 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Reynolds, Scottie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2006–10 </td> <td>2,222 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Herron, Keith"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Herron" title="Keith Herron">Keith Herron</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1974–78 </td> <td>2,170 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Schafer, Bob"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Schafer" title="Bob Schafer">Bob Schafer</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1951–55 </td> <td>2,094 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="West, Doug"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Doug_West" title="Doug West">Doug West</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1985–89 </td> <td>2,037 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Porter, Howard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1968–71 </td> <td>2,026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ray, Allan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Ray" title="Allan Ray">Allan Ray</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2002–06 </td> <td>2,025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pinone, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1979–83 </td> <td>2,024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Foye, Randy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2002–06 </td> <td>1,966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hart, Josh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart" title="Josh Hart">Josh Hart</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2013–17 </td> <td>1,921 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pinckney, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1981–85 </td> <td>1,865 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Buchanan, Gary"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Buchanan" title="Gary Buchanan">Gary Buchanan</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1999–03 </td> <td>1,799 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hennessy, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Hennessy" title="Larry Hennessy">Larry Hennessy</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1950–53 </td> <td>1,737 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Brunson, Jalen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2015–18 </td> <td>1,667 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Fisher, Corey"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Fisher" title="Corey Fisher">Corey Fisher</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2007–11 </td> <td>1,652 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sumpter, Curtis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Sumpter" title="Curtis Sumpter">Curtis Sumpter</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2002–07 </td> <td>1,651 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Arizin, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1947–50 </td> <td>1,648 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bradley, Alex"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Alex Bradley (basketball)">Alex Bradley</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1977–81 </td> <td>1,634 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ingelsby, Tom"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ingelsby" title="Tom Ingelsby">Tom Ingelsby</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1970–73 </td> <td>1,616 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Melchionni, Bill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Melchionni" title="Bill Melchionni">Bill Melchionni</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1963–66 </td> <td>1,612 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rebounds">Rebounds</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Rebounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Player<sup id="cite_ref-1920guide_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920guide-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Rebounds </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Porter, Howard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1968–71 </td> <td>1,317 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Washington, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Washington" title="Jim Washington">Jim Washington</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1962–65 </td> <td>1,194 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Devine, Jack"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Devine" title="Jack Devine">Jack Devine</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1951–55 </td> <td>1,181 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pinckney, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1981–85 </td> <td>1,107 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pressley, Harold"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1982–86 </td> <td>1,016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mooney, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mooney" title="Jim Mooney">Jim Mooney</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1950–53 </td> <td>1,010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ochefu, Daniel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ochefu" title="Daniel Ochefu">Daniel Ochefu</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2012–16 </td> <td>929 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Lawson, Jason"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1993–97 </td> <td>908 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sales, Brooks"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooks_Sales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brooks Sales (page does not exist)">Brooks Sales</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1998–02 </td> <td>858 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pinone, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1979–83 </td> <td>837 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Yarou, Mouphtaou"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mouphtaou_Yarou" title="Mouphtaou Yarou">Mouphtaou Yarou</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2009–13 </td> <td>836 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Raveling, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Raveling" title="George Raveling">George Raveling</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1957–60 </td> <td>835 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cunningham, Dante"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dante_Cunningham" title="Dante Cunningham">Dante Cunningham</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2005–09 </td> <td>819 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hart, Josh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart" title="Josh Hart">Josh Hart</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2013–17 </td> <td>812 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bradley, Alex"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Alex Bradley (basketball)">Alex Bradley</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1977–81 </td> <td>797 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sumpter, Curtis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Sumpter" title="Curtis Sumpter">Curtis Sumpter</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2002–07 </td> <td>794 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Peña, Antonio"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antonio_Pe%C3%B1a_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antonio Peña (basketball) (page does not exist)">Antonio Peña</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2007–11 </td> <td>765 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="White, Hubie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hubie_White" title="Hubie White">Hubie White</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1959–62 </td> <td>755 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Siemiontkowski, Hank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Siemiontkowski" title="Hank Siemiontkowski">Hank Siemiontkowski</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1969–72 </td> <td>739 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pinkston, JayVaughn"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/JayVaughn_Pinkston" title="JayVaughn Pinkston">JayVaughn Pinkston</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2011–15 </td> <td>737 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Assists">Assists</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Assists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Player<sup id="cite_ref-1920guide_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920guide-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Assists </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wilson, Kenny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenny_Wilson_(Villanova_basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenny Wilson (Villanova basketball) (page does not exist)">Kenny Wilson</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1985–89 </td> <td>627 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Granger, Stewart"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger_(basketball)" title="Stewart Granger (basketball)">Stewart Granger</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1979–83 </td> <td>595 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Williams, Alvin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Williams" title="Alvin Williams">Alvin Williams</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1993–97 </td> <td>553 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Arcidiacono, Ryan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2012–16 </td> <td>535 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ford, Chris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1969–72 </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sparrow, Rory"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rory_Sparrow" title="Rory Sparrow">Rory Sparrow</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1976–80 </td> <td>495 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Fisher, Corey"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Fisher" title="Corey Fisher">Corey Fisher</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2007–11 </td> <td>487 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Reynolds, Scottie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2006–10 </td> <td>482 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Rogers, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Rogers_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Rogers (basketball) (page does not exist)">Joe Rogers</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1973–77 </td> <td>474 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="McLain, Gary"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gary_McLain" title="Gary McLain">Gary McLain</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1981–85 </td> <td>456 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Steals">Steals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Steals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Player<sup id="cite_ref-1920guide_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920guide-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Steals </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kittles, Kerry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1992–96 </td> <td>277 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pressley, Harold"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1982–86 </td> <td>216 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Reynolds, Scottie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2002–06 </td> <td>207 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Massey, Gary"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Massey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gary Massey (page does not exist)">Gary Massey</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1985–89 </td> <td>204 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Williams, Alvin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Williams" title="Alvin Williams">Alvin Williams</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1993–97 </td> <td>200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Foye, Randy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2002–06 </td> <td>198 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pinckney, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1981–85 </td> <td>196 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Miller, Lance"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lance_Miller_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lance Miller (basketball) (page does not exist)">Lance Miller</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1989–93 </td> <td>190 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Walker, Chris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Walker_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Chris Walker (basketball, born 1969)">Chris Walker</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1988–92 </td> <td>185 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Granger, Stewart"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger_(basketball)" title="Stewart Granger (basketball)">Stewart Granger</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1979–83 </td> <td>181 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Blocks">Blocks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Blocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Player<sup id="cite_ref-1920guide_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920guide-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Blocks </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Lawson, Jason"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1993–97 </td> <td>375 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pinckney, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1981–85 </td> <td>253 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Greis, Tom"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Greis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Greis (page does not exist)">Tom Greis</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1986–90 </td> <td>237 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Allen, Malik"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Malik_Allen" title="Malik Allen">Malik Allen</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1996–00 </td> <td>191 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ochefu, Daniel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ochefu" title="Daniel Ochefu">Daniel Ochefu</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2012–16 </td> <td>182 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Fraser, Jason"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jason_Fraser_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jason Fraser (basketball) (page does not exist)">Jason Fraser</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2002–06 </td> <td>172 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Pressley, Harold"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1982–86 </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sheridan, Will"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Will_Sheridan" title="Will Sheridan">Will Sheridan</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2003–07 </td> <td>146 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cunningham, Dante"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dante_Cunningham" title="Dante Cunningham">Dante Cunningham</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2005–09 </td> <td>117 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sales, Brooks"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooks_Sales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brooks Sales (page does not exist)">Brooks Sales</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1998–02 </td> <td>111 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wildcats_in_the_NBA/ABA"><span id="Wildcats_in_the_NBA.2FABA"></span>Wildcats in the NBA/ABA</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Wildcats in the NBA/ABA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villanova's_All-Time_NBA/ABA_roster"><span id="Villanova.27s_All-Time_NBA.2FABA_roster"></span>Villanova's All-Time NBA/ABA roster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malik_Allen" title="Malik Allen">Malik Allen</a> '00</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a> '16</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a> '50</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddiq_Bey" title="Saddiq Bey">Saddiq Bey</a> '20</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Alex Bradley (basketball)">Alex Bradley</a> '81</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Michael Bradley (basketball)">Michael Bradley</a> '01</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brennan_(basketball,_born_1930)" title="Tom Brennan (basketball, born 1930)">Thomas Brennan</a> '52</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikal_Bridges" title="Mikal Bridges">Mikal Bridges</a> '18</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a> '18</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Celestand" title="John Celestand">John Celestand</a> '99</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Cunningham" title="Dante Cunningham">Dante Cunningham</a> '09</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">Donte DiVincenzo</a> '18</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a> '72</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a> '06</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger_(basketball)" title="Stewart Granger (basketball)">Stewart Granger</a> '83</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a> '17</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Hennessy" title="Larry Hennessy">Larry Hennessy</a> '53</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Herron" title="Keith Herron">Keith Herron</a> '78</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrun_Hilliard" title="Darrun Hilliard">Darrun Hilliard</a> '15</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hoover_(basketball)" title="Tom Hoover (basketball)">Tom Hoover</a> '61</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ingelsby" title="Tom Ingelsby">Tom Ingelsby</a> '72</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wali_Jones" title="Wali Jones">Wali Jones</a> '64</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a> '96</li> <li>Herman <a href="/wiki/Red_Klotz" title="Red Klotz">Red Klotz</a> '44</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a> '97</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> '06</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_McClain" title="Dwayne McClain">Dwayne McClain</a> '85</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Melchionni" title="Bill Melchionni">Bill Melchionni</a> '66</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mooney_(basketball)" title="Jim Mooney (basketball)">Jim Mooney</a> '53</li> <li>Richie Moore '64</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran_O%27Hanlon" title="Fran O'Hanlon">Fran O'Hanlon</a> '70</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ochefu" title="Daniel Ochefu">Daniel Ochefu</a> '16</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Olive" title="John Olive">John Olive</a> '77</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a> '85</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a> '83</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a> '71</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a> '86</li> <li>Sherwin Raiken '50</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Ray" title="Allan Ray">Allan Ray</a> '06</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Schafer" title="Bob Schafer">Bob Schafer</a> '55</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Sparrow" title="Rory Sparrow">Rory Sparrow</a> '80</li> <li>Arthur Spector '41</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a> '97</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maalik_Wayns" title="Maalik Wayns">Maalik Wayns</a> '12</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Washington" title="Jim Washington">Jim Washington</a> '65</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_West" title="Doug West">Doug West</a> '89</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_White" title="Hubie White">Hubie White</a> '62</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cam_Whitmore" title="Cam Whitmore">Cam Whitmore</a> '23</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Williams" title="Alvin Williams">Alvin Williams</a> '97</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_of_professional_championship_teams">Members of professional championship teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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draft">2017</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>1st Round 30th Pick Overall </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikal_Bridges" title="Mikal Bridges">Mikal Bridges</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>1st Round 10th Pick Overall </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">Donte DiVincenzo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td> <td>1st Round 17th Pick Overall </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>2nd Round 33rd Pick Overall </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_draft" title="2020 NBA draft">2020</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saddiq_Bey" title="Saddiq Bey">Saddiq Bey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a></td> <td>1st Round 19th Overall </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_draft" title="2021 NBA draft">2021</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Robinson-Earl" title="Jeremiah Robinson-Earl">Jeremiah Robinson-Earl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a></td> <td>2nd Round 32nd Pick Overall </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_draft" title="2022 NBA draft">2022</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Collin_Gillespie" title="Collin Gillespie">Collin Gillespie</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>Undrafted </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_draft" title="2023 NBA draft">2023</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cam_Whitmore" title="Cam Whitmore">Cam Whitmore</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>1st Round 20th Pick Overall </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villanova_players_currently_in_international_leagues">Villanova players currently in international leagues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Villanova players currently in international leagues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022-12-22_ALBA_Berlin_gegen_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._(EuroLeague_2022-23)_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93043.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/2022-12-22_ALBA_Berlin_gegen_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._%28EuroLeague_2022-23%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93043.jpg/180px-2022-12-22_ALBA_Berlin_gegen_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._%28EuroLeague_2022-23%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93043.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/2022-12-22_ALBA_Berlin_gegen_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._%28EuroLeague_2022-23%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93043.jpg/270px-2022-12-22_ALBA_Berlin_gegen_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._%28EuroLeague_2022-23%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93043.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/2022-12-22_ALBA_Berlin_gegen_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._%28EuroLeague_2022-23%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93043.jpg/360px-2022-12-22_ALBA_Berlin_gegen_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._%28EuroLeague_2022-23%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93043.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1733" data-file-height="2412" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Darrun_Hilliard" title="Darrun Hilliard">Darrun Hilliard</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darrun_Hilliard" title="Darrun Hilliard">Darrun Hilliard</a> (born 1993), player for <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C." title="Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.">Maccabi Tel Aviv</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League" title="Israeli Basketball Premier League">Israeli Basketball Premier League</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villanova_records_in_the_NBA">Villanova records in the NBA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Villanova records in the NBA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Games played </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> – 948 games </td></tr> <tr> <th>Minutes Played </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> – 28,077 minutes </td></tr> <tr> <th>Rebounds </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Washington" title="Jim Washington">Jim Washington</a> – 6,637 rebounds </td></tr> <tr> <th>Assists </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> – 5,912 assists </td></tr> <tr> <th>Steals </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> – 1,276 steals </td></tr> <tr> <th>Blocks </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a> – 435 blocks </td></tr> <tr> <th>Points Scored </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Paul Arizin</a> – 16,266 points </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villanovans_drafted">Villanovans drafted</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Villanovans drafted"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1958– Round 8, Pick 5: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brennan_(basketball,_born_1930)" title="Tom Brennan (basketball, born 1930)">Tom Brennan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Warriors">Philadelphia Warriors</a>)</li> <li>1959– Round 7, Pick 3: Joe Ryan (Philadelphia Warriors)</li> <li>1960– Round 8, Pick 7: <a href="/wiki/George_Raveling" title="George Raveling">George Raveling</a> (Philadelphia Warriors)</li> <li>1962– Round 2, Pick 7: <a href="/wiki/Hubie_White" title="Hubie White">Hubie White</a> (Philadelphia Warriors)</li> <li>1963– Round 1, Pick 6: Tom Hoover (<a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Nationals" class="mw-redirect" title="Syracuse Nationals">Syracuse Nationals</a>)</li> <li>1964– Round 3, Pick 2: <a href="/wiki/Wali_Jones" title="Wali Jones">Wali Jones</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>)</li> <li>1965– Round 1, Pick 5: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Washington" title="Jim Washington">Jim Washington</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Hawks">St. Louis Hawks</a>)</li> <li>1965– Round 5, Pick 5: Richie Moore<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>)</li> <li>1966– Round 2, Pick 9: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Melchionni" title="Bill Melchionni">Bill Melchionni</a> (Philadelphia 76ers)</li> <li>1967– Round 12, Pick 6: Frank Gadjunas (<a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Royals">Cincinnati Royals</a>)</li> <li>1968– Round 16, Pick 8: Joe Crews (Philadelphia 76ers)</li> <li>1969– Round 6, Pick 13: Johnny Jones (Philadelphia 76ers)</li> <li>1970– Round 8, Pick 12: <a href="/wiki/Fran_O%27Hanlon" title="Fran O'Hanlon">Fran O'Hanlon</a> (Philadelphia 76ers)</li> <li>1971– Round 2, Pick 15: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>)</li> <li>1971– Round 9, Pick 7: Clarence Smith (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Warriors">San Francisco Warriors</a>)</li> <li>1972– Round 2, Pick 4: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a> (Detroit Pistons)</li> <li>1972– Round 4, Pick 3: Hank Siemiontkowski (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>)</li> <li>1973– Round 2, Pick 9: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ingelsby" title="Tom Ingelsby">Tom Ingelsby</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>)</li> <li>1973– Round 11, Pick 9: Ed Hastings (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>)</li> <li>1977– Round 8, Pick 20: <a href="/wiki/John_Olive" title="John Olive">John Olive</a> (Philadelphia 76ers)</li> <li>1978– Round 2, Pick 2: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Herron" title="Keith Herron">Keith Herron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>)</li> <li>1980– Round 4, Pick 6: <a href="/wiki/Rory_Sparrow" title="Rory Sparrow">Rory Sparrow</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>)</li> <li>1981– Round 4, Pick 17: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Alex Bradley (basketball)">Alex Bradley</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>)</li> <li>1981– Round 7, Pick 7: Tom Sienkiewicz (<a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>)</li> <li>1982– Round 5, Pick 6: Aaron Howard (New York Knicks)</li> <li>1983– Round 1, Pick 24: <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger_(basketball)" title="Stewart Granger (basketball)">Stewart Granger</a> (Cleveland Cavaliers)</li> <li>1983– Round 3, Pick 11: <a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">John Pinone</a> (Atlanta Hawks)</li> <li>1983– Round 8, Pick 19: Mike Mulquin (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>)</li> <li>1984– Round 8, Pick 21: Frank Dobbs (Philadelphia 76ers)</li> <li>1985– Round 1, Pick 10: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a> (Phoenix Suns)</li> <li>1985– Round 2, Pick 3: <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_McClain" title="Dwayne McClain">Dwayne McClain</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>)</li> <li>1985– Round 7, Pick 15: <a href="/wiki/Gary_McLain" title="Gary McLain">Gary McLain</a> (New Jersey Nets)</li> <li>1986– Round 1, Pick 17: <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Harold Pressley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a>)</li> <li>1986– Round 6, Pick 14: Chuck Everson (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>)</li> <li>1987– Round 6, Pick 7: <a href="/wiki/Harold_Jensen" title="Harold Jensen">Harold Jensen</a> (Cleveland Cavaliers)</li> <li>1989– Round 2, Pick 11: <a href="/wiki/Doug_West" title="Doug West">Doug West</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>)</li> <li>1996– Round 1, Pick 8: <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kerry Kittles</a> (New Jersey Nets)</li> <li>1997– Round 1, Pick 7: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Tim Thomas (basketball)">Tim Thomas</a> (New Jersey Nets)</li> <li>1997– Round 2, Pick 13: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Lawson" title="Jason Lawson">Jason Lawson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>)</li> <li>1997– Round 2, Pick 19: <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Williams" title="Alvin Williams">Alvin Williams</a> (Portland Trail Blazers)</li> <li>1999– Round 2, Pick 1: <a href="/wiki/John_Celestand" title="John Celestand">John Celestand</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>)</li> <li>2001– Round 1, Pick 17: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Michael Bradley (basketball)">Michael Bradley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>)</li> <li>2006– Round 1, Pick 7: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Randy Foye</a> (Boston Celtics)</li> <li>2006– Round 1, Pick 24: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>)</li> <li>2009– Round 2, Pick 3: <a href="/wiki/Dante_Cunningham" title="Dante Cunningham">Dante Cunningham</a> (Portland Trail Blazers)</li> <li>2015– Round 2, Pick 8: <a href="/wiki/Darrun_Hilliard" title="Darrun Hilliard">Darrun Hilliard</a> (Detroit Pistons)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017– Round 1, Pick 30: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josh Hart (basketball)">Josh Hart</a> (Utah Jazz, traded to Los Angeles Lakers)</li> <li>2018– Round 1, Pick 10: <a href="/wiki/Mikal_Bridges" title="Mikal Bridges">Mikal Bridges</a> (Philadelphia 76ers, traded to Phoenix Suns)</li> <li>2018– Round 1, Pick 17: <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">Donte DiVincenzo</a> (Milwaukee Bucks)</li> <li>2018– Round 1, Pick 30: <a href="/wiki/Omari_Spellman" title="Omari Spellman">Omari Spellman</a> (Atlanta Hawks)</li> <li>2018– Round 2, Pick 3: <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a> (Dallas Mavericks)</li> <li>2019– Round 2, Pick 11: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Paschall" title="Eric Paschall">Eric Paschall</a> (Golden State Warriors)</li> <li>2020– Round 1, Pick 19: <a href="/wiki/Saddiq_Bey" title="Saddiq Bey">Saddiq Bey</a> (Detroit Pistons)</li> <li>2021– Round 2, Pick 2: <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Robinson-Earl" title="Jeremiah Robinson-Earl">Jeremiah Robinson-Earl</a> (Oklahoma City Thunder)</li> <li>2023– Round 1, Pick 20: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Whitmore" title="Cam Whitmore">Cam Whitmore</a> (Houston Rockets)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivals">Rivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Rivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Big_East">Big East</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Big East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some Villanovans count <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball" title="Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball">Georgetown</a> as their most intense rivalry, having played a historic NCAA Championship game and many competitive Big East tournament and regular season games against the Hoyas. Other rivals from the Big East Conference include founding members of the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">original Big East</a>—<a href="/wiki/Providence_Friars_men%27s_basketball" title="Providence Friars men's basketball">Providence</a> (an eastern rivalry which predates the original Big East) and <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Red_Storm_men%27s_basketball" title="St. John's Red Storm men's basketball">St. John's</a>, plus <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_men%27s_basketball" title="Syracuse Orange men's basketball">Syracuse</a> who left the Big East as part of its <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9313_Big_East_Conference_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="2010–13 Big East Conference realignment">2013 split</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Seton_Hall_Pirates_men%27s_basketball" title="Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball">Seton Hall</a> has played Villanova more than any other school;<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to the proximity of the schools and a series of memorable games since the formation of the new <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a>, this has become one of Villanova's top rivalries each season. Games have included critical Seton Hall upsets in 2013, the <a href="/wiki/2014_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2014 Big East men's basketball tournament">2014 Big East tournament</a>, Villanova's first loss of 2015, and the <a href="/wiki/2016_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2016 Big East men's basketball tournament">2016 Big East tournament</a> championship as well as a Villanova blowout in a game that resulted in Seton Hall guard Sterling Gibbs punching Villanova guard <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Ryan Arcidiacono</a> in 2015 and a narrow victory in the closing seconds of the <a href="/wiki/2017_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2017 Big East men's basketball tournament">2017 Big East tournament</a> semifinals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Big_Five">Big Five</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Big Five"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Holy_War_(Villanova_vs._St._Joe%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's)">Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's)</a></div> <p>Villanova along with <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's University</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> banded together to create the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_5" title="Philadelphia Big 5">Philadelphia Big 5</a> in 1954–55. From that date until the mid-1970s all Big 5 games were contested at the Palestra (cap. 9,208) on Penn's campus. The Five competed in a round-robin City Series. Additionally, all participated in numerous doubleheaders against non-Big 5 opponents. Most games were televised locally on WPHL-TV, broadcast by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a>. </p><p>Since the beginning of the 1996–1997 season, Villanova has won 15 out of 21 Big 5 titles. They currently have 25 total Big 5 titles which is second most among the participating schools. </p><p>Villanova's most bitter Big 5 rival is <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's University</a>, in what has become known as the <a href="/wiki/Holy_War_(Villanova_vs._St._Joe%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's)">Holy War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditions">Traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Special:EditPage/Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Villanova basketball athletes traditionally remain enrolled four years, graduate, and go on to enjoy post-college success. Villanova has never fired a head basketball coach (men's or women's). Villanova has won more NCAA tournament games as a lower seed than any school. Villanova won what has been called the greatest college basketball game ever played, defeating Georgetown 66–64 on April 1, 1985, to win the NCAA national championship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Songs">Songs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Songs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/V_for_Villanova" title="V for Villanova">V for Villanova</a></i> is the Wildcats' <a href="/wiki/Fight_song" title="Fight song">fight song</a>. Other Villanova songs include <i>March of the Wildcats</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Streamers">Streamers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Streamers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Villanova had a tradition of throwing paper streamers in the school colors of blue and white onto the basketball court at home games, particularly Big Five games, after the first Wildcat basket. This tradition was shared by other Big Five basketball teams, and at Big Five games, streamers were thrown by both teams following their team's first field goal. The tradition was stopped in the late 1980s after the <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> declared that throwing streamers would result in a <a href="/wiki/Technical_foul" title="Technical foul">technical foul</a>. Since then Villanova has restarted the tradition, throwing the streamers on the first basket of the new season during the blue and white scrimmage game during Hoops Mania. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hoops_Mania">Hoops Mania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Hoops Mania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Hoops Mania has been an annual tradition to celebrate the start of basketball season. It was originally held in the Jake Nevin Fieldhouse for students and has since grown larger after the success of the 2005–06 season. It is now held in the Pavilion and is open to the public and students. Following an inter-team scrimmage, notable music artists perform.</p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2005_1104hoopsmania0016.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/2005_1104hoopsmania0016.JPG/200px-2005_1104hoopsmania0016.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/2005_1104hoopsmania0016.JPG/300px-2005_1104hoopsmania0016.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/2005_1104hoopsmania0016.JPG/400px-2005_1104hoopsmania0016.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Tony Yayo At Villanova Hoops Mania 06'</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/G-Unit" title="G-Unit">G-Unit</a> performers <a href="/wiki/50_Cent" title="50 Cent">50 Cent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Yayo" title="Tony Yayo">Tony Yayo</a></li> <li>2007 – <a href="/wiki/Mims_(rapper)" title="Mims (rapper)">Mims</a></li> <li>2008 – <a href="/wiki/T-Pain" title="T-Pain">T-Pain</a></li> <li>2009 – <a href="/wiki/Trey_Songz" title="Trey Songz">Trey Songz</a></li> <li>2010 – <a href="/wiki/Fabolous" title="Fabolous">Fabolous</a></li> <li>2011 – <a href="/wiki/Drake_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drake (rapper)">Drake</a></li> <li>2012 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ross" title="Rick Ross">Rick Ross</a></li> <li>2013 – <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a></li> <li>2014 – <a href="/wiki/Schoolboy_Q" title="Schoolboy Q">Schoolboy Q</a></li> <li>2015 – <a href="/wiki/Big_Sean" title="Big Sean">Big Sean</a></li> <li>2016 – <a href="/wiki/Wiz_Khalifa" title="Wiz Khalifa">Wiz Khalifa</a></li> <li>2017 – <a href="/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana">French Montana</a></li> <li>2019 – <a href="/wiki/Swae_Lee" title="Swae Lee">Swae Lee</a></li> <li>2021 – <a href="/wiki/Offset_(rapper)" title="Offset (rapper)">Offset</a></li> <li>2022 – <a href="/wiki/Meek_Mill" title="Meek Mill">Meek Mill</a></li> <li>2023 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ross" title="Rick Ross">Rick Ross</a> (II)</li> <li>2024 - 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href="/w/index.php?title=1921%E2%80%9322_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921–22 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1921–22</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922%E2%80%9323_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922–23 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1922–23</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923%E2%80%9324_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923–24 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1923–24</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924%E2%80%9325_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924–25 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1924–25</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925%E2%80%9326_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925–26 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1925–26</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926%E2%80%9327_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926–27 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1926–27</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927%E2%80%9328_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927–28 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1927–28</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928%E2%80%9329_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928–29 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1928–29</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929%E2%80%9330_Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929–30 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team (page does not exist)">1929–30</a></li> 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Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983%E2%80%9384_Big_East_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983–84 Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984%E2%80%9385_Big_East_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984–85 Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985%E2%80%9386_Big_East_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985–86 Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Big_East_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Big_East_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Big_East_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989%E2%80%9390_Big_East_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989–90 Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990%E2%80%9391_Big_East_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990–91 Big East Conference men's basketball season (page does not exist)">1990–91</a></li> <li><a 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