2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Villanova was led by head coach Jay Wright, who was in his 12th season. The Wildcats participated in the Big East Conference and played their home games at The Pavilion with some select home games at the Wells Fargo Center. They finished the season 20–14, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Louisville. They received an at large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to North Carolina.

2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, round of 64
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record20–14 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaThe Pavilion
Wells Fargo Center
2012–13 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Louisville†**144 .778355  .875
No. 8 Georgetown144 .778257  .781
No. 15 Marquette144 .778269  .743
No. 20 Pittsburgh126 .667249  .727
No. 16 Syracuse117 .6113010  .750
No. 23 Notre Dame117 .6112510  .714
Villanova108 .5562014  .588
Connecticut*108 .5562010  .667
Cincinnati99 .5002212  .647
Providence99 .5001915  .559
St. John's810 .4441716  .515
Rutgers513 .2781516  .484
Seton Hall315 .1671518  .455
South Florida315 .1671219  .387
DePaul216 .1111121  .344
2013 Big East tournament winner
As of March 30, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties.

This was Villanova's final season as a member of the original Big East Conference. The so-called Catholic 7 schools joined with Butler, Creighton and Xavier to form a new conference that kept the Big East Conference name, but as an entirely new conference.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.