2016–17 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

2016–17 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball

Conference	Big East Conference
2016–17 record	( Big East)
Head coach	Jay Wright (16th year)
Assistant coach	Baker Dunleavy
Assistant coach	Ashley Howard
Assistant coach	Kyle Neptune
Home arena	The Pavilion Wells Fargo Center

2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Butler	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Creighton	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
DePaul	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgetown	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Marquette	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Providence	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Seton Hall	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
St. John's	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Villanova	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Xavier	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2017 Big East Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represents Villanova University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by the school's 8th head coach Jay Wright, the Wildcats participate in the Big East Conference and play their home games at The Pavilion, with some select home games at the Wells Fargo Center.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the season 35–5, 16–2 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season championship. In the Big East Tournament they defeated Georgetown and Providence, but ultimately lost to Seton Hall in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, being awarded the #2 seed in the south region where they defeated #15 seed UNC Asheville in the first round, then #7 seed Iowa in the second round, then #3 seed Miami in the Sweet 16, then upset overall #1 seed Kansas. The Wildcats advanced to their 5th Final Four appearance, where they defeated #2 seed Oklahoma and advanced to the 3rd national championship game where they defeated the #1 seed North Carolina to earn the second NCAA Championship title in school history, the first since 1985. With their 34th win of the season, a 95-51 win over Oklahoma in the Final Four of the 2016 NCAA Tournament (the largest margin of victory in Final Four history), the Wildcats set a single season program record for wins; they would eventually finish the season with 35. In beating #3 Miami (AP #10), #1 Kansas (AP #1), #2 Oklahoma (AP #7) and #1 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.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Arcidiacono, RyanRyan Arcidiacono	15	PG	75 !6'3"	195	4 !Senior	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Farrell, PatrickPatrick Farrell	20	SF	77 !6'5"	200	4 !Senior	Rockville Centre, New York	Graduated
Lowe, HenryHenry Lowe	0	PG	71 !5'11"	185	4 !Senior	New York, New York	Graduated
Ochefu, DanielDaniel Ochefu	23	PF	83 !6'11"	245	4 !Senior	Lagos, Nigeria	Graduated
Rafferty, KevinKevin Rafferty	52	SF	80 !6'8"	215	4 !Senior	Malvern, Pennsylvania	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School

Incoming recruits

2016 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Omari Spellman PF	Malvern, PA	The MacDuffie School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	272 lb (123 kg)	Feb 20, 2015
Omari Spellman PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 83
Dylan Painter C	Hershey, PA	The MacDuffie School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 16, 2015
Dylan Painter C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

Roster

2016–17 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Brunson, JalenJalen Brunson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	2.0 !So	Lincolnshire, Illinois
3.5 !F	2	Jenkins, KrisKris Jenkins	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Dobbs Ferry, New York
1.5 !G	3	Hart, JoshJosh Hart	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Washington, D.C.
3.5 !F	4	Paschall, EricEric Paschall	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	2.0 !So	Upper Marlboro, Maryland
1.5 !G	5	Booth, PhilPhil Booth	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Baltimore, Maryland
1.5 !G	10	DiVincenzo, DonteDonte DiVincenzo	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Wilmington, Delaware
2.5 !G/F	25	Bridges, MikalMikal Bridges	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Malvern, Pennsylvania
3.5 !F	34	Delaney, TimTim Delaney	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Mullica Hill, New Jersey
3.5 !F	45	Reynolds, DarrylDarryl Reynolds	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Head coach

Jay Wright (Bucknell)

Assistant coach(es)

Baker Dunleavy (Villanova)
Ashley Howard (Drexel)
Kyle Neptune (Lehigh)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

References

Villanova Wildcats men's basketball

Venues	Jake Nevin Field House (1932–1986) The Pavilion (1986–present) Wells Fargo Center (alternate; 1996–present)

Rivalries	Saint Joseph's

Culture & lore	Will D. Cat City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) "V for Villanova"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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