2022–23 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team explained

Year:2022-23
Team:Villanova Wildcats
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Big East Conference
Short Conf:Big East
Record:17–17
Conf Record:10–10
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:George Halcovage
Stadium:Finneran Pavilion
(Capacity: 6,501)
Wells Fargo Center
(Capacity: 20,478)
Champion:Philadelphia Big 5 co-champions
Tourney Result:First Round

The 2022–23 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Kyle Neptune in his first year as a head coach, the Wildcats played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion on the school's campus in the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova, Pennsylvania and Wells Fargo Center as members of the Big East Conference. They finished with a record of 16–15, 10–10 to tie for sixth place in regular conference play. In the 2023 Big East Tournament, they defeated Georgetown in the opening round before losing to Creighton in the quarterfinals. The Wildcats received an at-large bit to the NIT, losing in the first round to Liberty.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2021–22 season 30–8, 16–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. They defeated St. John's, UConn, and Creighton to win the Big East tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the South region. They defeated Delaware, Ohio State, Michigan, and Houston to advance to the Final Four. There they lost to eventual national champion Kansas.

On April 20, 2022, head coach Jay Wright announced he was retiring effective immediately.[1] Former Wright assistant and Fordham head coach Kyle Neptune was named the team's new head coach.[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
1 G 6'5" 180 Junior Transferred to Radford
2 G 6'3" 195 GS Senior Graduated/undrafted in 2022 NBA draft
Kevin Voigt 12 G 6'5" 210 Senior Walk-on; Graduated
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree 21 F 6'9" 250 GS Senior Graduated
23 F 6'7" 230 GS Senior Graduated

2022 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Villanova coach Jay Wright steps down, joining growing number who are walking away from a changing profession . 2022-04-21 . CBSSports.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2022-04-20 . Wright retiring after 21 years as Villanova coach . 2022-04-21 . ESPN.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule. villanova.com. 22 September 2022. en.