The 2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented

Villanova University Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1842 and named after Thomas of Villanova, Saint Thom ...

in the

2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 2012 with the Empire Classic, 2K Sports Classic and ended with the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four on April 6, 2013 and 2013 NCAA Divis ...

. Villanova was led by head coach Jay Wright, who was in his 12th season. The Wildcats participated in the

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and played their home games at The Pavilion with some select home games at the

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. 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. 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

name, but as an entirely new conference.

Roster

Schedule

, - !colspan=9, Exhibition , - !colspan=9, Regular season , - !colspan=9, 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament , - !colspan=9, 2013 NCAA tournament

References

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Villanova Wildcats men's basketball seasons