2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Villanova Wildcats Villanova Wildcats logo.svg Big East Conference Big East 20–14 10–8 Jay Wright Billy Lange Raphael Chillious Baker Dunleavy The PavilionWells Fargo Center NCAA Tournament round of 64 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 Round of 64 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 Big East Conference name, but as an entirely new conference. Roster 2012 Villanova Wildcats y Henry Lowe 2 G 5 11 185 FR New York, New York USA Tyrone Johnson 3 G 6 3 185 SO Plainfield, New Jersey USA y basketball Darrun Hilliard y 4 G 6 6 205 SO Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA Tony Chennault 5 G 6 2 195 JR Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Mislav Brzoja 10 G 6 5 205 FR Zagreb, Croatia Croatia Nick McMahon 12 G 6 0 165 JR Colts Neck, New Jersey USA Mouphtaou Yarou y 13 F/C 6 9 215 SR Natitingou, Benin Benin Ryan Arcidiacono y 15 G 6 3 180 FR Langhorne, Pennsylvania USA Patrick Farrell 20 F 6 5 200 FR Rockville Centre, New York USA JayVaughn Pinkston y 22 F 6 7 260 SO y Brooklyn, New York USA Daniel Ochefu y 23 F 6 10 230 FR Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria Achraf Yacoubou 24 G 6 4 210 SO Bronx, New York USA Maurice Sutton y 25 C 6 11 215 SR y Upper Marlboro, Maryland USA Dylan Ennis y 31 G 6 2 182 FR y Brampton, Ontario Canada James Bell y basketball 32 G 6 5 225 JR Orlando, Florida USA Jay Wright (Bucknell) Billy Lange (Rowan) Raphael Chillious (Lafayette) Baker Dunleavy (Villanova) http://www.villanova.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/nova-m-baskbl-roster1213.html 2012-10-30 Schedule 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/01/2012 7:00 pm yes Carleton The Pavilion Villanova, PA N/A 65–59 – |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/09/2012 7:30 pm yes District of Columbia The Pavilion Villanova, PA 2K Sports Classic 6,500 78–58 1–0 11/11/2012 1:00 pm yes Marshall The Pavilion Villanova, PA 2K Sports Classic 6,500 ESPN3 80–68 2–0 11/15/2012 9:30 pm yes yes Purdue Madison Square Garden New York City, NY 2K Sports Classic semifinals 6,149 ESPN2 89–81 OT 3–0 11/16/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Alabama Madison Square Garden New York City, NY 2K Sports Classic finals 6,177 ESPN2 55–77 3–1 11/20/2012 7:00 pm yes Columbia The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPN3 57–75 3–2 11/25/2012 1:00 pm yes yes La Salle Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA 3,091 CBSSN 74–77 OT 3–3 12/01/2012 5:00 pm yes yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 9,365 ESPN2 62–52 4–3 12/05/2012 9:00 pm yes Temple The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPN2 61–76 4–4 12/08/2012 8:00 pm yes yes Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 6,413 NBCSN 68–55 5–4 12/11/2012 7:00 pm yes Saint Joseph's The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPNU 65–61 6–4 12/16/2012 4:00 pm yes Delaware The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPNU 75–65 7–4 12/22/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Monmouth Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 3,898 ESPN3 83–56 8–4 12/28/2012 7:00 pm yes NJIT The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPN3 70–60 9–4 01/02/2013 8:00 pm St. John's The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPNU 98–86 OT 10–4 (1–0) 01/09/2013 8:00 pm yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 5,014 BIG EAST Network/WPHL 61–53 11–4 (2–0) 01/12/2013 12:00 pm yes Syracuse 7 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 27,586 BIG EAST Network/WPHL 61–72 11–5 (2–1) 01/16/2013 7:00 pm Pittsburgh The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPNU 43–58 11–6 (2–2) 01/19/2013 4:00 pm yes Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI 10,859 BIG EAST Network/WPHL 66–69 11–7 (2–3) 01/22/2013 8:00 pm Louisville 5 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA 11,887 BIG EAST Network/WPHL 73–64 12–7 (3–3) 01/26/2013 11:00 am Syracuse 3 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA 18,273 ESPNU 75–71 OT 13–7 (4–3) 01/30/2013 6:00 pm yes Notre Dame Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,075 ESPN2 60–65 13–8 (4–4) 02/03/2013 12:00 pm Providence The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 BIG EAST Network/WPHL 52–55 13–9 (4–5) 02/05/2013 7:00 pm yes DePaul Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL 7,602 ESPN2 94–71 14–9 (5–5) 02/09/2013 3:00 pm South Florida The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPNU 68–40 15–9 (6–5) 02/12/2013 8:00 pm yes Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH 9,534 BIG EAST Network/WPHL 50–68 15–10 (6–6) 02/16/2013 12:00 pm yes Connecticut XL Center Hartford, CT 15,165 ESPN 70–61 16–10 (7–6) 02/18/2013 9:00 pm Rutgers The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPNU 71–63 17–10 (8–6) 02/23/2013 6:00 pm Marquette 17 The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 ESPN/ESPN2 60–56 18–10 (9–6) 02/25/2013 9:00 pm yes Seton Hall Prudential Center Newark, NJ 6,771 ESPNU 65–66 18–11 (9–7) 03/03/2013 12:00 pm yes Pittsburgh 23 Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA 12,553 BIG EAST Network/WPHL 64–73 OT 18–12 (9–8) 03/06/2013 7:00 pm Georgetown 5 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA 13,685 ESPN2 67–57 19–12 (10–8) |- !colspan=9| 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament 03/13/2013 7:00 pm yes St. John's Madison Square Garden New York City, NY Second Round 20,057 ESPN2 66–53 20–12 03/14/2013 7:00 pm yes Louisville 4 Madison Square Garden New York City, NY Quarterfinals 20,057 ESPN 55–74 20–13 |- !colspan=9| 2013 NCAA tournament 03/22/2013 7:20 pm yes yes (9 S) (8 S) North Carolina Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Second Round 18,488 TNT 71–78 20–14 AP Poll Eastern Time. 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