List of Villanova Wildcats men's basketball seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Villanova Wildcats men's college basketball team. [1]

Seasons

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Michael Saxe (Independent)(1920–1926)
1920–21 Michael Saxe 8–7
1921–22Michael Saxe 11–4
1922–23Michael Saxe 10–6
1923–24Michael Saxe 14–7
1924–25Michael Saxe 10–1
1925–26Michael Saxe 10–6
Michael Saxe:63–31 (.670)
John Cashman (Independent)(1926–1929)
1926–27 John Cashman 11–7
1927–28John Cashman 4–11
1928–29John Cashman 6–8
John Cashman:21–26 (.447)
George Jacobs (Independent)(1929–1936)
1929–30 George Jacobs 11–6
1930–31George Jacobs 7–13
1931–32George Jacobs 7–11
1932–33George Jacobs 9–4
1933–34George Jacobs 9–3
1934–35George Jacobs 13–7
1935–36George Jacobs 6–12
George Jacobs:62–56 (.525)
Alexander Severance (Independent)(1936–1961)
1936–37 Alexander Severance 15–8
1937–38Alexander Severance 25–5
1938–39Alexander Severance 20–5 NCAA Final Four
1939–40Alexander Severance 17–2
1940–41Alexander Severance 13–3
1941–42Alexander Severance 13–9
1942–43Alexander Severance 19–2
1943–44Alexander Severance 9–11
1944–45Alexander Severance 6–11
1945–46Alexander Severance 10–13
1946–47Alexander Severance 17–7
1947–48Alexander Severance 15–9
1948–49Alexander Severance 23–4 NCAA Elite Eight
1949–50Alexander Severance 25–4
1950–51Alexander Severance 25–7 NCAA first round
1951–52Alexander Severance 19–8
1952–53Alexander Severance 19–8
1953–54Alexander Severance 20–11
1954–55Alexander Severance 18–10 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1955–56Alexander Severance 14–12
1956–57Alexander Severance 10–15
1957–58Alexander Severance 12–11
1958–59Alexander Severance 18–7 NIT first round
1959–60Alexander Severance 20–6 NIT quarterfinal
1960–61Alexander Severance 11–13
Alexander Severance:413–201 (.673)
Jack Kraft (Independent)(1961–1973)
1961–62 Jack Kraft 21–7 NCAA University Division Elite Eight
1962–63Jack Kraft 19–10 NIT Fourth Place
1963–64Jack Kraft 24–4 NCAA University Division Sweet Sixteen
1964–65Jack Kraft 23–5 NIT Runner-up
1965–66Jack Kraft 18–11 NIT Third Place
1966–67Jack Kraft 17–9 NIT first round
1967–68Jack Kraft 19–9 NIT quarterfinal
1968–69Jack Kraft 21–5 NCAA University Division first round
1969–70Jack Kraft 22–7 NCAA University Division Elite Eight
1970–71Jack Kraft 27–7 [Note A] NCAA University Division Runner-up
1971–72Jack Kraft 20–8 NCAA University Division second round
1972–73Jack Kraft 11–14
Jack Kraft:242–96 (.716)
Rollie Massimino (Independent)(1974–1976)
1973–74 Rollie Massimino 7–19
1974–75Rollie Massimino 9–18
1975–76Rollie Massimino 16–11
Rollie Massimino (Eastern Collegiate Basketball League/Eastern 8)(1976–1980)
1976–77Rollie Massimino 23–106–12nd (East) NIT Third Place
1977–78Rollie Massimino 23–97–3T–1st NCAA Division I Elite Eight
1978–79Rollie Massimino 15–139–11st
1979–80Rollie Massimino 23–87–3T–1st NCAA Division I second round
Rollie Massimino (Big East Conference)(1980–1992)
1980–81Rollie Massimino 20–118–6T–3rd NCAA Division I second round
1981–82Rollie Massimino 24–811–31st NCAA Division I Elite Eight
1982–83Rollie Massimino 24–812–4T–1st NCAA Division I Elite Eight
1983–84Rollie Massimino 19–1212–4T–2nd NCAA Division I second round
1984–85 Rollie Massimino 25–109–7T–3rd NCAA Division I Champion
1985–86Rollie Massimino 23–1410–64th NCAA Division I second round
1986–87Rollie Massimino 15–166–106th NIT first round
1987–88Rollie Massimino 24–139–7T–3rd NCAA Division I Elite Eight
1988–89Rollie Massimino 18–167–9T–5th NIT quarterfinal
1989–90Rollie Massimino 18–158–8T–5th NCAA Division I first round
1990–91Rollie Massimino 17–157–9T–7th NCAA Division I second round
1991–92Rollie Massimino 14–1511–74th NIT first round
Rollie Massimino:357–241 (.597)139–88 (.612)
Steve Lappas (Big East Conference)(1992–2001)
1992–93 Steve Lappas 8–193–1510th
1993–94Steve Lappas 20–1210–8T–4th NIT Champion
1994–95Steve Lappas 25–814–42nd NCAA Division I first round
1995–96Steve Lappas 26–714–42nd (BE6) NCAA Division I second round
1996–97Steve Lappas 24–1012–6T–1st (BE6) NCAA Division I second round
1997–98Steve Lappas 12–178–104th (BE6)
1998–99Steve Lappas 21–1110–8T–4th NCAA Division I first round
1999–00Steve Lappas 20–138–8T–6th NIT second round
2000–01Steve Lappas 18–138–8T–3rd (East) NIT first round
Steve Lappas:174–110 (.613)87–71 (.551)
Jay Wright (Big East Conference)(2001–2022)
2001–02 Jay Wright 19–137–95th (East) NIT quarterfinal
2002–03 Jay Wright 15–168–8T–3rd (East) NIT first round
2003–04 Jay Wright 18–176–1011th NIT quarterfinal
2004–05 Jay Wright 24–811–5T–3rd NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2005–06 Jay Wright 28–514–2T–1st NCAA Division I Elite Eight
2006–07 Jay Wright 22–119–77th NCAA Division I first round
2007–08 Jay Wright 22–139–9T–8th NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2008–09 Jay Wright 30–813–54th NCAA Division I Final Four
2009–10 Jay Wright 25–813–5T–2nd NCAA Division I second round
2010–11 Jay Wright 21–129–9T–9th NCAA Division I second round
2011–12 Jay Wright 13–195–13T–13th
2012–13 Jay Wright 20–1410–8T–7th NCAA Division I second round
2013–14 Jay Wright 29–516–21st NCAA Division I third round
2014–15 Jay Wright 33–316–21st NCAA Division I third round
2015–16 Jay Wright 35–516–21st NCAA Division I Champion
2016–17 Jay Wright 32–415–31st NCAA Division I second round
2017–18 Jay Wright 36–414–42nd NCAA Division I Champion
2018–19 Jay Wright 26–1013–51st NCAA Division I second round
2019–20 Jay Wright 24–713–5T–1stNo postseason held
2020–21 Jay Wright 18–711–41st NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2021–22 Jay Wright 30–816–42nd NCAA Division I Final Four
Jay Wright:520–197 (.725)244–123 (.665)
Kyle Neptune (Big East Conference)(2022–present)
2022–23 Kyle Neptune 17–1710–10T–6th NIT First Round
Kyle Neptune:17–17 (.500)10–10 (.500)
Total:

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

^A. Due to NCAA violations, Villanova vacated its 4–1 record in the NCAA Tournament that year

Notes

  1. ↑ "Villanova Wildcats Index".

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