The Wildcats finished the 2017 – 18 season 36 – 4 , 14 – 4 in Big East play to finish in second place . They defeated Marquette , Butler , and Providence to win the Big East Tournament championship . As a result , they received the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the East region , their third No. 1 seed in four years . They defeated Radford , Alabama , West Virginia , and Texas Tech to advance to the Final Four for the second time in three years . In the National Semifinal , they defeated Kansas before defeating Michigan in the National Championship game to win their second national championship in three years . They won every game of the tournament by a double-digit margin and the team 's tournament run has been called among the most dominant ever
Big East Tournament
2018 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
2018–19 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team