The Wildcats finished the 2014 – 15 season 33 – 3 , 16 – 2 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season championship . They defeated Marquette , Providence , and Xavier to become champions of the Big East Tournament . They received the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed where they defeated Lafayette in the Second Round before losing in the Third Round to NC State
Big East Tournament
2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team