The Villanova Wildcats won the NCAA Tournament in 2016 . In 2017 – 18 , Villanova set the NCAA record for three-point shots in a season and in the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament . After completing a 30 – 4 regular season , including winning the 2018 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament , Villanova was ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll and earned the No. 1 seed in the East Regional . In the first round , Villanova defeated the No. 16 Radford Highlanders , 87 – 61 . Villanova blew out the No. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 81 – 58 in the second round . In the Sweet 16 , Villanova beat the West Virginia Mountaineers , 90 – 78 . Villanova won against the No. 3 Texas Tech Red Raiders , 71 – 59 , to make the Final Four . They defeated the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 95 – 79 in the Final Four to reach the championship game . In their victory over Kansas , Villanova set an NCAA Tournament Final Four single-game record with 18 three-point shots
2018 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament
2018 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game