The Wildcats finished the 2016 – 17 season 32 – 4 , 15 – 3 in Big East play to win the regular season championship . In the Big East Tournament , they defeated St. John 's , Seton Hall , and Creighton to win the tournament championship . As a result , they received the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament . The Wildcats were given the Tournament 's overall No. 1 seed as a No. 1 seed in the East region . In the First Round they defeated Mount St. Mary 's before being upset by No. 8-seeded Wisconsin in the Second Round . The loss marked the second time in the previous three tournaments that Villanova was upset by an eighth-seeded team
Big East Tournament
2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team