The Wildcats finished the regular season with a mark of 26 – 7 , earning a school record for most regular season victories . They lost their final regular season game to the Louisville Cardinals , 69 – 55 , in the fourth round , or semi-finals of the Big East Tournament . The Wildcats began the NCAA Tournament at the Wachovia Center , a secondary venue for home games . They survived an early scare by American to handily beat two of college basketball 's most prestigious programs , UCLA and Duke , in the rounds of 32 and 16 by a combined margin of 43 points
Big East Tournament
2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Villanova Wildcats men's basketball