2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, round of 64
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record20–14 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaThe Pavilion
Wells Fargo Center
2012–13 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Louisville†** 14 4   .778 35 5   .875
No. 8 Georgetown 14 4   .778 25 7   .781
No. 15 Marquette 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
No. 20 Pittsburgh 12 6   .667 24 9   .727
No. 16 Syracuse 11 7   .611 30 10   .750
No. 23 Notre Dame 11 7   .611 25 10   .714
Villanova 10 8   .556 20 14   .588
Connecticut* 10 8   .556 20 10   .667
Cincinnati 9 9   .500 22 12   .647
Providence 9 9   .500 19 15   .559
St. John's 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
Rutgers 5 13   .278 15 16   .484
Seton Hall 3 15   .167 15 18   .455
South Florida 3 15   .167 12 19   .387
DePaul 2 16   .111 11 21   .344
2013 Big East tournament winner
As of March 30, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties.

The 2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Villanova was led by head coach Jay Wright, who was in his 12th season. The Wildcats participated in the Big East Conference and played their home games at The Pavilion with some select home games at the Wells Fargo Center. They finished the season 20–14, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Louisville. They received an at large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the Round of 64 to North Carolina.

This was Villanova's final season as a member of the original Big East Conference. The so-called Catholic 7 schools joined with Butler, Creighton and Xavier to form a new conference that kept the Big East Conference name, but as an entirely new conference.