2021–22 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

2021–22 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 6
Record30–8 (16–4 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaFinneran Pavilion
(Capacity: 6,501)
Wells Fargo Center
(Capacity: 20,478)
2021–22 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Providence 14 3   .824 27 6   .818
No. 6 Villanova 16 4   .800 30 8   .789
No. 21 UConn 13 6   .684 23 10   .697
Creighton 12 7   .632 23 12   .657
Seton Hall 11 8   .579 21 11   .656
Marquette 11 8   .579 19 13   .594
Xavier 8 11   .421 23 13   .639
St. John's 8 11   .421 17 15   .531
Butler 6 14   .300 14 19   .424
DePaul 6 14   .300 15 16   .484
Georgetown 0 19   .000 6 25   .194
2022 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jay Wright in his 21st and final year of coaching, the Wildcats played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion on the school's campus in the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova, Pennsylvania and Wells Fargo Center as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 30–8, 16–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. They defeated St. John's, UConn, and Creighton to win the Big East tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the South region. They defeated Delaware, Ohio State, Michigan, and Houston to advance to the Final Four. There they lost to eventual national champion Kansas.

On April 20, 2022, head coach Jay Wright announced he was retiring effective immediately. Former Wright assistant and Fordham head coach Kyle Neptune was named the new head coach.