The 2024–25 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by coach Kyle Neptune in his third season as a head coach, 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 19–14, 11–9 in Big East play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Seton Hall in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing to UConn in the quarterfinals. They accepted a bid to the inaugural College Basketball Crown tournament.
On March 15, 2025, the school fired head coach Kyle Neptune. Assistant coach Mike Nardi was named interim coach for the postseason tournament. On March 30, the school named Maryland head coach Kevin Willard the team's new head coach.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2023–24 season 18–16, 10–10 in Big East play, to tie for sixth place. They defeated DePaul in the opening round of the 2024 Big East tournament before losing to Marquette in the quarterfinals. The Wildcats received an at-large bid to the NIT, losing in the first round to VCU.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure TJ Bamba 0 G 6'5" 215 Senior Bronx, NY Graduate transferred to Oregon Brendan Hausen 1 G 6'5" 205 Sophomore Amarillo, TX Transferred to Kansas State Mark Armstrong 2 G 6'2" 180 Sophomore South Orange, NJ Declare for 2024 NBA draft; went undrafted/signed with the Brooklyn Nets Trey Patterson 3 F 6'9" 225 Junior Somerset, NJ Transferred to Rice Chris Arcidiacono 4 G 6'5" 205 GS senior Langhorne, PA Graduated Justin Moore 5 G 6'4" 210 GS senior Fort Washington, MD Graduated Hakim Hart 13 G 6'8" 205 GS senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated Lance Ware 14 F 6'9" 235 Senior Camden, NJ Graduate transferred to UT Arlington Tyler Burton 23 F 6'7" 215 GS senior Uxbridge, MA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Kris Parker 1 G 6'9" 195 Freshman Tallahassee, FL Alabama Jhamir Brickus 2 G 5'11" 205 GS senior Coatesville, PA La Salle Tyler Perkins 4 G 6'4" 205 Sophomore Lorton, VA Penn Wooga Poplar 5 G 6'2" 192 Senior Philadelphia, PA Miami (FL) Enoch Boakye 13 C 6'10" 250 Senior Brampton, ON Fresno State
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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