The 2025–26 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by coach first year head coach Kevin Willard, played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion on the school's campus in the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova, Pennsylvania and Xfinity Mobile Arena as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2024–25 season 21–15, 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 where they defeated Colorado in the first round and USC in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to UCF.

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.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Josiah Moseley 0 F 6'6" 185 Freshman Round Rock, TX Transferred to Texas Tech Kris Parker 1 G 6'9" 195 Freshman Tallahassee, FL Transferred to UCF Jhamir Brickus 2 G 5'11" 205 GS Senior Coatesville, PA Graduated Wooga Poplar 5 G 6'5" 197 Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated Aleksandar Gavalyugov 7 G 6'2" 195 Freshman Sofia, Bulgaria Transferred to Santa Clara Jordann Dumont 10 F 6'8" 200 Freshman Montreal, QC Transferred to VCU Collin O'Toole 12 G 6'1" 180 Senior Rye, NY Walk-on; graduated Enoch Boakye 13 C 6'11" 250 Senior Brampton, ON Transferred Jordan Longino 15 G 6'5" 215 Senior Doylestown, PA Transferred Malcolm Thomas 20 F 6'8" 195 Freshman Mitchelville, MD Transferred to Dayton Nnanna Njoku 21 F 6'9" 260 Junior Newark, DE Transferred to Delaware Eric Dixon 43 F 6'8" 255 GS Senior Willow Grove, PA Graduated/undrafted in 2025 NBA draft; signed with the Los Angeles Lakers

Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Zion Stanford 1 G 6'6" 205 Junior Philadelphia, PA Temple Bryce Lindsay 2 G 6'3" 195 Sophomore Baltimore, MD James Madison Devin Askew 5 G 6'5" 195 GS Senior Sacramento, CA Long Beach State Tafara Gapare 6 F 6'9" 215 Senior Wellington, New Zealand Maryland Malachi Palmer 7 G 6'6" 212 Sophomore Harrisburg, PA Maryland Malcolm Flaggs 15 G 6'6" 200 Junior Tuba City, AZ Grand Canyon Braden Pierce 17 C 7'0" 245 Sophomore Woodstock, GA Maryland Duke Brennan 24 F 6'10" 250 Senior Chandler, AZ Grand Canyon

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Rankings

References