2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball

NIT Season Tip-Off Champions
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
2015–16 record	21–3 (11–1 Big East)
Head coach	Jay Wright (15th year)
Assistant coach	Baker Dunleavy
Assistant coach	Ashley Howard
Assistant coach	Kyle Neptune
Home arena	The Pavilion Wells Fargo Center

2015–16 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Villanova	11	–	1	.917	21	–	3	.875
#5 Xavier	9	–	3	.750	21	–	3	.875
Seton Hall	7	–	5	.583	17	–	7	.708
Creighton	7	–	5	.583	16	–	9	.640
#20 Providence	7	–	6	.538	19	–	7	.731
Georgetown	7	–	6	.538	14	–	12	.538
Butler	6	–	6	.500	17	–	7	.708
Marquette	5	–	7	.417	16	–	9	.640
DePaul	2	–	10	.167	8	–	16	.333
St. John's	0	–	12	.000	7	–	18	.280

† 2016 Big East Tournament winner As of February 9, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represents Villanova University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by the school's 15th head coach Jay Wright, the Wildcats participate in the Big East Conference and play their home games at The Pavilion, with some select home games at the Wells Fargo Center.

Previous Season

The Wildcats finished the season 33–3, 16–2 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season championship. They defeated Marquette, Providence, and Xavier to become champions of the Big East Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Lafayette in the second round before losing in the third round to NC State. With their 31st win of the season, a 63–61 win over Providence in the semifinals of the 2015 Big East Tournament, the Wildcats set a single season record for wins, which would eventually finish at 33.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Hilliard, DarrunDarrun Hilliard	4	G	6'6"	215	Senior	Bethlehem, PA	Graduated/2015 NBA Draft
Ennis, DylanDylan Ennis	52	G	6'2"	192	Junior	Brampton, Ontario	Graduated/Transferred to Oregon
Pinkston, JayVaughnJayVaughn Pinkston	22	F	6'7"	235	RS Senior	Brooklyn, NY	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Eric Paschall	4	F	6'6"	205	Sophomore	Dobbs Ferry, NY	Transferred from Fordham. Under NCAA transfer rules, Paschall will have to sit out from the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

Incoming recruits

Jalen Brunson at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jalen Brunson PG	Lincolnshire, IL	Adlai E. Stevenson High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 10, 2014
Jalen Brunson PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 90
Tim Delaney PF	Mullica Hill, NJ	Pitman High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jun 9, 2014
Tim Delaney PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Donte DiVincenzo SG	Wilmington, DE	Salesianum School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jan 3, 2014
Donte DiVincenzo SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

2016-17 recruiting class

2016 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Omari Spellman PF	Malvern, PA	The MacDuffie School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	272 lb (123 kg)	Feb 20, 2015
Omari Spellman PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 83
Dylan Painter C	Hershey, PA	The MacDuffie School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 16, 2015
Dylan Painter C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

Roster

2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Lowe, HenryHenry Lowe (W)	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	New York, New York
1.5 !G	1	Brunson, JalenJalen Brunson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Lincolnshire, Illinois
3.5 !F	2	Jenkins, KrisKris Jenkins	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2.0 !So	Dobbs Ferry, New York
1.5 !G	3	Hart, JoshJosh Hart	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Washington, D.C.
3.5 !F	4	Paschall, EricEric Paschall (I)	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	2.0 !So	Upper Marlboro, Maryland
1.5 !G	5	Booth, PhilPhil Booth	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Baltimore, Maryland
1.5 !G	10	DiVincenzo, DonteDonte DiVincenzo	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Wilmington, Delaware
1.5 !G	15	Arcidiacono, RyanRyan Arcidiacono	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Langhorne, Pennsylvania
3.5 !F	20	Farrell, PatrickPatrick Farrell (W)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Rockville Centre, New York
3.5 !F	23	Ochefu, DanielDaniel Ochefu	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Lagos, Nigeria
2.5 !G/F	25	Bridges, MikalMikal Bridges	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Malvern, Pennsylvania
3.5 !F	34	Delaney, TimTim Delaney	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Mullica Hill, New Jersey
3.5 !F	45	Reynolds, DarrylDarryl Reynolds	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3.5 !F	52	Rafferty, KevinKevin Rafferty	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Malvern, Pennsylvania

Head coach

Jay Wright (Bucknell)

Assistant coach(es)

Baker Dunleavy (Villanova)
Ashley Howard (Drexel)
Kyle Neptune (Lehigh)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Nov 8, 2015* 12:00 pm	#11	Pace	W 80–45		Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
Regular season
Nov 13, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS2	#11	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 91–54^[1]	1–0	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Nov 17, 2015* 8:30 pm, FS1	#11	Nebraska Gavitt Tipoff Games	W 87–63	2–0	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Nov 20, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS2	#11	East Tennessee State NIT Season Tip-Off	W 86–51	3–0	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Nov 22, 2015* 4:30 pm, FS1	#11	Akron NIT Season Tip-Off	W 75–56	4–0	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Nov 26, 2015* 4:30 pm, ESPN2	#8	vs. Stanford NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals	W 59–45	5–0	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
Nov 27, 2015* 3:00 pm, ESPN2	#8	vs. Georgia Tech NIT Season Tip-Off championship	W 69–52	6–0	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
Dec 1, 2015* 7:00 pm, CBSSN	#8	at Saint Joseph's Holy War	W 86–72	7–0	Hagan Arena (4,200) Philadelphia, PA
Dec 7, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS1	#9	vs. #7 Oklahoma Pearl Harbor Classic	L 55–78	7–1	Bloch Arena (4,024) Honolulu, HI
Dec 13, 2015* 5:00 pm, FS1	#9	La Salle	W 76–47	8–1	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Dec 19, 2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	#12	at #8 Virginia	L 75–86	8–2	John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA
Dec 22, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS1	#17	Delaware	W 78–48	9–2	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Dec 28, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS1	#16	Penn	W 77–57	10–2	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Dec 31, 2015 12:00 pm, FS1	#16	#6 Xavier	W 95–64	11–2 (1–0)	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Jan 2, 2016 10 pm, FS1	#16	at Creighton Big East New Year's Marathon	W 85–71	12–2 (2–0)	CenturyLink Center (17,375) Omaha, NE
Jan 6, 2016 7:00 pm, FS1	#11	Seton Hall	W 72–63	13–2 (3–0)	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Jan 10, 2016 7:30 pm, FS1	#11	at #18 Butler	W 60–55	14–2 (4–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,144) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 13, 2016 8:30 pm, FS1	#6	Marquette	W 83–68	15–2 (5–0)	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Jan 16, 2016 1:00 pm, CBS	#6	at Georgetown	W 55–50	16–2 (6–0)	Verizon Center (15,535) Washington, D.C.
Jan 20, 2016 9:00 pm, CBSSN	#4	at Seton Hall	W 72–71	17–2 (7–0)	Prudential Center (8,788) Newark, NJ
Jan 23, 2016 12:00 pm, FOX	#4	#16 Providence	L 76–82	17–3 (7–1)	Wells Fargo Center (7,191) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 31, 2016 12:00 pm, FOX	#6	at St. John's	W 68–53	18–3 (8–1)	Madison Square Garden (12,713) New York City, NY
Feb 3, 2016 8:00 pm, CBSSN	#3	Creighton	W 83–58	19–3 (9–1)	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
Feb 6, 2016 2:30 pm, FS1	#3	at #11 Providence	W 72–60	20–3 (10–1)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,883) Providence, RI
Feb 9, 2016 8:30 pm, FS1	#1	at DePaul	W 86–59	21–3 (11–1)	Allstate Arena (6,393) Rosemont, IL
Feb 13, 2016 8:00 pm, CBSSN	#1	St. John's			Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
Feb 17, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Temple			Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
Feb 20, 2016 2:30 pm, FOX		Butler			The Pavilion Villanova, PA
Feb 24, 2016 7:00 pm, FS1		at Xavier			Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
Feb 27, 2016 2:00 pm, FOX		at Marquette			BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
Mar 1, 2016 7:00 pm, FS1		DePaul			The Pavilion Villanova, PA
Mar 5, 2016 12:00 pm, FOX		Georgetown			Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
Big East Tournament
Mar 9–12, 2016		vs.			Madison Square Garden New York City, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

On February 8, the 2015–16 Wildcats became the first Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team to reach number one in the AP Poll by climbing to the top of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.^[2]^[3]

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Post	Final
AP	11	11	8	8	9	12	17	16	11	6	4	6	3	1						N/A
Coaches	9	T8	9	7	6	13	17	16	13	7	4	6	4	1

References

↑ "No. 11 Villanova beats Fairleigh Dickinson 91-54". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
↑ O'Connell, Jim (2016-02-08). "College basketball rankings: Villanova earns program's first AP No. 1 ranking". NCAA.com. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Associated Press. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
↑ Beaton, Andrew (2016-02-08). "Villanova Ranked No. 1 for First Time in AP Poll". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-02-09.

Villanova Wildcats men's basketball

Venues	Jake Nevin Field House (1932–1986) The Pavilion (1986–present) Wells Fargo Center (alternate; 1996–present)

Rivalries	Saint Joseph's

Culture & lore	Will D. Cat City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) "V for Villanova"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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