Led by head coach Jay Wright in his 18th year, the Wildcats played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion[1][2] on the school's campus in the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova, Pennsylvania and Wells Fargo Center as members of the Big East Conference.

They defeated Providence, Xavier, and Seton Hall to win the Big East tournament.

[3][4] As a result, the Wildcats received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No.

They defeated Marquette,[8] Butler,[9] and Providence to win the Big East tournament championship.

[11] They defeated Radford,[12] Alabama,[13] West Virginia,[14] and Texas Tech to advance to the Final Four for the second time in three years.