<P> The Villanova Wildcats compete in the Big East Conference and are coached by Jay Wright . The team has traditionally divides its home schedule between its on - campus arena , the William B. Finneran Pavilion , and the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia , for larger draws . During the 2017 - 18 season , the team played its entire home schedule that season at the Wells Fargo Center following the reconstruction of the Pavilion scheduled to be completed in time for the 2018 - 19 school year . Wright has taken the Wildcats to 12 postseason appearances including 7 consecutive trips ( 2005 -- 2011 ) and 5 consecutive trips ( 2013 - 2017 ) to the NCAA Tournament . The 2011 - 12 team struggled and missed postseason but Coach Wright brought a surprising young team back to the 2013 NCAA Tournament . Villanova has appeared in the NIT 17 times , winning in 1994 , and won the Big East Tournament in 1995 , 2015 and 2017 . The Wildcats have appeared in the NCAA Men 's Tournament 37 times , the 8th highest total in NCAA history have reached the Elite Eight 13 times . They have been to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament on five occasions . The 1939 team coached by Al Severance reached the inaugural NCAA Final Four played at the Palestra for the 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament . All - American Howard Porter led a Wildcat team coached by Jack Kraft to Final Four of the 1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament . Coach Rollie Massimino took Villanova to a surprising 1985 National Championship . Current Coach Jay Wright reached the Final Four at the 2009 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament behind Dante Cunningham and Scottie Reynolds . The team most recently won the 2018 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament for their third National Championship . </P>
when was the last time villanova won the ncaa basketball championship
2018