Villanova Basketball: Top 25 players who have ever played for Jay Wright

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 24: Head coach Jay Wright of the Villanova Wildcats looks on during the first half of the game against the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 Round at AT&T Center on March 24, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images) /

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19. Saddiq Bey – Villanova, 2019-2020

Career stats: 11.9 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.8 APG

Bey wasn’t a four-year player at Villanova, but he did manage to win two Big East regular-season titles and a Big East Tournament title in his two years in school. As a sophomore in 2019-20, he averaged 16.1 points and was a first-team All-Big East selection. He also won the Julius Erving Award for best small forward in college basketball that season.

Bey was the No. 19 pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 2020 NBA Draft. In the 2021-22 season, Bey set the Pistons franchise record for three-pointers made in a single season and also dropped 51 points in a game against the Orlando Magic on March 17.

18. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl – Villanova, 2020-2021

Career stats: 12.8 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.1 APG

Robinson-Early only played two years in college and did not win a national championship, but he did win two Big East regular-season titles and was the Big East co-Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2021. As a consensus five-star recruit out of high school, it was never really expected that JRE would be a four-year player at Villanova. Still, he deserves a spot on this list as one of only eight players in program history to win Big East Player of the Year.

It’s also worth noting that he didn’t get the chance to make a Final Four or national championship run in one of his two seasons at Villanova due to the 2020 NCAA Tournament being canceled because of COVID-19.