< Previous2022-23 Overview: Returned from surgery to repair a tear in his right Achilles tendon on Jan. 29 ... Averaged 32.0 minutes per game over 13 games ... Averaged 13.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest. 2022-23 Postseason Highlights: Scored 13 points in both BIG EAST Tournament games Villanova played at Madison Square Garden ... Also added seven assists in an 80-48 victory over Georgetown on March 8. 2022-23 BIG EAST Highlights: His 17 points helped VU down DePaul 81-65 on Feb. 8 ... Dropped in 13 points in a 66-61 loss at Creighton on Feb. 4 ... Added nine points in his second game of the season, a 73-64 loss at Marquette on Feb. 1 ... Made his return to game action on Jan. 29 vs. Providence, logging 31:01 after a 10-month absence as he recovered from April surgery for a torn right Achilles tendon. 2021-22 Overview: Named Second Team all-BIG EAST and First Team All-Philadelphia Big Five … Also selected to First Team All-NABC District 5 … Finished second on the Wildcats in scoring at 14.8 points per game and also con- tributed 4.8 rebounds per outing … Saw his season ended by a tear in his right achilles tendon suffered in the final minute of Villanova’s 50-44 victory over Houston in the NCAA South Regional Final … He underwent successful surgery on the injury on March 28 prior to Villanova’s trip to New Orleans for the NCAA Final Four. 2021-22 Postseason Highlights: Named to the All-South Region Team after helping lead the Wildcats past Michi- gan and Houston in San Antonio ... Added 15 points, four rebounds and four assists to a 63-55 win over Michigan on March 24 ... Led the ‘Cats with 21 points and six assists in an 80-60 win over Delaware on March 18 in a First Round matchup in Pittsburgh … Named to the BIG EAST All-Tour- nament team after helping the Wildcats earn the title at Madison Square Garden … Provided a driving layup as part of a 16-point effort to help VU down Creighton 54-48 on March 12 for the BIG EAST Tournament crown. 2021-22 BIG EAST Regular Season Highlights: His 16 points helped lead VU past Butler 78-59 on March 5 ... Scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half to help lead VU past Georgetown 74-66 on Feb. 19 ... Registered his first double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds in an 89-84 win at Providence on Feb. 15 ... Sup- plied 14 of his 16 points in the second half as VU nipped Seton Hall 73-67 on Feb. 12 ... Returned from a one-game injury absence to contribute 16 points and five rebounds to a 75-69 win at St. John’s on Feb. 8 ... A left ankle injury sidelined him on Feb. 5 vs. UConn ... Scored his 1,000th career point on a free throw late in the first half of a 83-73 loss at Marquette on Feb. 3 ... Contributed 19 points to an 85-74 win at Georgetown on Jan. 22 ... Chipped in with 19 points and nine rebounds, including a go-ahead bas- ket with 1:52 remaining to help lift VU past Xavier 64-60 on Jan. 12 ... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week after scoring 21 points in a 79-64 win at DePaul on Jan. 8 ... Led the Wildcats with 22 points and added a pair of assists in a 75-41 victory over Creighton on Jan. 5 ... Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll on Jan. 3 after adding 13 points and the go-ahead basket with 1:36 to play in a 73-67 win at Seton Hall ... His 17 points paced Nova in a 71-58 win over Xavier on Dec. 21. CLICK FOR FULL BIO GRADUATE STUDENT • GUARD • 6-5 • 210 FORT WASHINGTON, MD. A savvy two-way guard with size and a complete game … Returned to play 13 games for the Wildcats after a long recovery following surgery to repair a tear in his right Achilles tendon ... Announced in April 2023 that he would utilize his fifth year of eligibility at Villanova. MOORE Justin # 5 © 2023 The Coca-Cola Company. 20 WWW.VILLANOVA.COMOFFICIAL FAN REFRESHMENT #TakeATaste Grab Flavor That's Got Game © 2023 The Coca-Cola Company. GRADUATE STUDENT • FORWARD • 6-8 • 255 WILLOW GROVE, PA. Offers a unique combination of strength and skill … Can operate on the interior where his power is an advantage or step out beyond the 3-point arc to score from beyond the arc. DIXON Eric 2022-23 Overview: Named second team All-BIG EAST ... Tabbed All District II by the United States Basketball Writers' Association ... Led the Wildcats in scoring at 15.4 points per game and also added 6.6 rebounds per contest ... Finished the campaign with 933 points as a Wildcat (10.0 ppg) ... Converted 42-of-111 from beyond the 3-point arc (.378). 2022-23 Postseason Highlights: Delivered 12 points and 13 rebounds in a 62-57 loss at Liberty in the first round of the NIT ...Netted 20 points and seven rebounds in an 87- 74 loss to Creighton in a BIG eAST Tournament quarterfi- nal on March 9. 2022-23 BIG EAST Highlights: Led VU with 19 points in a 58-54 win over Seton Hall on Feb. 11 ... Notched a season-high five assists to go with 13 points and eight rebounds in an 81-65 win over DePaul on Feb. 8 ... Deliv- ered 20 points and nine rebounds at Creighton on Feb. 4 ... Scored four points in the final 1:01 to help VU down Georgetown 77-73 on Jan. 16 ... Posted 22 points on 9-of- 12 shooting on Jan. 13 at Butler ... Recorded his third dou- ble-double of the season at DePaul, adding 22 points and 10 rebounds ... Scored 19 points in a Jan. 7 loss to Xavier .... Contributed 18 points and eight rebounds in a 74-66 loss at UConn on Dec. 28 ... Led Nova with 18 points in a 78-63 win over St. John’s on Dec. 21. 2022-23 Non-Conference Highlights: Notched his second double-double of the season at Saint Joseph’s on Dec. 17, finishing with 16 points and 12 rebounds ... Delivered his first double-double of the season on Nov. 24 with 21 points and 10 rebounds vs. Iowa State at the PK Invitation- al ... Matched a career high with 24 points to go with nine rebounds in a 73-71 loss at Michigan State on Nov. 18 ... Led the ‘Cats with 17 points and seven rebounds in a 60- 50 win over Delaware State on Nov. 14 ... Added 18 points and five rebounds in a 68-64 loss at Temple on Nov. 11 ... Dropped in 20 points to go with four assists and zero turnovers in an 81-68 win over La Salle on Nov. 7. 2021-22 Overview: Started each of Villanova’s 38 games on its run to an NCAA Final Four, averaging 25.2 minutes, 9.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per outing … Connected on .498 of his field goal attempts and .486 of his 3-point field goal attempts on the season … Named Most Improved Player by the Philadelphia Big Five. 2021-22 Postseason Highlights: Scored seven points to go with seven rebounds in Villanova’s 81-65 loss to eventual champion Kansas at the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans … His 3-pointer with 1:38 to play helped VU lock down a 71-61 win over Ohio State ... Finished with 13 points and eight boards ... Added 12 points and six rebounds to an 80-60 win over Delaware in the NCAA Tournament First Round ... Collected nine rebounds to go with four points in a 66-65 quarterfinal win over St. John’s at the BIG EAST Tournament presented by Jeep on March 10. CLICK FOR FULL BIO # 43 22 WWW.VILLANOVA.COMFile a claim anytime with the GEICO app Our Shot Clock Never Expires Get a QuoteGRADUATE STUDENT • GUARD • 6-4 • 205 LANGHORNE, PA. A savvy, hard-nosed guard who has handled a variety of roles over the past four seasons. ARCIDIACONO Chris 2022-23 Overview: Averaged 22.2 minutes per contest while appearing in all 34 of the Wildcats’ games ....Made 20 starts ... Averaged 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per con- test ... Connected on .382 of his attempts from beyond the 3-point arc. 2022-23 Postseason Highlights: Added three points, a re- bound and an assist to an 80-48 victory over Georgetown in the opening round of the BIG EAST Tournament 2022-23 BIG EAST Regular Season Highlights: His trio of 3-pointers on Jan. 20 helped VU down St. John’s 57-49 ... Collected nine rebounds on Jan. 10 at DePaul ... Added eight points and two assists in a 68-66 loss to Marquette on Dec. 31. 2022-23 Non-Conference Highlights: Established a new career high with 14 points - including a 3-point dagger with 2:20 left - to help Nova down Saint Joseph’s 71-64 on Dec. 17 ... Tied a season-high in minutes (35:40) in a 70-59 win over Penn on Dec. 7 ... Sank a pair of 3-pointers and added two rebounds and an assist to a 70-66 win over Oklahoma on Dec. 3 ... His nine points and six rebounds vs. Oregon on Nov. 27 at the PK Invitational were a season-high ... Added six points, four assists with zero turnovers in a 73-71 loss at Michigan State on Nov. 18 ... Established a new career high with 10 rebounds in a 68-64 loss at Temple on Nov. 11. 2021-22 Overview: : Averaged 9.4 minutes per contest while appearing in 35 games for the Wildcats … Averaged 1.6 points and 1.0 rebounds per outing … Connected on 22- of-24 free throw attempts on the season (.917). 2021-22 Postseason Highlights: Added two points to No- va’s 71-61 victory over Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament Second Round on March 20 ... Grabbed two rebounds in 6:07 of VU’s 54-48 BIG EAST Tournament title victory over Creighton. 2021-22 BIG EAST Regular Season Highlights: Added eight points and two rebounds to a 78-59 victory over Butler on March 5 ... Dropped in a second half 3-pointer in a 74-66 win over Georgetown on Feb. 19 ... Sank a critical 3-pointer with 4:35 to play to help Villanova edge Seton Hall 73-67 on Feb. 12 at the Wells Fargo Center ... Produced a career high in points (nine) in a Feb. 5 victory over Con- necticut at the Wells Fargo Center ... Was +13 in 25:51 of action ... Supplied five points in 13:02 of a 73-62 win over St. John’s on Jan. 29. 2021-22 Non-Conference Highlights: Established a new career high in points with eight in an 81-52 win over Saint Joseph’s on Dec. 4 ... His two 3-pointers vs. La Salle were a career high ... Fin- ished with six points in the Nov. 28 win, which tied a career high ... Contributed three points in a season-high 22:48 in a 71-53 victory over Tennessee on Nov. 20 ... Added two points, four assists and zero turnovers in a 100-81 win over Howard on Nov. 16 at Finneran Pavilion. CLICK FOR FULL BIO # 4 24 WWW.VILLANOVA.COMGo Wildcats! Fuel up and earn $10 in bonus points when you sign up with the code WINWILDCAT on the app or online atEMrewards.com. For new Exxon Mobil Rewards+ TM members only. 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Earned All-Pac 12 Honorable Mention recognition for his work for the Cougars in 2022-23. BAMBA T.J. 2022-23 Overview: Averaged 32.2 minutes,15.8 points, 3.7 rebounds while starting all 31 games in his third season for the Cougars … Connected on .372 of his attempts beyond the 3-point arc … Following the season entered his name into the 2023 National Basketball Association Draft pool before later withdrawing and transferring to Villanova. 2021-22 Overview: In his second season, averaged 7.7 points (shooting 36.0% from deep) and 3.4 rebounds (doubling his production from the previous season) ... de- fensively established himself as the Cougs’ best perimeter defender with a defensive rating of 97.3 ... scored in dou- ble-figures 13 times on the year including a season-best 19 points against South Dakota State ... came up with a conference best 16 points against OSU, hitting three from deep in the game ... finished the season strong scoring in double-figures in 6 of the final 9 games. 2020-21 Overview: Finished his first season playing in 23 games while earning four starts, the first coming against Cal, Feb. 18, 2021 ... Averaged 5.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game ... went for dou- ble-figures in four contests including each of the last two games in the desert leading the team against Arizona with 12 points while notching 14 at ASU, the most in a Pac-12 game for the year ... posted a season-best 15 points against Portland State, Dec. 13, 2020, including hitting 8-of-11 from the free throw line ... Showed his proficiency from the outside hitting 12-of-20 (60%) including going a perfect 5-for-5 combined in the final two games of the season. Abraham Lincoln High School: Originally from the Bronx, NY, moved to Denver, Colo. to complete his high school career at Abraham Lincoln HS ... led the Lancers to a Great 8 run in the Colorado 4A State Tournament as a senior ... named First Team All-State by CHSAA and Basketball Colo. as well as All-Colorado by Basketball Colo. ... aver- aged nearly 24 ppg while grabbing 10 rpg as a senior ... as junior, averaged 13.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.5 assists earning him First Team All-Denver Prep League honors ... graduated with honors. Personal: Ahmed Tijani Bamba is the son of Sanah and Mahmoud Cisse ... has five siblings, Najat, Jibril, Idris, Jah- an, and Suhailah. # 0 26 WWW.VILLANOVA.COMGRADUATE STUDENT • FORWARD • 6-7 • 215 UXBRIDGE, MASS. Concluded an impressive career at the University of Richmond, finishing 11th on the Spiders all-time scoring list (1,634 points) and sixth on its all-time rebounding list (819) … He is one of only three Richmond players to finish his tenure with 1,500 or more points and 750 or more rebounds … Joins the Wildcats as a graduate transfer. BURTON Tyler 2022-23 Overview: A Second Team All-Atlantic 10 se- lection and All-District in NABC District 4 (A-10) … Led Richmond with 19.0 points and 7.4 rebounds per game ... 1 of 14 D-I players to average 19 points and seven rebounds per game … The 19.0 points per game ranked third in A-10, 7.4 rebounds per game ranked sixth in A-10 ... 1 of 2 players to rank in top six in conference in scoring and rebounding along with Dayton’s DaRon Holmes … First Richmond player to average 19 points per game since 2000-01 (Greg Stevenson) ... 19.0 PPG was 19th highest single-season scoring average in program history … 627 total points were ninth most in a season in program history and third most in the Atlantic 10 … Ranked fifth in A-10 with 36.2 minutes per game … Scored a career-high 38 points at Charleston on Nov. 14, the most by a Spider since Jan. 29, 2013 (Darien Brothers - 39 vs Charlotte) … 2-time A-10 Player of the Week (Dec. 27, Jan. 9) … Re- turned to Richmond in June after declaring for NBA Draft in April. 2021-22 Overview: Second Team All-Atlantic 10 selec- tion … Selected First Team All-District in NABC District 4 (A-10) … Named Second Team All-State by the Virginia Association of Sports Information Directors (VaSID) … Led Richmond with 16.1 points and 7.7 rebounds per game ... 1 of 37 D-I players to average 16 points and 7.5 rebounds per game … 1 of two players to rank in top seven in A-10 in scoring (7th) and rebounding (6th), along with George Mason’s Josh Oduro … Ranked 3rd in A-10, 38th in D-I with 6.2 defensive rebounds per game … Ranked 2nd in A-10, 36th in D-I with 11 double-doubles … His 285 total rebounds were seventh most in a season in program his- tory and second most in the A-10 … Led Richmond with 36.5 three-point FG pct (57-156) … Second on the team in minutes per game (33.0) and blocks per game (0.5) … Became 51st member of Richmond’s 1,000-point club with a free throw with 15:34 to play in UR’s First Round NCAA Tournament win vs Iowa … Scored a career-high 36 points vs St. Bonaventure on Feb. 4, the most by a Spider since March 1, 2016 (T.J. Cline - 36 vs Dayton. 2020-21 Overview: Won Chris Daniels Award, given to Atlantic 10’s Most Improved Player ... First Spider to ever win the Award … Scored 12.0 points per game, fifth on the team … Led Richmond with 7.6 rebounds per game, sixth in the the A-10 ... Ranked third in A-10 with 6.1 defensive rebounds per game … Registered third-most rebounds per game by a Spider in the last 15 years, trailing only T.J. Cline in 2016-17 and Terry Allen in 2015-16 … One of three players in A-10 to average 12 points and 7.5 rebounds per game (Jordan Goodwin, Marcus Weathers) … Led Rich- mond with 6 double-doubles, third most in the A-10 ... Most double-doubles by a Spider in a season since 2016-17 (T.J. Cline - 11) … Ranked second on team and ninth in A-10 in free throw percentage at 80.3 (49-61) … One of three Spiders to start all 23 games ... Played 30.3 minutes per game, third on the team … Named A-10 Player of the Week on December 14 for his performances vs Wofford, North- ern Iowa, and West Virginia CLICK FOR FULL BIO # 23 28 WWW.VILLANOVA.COMNext >