Player Bio

Josh Hart was born in 1995 in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington D.C. He is the son of Moses and Pat Hart and has an older brother and older sister. Hart stayed in the D.C. area for high school and attended Sidwell Friends School. As a senior at Sidwell Friends, Hart averaged 24.3 points, 13.4 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game and lead the team to a 22-9 record. He was a first-team All-Met selection by The Washington Post. Hart graduated from Villanova with a degree in Communications. His is a big fan of the television show The Office. The high-scoring guard hosts his own podcast called the Light Harted Podcast, which features interviews with top performers in sports, entertainment, business and tech. Hart is also an avid video gamer, enjoys Call of Duty and streams his play on his own Twitch channel (JHartShow). Fans can also follow him on Twitter (@joshhart). Over his four seasons with Villanova, Hart filled a variety of roles. As a freshman in 2013-14, he backed up James Bell and Darrun Hilliard to provide 7.8 points and 4.4 rebounds in 21.4 minutes per game. The team went 16-2 in the Big East and earned a two-seed in the NCAA Tournament. Hart had 11 points and seven rebounds in the first round tourney win over Milwaukee. The 6-foot-5 guard continued to come off the bench as a sophomore and was tied for second in scoring on the Wildcats with 10.1 points per game. He was also the Most Outstanding Player of the 2015 Big East Tournament with 17.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per contest. Hart moved into the starting lineup as a junior and led the team with 15.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per contest. He had eight double-doubles during the season and was named to the All-Big East First Team. Villanova won the 2016 National Championship and was aided by Hart's 15.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 steals per NCAA Tournament game. As a senior, Hart was a First-Team All-American. He averaged 18.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals per contest. The guard connected on 40.4 percent of his three-pointers. On Dec. 3 of 2016, Hart registered a triple-double in a win over St. Joseph's. He closed his college career as the 10th-leading scorer and 14th-leading rebounder in Wildcat history.