The least well kept secret in the college transfer world is out.
Former Wake Forest guard Tony Chennault will announce his transfer to Villanova today.
“Tony is happy to be back in the Philly area close to his mom and family,” Neumann Goretti assistant John Mosco told SNY.tv.
Chennault’s mother, Crystal Mortan, is ill and he is hoping to get a hardship waiver to play immediately. (more…)
Former Rice point guard Dylan Ennis has committed to Villanova over Cincinnati.
“I’m officially a Villanova Wildcat!!!” he Tweeted.
The 6-foot-2, 182-pound native of Brampton, Ontario must sit out next season and will then have three years of eligibility remaining.
“There’s opportunity there in regards to Jay Wright and the guards,” his father, Tony McIntyre, told SNY.tv by phone. “His ability to walk in and play a major role right off the bat. (more…)
If Dominic Cheek hears his name called at all during the June 28 NBA Draft, it will likely be from Adam Silver and not David Stern.
The 6-foot-6 Villanova junior wing may well go undrafted but is turning pro in order to help financially support his grandmother, Izaphine “Ice” Howard, who helped raised him from the age of 5 in the rugged city of Jersey City, N.J.
“She’s getting old now,” Cheek told SNY.tv Thursday during a phone interview. “She’s taking care of two of my brothers and I guess it’s just time for me to try to pay her back, try to help her out.
“Just try to help her out any possible way and just try to pursue my pro career.” (more…)
NEW ORLEANS — Villanova juniors Dominic Cheek and Maalik Wayns should not come out for the NBA Draft, one veteran NBA scout told SNY.tv.
“What’s going through his head?” the scout asked of Cheek, who sources confirmed to SNY.tv is considering coming out this year. “I mean, it’s crazy. What has he done that makes him think he can go into the draft?
“It doesn’t make any sense. He was higher-rated coming out of high school than he is now.” (more…)
Villanova junior guard Maalik Wayns will hire an agent and remain in the pool of candidates for the 2012 NBA Draft.
“The NBA has been a lifelong dream of mine and I have decided now is the time to pursue it,” said Wayns, who paced the Wildcats in scoring in 2011-12 with a 17.6 ppg average. “I loved my three years at Villanova. I had the best teammates, coaches and professors anybody could ask for. I will always be a Wildcat.” (more…)
Villanova junior guard Maalik Wayns will enter his name into the pool of candidates for the 2012 NBA draft.
Wayns has not retained the services of an agent, keeping open the option of returning for his final season of eligibility in 2012-13. The deadline for early entrant candidates to remove their names from draft consideration is April 10.
“I want to test the waters at this point to see where I stand,” said Wayns, who paced the Wildcats in scoring in 2011-12 with a 17.6 ppg average. (more…)
Villanova coach Jay Wright declined to comment on Temple’s imminent addition to the Big East, but says his school supports anything that’s “good for the conference.”
“We’re in support of any expansion that’s good for the conference, that’s all I can say right now,” Wright said Thursday. “Whatever direction the Big East does go by, I’d be glad to comment after they make the move but I don’t want to comment about any schools until it’s a done deal.”
Villanova had long been opposed to Temple joining the conference because both schools share the Philadelphia market, but the Big East desperately needs an eighth football team in 2012 to replace departing West Virginia. (more…)
Villanova junior guard Maalik Wayns suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee during Tuesday night’s 74-72 victory over Providence, the school announced.
Wayns underwent an MRI on Wednesday and was evaluated today by Villanova Team Orthopedist Dr. Rob Good of Main Line Health System.
“It will be a day-by-decision,” Good said of Wayns’ return to the court. (more…)
Armed with just one scholarship for the Class of 2012, Wright is hanging in there down to the very end on Jefferson, a 6-foot-8 forward from Philly Friends Central.
The Villanova coach was in attendance again Wednesday night when Friends Central lost to Westtown, 55-53, in a Friends Schools League playoff semifinal at Germantown Friends.
“It definitely means a lot to me to see him take time out of his schedule,” Jefferson told FiveStarBasketball.com after putting up 26 points, 10 boards and two blocks in the loss. “They’re in the middle of the season right now, really in the height of it.”
NEW YORK — Villanova guard Maalik Wayns felt like he let his team down after scoring just points in a 79-66 home loss to then-No. 1 Syracuse Jan. 11.
Wayns went 0-for-7 in the game and managed just three foul shots in 34 minutes.
“I felt like I let my team down that game,” Wayns said Saturday. “We came back to practice the next day to get better and my coaches and my teammates have total confidence in me and they told me to put it behind me.”
So far, so good. (more…)
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