Right after news came out that it looks likely that Villanova will gain one transfer in Tony Chennault, news just broke that former Rice point guard Dylan Ennis has committed totransfer to Villanova as well. Ennis was also considering the Cincinnati Bearcats.

Dylan Ennis has committed to Nova over Cincinnati, his father told @SNYtv

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) April 24, 2012

Ennis was played a pretty solid role as a freshman for the Rice Owls last season, averaging 26.5 minutes per game while posting a line of 8.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 4.1 apg against 2.6 turnovers per game.

No word yet on how this may affect Tony Chennault's impending decision, but for now it looks like Villanova will be getting some help in the backcourt after the early departures of Maalik Wayns and Dominic Cheek.

Former Wake Forest Demon Deacons point guard Tony Chennault is close to announcing his decision to transfer to Villanova and playing for Jay Wright and the hometown Wildcats, according to a source at the Philadelphia News.

The 6-2 guard recently decided to leave Wake Forest after two seasons to be closer to home because his mother, Crystal Mortan, has been experiencing health problems. He is petitioning the NCAA for a hardship waiver, which would allow him to become eligible immediately. But sources have indicated that Chennault will likely end up with the Wildcats, which was his second choice coming out of high school, even if he has to sit out a season.

Chennault, a product of Neumann-Goretti in Philadelphia, PA, averaged 30 minutes a game for Wake this past season, finishing with a line of 9.0 pgg, 2.8 apg, 3.2 rpg against 2.2 turnovers per game.

Chennault would be a welcomed roster addition with the recent announcements of Maalik Wayns' and Dominic Cheek's decision to turn pro, and Chennault would be immediately thrown into the point guard mix with Ty Johnson and Ryan Arcidiacono if he were to come to Nova.

Stay tuned. A decision could come this week.

After losing to Notre Dame on Saturday 10-7, Villanova falls into the #2 seed for the upcoming Big East Tournament to be held at Villanova Stadium on May 3rd and May 5th. Although there are still conference games this weekend, the seeds are set, with Notre Dame being the top seed, Syracuse #3, and St. John's sitting at #4.

On Thursday, May 3rd, Notre Dame will take on St. John's, while Villanova matches up against Syracuse. Earlier this season, the Wildcats beat the Orange 11-10 at the Carrier Dome, which was probably the biggest win in program history. The winners advance to the championship game on Saturday, May 5th at noon. Time for the semifinal games have not been announced yet. The winner of the conference tournament earns an automatic bid to the 16-team NCAA Tournament.

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Hey Nova Fans

I used to keep up a NC State Basketball Recruiting Chart over at PackPride (the NC State Scout boards) which combined all the links and ratings from Scout, ESPN, and Rivals. It got difficult to maintain by hand, so I automated the process, and threw a basic UI together and put it up on the web. I did the same for all the other schools while I was automating it. I threw in YouTube highlights and Twitter feeds for every ranked recruit that I could find, and added the depth chart at the recruits position for each of their offers.

I started cleaning up the rosters on the ACC teams first, and then moved on to the rest of the BCS conferences.

BTW, I haven't gotten to validating the active rosters for schools outside the BCS conferences yet, so that data will be inaccurate due to red-shirts, prep schools, junior colleges and transfers.

Obviously this info does not contain any of the great inside info that you get here at The Nova Blog, as they'll have all the latest and greatest on Villanova Hoops, but it might make a nice compliment to the info you're getting here. It's more of a 10,000 foot view if that makes sense.

Anyway, here is the Villanova page and a couple of your recruits' profile pages, (you can navigate to other schools at the top, its a bit wonky, but it should work if you select the team then hit the "Go!" button).

Let me know if you see any corrections, or have any questions. Hope you enjoy!


Villanova | Verbal Commits

Daniel Ochefu | Verbal Commits

Ryan Arcidiacono | Verbal Commits

Villanova sent out a press release announcing the winners of their annual awards, which are going to be awarded at the team's postseason banquet. Juniors Maalik Wayns, Maurice Sutton and Mouphtaou Yarou along with sophomore James Bell and Dallas Ouano all will receive an award at the banquet.

Yarou will receive the Villanova Basketball Award, presented annually to the player who best embodies Villanova basketball.

Wayns will receive the 2012 Most Outstanding Player Award.

Bell will receive the Jake Nevin Award, presented annually to the player whose selflessness provided an outstanding example to his teammates.

Ouano will receive the Alexander Severance Award, presented annually to the player whose hard work and dedication in the classroom demonstrated a commitment to reach his full potential.

Sutton will receive the Paul Arizin Award, given annually to the player who shows the most improvement over the course of the season.

More alumni-based awards after The Jump.

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