Navy to the Big East(?) and Villanova's hot hands

ESPN is reporting that "a source close to the situation" claims that the Big East will add Navy as a football-only member beginning in the 2015 season. The anonymous source also went on to say, "And very soon, the Memphis and Temple programs will be added for basketball, two of the greatest programs I've encountered in my 35 years of coaching".

Last sentence untrue, first sentence true. Navy is by far the service academy with the best football tradition, so I think it's a solid pickup for the conference. But since they currently have no conference affiliation, I'm not sure what the 2015 holdup is. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

And, nothing's been easy for the Villanova Wildcats this season, but they travel to the Kayefseum tomorrow riding a two game winning streak (over St. John's and Seton Hall). Junior guard Maalik Wayns just took Player of the Week Honors in the Big East for scoring 25 and 28 in the two contests. JayVaughn Pinkston took Freshman of the Week for his two consecutive double-doubles; 23-11 and 13-12, respectively. I'm suddenly much more apprehensive about this one.