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The Sun's Arizin: Villanova Wildcats news and links for May 14th, 2013

Daily Villanova Wildcats links, today featuring women's track & field, Shaq's uniqueness, and a possible sex scandal at Tennessee.

Happy Tuesday, 'Nova Nation! #NYRBelieve, and that's all I'm going to say on that topic. Secondly, I hear your calls for recruiting updates, and I promise to have it up this Thursday. No exceptions, no excuses. We'll host a "reasons to hate Chris Lane" day here on the site if I don't deliver.

And now, the news.

Women's Track & Field - Walden and Yeats Register Runner-Up ECAC Finishes - Villanova University Official Athletic Site
Led by strong performances from sophomore sprinter Emerald Walden (Lafayette Hill, Pa.) and junior Samantha Yeats (Califon, N.J.) in the high jump Villanova totaled 36 team points in two days at the ECAC Championship despite having only a selection of its athletes in competition. The regional meet wrapped up at Weaver Stadium on the Princeton campus on Sunday afternoon and the Wildcats tied for sixth place out of 54 teams that registered at least one point.

Andrew Wiggins to announce school decision on Tuesday - SBNation.com
The No. 1 player in the country will choose between UNC, Kentucky, Kansas and Florida State.

Wake Forest fans are jumping into the billboard game - SBNation.com
With a message to fire basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik and athletic director Ron Wellman. How cute.

Serious question: how did Rick Reilly's Jets poem get published? - SBNation.com
Rick Reilly wrote a poem so bad it never should have been a first draft. How did ESPN let this happen?

Shaq ruins another TNT halftime show - SBNation.com
Shaq is incredibly weird. What is he doing here? What is he ever doing?

Report: Dismissed UT employee may have had inappropriate relations with Trae Golden - SBNation.com
The firing of a University of Tennessee employee may be directly related to the transfer of former Volunteer point guard Trae Golden. Now THIS is the kind of story I dreamed of when we created The Sun's Arizin.

Still no Big East Commish -ESPN
The new leaque, " [still doesn't] have a commissioner, let alone an office, a schedule and compliance bylaws and staff."

Chicago mayor expected to announce plans for $300 million DePaul arena- NBC Sports
Yes, someone is investing in DePaul.