Ryan Arcidiacono, a freshman point guard at Villanova, accepted an invitation to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s U19 National Team training camp. The camp, which also serves as a tryout, will be held on June 15-19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Twelve players will be chosen to represent the United States in the FIBA U19 World Championships in the Czech Republic from June 27 to July 7.

Arcidiacono was the Big Five rookie of the year and named to the all-Big East rookie team this past season. The 6-foot-3, 195-pounder averaged a team second-best 11.9 points per game to go with a team-best 3.5 assists.

Guard Tony Chennault, who transferred to Villanova a year ago and was allowed to play right away after being granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA, has decided to transfer out of the university, coach Jay Wright said Thursday.

Chennault, who is from Philadelphia and played at Neumann-Goretti High School, played in all 34 of Villanova’s games last season, averaging 3.6 points and 18.5 minutes, After struggling earlier in the season, he provided a spark as Villanova’s sixth man, handling the basketball and defending.

“We are going to miss Tony,” Wright said in a statement. “He was a major part of our run to the NCAA tournament last season. We respect Tony’s decision and he will always be a part of Nova Nation.”

Sophomore guard Achraf Yacoubou has decided to transfer from Villanova, according to web reports.

The 6-foot-4 Yacoubou, the New York state player of the year in 2011, averaged 2.9 points and 2.6 rebounds in 31 games for the Wildcats during the past season. He was fourth on the team with 21 three-point baskets, shooting nearly 40 percent from beyond the arc, and had a season-high 13 points in a win last December over Penn.

However, he saw his playing time decrease toward the end of the season, and did not play in three of Villanova’s last six games.

North Carolina coach Roy Williams is impressed with what Villanova, the Tar Heels’ opponent in the second round of the NCAA South Regional, has accomplished this season.

Williams, speaking Tuesday at a news conference in Chapel Hill, admitted that he still didn’t know too much about the Wildcats and their style of play but expected to receive a scouting report from assistant coach Steve Robinson on Wednesday morning in preparation for Friday night’s game in Kansas City, Mo.

Williams said he knows the kind of team that ‘Nova coach Jay Wright produces every year.

Now that Villanova has all but wrapped up an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament following its 66-53 victory over St. John’s, it gets another chance to play fourth-ranked Louisville, this time in Thursday night’s quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden.

The Wildcats (20-12) picked up their first of three wins over Top 5 teams on Jan. 22 when they defeated the Cardinals 73-64 at the Wells Fargo Center. They placed five players in double figures and weren’t affected too badly by 19 turnovers against Louisville’s pressing defense.

“That game definitely was important for us,” Villanova coach Jay Wright said. “We knew we were getting a lot better. Winning is just … it justifies everything you’re teaching the guys. It gives the guys confidence in what you’re doing. So that game was big for us.”

Villanova guard Ryan Arcidiacono was a unanimous selection to the Big East All-Rookie team announced Sunday.

The 6-foot-3 Arcidiacono, a Neshaminy High graduate who is the Wildcats' second-leading scorer and their top three-point shooter, joined forward Jakarr Sampson of St. John's as unanimous selections to the team in the vote of Big East coaches.

The Big East Rookie of the Year award, which will be announced Tuesday, is expected to come down to either Arcidiacono or Sampson.

The final day of the last season of the Big East as we know it has concluded, and Villanova has emerged with the seventh seed in the conference tournament and a date against St. John's on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Wildcats (19-12, 10-8 Big East), who have a first-round bye, drew St. John's as their opponent after the Red Storm lost to Marquette on Saturday in overtime, and Cincinnati defeated South Florida, also in overtime. The Red Storm (16-14, 8-10) enter the tournament as the 10th seed, along with a four-game losing streak.

Villanova opened its Big East season against St. John's at the Pavilion on Jan. 2 and captured a 98-86 overtime victory.

The picture for Villanova in the Big East tournament is getting a little clearer.

The Wildcats, who finished the conference regular season Wednesday night with a 10-8 record after their 67-57 victory over No. 5 Georgetown at the Wells Fargo Center, must wait for Saturday's game between Providence and host Connecticut to know what their seed will be when they begin play on Wednesday.

A Providence win will create a tie for seventh at 10-8 and, since the Friars swept the season series against Villanova, they will be the No. 7 seed. The Wildcats would drop to the No. 8 seed and play Wednesday at noon. Should UConn win, the Cats would be the seventh seed and taking the court at 7 p.m.

After failing to hold leads in the final minute of regulation in excruciating losses last week at Seton Hall and at Pittsburgh, Villanova gets one more chance to make a fresh regular-season impression on the committee that selects the teams for the NCAA tournament.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that to make that impression, the Wildcats will have to defeat fifth-ranked Georgetown, one of the nation’s hottest teams, Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Wildcats never trailed in the second half Sunday against the Panthers, who have moved up in the rankings to No. 20, yet still found a way to end the period tied at 57-57 when they couldn’t get a shot to the rim in two chances over the final 33.3 seconds.