Sports briefs

COLLEGES

Big East to add 2 in football

Big East Conference presidents unanimously agreed to expand the number of football-playing schools to 10 at Tuesday's board of directors meeting in Philadelphia. The 16-member Big East, in which all members play basketball, has eight teams in football.

Commissioner John Marinatto said in a statement that potential expansion candidates will start to be evaluated but there was no timetable for a decision.

The conference informed Villanova shortly before Labor Day that it wanted to add the Wildcats to the football roster. Villanova currently plays in the Colonial Athletic Association in FCS. Villanova won a national championship last year and is considering a move up to the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Other potential expansion targets include TCU from the Mountain West Conference, Central Florida and Houston from Conference USA, and perhaps even former Big East football member Temple, which is in the Mid-American Conference.

UConn's Moore honored

Connecticut senior Maya Moore became a two-time unanimous choice on The Associated Press' women's basketball preseason All-America team, receiving all 40 votes from a national media panel. Moore was joined on the preseason squad by Baylor's Brittney Griner (36 votes), Stanford's Nnemkadi Ogwumike (34), Ohio State's Jantel Lavender (21) and Oklahoma's Danielle Robinson (18).

HOCKEY

Parise out 3 months

Devils left wing Zach Parise is going to be sidelined three months following exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus. Parise hurt the knee skating in August and has been bothered by the injury all season.- AP