Sources: Villanova expected to hire Oregon deputy AD Eric Roedl

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Villanova is expected to hire Oregon deputy athletic director/COO Eric Roedl to be the school's next athletic director, sources told ESPN.

The decision in expected to be formalized in the near future, per sources. It gives Villanova a new face of its athletic department amid a moment where its hallmark basketball program is struggling for the third consecutive season.

Villanova picked Roedl, who is an alum, in part because of the breadth of experience he brings from his time at Oregon. Roedl played a big hand on a macro level at Oregon with the school's No. 1 football program and perennially successful basketball program.

Roedl had a big part in the search that…