BIG EAST RECRUITING UPDATE: DEPAUL

September 23, 2006



VERBAL COMMITMENT ALERT: Nyal 'Mac' Koshwal, (PF) Boys to Men Academy, Chicago.

It has been one of the worst kept secrets on the recruiting trail the last couple months and on Firday, Mac Koshwal Ends the Speculation by Committing (Il. Prep Bulls-eye) to DePaul. Jerry Wainwright has had a great couple of days by adding Darquavis Tucker and Koshwal, his top target.


Projected 2007-2008 Roster:

Seniors: Draelon Burns (SG), Cliff Clinkscales (PG), Karron Clarke (WF), Wes Green (C)
Juniors: Jabarie Currie (SG), Wilson Chandler (PF), Matija Poscic (F)
Sophomores: Will Walker (PG), Thijin Moses (F)
Freshmen: Darquavis Tucker (SG), Mac Koshwal (PF)



Jerry Wainwright and his staff, led by Gary DeCesare, have been very busy on the recruiting trail this spring and summer and have the Blue Demons involved with many players that should be quality players in the Big East. With two more scholarships to give in the class of 2007, they can now look to hit the grand slam.

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Target numero-uno for Jerry Wainwright and staff has pulled the trigger as Boys to Men Academy's Nyal 'Mac' Koshwal, a 6'8, 235 lb power forward has committed to DePaul. Koshwal's guardian is Boys to Men Academies head coach Loren Jackson, who is also the guardian for Thijin Moses, a DePaul freshmen. Koshwal picked DePaul over finalists Louisville and Tennessee. With only the inconsistent Wesley Green on the projected roster as an interior offensive threat, Wainwright has made Koshwal priority #1 from the start of the 2007 recruiting and the playing time is definitely available to him from the beginning. Those efforts have paid off for DePaul in a big way. Koshwal is capable of dominating a game in the paint as the result of his athleticism and physical strength. He also adds an impressive skill set for a big man and can run the floor and finish with authority on top of an above-average perimeter game for a player his size.

It looks as if the Blue Demons are also aggressively pursuing guards. At the absolute top of their list is top 5 player Derrick Rose out of Chicago who has been in conatant contact with Koshwal, according to Il. Prep Bulls-eye. Rose could find staying home and playing with Koshwal and Tucker to be the incentive he needs to pick the Blue Demons. Memphis might still be the team to beat for Rose, who could also test some of the professional loopholes for a high school player, but DePaul has certainly given him something to think about.

DePaul was also spotted trailing Justin Bocot, an aggressive and athletic lead guard out of Illinois as well as NJ guard Rashon Dwight and Mustapha Farrakhan out of Chicago. The Blue Demons were disappointed when Demetri McCamey, a HS and AAU teammate of Evan Turner, parlayed their early spring AAU success into an offer, which he accepted, from Illinois. He would have been a perfect fit at DePaul, and the Big East, with his strong style of play with Will Waker in the Blue Demon future backcourt.

With a tremendous amount of local talent in the immediate area and the high profile environment of the Big East to offer recruits, it should be an exciting time to follow DePaul recruiting. With up to two more scholarships to offer this year and at least another four in the 2008 class, we should have a lot to report on out of Chicago. A great resource to also check out on Chicago and the rest of the state of Illinois high school basketball and recruiting is Illinois Prep Bulls-Eye. They do an excellent job, for free, on keeping their readers up to date on players from Illinois and the surrounding area and their recrutiting situations. We check them out often to get the scoop on who DePaul, Marquette and Notre Dame, for the most part, are checking out from the area.