Though other members of the staff may choose not to dabble in the 
Juwan chose UD because of the well-regarded General Studies programaffairs of underage boys, lucky for you guys, I do. I can think of little better to do with my time than getting eerily intimate with five inner-city seventeen year olds.
Juwan Staten - (ESPN #64, Rivals #44) The type of star recruit that can keep the Flyers in the national discussion. He's got everything you want in a PG. Steve Smith, Oak's Hill coach, who has seen has share of talent, called Juwan, "as quick as any guard I've had except Ty Lawson." He went on to note that he was quicker than Brandon Jennings. Suffice it to say, Staten will be the quickest PG the program has ever seen and he can catch flies with chopsticks with relative ease. He's got an adequate three point shot, grew up a coach's son, and prefers the Darkside to the Ghetto. He had a plethora of college options but realized in his heart of hearts he wants to be groped by sweaty 19 year olds from Centerville for the next four years. Showing great prescience, he chose these drunken princesses as a sophomore in high school. Though we would lose a lot of experience, the possibility of Christ Wright teaming up with Staten makes me drool. They fit together like BFF heart necklaces.
Brandon Spearman - (Rivals #116) Offers from Miami (FL) and Baylor. The second most highly regarded recruit comes from one of the better high schools in the country, Chicago Simeon, and plays in one of the nations toughest conferences, the Chicago Public League. He comes in with a similar, if slightly diminished, pedigree as Paul Williams as he's noted for being a lock-down defender. A claim that leaves me rather dubious, it makes one wonder about his offensive game. That said, he's supposed to be a good to great athlete that's willing to work. Offensively, he's said to be a slasher with a developing outside shot (which coincidentally is the description of about a third of all recruits). An interesting note, he was considered a top tier player his freshman and sophomore seasons but had a disappointing junior season after transferring to Simeon. Can he recapture the glory? Or will it go down as unsubstantiated hype? Living in Chicago, I'd like to say I'll get a chance to see him play this year, but showing up at a CPL game would be akin to a white guy showing up at the Million Man March.
Jesse Berry - A 6'1" combo guard from Lafayette, Indiana, Berry has the ability to score in bunches, big bunches. He had games of 55 points, 51 points, and a total of six games over 40. That's putting the ball in the peach basket, folks. On the season, he averaged 27, second in the state to Ohio State recruit DeShaun Thomas. B
Hill blocking PSU recruit Trey Burkeut Berry strikes me as the type of player I loathe most, the volume scorer. Online high school stats are about as trustworthy as the credentials of Donoher's mail-order bride. Some have him shooting 51% from three, others 36%. We do know he's not afraid to fire. He's reputed to be cat quick with a good build. If BG can properly attune him to his ways, Berry could be another defensive pest who thrives getting up and down the court. BG is stockpiling quick, tough guards like I collected canned goods the night of Y2K. The keystone to BG's whole game plan is to have the PG set the tone defensively, and if he can get 2 of every 3 of these guards to buy into the system, we'll continue to menace back courts well after London and Rob are gone. But back to Jesse, he's no slouch, as he at one time had offers from both Baylor and Butler. Lots of quickness in the back court with Josh Adams, Berry, and Staten.
Ralph Hill - I'm going to get the obligatory Chris Johnson reference out of the way, though I don't necessarily think it's all that applicable. He's another under the radar Columbus recruit with a similar skill set. Both are listed around 6'6" and have been known to score and rebound with aplomb. Though I haven't seen Hill, it's hard to imagine he'll have the same long arms and innate rebounding ability that makes Johnson such a gem. But that's not to sell Hill short. He led his Westerville North team on a surprising playoff run after a mediocre regular season. They knocked off highly ranked Marion Franklin before succumbing to state power Northland and Jared Sullinger. Against Northland, he was 5-7 from three and finished with 25 points while holding a national top 5 player to 17. On the season he averaged 19 and 9. Hard to say what we'll get from Hill, but the pedigree seems promising. At worst I think we have another Monty Scott on our hands.
Devin Oliver - The last commit with the least hype. Oliver is the son of two former college basketball players, which means he's been genetically engineered to be a star basketball player. He's like a programmed basketball robot. Nobody can agree how tall he is, but apparently he's somewhere between 6'5" and 6'7", but they do agree that he's still growing. Which is nice. The comparison that everyone loves to make is Tayshaun Prince, which seems somewhat fitting as he ha
Oliver looking sprys an incredibly well rounded game. He led his team to the Class A State Championship (where they had their asses handed to them by Keith Appling's Detroit Pershing), averaging 17 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, and 5 steals a game. While I realize high school statisticians are about as trustworthy as the Iraqi Information Minister, you have to love a player that has such a wide ranging impact on a game. And mind you these numbers were put up in Michigan's largest division. While not widely recruited, Oliver may be my favorite recruit. For a 17 year-old he's very well spoken and has a sense of maturity about him. With the holidays just around the corner, and if the cockles of your heart need warming, I recommend reading this column about Devin and his sister Miya, who has Down's Syndrome.
All told, you've got to be excited about this class. A star headliner and a collection of highly talented players who offer a wide variety of skills. To paraphrase the old Woody Hayes koan: of every three recruits, one will be what you expected, one will exceed expectations, and one will disappoint. Will we have a Desmond Adedeji type bomb? Let us hope not, but you'd be awfully optimistic to think that at least one of the five won't transfer. That transience is a part of college basketball if you like it or not. What matters is we look to have one extraordinary talent and four players with the potential to be very strong players at UD. Now is no time to rest on your laurels, Brian Gregory. Go get us a pair of superstar big men for the 2011 class. The idea of a Kavanaugh/Benson frontline is frightening.
January 31, 2011 
With the season now on the back burner, we do have a quick update on former UD signee Jesse James Berry. From the Star Press:
