DePaul puts two Top 150 hits on the recruiting board

Approximately five months after DePaul head coach Jerry Wainwright revamped his staff -- bringing in Tracy Webster, David Booth and Billy Garrett to replace Gary DeCesare, Ramon Williams and Scott Wainwright -- the Blue Demons have received their first two commitments and they look like excellent fits.

Brandon Young, a 6-foot-3 point guard from the Friends School of Baltimore, and Moses Morgan, a 6-5 swingman from Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, saw a ton of minutes available in the Blue Demons' backcourt and decided to seize them.

Morgan, the son of former Indiana starter Winston Morgan and ranked as the nation's No. 138 senior according to Rivals.com, visited the Hoosiers and the Blue Demons on back-to-back weekends and decided on DePaul. "They expect him to come in and play 20-25 minutes right away," Winston Morgan told the Las Vegas Sun.

According to MaxPreps.com, Morgan averaged 17.0 points and 7.5 rebounds last year for a Palo Verde squad that lost in the state championship game. He made 30 3-pointers in the 24 games listed on the MaxPreps.

Young, ranked as the nation's No. 147 senior according to Rivals.com, looks solid on an AAU video available on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5-3t-_Rv8

The best thing about Young and Morgan, in addition to their solid rankings, is the fact they fit Wainwright's preference for bigger guards who can play multiple roles.

Guard Will Walker is the only senior on DePaul's roster this season. If the rest of the roster remains intact for 2010-11, then here's the backcourt:

Senior G/F Mike Stovall
Junior PG Jeremiah Kelly
Junior PG Mike Bizoukas
Freshman PG Brandon Young
Freshman SG Moses Morgan

I suppose you could also call Mario Stula a guard, though he's essentially a shooter in a forward's body.

Unless Kelly and Bizoukas have made serious strides in the offseason -- and make more during the upcoming season -- it's easy to see why Morgan and Young believe they'll get plenty of minutes as freshmen.

Young and Morgan give DePaul 12 players under scholarship for the 2010-11 season.

LW