Syracuse Recruiting

The Orange snagged some height this week for next year's recruiting class. DaShonte Riley is now the highest rated member of the incoming class. Riley told the Post-Standard's Mike Waters he likes to play defense and has some work to do with his offensive game.

Riley is a timely addition. Next year Onuaku will be a senior, and Rick Jackson will be a junior. Sean Williams also has only two years left, if he sticks around. (He looks happy on the bench with his teammates. We'll see if he and Boeheim think he's developing his skills enough to be a factor.) So Riley has a year to learn (redshirt freshman perhaps?) then he'll be Ricky's backup as a sophomore.

Speaking of next year's class, I finally caught a little bit of Brandon Triche in his playoff game for Jamesville-Dewitt against Oneida. He's big, solid, and athletic. ESPN lists him as a SG, but I think he can run the point a bit. Oneida was terrible so Triche didn't have much competition when I saw him, but he looked very raw to me. Don't expect him to come in a be a significant factor next year. Scoop is in no danger of slipping in the rotation.

Really, the biggest "newcomer" is going to be a healthy Kris Joseph. He's great in the zone, so Boeheim will give him the playing time. KJ is going to average double-digits next year. Write it down.