God's Gift heads to New York

I can only assume that Steve Lavin committed some sort of recruiting violation here...

St. John's coach Steve Lavin has to hope his newest recruit is as impressive on the basketball court as his name.

God's Gift Achiuwa -- a 6-foot-8 power forward and first-team juco All-American from Erie (N.Y.) Community College -- is the ninth player to commit to the Red Storm for next season. St. John's has the No. 3-ranked recruiting class, according to ESPN Insider's top 25.

The Nigerian native, whose father is a minister, chose St. John's over Washington and Cincinnati.

Amazing. Lavin himself refers to the man only as "Gift", and I can't wait to see Dick Vitale screeching about this kid during a meaningless early-season game. And given that God's Gift will be playing in a league (the Big East) that boasts a whopping total of eight Catholic schools (DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova), the possibilities for creative headlines are really endless. I can't wait.

[ESPN]