Syracuse Basketball Extends Offers To Two Four-Star Recruits In 2018 Class

Some more Syracuse basketball recruiting news and this time for the 2018 basketball season. Who’d they offer? We have the details here.

Even as the Syracuse basketball squad attempts to fill up its cupboard for next year, the Orange is staying busy with the 2018 class.

SU on Wednesday offered scholarships to four-star prospects A.J. Reeves and Cole Swider.

Swider, according to 247Sports, is a 6-7 small forward who attends the St. Andrew’s School in Barrington, R.I. He is ranked 98th nationally by 247Sports, as well as 23rd as his position. Over at ESPN.com, Swider receives a grade of 85 and is slotted 23rd at his position (although ESPN.com lists him as a power forward).

According to 247Sports and other recruiting Web sites, he holds offers from a plethora of programs, including Boston College, Creighton, Depaul, Miami, Providence, Seton Hall and Xavier.

Reeves is a 6-5 shooting guard from the Brimmer and May School in Chestnut Hill, Mass., according to 247Sports. He is rated 56th across the country by 247Sports, and 9th at his position. ESPN.com, meanwhile, gives him an 86 grade, while placing him 13th at the shooting-guard position.

Among the schools to have offered Reeves a scholarship are Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers, VCU

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and Virginia Tech, according to 247Sports.

Head coach Jim Boeheim and his staff have extended offers to a slew of prospects in the 2018 class, including several in recent months, such as four-star point guards Eric Ayala and Jahvon Quinerly, as well as four-star shooting guard Brandon Slater.

Ayala has said that he might reclassify to 2017, although he’s yet to make a decision.

Assuming Boeheim does go off into the sunset after the 2017-18 campaign (you never know with him!), the 2018 class would represent the inaugural one under head-coach-in-waiting Mike Hopkins.

‘Cuse fans are collectively holding their breath to see how the transition to Hopkins goes, and the recruiting element is a major factor. We’ve lost out on a bevy of top-flight targets in next year’s class, an indication perhaps that Boeheim’s impending retirement could affect the recruiting outlook. Especially considering that members of the 2017 class would at least get one year with the snarky curmudgeon.

Those in the 2018 class, on the other hand, would start their college-basketball careers with Hopkins at the helm. Maybe that’s a cause for concern. It’s also a tremendous opportunity, in my opinion. Getting to play a key role in something fresh, new – and, hopefully, exciting as well as successful.

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However, I think we would all feel a little sigh of relief if a few high-quality prospects sign on to join the first Hopkins-led team in Central New York.

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