Syracuse Basketball: PG Aden Holloway has ‘smooth and crafty game’

An analyst says Syracuse basketball target Aden Holloway is flying under the radar.

Syracuse basketball offered a scholarship to talented 2023 point guard Aden Holloway in the summer of 2019, before he had even entered the 9th grade. It amounted to his first collegiate offer.

Per a review of various recruiting Web sites, Holloway is up to five scholarship offers, including from the Orange, fellow Atlantic Coast Conference members Virginia Tech and Wake Forest, as well as Winthrop.

Since he’s only a sophomore at the Covenant Day School in Matthews, N.C., his recruitment likely has a long way to go, and the 6-foot-1 Holloway will surely receive many more high-major offers.

As more recruiting services publish their first national rankings of the 2023 class, or expand their current ratings of this cycle, indications are that Holloway will reside as a four-star, top-100 player, as well as one of the top point guards in the class.

However, for now, given recruiting limitations brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic, Holloway is flying under the radar screen of college coaches, per a report by 247Sports national analyst Travis Branham.

Syracuse basketball 2023 target Aden Holloway is garnering lots of high praise from some recruiting experts.

Branham notes that Holloway has grown about an inch while adding weight to his frame over the past few months. Branham goes on to say, “Holloway is an outstanding playmaker with a very smooth and crafty game.”

The 247Sports recruiting analyst continues that Holloway “has terrific ball skills, footwork, vision and passing ability as a facilitator. As a scorer, he is a good shooter both off the catch and pull and coupled with his smooth and crafty game, he effectively creates space and gets to his spots. Holloway is also a great finisher around the rim with excellent body control and finesse.”

It’s only a matter of time before Holloway’s recruitment blows up on a national stage. Fierce competition for his services is absolutely expected, but hopefully the Orange will remain in the running for this excellent prospect, who is under-rated for the time being.

It will prove interesting to see which high-majors get involved with Holloway from the ACC and other big-name conferences. Yes, Syracuse basketball was the first to offer him, and it remains to be seen how much that will help the Orange’s chances with Holloway over the long haul.