Syracuse basketball reaches out to multiple big-time 2022, 2023 prospects

College coaches recently were allowed to start making direct contact with high-school players in the 2023 class, and Syracuse basketball has inquired about a handful of prospects, according to various tweets and reports from recruiting insiders.

Among those who have been contacted by the Orange are 2023 four-star forward Justin Edwards, 2023 forward Noah Barnett and 2023 point guard Kayvaun Mulready, as well as 2022 three-star wing Justyn Fernandez.

Let’s start with Edwards. According to 247Sports, he is a 6-foot-7 small forward out of the Imhotep Institute Charter High School in Philadelphia.

The 247Sports recruiting service has him at No. 59 nationally in his class, No. 15 at small forward and No. 2 in Pennsylvania. Rivals.com recently updated its national rankings for this cycle, and it has Edwards at No. 21 overall.

Travis Branham, a national analyst with 247Sports, said in a piece that Edwards recently has heard from the ‘Cuse, along with other squads such as Villanova, Virginia, Alabama, UCLA, Florida, Arizona and Mike Hopkins-led Washington.

Edwards has received a boatload of scholarship offers, including from Connecticut, Maryland, Miami, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Marquette, Rutgers, Seton Hall, St. John’s, Oklahoma State, Penn State, DePaul and Tennessee.

Syracuse basketball is making inquiries about several talented high-school prospects.

According to Verbal Commits, Mulready is a 6-foot-2 point guard from the Worcester Academy in Worcester, Mass. He holds offers from teams such as Northwestern, UMass and Siena.

A recent tweet from Recruits Zone says that squads like the Orange, Butler and George Washington have reached out to Mulready, who appears to be an extremely talented and under-rated 2023 prospect.

Barnett is a 6-foot-9 small forward who attends the Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, N.J., according to Verbal Commits.

He has received offers from Bryant and Hofstra. Tom Keller, a contributor with Prep Hoops, says that Barnett has also heard from Syracuse basketball, Providence and Brown.

The 6-foot-5 Fernandez, a shooting guard/small forward in the 2022 class, is listed as three stars on the 247Sports Web site. He goes to the Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Va.

According to his bio on several recruiting Web sites, Fernandez holds offers from teams such as Virginia Tech, VCU, Rhode Island, George Washington, George Mason and Oregon State, which made the Elite Eight of the 2021 NCAA Tournament.

Per a recent tweet from the Virginia Episcopal School, a couple of high-major programs have reached out to Fernandez, including Syracuse basketball, Maryland, Florida, Miami and Minnesota.