Syracuse Basketball: 2022 rankings update is not as high on 4-star target

Syracuse basketball is expected to welcome a consensus top-100 prospect in the 2022 cycle to the Hill later this month for an official visit, and we’re checking in on some of the latest national rankings for this top-flight guard.

On3 has updated its 2022 player ratings, while expanding its rankings from the top-100 to the top-150 prospects in this class. In this new 2022 refresh, On3 places Judah Mintz as four stars and at No. 79 overall, No. 12 at combo guard and No. 1 in Washington, D.C.

The 6-foot-3 Mintz, who hails from our nation’s capital and is deemed a combo guard or a shooting guard depending on the recruiting service, is a senior at the powerhouse Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va.

According to reports, there is mutual interest between Mintz and the Orange coaching staff. Mintz had previously given a verbal commitment to Pittsburgh, but he reopened his recruitment back up last November.

Syracuse basketball is set to soon host four-star Judah Mintz on a visit.

Mintz has already taken an official visit to DePaul, with other trips in February planned for N.C. State and Wake Forest. He is scheduled to make an official visit to the ‘Cuse on February 25-27, during the same weekend when Syracuse basketball will face top-10 Duke at the Carrier Dome.

While On3 has Mintz just inside the top-80 across the country in the 2022 class, new national ratings from Rivals.com have him at No. 56 in this cycle, a jump of 12 spots, according to Rivals.com.

Not too long ago, when ESPN published its refresh of the top-100 prospects in 2022, Mintz arrived at No. 35 nationally. The 247Sports recruiting service, meanwhile, rates him at No. 73 overall.

Perhaps two of the more important national rankings are the industry-generated 247Sports Composite and the On3 Consensus Ratings.

Per the 247Sports Composite, at the time of this writing, Mintz was No. 53 nationwide. By extension, the On3 Consensus Ratings had him at No. 50 nationally in 2022.

So the new On3 ranking for Mintz, at No. 79, isn’t quite as high as new ratings from other recruiting services, but let’s be real. He’s a top-80 overall player no matter how you slice it, and all us Syracuse basketball fans out there would love to see Mintz don an Orange uniform down the road.

One other note here. Numerous of the primary recruiting services that I’ve come across rank Mintz as a top-10 combo guard or a top-10 shooting guard around the country in his class.