Syracuse basketball has big-time new competition for 4-star, 5-star recruits

In recent weeks, Syracuse basketball four-star and five-star targets in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 classes have landed a bunch of new scholarship offers from a range of high-major programs.

In the 2024 cycle, where the Orange already has two four-star verbal commitments, the ‘Cuse continues to pursue a pair of other highly rated guards in this class. At this juncture, I’m aware of 11 scholarship offers doled out by Syracuse basketball coaches to prospects in the 2025 class.

And in the 2026 cycle, I’ve seen two offers made by the Orange at this point in time. If we’re talking about the 2025 class, on June 15, college coaches could start initiating direct communication with players in this cycle, and Syracuse basketball 2025 recruits have seen a lot of offers come in since that time.

Below, I’m listing various offers that I’ve seen out in the public space given to ‘Cuse targets in these three classes, according to recruiting services such as Verbal Commits, 247Sports and Rivals.com, along with prospects’ own Twitter pages.

This list isn’t meant to be fully exhaustive, as these targets could have secured other offers for which I’m not aware. Additionally, the offers noted below have come more recently, and all of these Syracuse basketball targets have additional earlier offers that I’ve likely noted in separate stories about these recruits.

Let’s review how the competition has grown for Syracuse basketball as it relates to targets in several cycles.

2024 Class

Mikey Lewis
Four-star point guard, offered by SU in late April, will attend Prolific Prep in Napa Valley, Calif., in the 2023-24 season
Recent offers include: Washington, Kansas, Ole Miss, Wichita State

2025 Class

Kiyan Anthony
Four-star shooting guard, offered by SU in November of 2022, has said he will take an official visit to the Hill at some point, will attend Long Island Lutheran High School in Brookville, N.Y., in the 2023-24 season
Recent offers include: UCF, Michigan, Maryland, Dayton, Albany, Florida State, Pittsburgh

Darius Adams
Four-star combo guard, offered by SU in August of 2022, will attend the La Lumiere School in La Porte, Ind., in the 2023-24 season
Recent offers include: Penn State, Nebraska, Washington, Xavier, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Villanova, Oklahoma State

Jerry Easter II
Five-star point guard, offered by SU in July of 2022, has said he may take a visit to the Hill at some point, will attend the La Lumiere School in La Porte, Ind., in the 2023-24 season
Recent offers include: Arkansas, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Providence, Florida State, Temple

Tyler Jackson
Five-star point guard, offered by SU in late April, has said he plans to officially visit the Hill in the near future, attends the Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore
Recent offers include: LSU, Virginia Tech, California, Villanova, Old Dominion, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Nicholls State

Brandon Stores Jr.
Four-star wing, offered by SU in February of 2022, attends the St. Raymond High School for Boys in the Bronx, N.Y.
Recent offers include: Washington

Nikola Bundalo
Four-star power forward, offered by SU in May, will attend the Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, in the 2023-24 season
Recent offers include: Creighton, Nebraska, Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio, Texas Tech, Georgetown

Cam Ward
Four-star wing, offered by SU in late April, attends Largo High School in Upper Marlboro, Md.
Recent offers include: Kansas State, Georgia Tech, Old Dominion, Iowa, Texas, Penn State, Texas A&M

Sadiq White
Five-star forward, offered by SU in late April, attends Myers Park High School in Charlotte, N.C.
Recent offers include: Georgetown, Texas, N.C. State, Tennessee

Darryn Peterson
Five-star shooting guard, offered by SU in late April, attends the Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Recent offers include: UCLA

Derek Dixon
Four-star combo guard, offered by SU in mid-June, has said he has an interest in maybe visiting the Hill at some point, attends Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.
Recent offers include: Virginia, Maryland, Xavier, Villanova, Virginia Tech, Penn State

2026 Class

Jordan Smith Jr.
Five-star shooting guard, offered by SU in May, attends St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, Va.
Recent offers include: Villanova, Georgetown, George Mason, Providence

Maximo Adams
Small forward, offered by SU in February, attends Narbonne High School in the Harbor City area of Los Angeles
Recent offers include: California State University, Northridge, TCU, University of San Diego