As Syracuse basketball offers 4-stars, Wisconsin turning into popular market for 'Cuse

Wisconsin appears to be evolving into a fertile recruiting territory for the Syracuse basketball staff.

On Monday, the Orange offered a scholarship to a pair of 2027 four-star prospects from the Badger State. They are four-star guard/wing Dooney Johnson and four-star power forward Donovan Davis. A huge congrats to both prospects, who revealed their 'Cuse offers via their X accounts.

Two Syracuse basketball incoming freshmen also played for high schools in Wisconsin a season ago. Aaron Womack, a 2025 three-star wing, had a stellar senior year at Dominican High School in Whitefish Bay, Wis.

Tiefing Diawara, a 2025 three-star center originally from Mali, played in the 2024-25 campaign for the DME Academy at St. John's Northwestern in Delafield, Wis.

Last but certainly not least, Orange 2026 priority four-star target Vaughn Karvala, who will officially visit the Hill in late September, also comes from the Badger State.

He is a standout with the 17U squad of the Milwaukee-based Team Herro in Nike's EYBL league, and Karvala starred for Oregon High School in Oregon, Wis., before transferring to the powerhouse CIA Bella Vista in Phoenix for his senior season.

Syracuse basketball has offered at least 13 prospects in the 2027 class.

The 6-foot-5 Johnson is a rising junior at Milwaukee Juneau High School, while the 6-foot-8 Davis attends Freedom High School in Freedom, Wis. They both compete for Team Herro in the 16U division.

Team Herro went 11-1 in the EYBL regular term and will be one of the favorites to cut down the nets at the season-ending Peach Jam tournament, which takes place this week in North Augusta, S.C.

Johnson has averaged 12.9 points, 3.2 assists, 5.9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. Davis has averaged 13.8 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per encounter.

A top-35 national prospect per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, Johnson holds offers from schools such as Cincinnati, LSU, Marquette, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, SMU, Washington and Wisconsin, among others.

Davis, ranked No. 50 overall via the 247Sports Composite, has an offer sheet that features California, Iowa, Iowa State, Marquette and Wisconsin, among others. Davis, I noted last month, was one of many 2027 prospects who had heard from Syracuse basketball after the contact period for this cycle opened on June 15.

To date, I'm aware of at least 11 other players in the 2027 cycle, besides Davis and Johnson, who have picked up an offer from Syracuse basketball. They are:
•Four-star wing/small forward Clyde Walters
•Four-star point guard J'Lon Lyons
•Four-star center Isaiah Hill
•Five-star power forward CJ Rosser
•Five-star wing/forward Moussa Kamissoko
•Four-star big man Caleb Ourigou
•Five-star power forward/center Paul Osaruyi
•Five-star forward Zion Green
•Five-star wing/forward Baba Oladotun
•Four-star big man Theophilous Edema
•Four-star point guard Anderson Diaz