The transfer portal, which opened on Tuesday and will run through April 21, has already brought at least one commitment to Syracuse basketball and its new head coach, Gerry McNamara.
With at least seven players from the Orange's 2025-26 roster entering the portal, McNamara and his staff will have plenty of scholarships available for the team's next season. Arguably the two biggest positions of need for the 'Cuse via the portal are point guard and center.
Even though the portal just opened, there are already numerous top-flight prospects in it, and that will only increase over the next two weeks. Among those in the portal are various former Syracuse basketball four-star and five-star recruiting targets who previously held scholarship offers from the 'Cuse while in high school.
It's entirely possible that McNamara and his assistants may take a look at some of these college transfers who have been recruited by SU in the past. Here are names to monitor.
Former 4-star and 5-star recruits whom Syracuse basketball may pursue again (in alphabetical order).
Shon Abaev, freshman guard at Cincinnati
2025-26 stats: 7.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game; 33.5 percent from the field, 25.7 percent from beyond the arc and 64.9 percent from the free-throw line
Derek Dixon, freshman guard at North Carolina
2025-26 stats: 6.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game; 36.5 percent from the field, 39.7 percent from beyond the arc and 81.8 percent from the free-throw line
Jerry Easter II, freshman guard at Southern California
2025-26 stats: 4.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game; 43.6 percent from the field, 23.5 percent from beyond the arc and 74.4 percent from the free-throw line
J.P. Estrella, sophomore big man at Tennessee
2025-26 stats: 10.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game; 59.6 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from beyond the arc and 63.4 percent from the free-throw line
Kwame Evans Jr., junior power forward at Oregon
2025-26 stats: 13.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.0 steals per game; 45.4 percent from the field, 30.4 percent from beyond the arc and 79.9 percent from the free-throw line
Matt Gilhool, freshman big man at LSU
2025-26 stats: Took a redshirt this past season
Elmarko Jackson, sophomore guard at Kansas
2025-26 stats: 4.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game; 38.1 percent from the field, 37.2 percent from beyond the arc and 82.5 percent from the free-throw line
Papa Kante, sophomore big man at Pittsburgh
2025-26 stats: 2.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game; 45.0 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from the free-throw line
Acaden Lewis, freshman guard at Villanova
2025-26 stats: 12.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game; 45.6 percent from the field, 27.0 percent from beyond the arc and 58.3 percent from the free-throw line
Brandon Stores Jr., freshman guard at Georgia Tech
2025-26 stats: Appeared in one game, playing four minutes and grabbing one rebound
Keyshuan Tillery, freshman point guard at Cincinnati
2025-26 stats: 3.8 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game; 37.0 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from beyond the arc and 70.0 percent from the free-throw line
Dajuan Wagner Jr., junior guard at Arkansas
2025-26 stats: 7.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game; 42.9 percent from the field, 34.6 percent from beyond the arc and 72.4 percent from the free-throw line