Syracuse Basketball: 4-star, 5-star recruits score All-Met teams in loaded DMV market

Multiple Syracuse basketball four-star and five-star recruiting targets have earned top honors in the talent-rich Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

The Washington Post has unveiled its All-Met teams for the 2023-24 season. Highly ranked prospects in the D.C region who hold Orange scholarship offers and are being prioritized by the 'Cuse reside on the Post's All-Met first, second, third and fourth squads.

That's impressive stuff, considering how many top-flight players suit up in the DMV across D.C. itself, Northern Virginia, the Maryland suburbs and also stretching into the Baltimore region.

As we've discussed on many occasions, the Orange coaching staff has deep recruiting ties to the Washington market, an area that will remain a key hotbed for Syracuse basketball and includes 2024 five-star commit Donnie Freeman, who is officially signed with the 'Cuse and comes from D.C.

Let's check out Syracuse basketball targets who are 2023-24 All-Met players in the DMV.

The Washington Post's All-Met teams for the 2023-24 season:

First team, Cam Ward
Ward, a 2025 four-star forward who holds a 'Cuse scholarship offer, had a magical junior season. He helped lead Largo High School in Upper Marlboro, Md., to the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (“MPSSAA”) Class 2A tournament championship. In 2023-24, Ward averaged 26.4 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.4 steals, 2.3 assists and 2.0 blocks per game, winning various top honors in Maryland.

Second team, Derek Dixon
Dixon, a 2025 four-star combo guard, has an Orange offer in hand and took an official visit to the program in late September of last year. He had a wonderful junior stanza for the nationally ranked Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., which finished No. 2 in the standings of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference ("WCAC").

Third team, Jordan Smith Jr.
Smith, a 2026 five-star shooting guard and a top-10 national prospect, was terrific as a sophomore for the powerhouse St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, Va., which won the WCAC regular-season and tourney crowns. Smith, who has a Syracuse basketball offer, has said he's interested in visiting the team at some point. In early April, St. Paul VI will compete for a high school national title at the Chipotle Nationals.

Fourth team, Malik Washington
Washington is a guard at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Md., where he also stars in football as a 2025 four-star quarterback. In fact, Syracuse football is in Washington's top six. He took an unofficial visit to the Hill in January during one of the team's junior days, and some chatter from national analysts of late suggests he's interested in potentially taking an official visit to Syracuse football in the future.

Additionally, not too long ago, several Orange recruits were included on the All-WCAC first and second teams. Dixon was included on the first team. Smith and Prince-Alexander Moody were named to the second team.

Moody, a 2026 four-star shooting guard/small forward out of Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Md., took an unofficial visit to the 'Cuse in late August of 2023 to compete in the Orange's annual Elite Camp. It was around that time that he secured a scholarship offer from Syracuse basketball coaches.