Syracuse basketball is among the college squads that have reached out to Robert Morris transfer guard/forward Amarion Dickerson, who in the 2024-25 season was named the Horizon League's defensive player of the year, according to multiple posts on X.
The transfer portal in men's basketball officially opened on March 24 and will run through April 22. So far, per various media reports, the Orange staff has made contact with a couple of college transfers, at least as far as what we know in the public domain.
One of those transfers is the 6-foot-7, 185-pound Dickerson, a junior who hails from Cleveland. In the most recent season, Robert Morris went 26-9 overall and reached the 2025 NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed, falling to No. 2 seed Alabama in the round of 64 by a final count of 90-81.
Former Robert Morris forward Amarion Dickerson has been in contact with the following programs since entering the transfer portal, per sources.
— Adam Borst (@AdamBorstPGH) March 26, 2025
Kansas State
Louisville
NC State
Ole Miss
Seton Hall
Syracuse
USC
Per several posts on X, programs that have contacted Dickerson include the 'Cuse, Ole Miss, Southern California, Seton Hall, Kansas State, Louisville and N.C. State.
INFO: Ole Miss, USC, Syracuse, & Seton Hall are the latest schools to reach out to RMU transfer Amarion Dickerson, a source tells me.
— Recruits Zone (Blake Smith) (@recruitszone) March 26, 2025
Averaged 13.3 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 2.3 BPG, 1.3 APG, 1 SPG, & 53% FG this season.
Had 25 PTS/9 REBS/3 STLS/2 BLKS in the Round of 64 game vs Alabama.👀 pic.twitter.com/63iMJYrGED
A stellar defensive player in the portal has heard from Syracuse basketball.
Per ESPN statistics, in 2024-25, Dickerson averaged 29.2 minutes, 13.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 2.3 blocks and 1.0 steals per contest, while he made 53.1 percent from the field, 27.6 percent from beyond the arc and 68.8 percent from the free-throw line.
Besides being the Horizon League's defensive player of the year, Dickerson was on the All-League second team and the conference's All-Defensive squad.
Robert Morris junior Amarion Dickerson has entered the transfer portal.
— PortalUpdates (@portal_updates) March 24, 2025
The 6’7” G/F started 31/35 games for the Horizon League champs, averaging 13.3 points on 53% FG, 5.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 1.0 steal per game.
Dickerson had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 2… pic.twitter.com/TWXI9wx5fT
Before joining Robert Morris, Dickerson played for two seasons at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo. As a prep recruit, he competed for James Ford Rhodes High School in Cleveland.
Beyond Dickerson, as I've noted in other recent columns, Syracuse basketball coaches have reached out to several other college transfers, such as North Dakota junior guard Treysen Eaglestaff, North Dakota State senior guard Jacari White and Drexel junior guard Kobe Magee.
This past term, the Orange went 14-19 overall and missed the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. Five of the team's 12 scholarship players in 2024-25 exhausted their eligibility.
Those entering the transfer portal include redshirt sophomore guard/wing Chance Westry, redshirt junior guard Kyle Cuffe Jr., junior small forward Chris Bell and freshman guard Elijah Moore.
Junior guard J.J. Starling and freshman power forward Donnie Freeman will return in 2025-26, we learned earlier this week. The 'Cuse also has a four-member 2025 class at the high school level.