Syracuse basketball’s recruiting board is well represented at the 2026 Nike Academy, with several top targets from the 2027 class and one major 2028 name competing at the West Coast showcase in Thousand Oaks, Calif., near Los Angeles.
The event has drawn members of the 2027 and 2028 classes, along with some incoming college freshmen, and the rosters were posted online by The Circuit. Among the players connected to Syracuse, the biggest names are already familiar to Orange fans tracking the program’s next wave of priority targets.
J’Lon Lyons is one of them. The 2027 four-star point guard from Clinton Grace Christian School in Clinton, Md., recently placed Syracuse in his top eight. The 6-foot-3 guard is also scheduled to take an official visit to the Orange from September 11 to September 13.
Another key name at the academy is Moussa Kamissoko, a 2027 five-star wing/small forward from Long Island Lutheran High School in Brookville, N.Y. The 6-foot-8 Kamissoko is also considered a priority recruit for Syracuse in the high school senior class, and Inside the Loud House reported earlier this week that the Orange are expected to receive an official visit from him at some point.
The 2028 class is represented too, with five-star wing Mason Collins of The Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del., in attendance. Syracuse’s interest in the 6-foot-6 Collins goes back to the Adrian Autry era, and last month Gerry McNamara and his staff extended a former offer to him.
Two more 2027 prospects with Syracuse offers are also taking part in the Nike Academy: five-star point guard King Gibson of the Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, and five-star center Lewis Uvwo of Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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