The Seton Hall Pirates were aiming to bring 2016 four-star power forward Taurean Thompson in to join their already loaded frontcourt, which featured Ismael Sanogo, Michael Nzei, and 2015 Big East Freshman of the Year Angel Delgado, among others.
Despite their best efforts however, Thompson has elected to go to Syracuse University. Thompson, an attendee of Brewster Academy, is ranked in the Top 100 amongst his peers in the 247 Sports Composite Rankings and had it coming from all angles from schools in his area. ‘Cuse, aforementioned Seton Hall, and Michigan State were the biggest pursuers of Thompson down to the end.