Despite the Syracuse basketball coaching staff having strong connections to both his high school and his AAU program, the Orange is officially out of the running for fast-rising 2024 center Patrick Ngongba II from the Washington, D.C., area, who recently vaulted to five stars via ESPN.
The 6-foot-10 Ngongba, who landed a scholarship offer from the ‘Cuse in late April, has released a top eight of Duke, Indiana, 2022 national champion Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Michigan, Providence and 2023 national champ UConn, per an article from On3 national analyst Joe Tipton.
In late June, I wrote an article about Ngongba, stating that I didn’t think Syracuse basketball was a significant contender for him, based on recent media reports and some thoughts that I had received from a recruiting insider in the D.