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Syracuse Basketball coaches connecting with two class of 2019 studs

The SU hoops outfit continues to keep extremely busy on the recruiting trail.

Per a tweet from Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog, ‘Cuse head coach Jim Boeheim and one of his assistants, Gerry McNamara, “will see” 2019 power forward Akok Akok this coming Monday. Zagoria adds in his tweet that “UConn and Providence also heavily involved.”

The 6-8 Akok, rated as four stars, is a junior out of the Putnam Science Academy in Putnam, Conn. Syracuse offered him a scholarship about a month ago.

Akok is regarded as a top-100 talent in his class by the bevy of recruiting services.