Deron Rippey Jr., a fast-rising point guard in the 2026 class, said in a recent interview that he would like to visit Syracuse basketball at some point.
The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Rippey, who hails from Brooklyn, N.Y., was a star at the beginning of July as he competed for the New York City-based New Heights Lightning in the annual Peach Jam tournament on the Nike EYBL circuit.
He is a rising sophomore at the Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J., which is the same prep school where current Orange guard Kyle Cuffe Jr., a redshirt sophomore, also played.