The Syracuse Orange basketball program has been busy on the recruiting trail of late as the reconfigured staff looks to get ahead of the 2018 and 2019 cycles. Tuesday’s news shows that those efforts could be on their way to paying off.
Three-star Brewster Academy power forward Nate Roberts has included the Orange in his top five, along with Nebraska, UConn, Wake Forest and Washington. Given former assistant Mike Hopkins’s national recruiting capabilities, it’s no surprise to see him in the mix for the Maryland (Bel Air) forward. But it’s still strange getting used to seeing UW involved in SU recruits as much as they have been since Hop took over there.