Syracuse Basketball: 5-star big man, No. 2 prospect, confirms SU interest
Five-star power forward Derik Queen from Baltimore, probably the best player the nation over in the 2024 class, itemized in a new meeting that he has interest from Syracuse b-ball.
I hadn't recently seen a ton of notices in regards to the Orange instructing staff being engaged with the 6-foot-8 Queen, so I was happy to see the 'Cuse noted in his new meeting with Pro Insight.
Sovereign, who runs on the AAU circuit with the Baltimore-based Team Thrill, prepared in his rookie season for the Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore.
He set up some truly noteworthy numbers as a first year recruit and won a wide range of public awards. Sovereign, however, will contend as a sophomore for the force to be reckoned with Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla.
The Montverde Academy is considered by the gathering of public specialists as the top private academy program around the nation, and it ought to be positioned No. 1 generally speaking in pre-season surveys in front of the 2021-22 refrain.
Syracuse b-ball has interest in a tip top forward from Baltimore.
In his Q&A with Pro Insight, Queen said that he has offers from Auburn, DePaul, Maryland, Texas, Virginia Tech, Georgetown, LSU and Arizona State, just as interest from the Orange, Florida State and Pittsburgh.
Moreover, a new tweet from Alec Lasley, the overseeing editorial manager of TheHoosier.com, says that Indiana has offered a grant to Queen.
Up to this point, Queen was the No. 1 secondary school prospect cross country, as per ESPN. At the point when this enlisting administration as of late invigorated its public appraisals of the best 25 players in the 2024 cycle, Queen fell, yet not far, to No. 2 generally speaking.
ESPN additionally has him as the No. 1 force forward and the No. 1 possibility in Maryland.
As of late, I've perused articles where enrolling insiders and mentors have compared Queen's phenomenal mid-range game to that of 'Cuse legend Carmelo Anthony, who directed Syracuse b-ball to its main NCAA title in 2002-03.
While it's reassuring that the Orange training staff is keen on Queen, his enlistment has far to go, and a wealth of high-significant admirers will without a doubt arise for him.
In the no so distant past, Syracuse b-ball made its first proposal in the 2024 class, to 6-foot-9 wing Donnie Freeman from St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C.
ESPN rates Freeman as four stars and No. 20 generally speaking in this cycle.
