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Marcus Adams Commits to Kansas Over Syracuse, UCLA

The class of 2024 forward has made his decision.
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Marcus Adams Commits to Kansas Over Syracuse, UCLA
Marcus Adams Commits to Kansas Over Syracuse, UCLA

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Class of 2024 forward Marcus Adams committed to Kansas over Syracuse and other finalist UCLA on Tuesday. Adams is rated a four star prospect by 247Sports and On3. He stars for Narbonne High in California and runs with Elev8 Elite in AAU ball. 

Adams recruitment has been an interesting one. Syracuse offered in December and then hosted him for an official visit in late January as part of the Orange's game against Virginia in the JMA Wireless Dome. Syracuse seemed to have a lot of momentum at that point, but less than a week later his recruitment started to blow up. 

After trimming his list to five, Adams would announce his recruitment remained open. Offers poured in from UCLA, USC, Arkansas, Kansas, Indiana, Tennessee Washington over the first two weeks in February. The 6-8 forward would then take official visits to Kansas and UCLA before trimming his list to three finalists. It included the three schools he visited: Kansas, Syracuse and UCLA. 

Another wrinkle to all of this was the possibility of reclassifying back to the 2023 recruiting class. The Orange was recruiting him for either 2023 or 2024, but others were looking at him strictly in the 2024 cycle. 

The early momentum from the Orange dwindled as others' grew, and it ended with a verbal commitment to the Jayhawks Tuesday night. Syracuse's 2023 recruiting class remains at one player in William Patterson, as does its 2024 class in Elijah Moore. 

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MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting.  EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans.  After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years.  Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports.  Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. 

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