What's Left For Syracuse Basketball's 2023-24 Roster?
With the addition of Chance Westry, where does Syracuse basketball stand with scholarships available, roster needs and potential targets? We take a look.
SCHOLARSHIPS
With the addition of Westry, Syracuse currently has 11 scholarship players for the 2023-24 season. That number includes Judah Mintz, however, who is currently in the NBA Draft process. If he elects to stay in the draft, that would free up another scholarship.
Here are the 11 players currently under scholarship: Judah Mintz, JJ Starling, Chance Westry, Justin Taylor, Quadir Copeland, Chris Bell, Benny Williams, Maliq Brown, Mounir Hima, Peter Carey and William Patterson.
That leaves Syracuse with two scholarship spots to potentially fill.
ROSTER NEEDS
The glaring need is center. With the departure of Jesse Edwards, Syracuse has lost its All ACC starting center. He is a lot to replace, but there are a lot of options in the transfer portal. Still, that position is focus number one for the remainder of the offseason.
Beyond that, there are not a lot of holes. Syracuse could use, perhaps, another guard or forward strictly for depth purposes. But it is not critical and would not really impact the team unless there were significant injury issues.
If Mintz does not return, perhaps another guard for depth as well. Though it would be difficult to find one who is good enough to contribute given what Syracuse has on the roster. A look at the junior college ranks may be prudent in that scenario as there could be overlooked talent.
POTENTIAL TARGETS
Syracuse was linked to Oklahoma State big Moussa Cisse, the former Big-12 Defensive Player of the Year, when he first entered the portal. However, there has nothing with the Orange and Cisse since. Without a visit, it would seem SU is not heavily involved there.
A new name did pop up on Tuesday. Papa Kante, a class of 2023 four star big, requested a release from his National Letter of Intent with Michigan. This means his recruitment will reopen. Syracuse extended an offer to Kante in the fall of 2021 following a strong Elite Camp performance. The Orange did recruit him as a high school prospect, but he ultimately focused on other schools. Maryland, Pittsburgh, Georgetown and others were involved previously as well, and could re-ignite interest. Still, this is one to watch.
There really are not other targets publicly known at the moment, but it would not be surprising if more emerge.
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