Deron Rippey Jr., a 2026 five-star point guard from New York City, is down to nine suitors, and Syracuse basketball remains in contention. This doesn't surprise me, by the way.
As first reported by college basketball insider Adam Zagoria on X, the 6-foot-2 Rippey has a top nine of Duke, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami, N.C. State, North Carolina, Syracuse basketball, Tennessee and Texas. In further trimming his list, Rippey has eliminated Alabama, Indiana and Kansas.
Rippey, a top-10 national prospect in the 2026 class per Rivals and the country's No. 1 point guard according to 247Sports, is a standout senior and an All-American candidate at the Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.