There are few rising high school seniors with more buzz these days than 2026 five-star point guard Deron Rippey Jr., the Syracuse basketball priority target from New York City.
Over the past few months, the 6-foot-2 Rippey has played at an ultra-high level on the AAU circuit and at other showcases, both in the United States and overseas. The Orange staff is recruiting him extremely hard these days, watching him in countless settings, including over the past two weekends amid NCAA-permitted live periods as Rippey has suited up for the 17U team of the New York-based New Heights in the Adidas 3SSB league.