The best way for Syracuse basketball to have a realistic shot at landing 2026 five-star guard Jordan Smith Jr. from the Washington, D.C., area, is to win a lot of games during the remainder of the current campaign.
That sounds like a captain obvious statement, but it's the reality. The 6-foot-3 Smith, who has been recruited hard by the Orange staff for more than two years, is down to a top six of Syracuse basketball, Arkansas, Duke, Georgetown, Kentucky and Indiana.
National analysts, lately, have characterized Smith's recruiting process as a toss-up, with all six suitors still in play and possibly no true leader at this juncture.