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Syracuse Basketball: Top-50 Matas Buzelis ‘serious room to move up’

Matas Buzelis, Syracuse basketball (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Syracuse basketball 2023 prospect Matas Buzelis suited up at the Bill Hensley Run-N-Slam in Fort Wayne, Ind., this past weekend, and he caught the eye of a national recruiting analyst.

On the AAU circuit, the four-star Buzelis competes for the Chicago-based Mac Irvin Fire. He is a sophomore at the Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., and previously attended Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Ill., a Chicago suburb.

When the 247Sports recruiting service recently published its updated national rankings for the 2023 cycle, Buzelis checked in at No.