The big scholarship offers continue to pour on the 2023 Syracuse basketball five-star goal, Matas Buzelis, who continues to see his national rankings soar.
The 6-foot-10 Buzelis, who can keep up in the guard positions as well as on the wing, recently jumped from # 43 to # 4 overall in its class, according to updated national rankings from 247Sports.
He’s a consensus among the top 30 candidates, although Buzelis is in the top 10 nationwide these days due to the multitude of recruitment services. The junior at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, NH is likely to compete for number 1 overall in the 2023 cycle.
Orange trainers who recently visited Buzelis in his prep school offered him almost a year ago. Its listing has grown significantly in recent months, with applicants including Duke, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State, North Carolina, Kansas, Illinois, Florida, Purdue, Oklahoma, Arizona, UCLA, Maryland, and Connecticut.
A national analyst has submitted an assessment of basketball candidate Matas Buzelis in Syracuse.
Jerry Meyer, a national recruiting analyst for 247Sports, recently released a scouting report from Buzelis that offers some insight into this outstanding prospect’s all-round game in 2023.
Meyer wrote: “A 6-10 is an exceptional length for highly developed skills. Has a very thin physique but can make contact. Is a lithe athlete with a wobble and able to score around defenders. If not euro steps to exit, prefers to exit two feet. Shoots the ball well from the outside but has a low clearance at this point. Midrange scoring is an area of development with great potential. Can handle the ball very well. Has high dribbling but it’s on a string. Sees the ground and has a feeling for passing by. Needs strength as a rebounder, but has a nose for the ball and extremely secure hands. Lateral speed can improve but has a sense of using its length as a defensive weapon. Its competitive nature bodes well for its future development. “
In Meyer’s article, he noted that his colleague at 247Sports, national basketball director Eric Bossi, compared Buzelis to a young Toni Kukoc.
That’s a pretty select company for Buzelis as Kukoc was a star striker who won multiple NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.
We will of course continue to monitor the recruitment of Buzelis. I would love to see him on an official visit to the Hill sometime. The ‘Cuse is likely to face an uphill battle to pick up Buzelis, though Syracuse basketball coaches have done well in the Brewster Academy’s landing prospects in recent years.
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