Matt Gilhool Remains High on Syracuse Basketball After Recent Visit

The Orange is heavily involved with the class of 2025 recruit.

Mike McAllister | Feb 27, 2024

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Class of 2025 forward/center Matt Gilhool is one of the top players in the Northeast this cycle. He stars for William Penn Charter in Pennsylvania. He recently took an unofficial visit to Syracuse.

"I went up and I got to see the game against Notre Dame," Gilhool said. "I got to see the Jim Boeheim ceremony, so that was pretty cool."

The 6-10 big was impressed by the game day atmosphere at the JMA Wireless Dome.

"I thought it was cool," Gilhool said. "Definitely was a good game. There's a lot of people there. The place gets loud. The tribute was really cool. Seeing all those people who stayed to honor him. The impact he had was pretty cool."

Gilhool was offered by Syracuse back in August after a strong Elite Camp performance. Since then, he has remained in constant contact with the Orange. Especially his lead recruiter Gerry McNamara.

"I'm in contact with them pretty often," Gilhool said. "G-Mac, that's my guy. He's been the one recruiting me for a little bit now. He came to my school a good amount of times. We have a pretty good relationship."

This was Gilhool's third visit to Syracuse since the fall, including taking an official visit previously. The Orange remains one of the top options for him.

"I'm definitely a fan, definitely on the high side for sure," Gilhool said. "Definitely going to keep looking into Syracuse."

Next up for Gilhool is trimming his list, which he is looking towards the end of the spring for that. He does not have a decision timeframe in mind currently. Besides Syracuse, Penn State, Iowa and Washington are recruiting him hard.

Published Feb 27, 2024

MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting. EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans. After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years. Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports. Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College.