CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein named Freeman one of 15 players who will become stars during the upcoming season. Freeman, Duke’s Isaiah Evans, and North Carolina’s Seth Trimble were the only players from the ACC to make the list.

For 2025, ESPN’s latest bracketology update projects that six ACC teams will make it in — Duke (one-seed), Louisville (five-seed), North Carolina (six-seed), NC State (eight-seed), Virginia (Last Four In) and Miami (Last Four In) — with another two (SMU and Clemson) within First Four Out/Next Four Out territory.

Just a month away from a program-altering 2025-26 season, our beat writer ranked Syracuse’s 10 most important players for the year.

It has been a tough week for the Syracuse University athletics community, with the passing of all-time basketball great Lawrence Moten on Tuesday at age 53, and

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Syracuse University men’s basketball team’s Atlantic Coast Conference Feb. 21 matchup against the University of North Carolina will be broadcast on WWTI ABC 50.

Coach Adrian Autry, forward Donnie Freeman and guard J.J. Starling will be representing Syracuse men’s team for this year’s ACC Basketball Tipoff in Charlotte. On the women’s side, coach Felisha Legette-Jack will be going alongside returning guard Sophie Burrows and transfer guard Laila Phelia.

It is no surprise that SU's two returning scholarship players, J.J. Starling and Donnie Freeman, will represent Orange basketball at the multi-day event next week in Charlotte.