The 2018-19 Syracuse men’s basketball season is underway, but it isn’t too early to look ahead to the 2019-20 squad.

Four future SU players are signing their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, which means they are officially committed to playing under Jim Boeheim next year (unless there is another Darius Bazley situation). The class features Joe Girard III, Quincy Guerrier, Brycen Goodine, and John Bol Ajak.

Here’s a look at the 2019 recruiting class, which is currently ranked 21st according to Rivals.com.

Joe Girard III

The class is headlined by the 6-foot-2 Glens Falls native. Girard, who is the No. 10-ranked recruit in New York State and 22nd-ranked shooting guard in the country according to ESPN.com, chose the Orange over Duke, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Penn State.

He entered his senior year as the all-time leading scorer in New York State with a total of 3,306 points, which was previously held by current Los Angeles Lakers guard Lance Stephenson. Girard is expected to step in right away, as he has the ability to score at will.

Quincy Guerrier

Quincy Guerrier was the last of the four commits to make his decision, which was made on October 31. He picked the Orange over Oregon and Illinois.

The 6-foot-7 wing player hails from Quebec City, Quebec. Guerrier was the MVP of the 2018 BioSteel All-Canadian Game, an award Oshae Brissett won before he attended Syracuse.

Guerrier is looking to enroll at Syracuse in the spring. He will redshirt the second half of the season and join the Orange next fall. 

Brycen Goodine

Goodine, who verbally committed on September 13, 2017, was the first to commit to the Orange. He’s the 69th-ranked recruit in the ESPN 100, and the top recruit in the state of Rhode Island.

The 6-foot-3, 185 pound shooting guard chose Syracuse over Boston College. Goodine currently attends St. Andrews Prep in Massachusetts, which produced former Orange players Demitris Nichols and Michael Carter-Williams.

John Bol Ajak

John Bol Ajak is a 6-foot-10 center who is originally from Sudan, but plays high school basketball for Westtown in Pennsylvania. He’s the 10th-ranked player in the state, and turned down offers from Pittsburgh, VCU, and UConn to join the Orange.

While he’s expected to be a four-year player that coaches will develop, having Ajak on the roster next season will help with big man depth as Paschal Chukwu could potentially depart after this season.
 
Though the 2018-19 Orange have high expectations this season (with some experts projecting them to make the Final Four and even win the national championship), there is plenty to look forward to next season. With New York State's all-time leading scorer, one of the top players in Canada, a guard from a prep school that has provided star Syracuse players, and a big man with "gifts from God" according to CBS College Basketball Insider Jon Rothstein, expect the Orange to be one of the top teams in college basketball once again in 2019-20.