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Kaleb Joseph of Cushing Academy committed to Syracuse this weekend.

(Nashua (N.H.) Telegram)

Kaleb Joseph, a highly-rated point guard in the Class of 2014, committed to Syracuse University on Saturday.

Joseph told syracuse.com/The Post-Standard that Syracuse had always been his dream school going back to ninth grade, but he waited until this weekend when he made an official visit to the SU campus before committing.

"It's something I've always wanted to do," Joseph said of playing for Syracuse. "In the back of my mind it's always where I wanted to be. I've always been a Syracuse fan. It just felt right."

Joseph and his parents visited the Syracuse campus Friday and Saturday. They were able to watch the team practice as it prepares for its trip to Canada.

Joseph said watching the team he was able to envision how he would fit in with the Orange next year.

"I can't tell you exactly what my role will be," Joseph said. "I know nothing will be handed to me. That's what I like. I've always liked being the underdog."

Joseph's final three schools included Syracuse, Providence and West Virginia.

Joseph, a native of Nashua, N.H., visited Providence last weekend. The 6-foot-3 rising senior at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., was scheduled to visit West Virginia on Sept. 27.

Joseph joins forward Chris McCullough in the Class of 2014 for Syracuse. The Orange is also recruiting Isaiah Whitehead, a combo guard from Brooklyn.

Joseph is ranked No. 51 in the 2014 Class by ESPN. Rivals lists him at No. 56, but those rankings were put out prior to this summer's AAU circuit, during which Joseph stamped himself as a rising star while playing for the Mass Rivals AAU team.

Last year, Joseph led Cushing Academy to the Class AA New England championship.