Boston College’s biggest football night of the year doubled as a major basketball recruiting showcase this weekend, with four-star forward Ian Condon in Chestnut Hill for an official visit and the Red Bandanna Game.
Condon, a 2027 prospect from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., was on campus for the Eagles’ 28-21 win over Rutgers on Friday night. Head coach Luke Murray and members of his staff were there to host him, and Condon even spent time on the sideline before the game.
“A big thank you to Coach Murray and staff for hosting me on an Official Visit!” Condon posted on his X/Twitter account. “Go Eagles!”
The visit came with plenty of buzz around Condon’s profile. He is the No. 1 player from D.C. in his class according to 247Sports and On3, and 247Sports lists him as the No. 77 overall player in the country and the No. 14 power forward. He already holds 16 Division-I offers, with schools such as NC State, Georgia Tech, Florida, Notre Dame, Cal, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, and Villanova in the mix.
Boston College is the fourth school Condon has visited since Aug. 29, when he began his official visit schedule. His first stop was Raleigh, N.C., for NC State.
At 6-foot-7 and 245 pounds, Condon brings a sturdy frame and a productive all-around game. In his junior season, he averaged 20.4 points per game on 55.0 percent shooting, along with 8.1 rebounds and 1.0 blocks, earning First Team ALL-MET honors.
He also made his mark in the Nike EYBL summer league with Team Melo, where he averaged more than 18.0 points per game while shooting 36.0 percent from 3-point range on about seven attempts per game. He added 6.5 rebounds per game, including 2.1 on the offensive glass.
247Sports director of basketball scouting Adam Finkelstein described Condon as “an inside-out forward who combines power, skill, and a high motor.” Finkelstein added, “He has a naturally broader frame, with a bulky but defined upper body, tree trunk legs, and glaring power.
Simply put, he plays very hard. He truly sprints the floor and runs like a dump truck downhill.
He lacks ideal quickness or vertical pop in the lane, but has a bit of sneaky bounce with momentum or in open space.”
Condon would be another significant addition for Murray as Boston College keeps building after landing 2027 combo guard Tre Keith just over a week ago. Keith is the program’s highest-rated signing since the beginning of the recruiting-database era.
For BC, the pitch is clear: the Eagles are going after one of the top forwards in the 2027 class, and they got him on campus for one of the program’s most visible nights of the year.
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