Ahmed Nur’s Syracuse visit is set, and the five-star wing/forward arrives with a lot of buzz attached.
The 6-foot-9, 190-pound prospect from Hopkins, Minn., will be on campus from August 28 to August 30, according to sources. Syracuse is one stop in a busy official-visit stretch for Nur, who is also scheduled to see Ole Miss and Washington. He already took an official visit to Purdue and previously made an unofficial trip to Minnesota, his hometown team.
The Orange have made Nur a major target in the 2027 class, and first-year head coach Gerry McNamara’s staff is clearly treating him that way. Syracuse offered him earlier this summer, and Nur’s stock has only climbed since then.
His biggest national breakout came in June at the NBPA Top 100 Camp in Rock Hill, S.C., where he won MVP with McNamara and plenty of other college coaches watching.
Nur’s visit dates were first laid out this summer, with Ole Miss set for August 22 to 24, Syracuse from August 28 to 30, and Washington from September 6 to 8.
What makes Nur so intriguing is the shot. Scouts see a wing/forward with real perimeter promise, and the feedback on that part of his game has been strong.
Arman Jovic of PDTScouting wrote earlier this year, "Ahmed Nur has continued to display his vastly fun profile during his junior year, and his play is slowly starting to materialize into more than just intriguing flashes. ... Very fluid sharpshooter, with some semblance of guard skills, developing into a really good player."
Nur spent his junior season at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn., before transferring for his senior year to CIA Bella Vista in Phoenix. That program is part of the loaded 15-team Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Scholastic ("EYBL Scholastic") and won this past April’s Chipotle Nationals in Fishers, Ind.
The offers have piled up, too. Nur’s scholarship list is around 30 schools deep and includes Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Southern California, BYU, Miami, Rutgers, Kansas, Indiana, Texas, Utah State, Purdue, Florida State, Xavier, Minnesota, UNLV, SMU, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Alabama, Georgia Tech, Arizona State, West Virginia, Mississippi State, Washington, San Diego State, Penn State, St. Bonaventure, Charlotte, Wake Forest and Providence.
This spring and summer, Nur played for the Milwaukee-based Power 5 on the Adidas 3SSB circuit. Syracuse coaches were there during NCAA-permitted live periods, including last month’s season-ending playoffs in Rock Hill, S.C.
His production backed up the attention. In South Carolina, Nur averaged 10.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, drawing praise from scouting experts at The Circuit. Across the full Adidas 3SSB season, he posted 12.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest, knocked down 1.9 3-pointers per game, and had a 28-point outing in a mid-May win for Power 5 that included five makes from deep.
CBS Sports and 247Sports scouting director Adam Finkelstein summed up the appeal this way: "Nur’s combination of size, fluidity, and skill gives him glaring upside, but he’s still in the early stages of turning that potential into consistent production."
Finkelstein also noted, "Standing at 6-foot-9 with a 7-foot-1 wingspan, (Nur) has good positional size and length, but a still lean build with somewhat higher hips and a lack of strength that prevents him from being able to play through contact ... His shooting potential is the most glaring budding weapon,"
That shot, plus the size and skill package around it, is why Syracuse is pushing hard.
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