Syracuse basketball has locked in a major late-August official visit with one of the fastest-rising names in the 2027 class.
Ahmed Nur, a five-star power forward/center, will be on campus from August 28 to August 30, according to Rivals. Inside the Loud House had reported late last week that the 6-foot-10 prospect would visit Syracuse, but the dates were still being finalized at the time.
Nur is ranked as a top-25 national prospect in the 2027 cycle and his recruitment has taken off in a big way. He has already taken an official visit to Purdue and an unofficial visit to Minnesota. Rivals also reported that he will officially visit Washington from September 6 to September 8.
The Orange offered Nur a scholarship last month under first-year head coach Gerry McNamara. Before that, Nur turned heads in June when he earned MVP honors at the NBPA Top 100 Camp in Rock Hill, S.C., with McNamara and plenty of other college coaches watching.
His offer sheet is already packed with more than two dozen schools, including 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.
Nur will spend his senior year in 2026-27 at CIA Bella Vista in Phoenix after transferring from Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn. CIA Bella Vista is part of the 15-team Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Scholastic, and it won the high school national title in April at Chipotle Nationals in Fishers, Ind.
He is also playing this summer for the 17U team of Milwaukee-based Power 5 on the Adidas 3SSB circuit. Last weekend, Syracuse’s coaching staff was in Bryan, Texas, during a live period when the Adidas 3SSB league held a session there.
Nur is not the only 2027 target lining up a Syracuse visit. Ian Condon, a four-star power forward, is set to officially visit SU from September 1 to September 2, according to Inside the Loud House. The 6-foot-7, 245-pound Condon attends Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., and plays for the 17U team of Baltimore-based Team Melo in Nike’s EYBL league.
J'Lon Lyons, a four-star point guard from Clinton Grace Christian School in Clinton, Md., will also take an official visit to Syracuse from September 11 to September 13, a source confirmed. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Lyons plays on the EYBL circuit for D.C.-based Team Takeover.
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