Ahmed Nur’s Syracuse recruitment is moving toward the next step.
The 2027 five-star power forward, who picked up an offer from the Orange last month, expects to take an official visit to Syracuse at some point, Inside the Loud House has learned. The date has not been locked in yet, but the trip is expected to happen.
Nur, a 6-foot-10 prospect, has quickly become one of the fastest-rising names in the 2027 class. He has already officially visited Purdue and taken an unofficial visit to Minnesota, and his list of suitors is crowded with heavy hitters.
Ole Miss, Washington, Alabama, Cincinnati, Kansas, Minnesota, SMU and Texas are among the programs in the mix, and he is also likely to narrow things down in the coming months. If Syracuse gets him on campus officially, the Orange would be in position to make that cut.
His stock has surged in part because of what he did last month at the annual NBPA Top 100 Camp in Rock Hill, S.C. Nur won MVP honors at the event, which was held during a live period and attended by Syracuse’s staff, led by first-year head coach Gerry McNamara. The Orange coaches were there watching recruits, including Nur, and that exposure helped put Syracuse firmly in the picture.
Nur’s offer list has ballooned as well. Recruiting services list 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 among the schools that have offered.
On the court, Nur spent last season at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn. He’ll play the 2026-27 season at CIA Bella Vista in Phoenix, which is part of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Scholastic, a 15-team super conference of sorts.
CIA Bella Vista went 26-4 in 2025-26 and finished as the unanimous No. 1 team in the country after winning Chipotle Nationals in Fishers, Ind. Syracuse’s new staff has recently offered several prospects who will suit up for the Bears next season.
Nur is also running with the 17U team for Milwaukee-based Power 5 in the Adidas 3SSB league. The circuit is in Bryan, Texas, for a live period this weekend, and it would not be a shock to see Syracuse’s staff there evaluating Nur and other targets.
So far this AAU season, Nur has averaged 15.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. On Thursday, he posted 16 points, five rebounds, two steals and one block in a win for Power 5.
Syracuse is also set to host another 2027 target soon. Four-star point guard J'Lon Lyons of Clinton Grace Christian School in Clinton, Md., is scheduled to take an official visit to the Orange from September 11 to September 13.
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