Syracuse basketball’s push for 2027 four-star wing/forward Ahmed Nur has gotten a lot tougher.
The Orange had already been in the mix after Nur took an official visit to campus in late August, a trip that Inside the Loud House has reported went well. SU assistant coach Ben Lee was also present for at least one open gym at CIA Bella Vista after the fall recruiting period opened on September 9. But the picture changed once Syracuse landed a verbal pledge from 2027 five-star wing/small forward Moussa Kamissoko, a Bronx native who committed last Friday.
That commitment matters because Kamissoko and Nur overlap in role and size. Kamissoko is listed at 6-foot-8 and 180 pounds, while Nur checks in at 6-foot-9 and 190 pounds. Syracuse also already has a verbal commitment from another 2027 wing, three-star prospect Jack Donohue, an Albany native who is a senior at The Newman School in Boston.
Nur, meanwhile, is heading into his senior year at CIA Bella Vista in Phoenix, the program that won the high school national championship in the 2025-26 season. He has also taken official visits to Florida State, Ole Miss, SMU and Purdue. At this point, several national analysts believe Florida State and Ole Miss are the programs best positioned in his recruitment, and Inside the Loud House is not aware of any commitment timeline.
Nur will also play next season with the City Reapers in Overtime Elite, the Atlanta-based league. OTE held its annual Pro Day earlier this week, and Syracuse’s staff was not there for the event.
For Syracuse, there’s another layer here: the Orange’s current roster is already at the NCAA maximum of 15 players, and under the new 5-for-5 eligibility model, every player on it could technically return for 2026-27.
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