Syracuse’s new staff is still early in the race for its 2027 class, but the board is already taking shape around three major names.
First-year head coach Gerry McNamara has one verbal commitment in the group so far: three-star wing Jack Donohue of Albany, N.Y., who plays at The Newman School in Boston. Beyond that, the Orange are chasing three five-star priorities - wing/small forward Moussa Kamissoko, wing/forward Ahmed Nur and point guard Nasir Anderson.
Kamissoko, a 6-foot-8, 180-pound wing who recently moved to Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, started his official visit to Syracuse on September 3. More information on how that trip went should surface soon.
Before arriving in Central New York, he took an unofficial visit to Providence and then an official visit to Florida State, and the word is that the Seminoles’ visit went quite well. A planned official visit to Virginia this weekend has reportedly been pushed back, but Kamissoko still has future official visits lined up with Oklahoma State, BYU, Illinois, UConn, Louisville and Baylor.
National analysts have pointed to UConn and Syracuse as teams making a strong push, and sources say Florida State and Syracuse are drawing real buzz right now.
Nur’s recruitment has also picked up. The 6-foot-9, 190-pound forward will spend his senior season at CIA Bella Vista in Phoenix, the reigning high school basketball national champion from the 2025-26 campaign.
Syracuse’s official visit with Nur last week is said to have gone very well, and the staff believes it is in a strong position with him. He has already taken official visits to Ole Miss and Purdue, along with an unofficial trip to Minnesota, his home-state program.
Nur had been scheduled to officially visit Texas this weekend, but reports now say that visit will shift to Florida State instead.
Anderson gives Syracuse another high-level target to work on. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound point guard from Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has a top 10 that includes Syracuse, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Providence, Tennessee, UConn and Virginia.
He has several official visits coming up, starting with Providence this weekend and Syracuse later this month. McNamara and his staff remain in regular contact and are recruiting him aggressively.
Anderson is not expected to sign with a college team during the early period this November, which could help Syracuse’s case. For now, analysts say Georgia, Tennessee and an in-state option have some momentum with the Savannah, Ga., native, though his recruitment still appears to have plenty of time left to play out.
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