Syracuse Basketball: Elijah Fisher at No. 3 in new class rankings for 2023

Syracuse basketball target Elijah Fisher among several key 2023 prospects in new ratings.

Recruiting analysts have said on more than one occasion that Elijah Fisher would prove a tremendous cornerstone of the Syracuse basketball 2023 class.

The 6-foot-7 wing, a sophomore who attends Crestwood Preparatory College in Toronto, Ontario, is receiving tons of high praise from recruiting services as one of the top prospects in the 2023 cycle.

In a new set of rankings of this class from Hoops Central, Fisher checks in at No. 3 overall. He is also listed at No. 3 via 247Sports, as well as No. 4 from Prep Hoops.

Not every recruiting Web site ranks prospects from outside of the United States, so that will explain why Fisher isn’t rated by some of the main recruiting services. However, for those which do rank him, Fisher is pretty much universally deemed a top-five player in this cycle.

He could even contend for the No. 1 overall ranking in the 2023 class, according to a recent piece that we highlighted from Rivals.com writer Dan McDonald.

Since he’s only a sophomore, Fisher’s recruitment could have a long way to go. He already has a bunch of impressive high-major offers, and it’s conceivable that Fisher could also forgo college and head directly from Crestwood Preparatory College to the professional ranks.

A positive for Syracuse basketball is that Orange coaches have gotten in early with Fisher, offering him a scholarship last July, and the ‘Cuse does have an excellent track record of securing stellar high-school players from Canada in recent years.

At this juncture, Syracuse basketball has offered scholarships to five 2023 prospects. One additional Orange target in this class, 6-foot-8 power forward G.G. Jackson out of Ridge View High School in Columbia, S.C., is No. 31 in the Hoops Central rankings.

The remaining 2023 guys with ‘Cuse offers are 6-foot-1 point guard Aden Holloway with the Covenant Day School in Matthews, N.C., 6-foot-8 guard Matas Buzelis from the Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., and 6-foot-7 wing Gavin Griffiths out of the Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, Conn.