Syracuse Basketball: Not feeling great about SU’s chances with 5-star wing

Syracuse basketball 2023 five-star target Elijah Fisher seems to have a recruiting process that flies a bit more under the radar than other top-flight players in his class.

I say this because I don’t see tons of interviews given by him to national recruiting analysts, at least as compared to others in the 2023 cycle who also hold scholarship offers from the Orange coaching staff.

Since the ‘Cuse offered the 6-foot-7 wing from Canada back in the summer of 2020, I have read a few pieces where Fisher has spoken positively of the Orange program.

However, more recently, when Fisher discusses the college teams he’s hearing from consistently, Syracuse basketball doesn’t seem to come up.

Now, I’m not a recruiting analyst, nor am I in Fisher’s inner circle. So he could be in regular communication with the ‘Cuse. I’m basing my opinion on interviews given by him, as well as articles written about Fisher by journalists and national analysts.

With all of this being said, I don’t have an optimistic feeling about the Orange’s chances at winning the recruiting battle over Fisher, who is a consensus top-15 prospect in the 2023 class.

Syracuse basketball faces heavy competition for five-star Elijah Fisher.

When we penned a column about Fisher in late July, we noted that he had mentioned several squads whom he was in frequent contact with, according to an interview he gave with 247Sports national analyst Dushawn London.

Among the teams that Fisher discussed were blue-bloods Kentucky and Kansas, as well as Oklahoma State. In early July, Kentucky offered Fisher, per his bio on the 247Sports Web site.

According to recruiting services, Fisher has around 20 scholarship offers from a range of high-majors, such as Baylor, Florida State, Arizona, Florida, Oregon, Memphis, Seton Hall, West Virginia and Southern California.

Some recruiting services rank Fisher in the top-five overall within the 2023 cycle, so it’s no wonder that recruiting heavyweights like Kansas, Kentucky and Memphis are in the mix, among others.

"Fisher has been writing blog posts for SI All-American, and he talked about his recruiting process in his most recent piece. Fisher wrote, “My recruitment has been going pretty steady, I’m hearing from the same schools mostly like Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Maryland, Arizona State and Alabama.”"

Again, no mention of the ‘Cuse. Does this mean that Syracuse basketball is out of the running for Fisher? I don’t believe so. But like I said earlier, I don’t have a warm and fuzzy feeling about the Orange’s chances, either.