Syracuse Basketball: In new rankings, Canadian target no longer 5 stars

We’ve penned columns in the past detailing how Syracuse basketball 2023 target Elijah Fisher has said that he believes he’s the No. 1 prospect in his recruiting cycle.

And some national analysts and recruiting insiders have also spoken in the past about the possibility of the 6-foot-7 Fisher contending for the top spot in 2023.

Recruiting rankings can ebb and flow, but if the latest update from one recruiting service is any kind of indication, Fisher may not be in the running for the No. 1 overall rating in the 2023 class moving forward.

Let’s be clear, though. Regardless of where some of his rankings may stand these days, Fisher is an elite prospect. This top-flight wing attends Crestwood Preparatory College in Toronto, Ontario, and landed a scholarship offer from the Orange back in the summer of 2020.

Syracuse basketball prospect Elijah Fisher dropped a bit in one new set of rankings.

Recruiting service 247Sports recently updated its national rankings for the 2023 class, and Fisher fell 17 spots, from No. 3 overall to No. 20.

He is also now four stars via 247Sports, rather than five stars. Fisher is the No. 2 shooting guard throughout the entire 2023 cycle, per 247Sports.

In all fairness, though, ESPN has Fisher as five stars. So, too, does Rivals.com, although Fisher dropped to No. 14 overall in this recruiting service’s most recent 2023 update.

The industry-generated 247Sports Composite, at the time of this writing, had Fisher as five stars and No. 17 overall, as well as the No. 1 shooting guard.

To reiterate, Fisher remains one of the best prospects in the 2023 class. As far as his recruitment goes, Fisher has received offers from a bunch of high-major programs, such as Baylor, Florida State, Arizona, Florida, Oregon, Memphis, Seton Hall, West Virginia and Southern California.

In mid-July, Fisher said in an interview that he was in regular communication with blue-blood squads Kentucky and Kansas, as well as Oklahoma State.

When Fisher wrote a blog post in late August for SI All-American, he noted a couple of teams that he was hearing from, such as Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Maryland, Arizona State and Alabama.

I haven’t seen a lot of recent mentions of Syracuse basketball as it relates to Fisher’s recruiting process, leaving me to wonder whether the ‘Cuse is in contention for him.

The Orange has done well in recent years attracting stellar players from Canada to Central New York. We’ll continue to monitor Fisher’s recruitment.