4-star DMV wing/forward visits Syracuse next month. 'Elite shot maker,' Team Melo coach says.

These days, in college basketball and at other levels in the sport, 3-point shooting is all the rage. But there's a difference between a player who is proficient in shooting from beyond the arc, and a player who is able to make shots from deep and all over the court.

Ian Condon, the DMV four-star wing/forward and Syracuse basketball 2027 priority recruiting target, falls into the latter category, according to his AAU head coach, John Zito.

"He's an elite shot maker," Zito, the 17U head coach of the Baltimore-based Team Melo in Nike's EYBL league, told Inside the Loud House in a recent phone interview. "He can hit the 7-footer or from 12 to 13 feet. Ian can make a ton of shots on the floor that most high school kids cannot. This is what separates him from others."

The 6-foot-7, 245-pound Condon received a scholarship offer from Orange first-year head coach Gerry McNamara and his staff this past May. He will take an official visit to the 'Cuse from September 1 to September 2, as Inside the Loud House first reported in mid-July.

He has other upcoming official visits scheduled to Boston College, Notre Dame, Northwestern and N.C. State. Condon will likely take one or two more trips to college campuses before making a decision, but further official visits haven't yet been set, I'm told.

Syracuse basketball coaches are pushing hard for Condon and several other 2027 priority targets. Condon had a breakout spring and summer for Team Melo, when he averaged 18.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game while connecting on 44.2 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from long range and 82.8 percent from the free-throw line.

Syracuse basketball is heavily involved with 2027 four-star wing/forward Ian Condon.

Condon, whose mom is one of the greatest women's volleyball players in NCAA history and was inducted into the George Washington University Hall of Fame in 2003, helped guide the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., to a 22-7 overall record as a junior and the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference ("MAC") Tournament title, the fifth consecutive crown for the Quakers.

In the 2025-26 campaign, Condon averaged 20.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.0 blocks per game and was named to the All-Met first team. As a senior in 2026-27, he will be one of the top players in the DMV, and Zito is adamant that Condon is vastly underrated (and I agree).

Currently, he holds around 15 scholarship offers. Most recruiting services, within the 2027 cycle, rank Condon as three stars and outside the top 100 overall. However, 247Sports places him as four stars, No. 89 nationally, No. 13 at power forward and No. 1 in D.C.

"He's a fantastic young man," Zito says of Condon. "Intelligent, super down to Earth. Super mature. ... He's built like a brick with big thighs and wide shoulders. He's quick and can guard everywhere."

Zito notes that Condon is extremely well coached at Sidwell Friends and has a "super high IQ. He knows spacing and timing. He can do a little bit of everything."

Condon is an "unbelievable leader - one of the best for us in a while," Zito says. "Wherever he ends up (in college), they will be getting a really smart and skilled basketball player."

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