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Syracuse Basketball: Elijah Hughes in mid-40s on new NBA Draft big board

Elijah Hughes, Syracuse basketball (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

Former Syracuse basketball star Elijah Hughes, who has received some first-round draft projections of late, is No. 44 in Bleacher Report’s top-50 players.

Former Syracuse basketball player Elijah Hughes has made the cut on Bleacher Report’s updated top-50 big board for the upcoming NBA Draft, and the number where he is placed will please Orange fanatics.

Jonathan Wasserman, lead NBA scout and draft writer for Bleacher Report, recently published his latest list of the top-50 guys as far as the NBA Draft is concerned, and Hughes is No.