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Syracuse Basketball: Lack of star power will force Orange to play team ball

Syracuse basketball fans finally got their first look at the 2019-20 version of the squad on Friday night in the dome.

While some fans got to watch the Orange play overseas in Italy, not every fan did.

This year’s squad will take some getting used to. There isn’t a familiar name that will stand out like year’s past and that’s a good thing.

Head coach Jim Boeheim said as much in his press conference following the annual Orange-White scrimmage in the loud house:

“The difference between this year’s team and last year’s team with Tyus Battle, Frank Howard, and Oshae Brissett is you had three guys that were going to play 38 minutes.