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Syracuse Basketball: NBA Draft date set and its impact on Elijah Hughes

Elijah Hughes, Syracuse basketball (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images)

Former Syracuse basketball star Elijah Hughes seems a lock for the NBA Draft, and we now have an answer on when the draft will take place.

The NBA is the latest sports league with a return to play plan in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the new plan reportedly has a date when former Syracuse basketball player Elijah Hughes will hear his name called in the NBA Draft. On Thursday, the NBA Board of Governors voted to approve the NBA’s plan to resume play with 22 teams in Orlando.