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Syracuse Basketball: No preseason love for SU from pundits means squat

Even with the announced return of point guard Judah Mintz for his sophomore year on the Hill, the Syracuse basketball roster is unlikely to receive a lot of preseason love from experts as it pertains to way-too-early top-25 rankings and placements within mock fields of 68 for the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

To that, I say, who freaking cares? I’ll add that this is no surprise whatsoever, and I’ll explain why in a second.

After the 6-foot-3 Mintz revealed not too long ago that he would withdraw his name from the 2023 NBA Draft and come back to the Orange for the 2023-24 campaign, that set the ‘Cuse roster for the upcoming season at 13 scholarship players.