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Syracuse Basketball: Starting guards had Covid, let’s cut them some slack

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Syracuse basketball starting guards Buddy Boeheim and Joe Girard III have had their fair share of struggles during the 2020-21 campaign, and a lot of Orange fans have really laid into them both on social media.

Getting frustrated with Boeheim’s and Girard’s play is understandable, particularly since the team had lost three of four before crushing Miami on Tuesday evening from the Carrier Dome.

However, even though both of them have lacked consistency so far this term, sophomore point guard Girard and junior shooting guard Boeheim each tallied 23 points in the ‘Cuse demolition of the Hurricanes in a pivotal Atlantic Coast Conference clash for Syracuse basketball on the Hill.