The Syracuse Orange were carried by their dynamic backcourt of Frank Howard and Tyus Battle last year, to say the least. In the isolation-based offense, Howard and Battle were relied upon to carry the bulk of the scoring from both outside the perimeter and inside the paint.
The two backcourt mates averaged 33.6 points per game last year, which stands as the second-highest scoring backcourt for the Orange since 1980. The only backcourt duo to outperform Howard and Battle was the 1993-94 pairing of Lawerence Moten and Adrian Autry, who put up a combined 38.