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Eddie Lampkin Jr.’s arrival at Syracuse gave it a true back to the basket big man it severely lacked last season. Following the departure of Jesse Edwards — who transferred to West Virginia — SU’s frontcourt had a gaping hole in the 2023-24 season. Maliq Brown did an effective job of filling that, though Brown is a natural power forward and not a true center.
Brown transferred to Duke in the offseason and Lampkin was brought in to play center.