Tyus Battle has announced he will be returning to Syracuse for his junior season. As a result, the Syracuse Orange will be returning their entire starting basketball lineup for the 2018-2019 season. The Orange will suit up Battle, Frank Howard, Oshae Brissett, Marek Dolezaj, and Paschal Chukwu. This is a very rare occurrence in Syracuse basketball history, having only occurred four previous times.
In 1999-2000, the entire starting lineup from the previous year returned, but Allen Griffin lost his starting position to Tony Bland, and did not start a single game for the season.