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With Elijah Hughes on to the NBA, the focus shifts to Joe Girard III and Buddy Boeheim to run the Syracuse basketball offense. That may lead to a breakout season for Marek Dolezaj.
Syracuse basketball is in for a change next season, as leading scorer and playmaker, Elijah Hughes, is headed to the NBA. This leaves Head Coach Jim Boeheim with an interesting situation – finding a new star to lead the Orange.
The likely suitor will be another guard. Syracuse has long been known to rely on their wings to create offense, and Joe Girard III and Buddy Boeheim already did a lot of that last season.