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Other current and future Syracuse basketball players will follow Elijah Hughes to the NBA in the near term.
There is a contingent of Syracuse basketball fans who are frustrated by the team’s recent recruiting efforts, performance on the court and track record in the professional ranks.
Without question, some validity exists in all of these themes, however, I also believe that the Orange is faring better in the NBA Draft than for which some people give the ‘Cuse credit.
From 2007 to 2017, Syracuse basketball had a player taken in the NBA Draft in 10 out of 11 years, which is tremendous.