A year ago, Tyus Battle, the clutch shot-making wing for the Syracuse basketball squad, entered his name into the 2018 NBA Draft and received an invitation to the NBA Combine.
He went through the draft process and ultimately decided to return to the Hill for his junior campaign. While I’m 100 percent speculating, I imagine that Battle came back to Central New York to both improve his draft stock, as well as lead the ‘Cuse on a deep March Madness run.
Unfortunately, neither of those objectives truly occurred. During the 2018-19 term, the 6-foot-6 Battle generated about 17 points per contest and got named to the All-ACC third unit.