Even with the announced return of point guard Judah Mintz for his sophomore year on the Hill, the Syracuse basketball roster is unlikely to receive a lot of preseason love from experts as it pertains to way-too-early top-25 rankings and placements within mock fields of 68 for the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
To that, I say, who freaking cares? I’ll add that this is no surprise whatsoever, and I’ll explain why in a second.
After the 6-foot-3 Mintz revealed not too long ago that he would withdraw his name from the 2023 NBA Draft and come back to the Orange for the 2023-24 campaign, that set the ‘Cuse roster for the upcoming season at 13 scholarship players.