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Syracuse Basketball: Orange will start new point guard for seventh time in eight seasons

Think about this for a second. For the seventh time in eight seasons, Syracuse will have a new starting point guard. It’s hard to imagine any program having success with that much turnover (pun definitely intended) at that position. All Syracuse managed to do was go on two Final Four trips, an Elite Eight and Sweet 16 in that timeframe.

So how in the world has Syracuse had seven new point guards since 2010? Let’s dive in.

In the 2009-2010 season Brandon Triche slid into the starting point guard role as a freshman. Triche put up respectable numbers his freshman year as he averaged 8.