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Syracuse Basketball: These two players are the X-factors this season

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Quincy Guerrier and Kadary Richmond will prove pivotal for Syracuse basketball in 2020-21.

Syracuse basketball returns four of five starters in the 2020-21 campaign from a stanza ago, and the Orange boasts strong depth.

‘Cuse fans often lament that head coach Jim Boeheim only plays a rotation of six to seven guys, however, Boeheim did recently say on a Zoom call that his rotation may entail eight to nine in the upcoming campaign.

The starting line-up, I believe, will consist of the four incumbents – sophomore point guard Joe Girard III, junior shooting guard Buddy Boeheim, senior power forward Marek Dolezaj and senior center Bourama Sidibe – plus junior small forward Alan Griffin, a transfer from Illinois.