When the Syracuse basketball team kicks off its 2019-20 campaign, SU will do so with only one returning starter, no seniors, five incoming freshmen, and a ton of uncertainty.
The ‘Cuse will feature a dozen scholarship players, which should equate to a lot of depth, but the Orange simultaneously isn’t bringing back a lot of guys who secured significant minutes during the last stanza.
As such, virtually none of the sport’s pundits currently project Syracuse as a pre-season top-25 crew. That’s understandable, and, frankly, I like it when SU’s expectations are lowered. See the 2002-03 term as a prime example.