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Syracuse basketball, with roster changes, takes dive in early rankings

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Syracuse basketball finished the 2020-21 season at No. 25 in the final Coaches poll after a run to the Sweet 16, but whether the Orange begins the upcoming campaign as a ranked squad remains to be seen.

Given the new transfer measured implemented by the NCAA, in which college basketball players can transfer once with immediate eligibility, the sport has witnessed an explosion of free agency since the most recent stanza culminated.

Head coach Jim Boeheim had previously said that the ‘Cuse would experience a sizable shake-up of its roster in the off-season, and he was right.