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No. 13 Syracuse (30-5, 15-3 Big East)In: C Fab Melo (Fr.), G Dion Waiters (Fr.), F Baye Moussa Keita (Fr.), F C.J. Fair (Fr.)
Out: F Wes Johnson, G Andy Rautins, C Arinze Onuaku
Syracuse's theme this season, as announced in their words as practice opened and on T-shirts at its Midnight Madness, is "Unfinished Business.'' The Orange were certain that they were a Final Four team last season, but lost in the Sweet 16 to eventual national runner-up Butler. They're absolutely convinced that they should set their sights just as high now as they did a year ago, when they were picked to finish sixth in the Big East but were ranked No. 1 in the country going into the final weekend of the regular season.
This season the coaches picked Syracuse third in the conference, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have the goods to be among the last teams playing the weekend before the big gathering in Houston. Technically only two starters return, forward Rick Jackson (the only senior) and guard Brandon Triche, but point guard Scoop Jardine was embedded in their three-guard rotation and played starter-level minutes, and he'll start now. So will reigning Big East Sixth Man of the Year Kris Joseph, a junior forward who also moves into the starting lineup and has been favorably compared to one of the departed from last year, conference player of the year Wes Johnson. Also expect increased minutes by sophomore small forward Mookie Jones, who wasn't part of coach Jim Boeheim's tight rotation.
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