Brent Axe and Mike Waters breakdown Syracuse basketball's 73-56 loss to Tennessee in the Maui Invitational. 

While the Volunteers eventually won by 17, Syracuse hung close for most of the game. Mike and Brent discuss the effect of Judah Mintz missing most of the first half with foul trouble, how Chris Bell has found early success leading the Orange in scoring, the center rotation between Naheem McLeod and Maliq Brown, why Justin Taylor struggled to score and what SU needs to do, regardless of opponent, for the next two games in Hawaii. 

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