SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Jim Boeheim is set for his 44th season at Syracuse, and this time around the Orange got a jump start with a summer trip to Italy.

With five freshmen on board and lots of scoring to replace, that's a plus.

"Everybody on the trip contributed and looked comfortable in what we were trying to do. We're a little further ahead," Boeheim said Friday at the team's annual media day. "From that point of view, it was very helpful. But basically you still go back and do the same things that you would do every year. We're a little further ahead. There's personnel coming back, but there's so many new guys you do a lot of teaching stuff that is new to them."