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Welcome to National Pie Day!
The American Pie Council created this day simply to celebrate the pie.
National Pie Day is a special day that is set aside to bake and cook all of your favorite pies. On this day, you are also encouraged to bake a few new pie recipes. And most importantly, it's a day to eat pies!
A great way to celebrate National Pie Day is to bake some pies and give them away to friends, neighbors, and relatives. You never know, you may be starting a tradition of pie giving between your friends and family.
The American Pie Council sponsors the National Pie Championships. Some of the best pie makers in the world enter their pies. Perhaps you will enter and win the "American Pie Council's Best Pie in America" award.
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Best of the 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge (btn.com)
The Big Ten’s seven-year undefeated streak in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge was snapped Wednesday, as the ACC took five of the Challenge’s final six games. The ACC won the Challenge 9-5.
The results of the 2016 slate are below.
Monday, Nov. 28
Florida State 75, Minnesota 67
Northwestern 65, Wake Forest 58
Tuesday, Nov. 29
Pittsburgh 73, Maryland 59
Penn State 67, Georgia Tech 60
Wisconsin 77, Syracuse 60
Notre Dame 92, Iowa 78
Illinois 88, NC State 74
Duke 78, Michigan State 69
Wednesday, Nov. 30
Louisville 71, Purdue 64
Virginia Tech 73, Michigan, 70
Miami 73, Rutgers 61
Indiana 76, North Carolina 67
Virginia 63, Ohio State 61
Clemson 60, Nebraska 58
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Two early season losses could be bad harbinger for Syracuse basketball - The Juice Online (the juice; Cheng)
We are six games into the 2016-17 basketball season, and already the Orange has already lost two games. While these two games came against No. 17 Wisconsin and South Carolina, a pair of BCS teams, it’s clear that Syracuse has a lot to work on as the season progresses.
This begs the question: How much of an indicator are early season losses to a team’s overall success? With this question in mind, I looked back in time at the previous 10 seasons to see how long it took for the team to pick up its second loss, and then compared it with its overall finish:
Year Games to Second Loss End of season Result
2016-17 6 ?
2015-16 8 NCAA: Final 4
2014-15 7 Postseason Ban
2013-14 27 NCAA: First Round
2012-13 20 NCAA: Final Four
2011-12 33 NCAA: Elite 8
2010-11 20 NCAA: Second Round
2009-10 26 NCAA: Sweet 16
2008-09 18 NCAA: Sweet 16
2007-08 6 NIT: Quarterfinals
2006-07 9 NIT: Quarterfinals
So from this chart, there are a few conclusions you can draw:
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Syracuse Basketball: Step back from that ledge, my friend (TNIAAM; Keeley)
Last week, the Syracuse Orange basketball team was 4-0 while sitting pretty in the poll rankings and bracketology. Of course they also hadn’t played anyone of real note either. A week later, the Orange have failed both of their first two tests of the season, getting shut down by South Carolina in Brooklyn and then watching Wisconsin carve up the zone with ease in Madison.
Just like that, Syracuse is 4-2, likely to be unranked or close to it next week, and leaves fans with all sorts of questions it was hoping not to have to ask this season. What about all the great leadership in our grad transfers? What about all the depth we have on the roster? What about all that scoring we’re supposed to have?
And all of those questions are valid. But so is this statement:
We’re not even in December yet, Syracuse fans.
Remember last year? A Syracuse basketball team with far less bonafides than this one lost three out of four games in early December. One to Wisconsin (whoa). One to a mediocre Georgetown team (grrr). One to a godawful St. John’s squad (still not sure how). That stretch sucked the life out of Orange fans...and that’s before the four-game losing streak that struck once we started ACC play. In December and January, you’d be hard-pressed to find any Syracuse fans who felt good about that squad and their chances to put it all together.
That team ended up going to the Final Four, so what the hell do any of us know?
The point being that, yes, SU looked pretty bad against South Carolina and REALLY bad against Wisconsin. But, again, it’s November. You lost to a great team on the road, which is something that usually happens to everyone. And the South Carolina loss stings too, but isn’t monumentally shocking.
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Lucas: Hayes is no passing fad (uwbadgers.com; Lucas)
Nigel Hayes has shared the story before but it was worth retelling after Wisconsin's "point forward" almost notched the second triple double in school history during Tuesday's convincing 77-60 win over Syracuse here at the Kohl Center.
Point forward was not a misnomer, either.
Hayes was on point with everything that he did against the vaunted 2-3 Orange zone.
That included 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 9 points.
Operating as a facilitator within the zone, deftly working between the elbows, lane line to lane line, Hayes carved up the Syracuse defense with his court vision, ball-handling and delivery skills. Hayes insisted afterwards that he has always had a passion for passing, a love that developed at an early age.
"When I was in the fifth and sixth grade, elementary school, I could score the ball," Hayes recounted. "But my mom (Talaya Davis) told me then that I needed to pass the ball to the other kids because their parents were telling her, 'Nigel is shooting all the time.'"
Talaya is a special woman with a special influence over an obedient son.
"That year, in the fifth grade, I passed the ball every time I touched it. I would have a wide-open lay-up and I would just turn and throw it to another kid," said Hayes who also had a moral to his story, a predictable one at that. "I developed a love for passing the ball."
That was on display against the 'Cuse.
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VAUGHT: Green had tough time turning down Syracuse (thegleaner.com; Henderson)
It was not easy for Philadelphia point guard Quade Green to say no to Syracuse and yes to Kentucky like he did.
"He had a really strong relationship with Syracuse because they had recruited him longer," said Carl Arrigale, Green’s coach at Neumann Goretti High School. "He had a tougher time turning down Syracuse more than accepting Kentucky. He felt bad. I'm proud of him for feeling that way because it proves he has a soul."
So what did Calipari do to persuade him to pick UK even though the Cats did not start recruiting him until much later than Syracuse?
"Calipari made him feel comfortable and gave him the belief about what he could do. When they started after him hard, he knew these guys really wanted him to run the show next year. That's when it got tricky for him," Arrigale said. "I just thought he really told the truth to Quade and his mom. He did not sugar coat anything about how Quade would fit into the equation at Kentucky. In the end he just thought it was a better place for him to continue his career and academics."
Calipari's success putting so many guards into the NBA played a factor, too.
"The NBA was a big factor. Any kid with his skill level or ability to play, and wants play at the next level, where else would you want to go but where they put the most guys in the league,"Arrigale said. "He wants to be a NBA player and knows if he goes there they will prepare him for that."
Arrigale knew former UK assistant coach Orlando Antigua well and Antigua had introduced him to Calipari a few times to where he knew the UK coach a little bit.
"I admired what they did from afar. I like to play fast and be aggressive," Arrigale said. "We have had a small team the last two years with four guards and one big. We run the dribble drive (offense). I am looking forward to our relationship growing just like Quade is."
Boston College's Makeover Counts On Jerome Robinson (fanragsports.com; Shanahan)
The only Boston College team worse in ACC play a year ago than the football team which failed to win a conference game was the basketball team, which also failed to win an ACC game… but that’s only because of Notre Dame.
The Irish are ACC members in basketball but remain independent in football. That dropped Boston College basketball to 15th place instead of football’s 14th. The Eagles were 7-25 overall and 0-18 in the ACC.
The basketball team that is off to a 3-3 start in non-conference games was picked a distant 15th at the ACC preseason media days. Georgia Tech was 14th with 199 points to Boston College’s 128. No Boston College players were picked among the preseason first and second teams or as newcomers of the year.
Eagles third-year head coach Jim Christian recognized if he was ever going to fix what’s wrong with the program, he needed to basically blow it up and start over. Staying the course of gradual rebuilding wasn’t working after two years.
He has three transfers and five freshmen to join two promising returning sophomores, Jerome Robinson and A.J. Turner. If Christian is successful in the near future, recruiting Robinson and Turner will mark the turning point despite last year’s long season.
Robinson was second on the team in scoring last year with 11.7 points a game despite suffering broken wrist that limited him to 23 of 31 games. The 6-foot-5, 190-pounder could be considered an addition if he provides a new look. With leading scorer Eli Carter (16 points a game) graduated, Robinson will be the go-to guy.
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ACC Basketball Power Rankings: Is Duke or UNC (or UVa?) at the top? (streakingthelawn.com; Pierce)
Now that the college basketball season is a few games in, we here at Streaking the Lawn think we have enough evidence to decide who is the best and least best in the conference. We’re right in the thick of the B1G/ACC challenge among other out of conference games, so plenty could change before ACC play starts, but for now here’s how we think the teams stack up:
1) North Carolina (7-0)
UNC is undefeated and boasts dominate wins over Oklahoma State and Wisconsin. While Duke started the season ranked higher by most, the Tar Heels have looked like the best team in the conference so far.
2) Duke (7-1)
The Blue Devils notched a win over a clearly-rebuilding Michigan State team and have dominated every other opponent this season outside of their buzzer-beater loss to KU. More impressively, Coach K’s team has done most of this without the contributions of three injured blue chip freshmen - all of whom are expected to be fit to play soon.
3) Virginia (6-0)
The Hoos have looked amazing to start the year. There’s really no other way to describe it. While they’ve got a tough test tonight hosting Ohio State, they’ve held every team they’ve played to under 53 points - including three in a row under 40. They’re playing ridiculously well on defense - and not every game has been against shabby competition - with only a few minutes from now-dismissed projected starter Austin Nichols.
4) Louisville (5-1)
Swaggy P’s team blew a huge lead against Baylor for their only loss on the year - and barely escaped a scrappy Old Dominion team. They played better in a win over Wichita State and host a really tough Purdue squad tonight.
5) Syracuse (4-2)
The Orange have soundly lost a couple in a row to Wisconsin and South Carolina - but our initial power rankings for them reflect their probable long term standing in the conference. Syracuse has a couple games against former Big East rivals in UConn and Georgetown coming up, so there could be a blemish or two more before they start ACC play.
6) Notre Dame (7-0)
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The Big East might be the best conference in college basketball (thecomeback.com; Grant)
Quick, name the basketball conference with the most unbeaten teams.
It’s not the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Big 12? Nope. In fact, it’s not any of the Power 5 leagues. You can make a compelling case that the best basketball in America right now is being played in the Big East. As of early Tuesday night, there were 20 unbeaten teams. Four reside in the Big East: Villanova, Xavier, Butler and Creighton. All are 7-0. All are ranked in the Top 25 of both polls with No. 2 and defending national champion Villanova leading the way.
Kenpom.com and the Sagarin’s Ratings list the Big East currently as the third-best league behind the Big 12 and the ACC. But the top tier of the Big East has been as impressive as any in the nation. The Big East has one more undefeated team than the ACC (Virginia, North Carolina and Notre Dame) and has as many unbeatens as the Big 12 (Baylor, TCU) and SEC (Kentucky, South Carolina) combined.
Fun Fact of The Night: The @BIGEAST is the only remaining conference w/ 4 undefeated teams. That's 40% of the league for the non-math majors
— Kim Adams (@Kim_Adams1) November 29, 2016
That’s an accomplishment when you consider that it’s a 10-team league. (The ACC has 15 teams, while the Big Ten has 14 schools). And the Big East has played a challenging non-conference schedule.
Villanova has won at Purdue. Xavier has beaten Clemson. Butler, which wasn’t in the preseason Top 25, has beaten Arizona. And Creighton might be the most impressive of them all so far with double-digit victories over Wisconsin, Washington State, North Carolina State and Ole Miss. Even puzzling Georgetown beat Oregon.
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Donald Trump's son-in-law sells downtown Syracuse office tower at $3.7M loss (PS; Mulder)
A real estate company run by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, recently sold Syracuse's tallest building at a $3.7 million loss.
Kushner's father, New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner, bought the 21-story State Tower Building at 109 S. Warren St. in 1986 for $9.1 million, three times more than a previous owner paid in 1982. At the time, Charles Kushner told The Post-Standard he and his partner Joel Seiden got a good deal because the iconic art deco office building had a "tremendous amount of intrinsic value."
Charles Kushner served two years in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2005 to making illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and witness tampering.
Jared Kushner now oversees the family's real estate business, Kushner Cos., and serves as its CEO.
Kushner Cos. and other partners sold the building for $5.4 million in March to Pioneer Cos. of Syracuse, which is spending $22.5 million to transform its top 13 floors into apartments. Kushner Cos. still lists the State Tower Building as one of its properties on the real estate firm's website.
Mark Roney, Pioneer's chief financial officer, said Kushner Cos. was the building's majority owner.
Jared Kushner was not directly involved in the sale of the State Tower Building, but signed all the papers involved in the transaction, Roney said.
Kushner's local partners in the State Tower Building included architect Tony Fiorito and Syracuse property owners and real estate developers Robert Kelly and William Dutch.
Roney said the Kushner Cos. representatives he dealt with were "very upfront and very professional."
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The American Pie Council created this day simply to celebrate the pie.
National Pie Day is a special day that is set aside to bake and cook all of your favorite pies. On this day, you are also encouraged to bake a few new pie recipes. And most importantly, it's a day to eat pies!
A great way to celebrate National Pie Day is to bake some pies and give them away to friends, neighbors, and relatives. You never know, you may be starting a tradition of pie giving between your friends and family.
The American Pie Council sponsors the National Pie Championships. Some of the best pie makers in the world enter their pies. Perhaps you will enter and win the "American Pie Council's Best Pie in America" award.
SU News
Best of the 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge (btn.com)
The Big Ten’s seven-year undefeated streak in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge was snapped Wednesday, as the ACC took five of the Challenge’s final six games. The ACC won the Challenge 9-5.
The results of the 2016 slate are below.
Monday, Nov. 28
Florida State 75, Minnesota 67
Northwestern 65, Wake Forest 58
Tuesday, Nov. 29
Pittsburgh 73, Maryland 59
Penn State 67, Georgia Tech 60
Wisconsin 77, Syracuse 60
Notre Dame 92, Iowa 78
Illinois 88, NC State 74
Duke 78, Michigan State 69
Wednesday, Nov. 30
Louisville 71, Purdue 64
Virginia Tech 73, Michigan, 70
Miami 73, Rutgers 61
Indiana 76, North Carolina 67
Virginia 63, Ohio State 61
Clemson 60, Nebraska 58
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Two early season losses could be bad harbinger for Syracuse basketball - The Juice Online (the juice; Cheng)
We are six games into the 2016-17 basketball season, and already the Orange has already lost two games. While these two games came against No. 17 Wisconsin and South Carolina, a pair of BCS teams, it’s clear that Syracuse has a lot to work on as the season progresses.
This begs the question: How much of an indicator are early season losses to a team’s overall success? With this question in mind, I looked back in time at the previous 10 seasons to see how long it took for the team to pick up its second loss, and then compared it with its overall finish:
Year Games to Second Loss End of season Result
2016-17 6 ?
2015-16 8 NCAA: Final 4
2014-15 7 Postseason Ban
2013-14 27 NCAA: First Round
2012-13 20 NCAA: Final Four
2011-12 33 NCAA: Elite 8
2010-11 20 NCAA: Second Round
2009-10 26 NCAA: Sweet 16
2008-09 18 NCAA: Sweet 16
2007-08 6 NIT: Quarterfinals
2006-07 9 NIT: Quarterfinals
So from this chart, there are a few conclusions you can draw:
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Syracuse Basketball: Step back from that ledge, my friend (TNIAAM; Keeley)
Last week, the Syracuse Orange basketball team was 4-0 while sitting pretty in the poll rankings and bracketology. Of course they also hadn’t played anyone of real note either. A week later, the Orange have failed both of their first two tests of the season, getting shut down by South Carolina in Brooklyn and then watching Wisconsin carve up the zone with ease in Madison.
Just like that, Syracuse is 4-2, likely to be unranked or close to it next week, and leaves fans with all sorts of questions it was hoping not to have to ask this season. What about all the great leadership in our grad transfers? What about all the depth we have on the roster? What about all that scoring we’re supposed to have?
And all of those questions are valid. But so is this statement:
We’re not even in December yet, Syracuse fans.
Remember last year? A Syracuse basketball team with far less bonafides than this one lost three out of four games in early December. One to Wisconsin (whoa). One to a mediocre Georgetown team (grrr). One to a godawful St. John’s squad (still not sure how). That stretch sucked the life out of Orange fans...and that’s before the four-game losing streak that struck once we started ACC play. In December and January, you’d be hard-pressed to find any Syracuse fans who felt good about that squad and their chances to put it all together.
That team ended up going to the Final Four, so what the hell do any of us know?
The point being that, yes, SU looked pretty bad against South Carolina and REALLY bad against Wisconsin. But, again, it’s November. You lost to a great team on the road, which is something that usually happens to everyone. And the South Carolina loss stings too, but isn’t monumentally shocking.
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Lucas: Hayes is no passing fad (uwbadgers.com; Lucas)
Nigel Hayes has shared the story before but it was worth retelling after Wisconsin's "point forward" almost notched the second triple double in school history during Tuesday's convincing 77-60 win over Syracuse here at the Kohl Center.
Point forward was not a misnomer, either.
Hayes was on point with everything that he did against the vaunted 2-3 Orange zone.
That included 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 9 points.
Operating as a facilitator within the zone, deftly working between the elbows, lane line to lane line, Hayes carved up the Syracuse defense with his court vision, ball-handling and delivery skills. Hayes insisted afterwards that he has always had a passion for passing, a love that developed at an early age.
"When I was in the fifth and sixth grade, elementary school, I could score the ball," Hayes recounted. "But my mom (Talaya Davis) told me then that I needed to pass the ball to the other kids because their parents were telling her, 'Nigel is shooting all the time.'"
Talaya is a special woman with a special influence over an obedient son.
"That year, in the fifth grade, I passed the ball every time I touched it. I would have a wide-open lay-up and I would just turn and throw it to another kid," said Hayes who also had a moral to his story, a predictable one at that. "I developed a love for passing the ball."
That was on display against the 'Cuse.
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VAUGHT: Green had tough time turning down Syracuse (thegleaner.com; Henderson)
It was not easy for Philadelphia point guard Quade Green to say no to Syracuse and yes to Kentucky like he did.
"He had a really strong relationship with Syracuse because they had recruited him longer," said Carl Arrigale, Green’s coach at Neumann Goretti High School. "He had a tougher time turning down Syracuse more than accepting Kentucky. He felt bad. I'm proud of him for feeling that way because it proves he has a soul."
So what did Calipari do to persuade him to pick UK even though the Cats did not start recruiting him until much later than Syracuse?
"Calipari made him feel comfortable and gave him the belief about what he could do. When they started after him hard, he knew these guys really wanted him to run the show next year. That's when it got tricky for him," Arrigale said. "I just thought he really told the truth to Quade and his mom. He did not sugar coat anything about how Quade would fit into the equation at Kentucky. In the end he just thought it was a better place for him to continue his career and academics."
Calipari's success putting so many guards into the NBA played a factor, too.
"The NBA was a big factor. Any kid with his skill level or ability to play, and wants play at the next level, where else would you want to go but where they put the most guys in the league,"Arrigale said. "He wants to be a NBA player and knows if he goes there they will prepare him for that."
Arrigale knew former UK assistant coach Orlando Antigua well and Antigua had introduced him to Calipari a few times to where he knew the UK coach a little bit.
"I admired what they did from afar. I like to play fast and be aggressive," Arrigale said. "We have had a small team the last two years with four guards and one big. We run the dribble drive (offense). I am looking forward to our relationship growing just like Quade is."
Boston College's Makeover Counts On Jerome Robinson (fanragsports.com; Shanahan)
The only Boston College team worse in ACC play a year ago than the football team which failed to win a conference game was the basketball team, which also failed to win an ACC game… but that’s only because of Notre Dame.
The Irish are ACC members in basketball but remain independent in football. That dropped Boston College basketball to 15th place instead of football’s 14th. The Eagles were 7-25 overall and 0-18 in the ACC.
The basketball team that is off to a 3-3 start in non-conference games was picked a distant 15th at the ACC preseason media days. Georgia Tech was 14th with 199 points to Boston College’s 128. No Boston College players were picked among the preseason first and second teams or as newcomers of the year.
Eagles third-year head coach Jim Christian recognized if he was ever going to fix what’s wrong with the program, he needed to basically blow it up and start over. Staying the course of gradual rebuilding wasn’t working after two years.
He has three transfers and five freshmen to join two promising returning sophomores, Jerome Robinson and A.J. Turner. If Christian is successful in the near future, recruiting Robinson and Turner will mark the turning point despite last year’s long season.
Robinson was second on the team in scoring last year with 11.7 points a game despite suffering broken wrist that limited him to 23 of 31 games. The 6-foot-5, 190-pounder could be considered an addition if he provides a new look. With leading scorer Eli Carter (16 points a game) graduated, Robinson will be the go-to guy.
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ACC Basketball Power Rankings: Is Duke or UNC (or UVa?) at the top? (streakingthelawn.com; Pierce)
Now that the college basketball season is a few games in, we here at Streaking the Lawn think we have enough evidence to decide who is the best and least best in the conference. We’re right in the thick of the B1G/ACC challenge among other out of conference games, so plenty could change before ACC play starts, but for now here’s how we think the teams stack up:
1) North Carolina (7-0)
UNC is undefeated and boasts dominate wins over Oklahoma State and Wisconsin. While Duke started the season ranked higher by most, the Tar Heels have looked like the best team in the conference so far.
2) Duke (7-1)
The Blue Devils notched a win over a clearly-rebuilding Michigan State team and have dominated every other opponent this season outside of their buzzer-beater loss to KU. More impressively, Coach K’s team has done most of this without the contributions of three injured blue chip freshmen - all of whom are expected to be fit to play soon.
3) Virginia (6-0)
The Hoos have looked amazing to start the year. There’s really no other way to describe it. While they’ve got a tough test tonight hosting Ohio State, they’ve held every team they’ve played to under 53 points - including three in a row under 40. They’re playing ridiculously well on defense - and not every game has been against shabby competition - with only a few minutes from now-dismissed projected starter Austin Nichols.
4) Louisville (5-1)
Swaggy P’s team blew a huge lead against Baylor for their only loss on the year - and barely escaped a scrappy Old Dominion team. They played better in a win over Wichita State and host a really tough Purdue squad tonight.
5) Syracuse (4-2)
The Orange have soundly lost a couple in a row to Wisconsin and South Carolina - but our initial power rankings for them reflect their probable long term standing in the conference. Syracuse has a couple games against former Big East rivals in UConn and Georgetown coming up, so there could be a blemish or two more before they start ACC play.
6) Notre Dame (7-0)
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The Big East might be the best conference in college basketball (thecomeback.com; Grant)
Quick, name the basketball conference with the most unbeaten teams.
It’s not the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Big 12? Nope. In fact, it’s not any of the Power 5 leagues. You can make a compelling case that the best basketball in America right now is being played in the Big East. As of early Tuesday night, there were 20 unbeaten teams. Four reside in the Big East: Villanova, Xavier, Butler and Creighton. All are 7-0. All are ranked in the Top 25 of both polls with No. 2 and defending national champion Villanova leading the way.
Kenpom.com and the Sagarin’s Ratings list the Big East currently as the third-best league behind the Big 12 and the ACC. But the top tier of the Big East has been as impressive as any in the nation. The Big East has one more undefeated team than the ACC (Virginia, North Carolina and Notre Dame) and has as many unbeatens as the Big 12 (Baylor, TCU) and SEC (Kentucky, South Carolina) combined.
Fun Fact of The Night: The @BIGEAST is the only remaining conference w/ 4 undefeated teams. That's 40% of the league for the non-math majors
— Kim Adams (@Kim_Adams1) November 29, 2016
That’s an accomplishment when you consider that it’s a 10-team league. (The ACC has 15 teams, while the Big Ten has 14 schools). And the Big East has played a challenging non-conference schedule.
Villanova has won at Purdue. Xavier has beaten Clemson. Butler, which wasn’t in the preseason Top 25, has beaten Arizona. And Creighton might be the most impressive of them all so far with double-digit victories over Wisconsin, Washington State, North Carolina State and Ole Miss. Even puzzling Georgetown beat Oregon.
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Donald Trump's son-in-law sells downtown Syracuse office tower at $3.7M loss (PS; Mulder)
A real estate company run by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, recently sold Syracuse's tallest building at a $3.7 million loss.
Kushner's father, New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner, bought the 21-story State Tower Building at 109 S. Warren St. in 1986 for $9.1 million, three times more than a previous owner paid in 1982. At the time, Charles Kushner told The Post-Standard he and his partner Joel Seiden got a good deal because the iconic art deco office building had a "tremendous amount of intrinsic value."
Charles Kushner served two years in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2005 to making illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and witness tampering.
Jared Kushner now oversees the family's real estate business, Kushner Cos., and serves as its CEO.
Kushner Cos. and other partners sold the building for $5.4 million in March to Pioneer Cos. of Syracuse, which is spending $22.5 million to transform its top 13 floors into apartments. Kushner Cos. still lists the State Tower Building as one of its properties on the real estate firm's website.
Mark Roney, Pioneer's chief financial officer, said Kushner Cos. was the building's majority owner.
Jared Kushner was not directly involved in the sale of the State Tower Building, but signed all the papers involved in the transaction, Roney said.
Kushner's local partners in the State Tower Building included architect Tony Fiorito and Syracuse property owners and real estate developers Robert Kelly and William Dutch.
Roney said the Kushner Cos. representatives he dealt with were "very upfront and very professional."
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