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Welcome to Holy Innocents Day!
Holy Innocents Day is a Catholic Holy Day, observed in commemoration of the slaughter of male infants in Bethlehem during Herod the Great's attempt to kill the infant Jesus.
It is a time for children to be especially blessed in church.
Celebrated on December 28.
- See more at: http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/glossary/defholyinn.htm#sthash.eFXoLvL1.dpuf
SU News
Texas Southern's Derick Griffin Catches One-Handed Alley Oop (nbcsports.com; Johnson)
Texas Southern is once again viewed as one of the favorites in the SWAC, with returnees such as Malcolm Riley and Chris Thomas expected to lead the way for Mike Davis’ team. Another reason for that status is the addition of redshirt freshman forward Derrick Griffin, who as a high school athlete was considered to be one of the top two-sport athletes in the Class of 2014.
The Tigers fell 80-67 at Syracuse Sunday afternoon, but in his fifth game as a member of the program Griffin showed exactly why he’s expected to be an impact addition for Texas Southern.
Griffin scored 20 points, shooting 9-for-9 from the field, and grabbed nine rebounds in a losing effort. And two of those points came on an impressive one-handed alley-oop in which Griffin displayed the hands responsible for more than 700 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns on the gridiron this past season.
Griffin was originally a Miami signee expected to play both football and basketball at “The U,” but after failing to qualify academically he landed at Texas Southern.
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SU Defeats Texas Southern Photo Gallery (PS; Axe captions)
ACC News
The Best and Worst of Nonconference Season in ACC (newsobserver.com; Carter)
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Syracuse (9-3)
The good: Coach Jim Boeheim is back sooner than anticipated and will miss only three conference games, and not nine, because of an NCAA-mandated suspension.
The not-so good: St. John’s couldn’t beat Fordham, Incarnate Word or the New Jersey Institute of Technology, but it beat Syracuse.
Best-case: Just making the NCAA tournament would qualify as a successful season for the Orange, but Syracuse probably needs 10 or 11 ACC wins to feel good about its chances.
Worst-case: The St. John’s loss is a sign of things to come and Syracuse finishes with its first losing season in the ACC and misses the NCAA tournament in consecutive years for the first time since 2007-08.
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College Basketball News
Power Five Conference Recreational Drug Policies Highlights (kentucky.com; AP)
School-by-school recreational drug policy highlights, listed by Power Five conference (x-Less stringent policy since 2005. y-More stringent policy since 2005):
ACC
x-Boston College: Separate policy for marijuana, one-year suspension on fourth failed test vs. on third previously.
y-Clemson: 10 percent season suspension for second failed test vs. community service previously.
Florida State: Length of suspensions not spelled out, but dismissal possible for third failed test.
Duke: 50-percent season suspension for second failed test; dismissal for third.
y-Georgia Tech: 20-percent season suspension for second failed test vs. 10 percent previously.
Louisville: Length of suspensions not spelled out, but dismissal for fourth failed test.
x-Miami: 10 hours community service for first failed marijuana test vs. 1-game suspension for other drugs; lost playing time for first failed test for any drug previously.
x-North Carolina: 20-percent season suspension for second failed test vs. 50 percent previously.
North Carolina State: 20-percent season suspension for second failed test; dismissal for third.
Virginia: Indefinite suspension for third failed test.
Virginia Tech: 33-percent season suspension for second failed test; one-year suspension for third.
Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Syracuse did not provide policies.
(Editor's Note: a second failed test at Syracuse results in suspension from practice and competition for the number of events equaling a minimum of 50% of an academic year's competition regular schedule.)
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