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Welcome to National Innovation Day!
National Innovation Day, which is observed annually in the United States every February 16, was created to encourage children and young people to be creative and innovative.
- Way back in 1873, teenager Chester Greenwood, of Farmington, ME, a grammar school dropout who liked to ice skate, grew tired of his ears freezing in cold New England winters. When wrapping a scarf around his head didn’t do the trick, Chester created a wire frame, got his grandmother to sew animal skins to it, and voila, the first earmuffs were created.
- When Frank Epperson was eleven years old (in 1905), he left a batch of powdered soda and water with a stir stick in it out on his family’s Oakland, CA porch one cold night. Frank went out the next morning to find that he had accidentally invented a frozen pop, which he called the “Epsicle.” Frank’s school friends became fans as did his own kids, who called the frozen treat “Pop’s ‘sicle.” After introducing the treat at a Fireman’s Ball in 1922, Frank applied for a patent in 1923 and eventually sold the rights to the brand Popsicle®(link sends e-mail) to a company in New York.
(Basketball) Recruiting Roundup (the juice; Cheng)
Andre Rafus had St. John’s Chris Mullin and SMU’s Larry Brown on hand to watch him over the weekend, reports ’s Eric Bossi. The 2017 four-star wing also holds an offer from the Orange.
Elite Sophomore Cameron Reddish from Westtown (Pa.) visited Duke and UNC over the weekend, reports 247 Sports’ Andrew Slater. He already holds offers from Connecticut, Villanova, Seton Hall, Auburn, and Penn State, and has drawn interest from the Orange.
That’s all for today. Have a great (late) start to your week!
Orange Watch: Fast Tracking Jim Boeheim's Suspension Blessing in Disguise for Syracuse (the juice; Bierman)
Item: At a robust 8-2 since the SU boss returned Jan. 9 from his mandated nine game banishment, with the only defeats coming against (current) Top Ten members North Carolina and Virginia, the now seven-man ‘Cuse rotation (sound familiar?) has evolved from talk of the NIT to one of the ACC’s deep NCAA Tournament roster members, playing its best basketball over the past 39 days.
Remember the initial angst back on Dec. 3 when the NCAA finally responded, and denied Jim Boeheim’s appeal of his nine game suspension, but tweaked the punishment to begin immediately, which in this case meant no Boeheim on the sidelines at the Verizon Center for the highly anticipated renewal of the Georgetown series less than two days away?
While Mike Hopkins’ emotional debut resulted in a seven point defeat to the charged up Hoyas, respectable considering such short notice, but certainly disappointing none-the-less, to make matters worse the bad vibe carried over the following weekend with the subsequent loss against a mediocre St. John’s team, now 7-19, that was the nadir point of the season, and Hopkins finished his nine games of keeping the chair warm with a 4-5 mark.
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Throwback Tuesday: Undefeated Panthers and Orange to Square Off in Top Five Matchup (pittnews.com; Trietley)
Three teams remain undefeated in Big East men’s basketball conference play. On Monday, though, at least one of them will fall from perfection.
No. 4 Syracuse will take on No. 5 Pitt at the Petersen Events Center Monday at 7:30 p.m. in a clash of Big East powers. Both the Orange and the Panthers have yet to lose in the conference this season, going a combined 10-0—and 35-1 overall.
The similarities don’t stop at their records. Both teams have tremendous depth and distribute the ball well, and both programs are known for their play on defense.
“That’s going to be a heck of a battle because both of them have great size and terrific guard play. They can pass the ball well,” Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard said after his team lost to the Panthers, 74-53, Saturday night. “I thought Syracuse was one of the more unselfish teams we played until I saw [Pitt].”
Pitt (17-1, 5-0 Big East) struggled to hit perimeter shots early Saturday night, but its guards fed Gary McGhee down low to ultimately swing the game in favor of the Panthers. McGhee finished with a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The game Monday will be a quick turnaround for Syracuse (18-0, 5-0 Big East) as well. The Orange led No. 25 Cincinnati by four points at halftime but pulled away to win, 67-52, Saturday afternoon.
Syracuse’s depth shined against the Bearcats. With the game tight early in the second half, 7-foot freshman Fab Melo—10th on the team in points per game—put Cincinnati away with a block at one end and a thunderous dunk at the other.
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UL Backup Center Anas Mahmoud Out for Season (courier-journal.com; Greer)
Louisville won't have sophomore big man Anas Mahmoud for the rest of the season after the 7-footer sprained his right ankle in practice on Monday, the program announced.
Mahmoud, who coach Rick Pitino expected to start Wednesday vs. Syracuse, averaged 3.4 points and three rebounds a game this season, starting twice and playing in 21 of Louisville's 25 games.
He was the primary backup to starting center Chinanu Onuaku, filling that role in the absence of Mangok Mathiang, a redshirt senior who broke his foot in December and is also not expected to return this season.
Mahmoud averaged 16.4 minutes per game over the last 10 contests after struggling to crack the rotation in December and early January. He's second on the team with 28 blocks.
With Mahmoud now sidelined, fellow sophomore Matz Stockman, who played eight solid minutes in Saturday's loss at Notre Dame, moves up on the depth chart and should pick up some of Mahmoud's minutes.
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http://www.wdrb.com/story/31227611/...le-enacted-postseason-ban-out-of-fear-of-ncaa
Louisville Enacted Postseason Ban 'Out of Fear' of NCAA (wdrb.com; Crawford)
There are, in Louisville, maybe only a half dozen people privy to the updates of the NCAA-University of Louisville joint investigation into allegations Katina Powell made about providing escorts for recruits and players from 2010 to ’14.
Most of those are part of an investigative committee that was empaneled when the inquiry was started, a committee that includes Louisville president James Ramsey, compliance director John Carns, general counsel Leslie Strohm and three professors -- Ricky Jones, chair of the Pan-African Studies department; Elaine Wise, chair of the Humanities division, and Jerry Tolson, professor of jazz studies and music education.
Ramsey referenced the committee when announcing a self-imposed postseason ban on Feb. 5, saying that the latest report he received convinced him that the action was necessary.
He said in announcing the ban that he had showed that information to athletic director Tom Jurich, and the two men decided, and publicly stated, that they had sufficient cause to believe the men's basketball program had committed NCAA violations and a postseason ban was in order. A day earlier, Ramsey met with the investigative committee.
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Syracuse Downtown Dining Weeks: Check Out Some Menus, See What's New (PS; Cazentre)
Try Mushroom Bisque or Fried Cheese Curds. Sample Duck Sliders or Bourbon Braised Pork Belly. Taste some Honey Soy Braised Eggplant or a Cider Brined Pork Chop. Finish with Banana Bread or Bread Pudding.
Those are among the dozens of individual courses offered in the 15-day Syracuse Downtown Dining Weeks promotion, which begins today. The deal: Each participating restaurant offers a 3-course meal for $25 or less (or a variation on that theme).
Dining Weeks, sponsored by the Downtown Committee of Syracuse and Renzi Foodservice, runs from today through Monday Feb. 29 (Leap Day). This year, a record 29 restaurants are participating, including eight joining for the first time.
The restaurants range from higher end places like Prime Steakhouse or Lemon Grass/Bistro Elephant to more casual joints like Liehs & Steigerwald and Clinton Street Pub.
That can make putting together a Dining Week menu a challenge. Some of the restaurants are places where it's difficult to dine in normal circumstances for less than $25. Others must add creative flourishes to offer a menu that will make $25 seem like a deal.
Liehs & Steigerwald, for instance, is a fairly low-priced spot typically serving such items as pastrami sandwiches, reubens and bratwurst. But it's also a full-service butcher, so part of its Dining Week deal is allowing customers to choose their own steak from the meat counter, to be prepared in the kitchen. Creole Soul, a Louisiana cafe, is offering three different menus at different price points: $24.95, $18.95 and $12.95.
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