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Syracuse athletics finishes 7th in CBS' Best in College Sports 2015-2016 rankings (PS; Burrows)
Less than a week after finishing 21st in the final Directors' Cup standings, Syracuse athletics finished 7th in CBS' Best in College Sports ranking for the 2015-2016 season.
Thanks to trips to the Final Four for both men's and women's basketball and huge seasons from both men's and women's lacrosse, the Orange finished safely in the Top 10, well behind Alabama but well ahead of Iowa.
Like the Directors' Cup standings, CBS' Best in College Sports rankings uses a formula to rank overall athletic programs. Unlike the Directors' Cup standings, CBS weighs revenue-generating sports quite a bit differently.
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Here's how all 15 ACC members ranked:
2. North Caorlina
3. Notre Dame
7. Syracuse
9. Florida State
17. Clemson
21. Duke
26. Miami
31. Virginia
48. Louisville
49. Virginia Tech
61. NC State
63. Boston College
70. Pittsburgh
82. Wake Forest
99. Georgia Tech
Syracuse Hires New A.D. And Shakes Things Up Rather Quickly (dukebasketballreport.com; King)
Syracuse has a new A.D., alum John Wildhack, who as it happens is also a friend of basketball coach Jim Boeheim.
So it's probably not a huge surprise that Boeheim appears to be reconsidering his retirement plan.
That's not really surprising; he always seemed lukewarm to the idea.
But it does raise an intriguing question: what happens to coach-in-waiting Mike Hopkins? Is he willing to wait? is his deal in fact still in place?
Whatever happens with him, Syracuse, and the ACC, gained a valuable resource in Wildhack.
He comes to Lower Canada from ESPN, where he spent a lot of time working out media deals.
He and ACC Commissioner John Swofford are likely to spend a lot of quality time on the phone.
The players who could one day be coaches (espn; Goodman)
The Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings for next season in college basketballhave been updated, and now that rosters are beginning to crystallize, it's time to get familiar with each team. We've already touched on theincoming freshmen to know, the future stars of reality TV, the top NBA prospect and each team's defining song. Now we look at the players who can lead, the ones who might someday become head coaches.
1. Duke Blue Devils: Matt Jones
The designated "dirty-work guy" of Duke's 2014-15 national title run has spent most of his career being overshadowed by the Blue Devils' increasingly terrifying collection of future NBA talents. He doesn't mind in the least. Now a rising senior, Jones is a consummate leader: selfless, understated and reliable. -- Eamonn Brennan
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25. Syracuse Orange: Matthew Moyer
I'm not sure I've come across anyone as outgoing as Moyer -- the sweet-shooting wing who will be a freshman this season -- in a while. Moyer is unfazed going up to anyone, and that's a trait that is often a major asset in the coaching ranks. -- Goodman
WATCH: Panthers Building Foundation in the Weight Room (pittsburghpanthers.com)
Preparation for the 2016-17 basketball season doesn't begin with the opening day of practice in October. It is already well underway at the University of Pittsburgh, where players have embraced first-year head coach Kevin Stallings' system as well as new strength and conditioning coordinator Garry Christopher.
"I love the workouts," said redshirt sophomore Cameron Johnson. "It is awesome to go through the lifts and have him encouraging you and telling you what you need to fix. It builds you up."
Through traditional weight room workouts, core focused training sessions, conditioning runs around campus or one-on-one meetings with players it is easy to see Christopher's focus on building better basketball players - both physically and mentally.
Pitt's conditioning and offseason preparation will be a significant key to the upcoming season as the Panthers face a challenging schedule featuring at least 18 games against teams that reached the postseason a year ago.
Pitt does have the luxury of returning six of its top seven scorers from a year ago, including third team All-ACC selection Michael Young. The Duquesne, Pa., native averaged 15.7 points and 6.9 rebounds last season, as the Panthers finished 21-12 overall and reached the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time in the past 10 years.
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Hamilton College celebrates 'Hamilton' the musical in dorms, classes, even speeches (newyorkupstate.com; Weaver)
It's a rite of passage in a college dorm, with headphones and solitude and music. It's about that first, full listen to the one band or album that has taken hold so strongly on campus that ignoring it risks being left out of conversations or inside jokes or, now, memes.
So last fall, during Austin Ford's first semester at Hamilton College, he did what so many first-year students do. He sat, alone, in his dorm room. He put on the headphones. And he listened to that great new thing — "Hamilton," an American musical.
"People get introduced to it, by a friend," Ford said. "And you hear it. And then you start singing. And then you hear other people signing it. And it really devolves from there. Until you've completely surrendered your entire being to 'Hamilton,'" he kept going, laughing at the fun of it. "And then I became one of those people."
Ford, of Queenbury, N.Y., is not alone. The phenomenally successful "Hamilton" musical has reverberated through the campus of Hamilton College in a very special way.
"There's a particular pride in it here," said college President Joan Hinde Stewart of the show, which like the college, is named after Alexander Hamilton. "If he ever was the forgotten founding father, as he's sometimes called, he no longer is."
Stewart is a scholar of 18th-century French literature, and she now mentions "Hamilton" the show in her speeches. "Every time I give a talk, I like to rap from the show," she said.
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