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Welcome to Geek Pride Day!
Geek Pride Day is an initiative to promote geek culture, celebrated annually on May 25.[1]
The initiative originated in Spain in 2006 as (Spanish: Día del orgullo friki) and spread around the world via the Internet.
Origins
Tim McEachern organized unconnected events called Geek Pride Festival and/or Geek Pride Day 1998 to 2000 at a bar in Albany, New York, which are sometimes seen as a prelude to Geek Pride Day.
In 2006, the Spanish blogger Germán Martínez known online as señor Buebo organized the first celebration, the day was celebrated for the first time in Spain and on the Internet, drawing attention from mainstream media.[2][3][4] The biggest concentration took place in Madrid, where 300 Geeks demonstrated their pride together with a human Pac-Man. A manifesto was created to celebrate the first Geek Pride Day, which included a list of the basic rights and responsibilities of geeks.[5]
SU News
http://sujuiceonline.com/2017/05/25/orange-watch-refreshing-roster-2017-18-syracuse-basketball/ (the uice; Bierman)
Item: In the ever changing world of Div. I college hoops with the current “one and done” and graduate transfer landscape, many major conference teams are going to go through annual transition by addition, subtraction, and attrition. For a Syracuse program that is slowly but surely regaining its full recruiting and scholarship privileges from the 2015 NCAA penalties, there’s a turnover of five players from last season’s NIT team, and with eight players on scholarship committed for next season (plus East Carolina transfer Elijah Hughes eligible next year), there’s still spots to fill.
It’s likely going to take even the most ardent of those in Orange Nation a little while heading into pre-season practice this fall to get a grasp of next year’s roster, which approaching the Memorial Day weekend is still not finalized with graduate transfer guard Geno Thorpe of South Florida reportedly mulling an opportunity to become the next “John Gillon” or “Andrew White” to join the program as a one season “free agent.”
Not only will Syracuse likely be searching each spring at any eligible grad transfers that could plug a hole on a particular roster, but our immediate reaction late Tuesday afternoon when we received the school’s media email announcing that 6-9 forward Marek Dolezaj from Bratislava, Slovakia had signed a letter-of-intent to join the program for the upcoming season (provided he completes the necessary academic steps to be ruled eligible), was that for the first time Jim Boeheim and staff directly recruited and brought aboard a foreign player (not counting Canada) as opposed to the player transferring in from another U.S. school.
The five players moving on from the program last season are the most since five players also left following the 2014-15 season, and continues a trend this decade of the ‘Cuse joining all the other annual contenders gaining and losing recruits each spring for a myriad of reasons, early NBA draft entrants, four year players that graduate on schedule, and the need to replace players that move on after only possessing one (graduate) year of eligibility.
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https://insidetheloudhouse.com/2017...ize-and-skill-will-make-syracuse-great-again/ (itlh.com; Weisleder)
The Syracuse basketball team added some length to their 2017 lineup with the addition of Marek Dolezaj. What else can he do? We discuss.
Don’t be surprised when Slovakia’s Marek Dolezaj, the newest member of the Syracuse basketball squad, dominates opponents. He has a unique ability to drive to the basket, convert on his mid-range jump shots, and hit three-pointers at a freakishly high level.
Dolezaj’s height and athleticism should allow him to make a seamless transition into coach Jim Boeheim’s legendary 2-3 zone, and eliminate all of Syracuse’s rebounding woes that never seemed to get fixed during the forgetful 2016-17 season.
Next season…
Next season, Syracuse is bringing in 6-11 Center Bourama Sidibe and 6-6 Forward O’Shae Brissett to accompany returning big men Taurean Thompson and Paschal Chukwu. With plenty ofsize already guaranteed for the 2017-18 Syracuse roster, Syracuse was able to add another piece to the puzzle this week. Although this team should begin winning the hard rebounding matchups next season, especially in ACC play.
In an interview with At their request, this network is being blocked from this site.‘s national recruiting expert Evan Daniels, Dolezaj expressed that he is very flexible, and can play both Shooting Guard and Small Forward. This helps two-fold, in the 2-3 zone and gives the Orange an opportunity to have one of the NCAA’s taller lineups next season. While last season the Orange lost the rebounding battle seemingly on a nightly basis.
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http://orangefizz.net/2017/05/what-is-syracuse-getting-from-a-slovakian-player/ (orangefizz.net; Aki)
Slovakians are frequent visitors to basketball arenas. However, they’re used to playing on a sheet of ice with a puck instead of the hardwood and hoops. They’re a breed that appears on just one percent of NCAA Division I basketball teams. Now, the Orange is a part of that one percent with the addition of Slovak product Marek Dolezaj. In 2016, only six players from the country appeared on a D-1 roster. However, despite being small in numbers, some of these players have made major contributions to their teams.
The TCU Horned Frogs’s should play the Slovakian anthem before every game after the contributions they received. Vladimir Brodzinsky paced Jamie Dixon’s squad with 14.1 points per game to go along with almost six boards per game. Also, the Horned Frogs weren’t the slouch they typically are in the college basketball world. TCU wiped through the competition en route to claiming the NIT championship, a feat Syracuse fell short of.
Aside from Brodzinsky, only one other Slovak plays in a Power Five conference, and that is Maryland’s Michal Cekovsky. The seven-footer only averaged 13.2 minutes per game, but made the most of that time by scoring 7.6 points. Cekovsky started the season very strong against Power Five non-conference opponents like Kansas State, Pitt and Oklahoma State. However, his minutes severely dipped once Big Ten play kicked in as he battled injuries throughout the season and finally saw his year come to an end after a fractured ankle.
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http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebas...ida-state-a-needed-scoring-threat-next-season (espn; Borzello)
Only four schools have been in the top 12 of recruiting class rankings in each of the past three seasons. There’s Duke and Kentucky, which have finished 1-2 in some order in the rankings in each of the past four classes. There’s Arizona, which has finished in the top seven for seven years running.
The fourth? Not Kansas. Not UCLA. Not North Carolina.
It’s Florida State.
M.J. Walker’s announcement on Wednesday that he was picking the Seminoles over UCLA, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and Ohio State moved Florida State’s class to No. 8 in the country and ensured the Seminoles would once again have one of the nation’s top incoming freshman classes.
Coach Leonard Hamilton has long had a reputation as an elite recruiter, consistently getting Florida State -- and before that, Miami -- involved with five-star prospects. Florida State has had 10 players selected in the NBA draft since 2004, including four first-round picks. The Seminoles had a top-10 recruiting class in 2008, a top-20 group in 2010 and 2011 and a top-40 class in 2014 -- before the recent three-year run. They just missed on Andrew Wiggins in 2013, not backing off even when Kentucky and Kansas made him a priority.
Walker’s commitment marks the third consecutive class in which Hamilton has reeled in a five-star prospect. Walker follows in the footsteps of Dwayne Bacon in 2015 and Jonathan Isaac in 2016.
The Seminoles have done it by heavily working Florida and Georgia. Bacon and Isaac were both in-state prospects that the Noles got involved with early in the process, while Malik Beasley -- and now Walker -- are Georgia natives. Assistant coach Charlton Young has deep ties to the Atlanta area, while fellow assistant Dennis Gates was the lead on Isaac and helped on Bacon.
Given the early-entry decisions of both Bacon and Isaac, Hamilton badly needed to land Walker. Florida State made him one of its top targets early in the 2017 recruiting cycle, but Walker took his recruitment slowly. He took one official visit in the fall, and it was to Tallahassee. The early signing period came and went without a commitment, though. The longer his recruitment lasted, the further it was since his visit, and other schools began making their moves for Walker. UCLA, Virginia Tech and Ohio State all got him on campus in the past few weeks, while hometown Georgia Tech hosted him several times.
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http://www.syracuse.com/drinks/inde...ntral_new_york_a_guide.html#incart_river_home (PS; Cazentre)
Warm temperatures mean good beer-drinking weather and that means beer fests.
Here are some of the major beer festivals scheduled in and around Central New York this summer:
* Craft New York Brewers Festival: Utica
When: 5 to 8 p.m. (4 p.m. start for VIP) Saturday, June 10
Where: F.X. Matt (Saranac) Brewing Co., 830 Varick St., Utica
Details: This is one of several beer festivals put on each year by the New York State Brewers Association. More than 30 breweries will participate, and brewers and/or owners will be at every booth.
Tickets/info: $30 in advance, $40 at the door (if available), $50 for VIP. Buy tickets.
* Empire Brew Fest, Syracuse
When: 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22
Where: Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes
Details: Usually an open-air event at Chevy Court, this fest features beer and food vendors (and wine) plus lots of outdoor games. It moves into the Center of Progress building in case of bad weather.
Tickets/info: $36 for a pass; $50 for VIP; or a pay-as-you-go option. Buy tickets.
* Middle Ages 22nd Anniversary Party, Syracuse
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