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Welcome to National Kool-Aid Day!
Of course there should be a special day set aside for a drink that brings back memories of childhood by the mere mention of its name! Cue giant pitcher crashing through the wall! It’s Kool-Aid!There was nothing better than coming home from school knowing Mom would have a pitcher of your favorite flavor of Kool-Aid in the fridge waiting for your arrival. Chad and I both loved Cherry and Grape best! How about you? Or maybe there would be popsicles made of Kool-Aid in the freezer on a hot summer day. Combine the different flavors, add a pound of sugar and you can make your own Kool-Aid magic! And, can we talk about the commercials? Chad and I found some of our favorites to share… so grab a glass of Kool-Aid, kick back and remember what it was like to be a child in a simpler time!
How about Disco Kool-Aid? So Cheezy & So Fun! Oh Yeah!
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The 10 Hardest Places to Play College Basketball (cheatsheet.com; Alsher)
College basketball is littered with historically great programs. These clubs — many are the “blue bloods” of college basketball — tend to have a lot in common. They usually have fantastic coaches, recruit extremely well, and dominate on their home floor. These things, among others, are the keys to success in this particularly competitive world. Unfortunately, sometimes, they don’t always work.
On January 18, back in the 2014 regular season, the Duke Blue Devils had just lost their second consecutive game. While that was disturbing news for the talented — albeit young — team, the more pressing matter was that the Miami Hurricanes defeated them at Cameron Indoor Stadium. And Duke does not lose at home often.
At the time, the Duke Blue Devils had won 41 straight contests on their home floor. Usually the “Cameron Crazies” provide the ultimate home-court advantage. However, on that particular night, a rowdy and supportive crowd wasn’t enough help their squad overcome unusually sloppy play.
In college basketball, home-court advantage is prevalent throughout the country. Of course, some teams benefit more than others. Using numbers running through the 2015–16 season, here’s a look at 10 of the most difficult places to play college basketball.
1. WisePies Arena (“The Pit”), New Mexico
Kenechukwu Chukwuka joins Pitt basketball's 2017 class (post-gazette.com; Meyer)
Kenechukwu Chukwuka, a power forward from New Mexico Junior College, has committed to the Pitt men’s basketball team, he announced Tuesday on Twitter.
He becomes the 11th and final member of the program’s 2017 recruiting class, the construction of which began about a month after coach Kevin Stallings was hired in March 2016.
“This is one of the best days of my life, but best believe I’m far from done,” Chukwuka wrote in his Twitter post.
Dreams do come true pic.twitter.com/hAl5WW1lI3
— Kenechukwu Chukwuka (@kene_96) August 8, 2017
Chukwuka, who has three years of eligibility remaining after spending one year at the junior college level, stands as something of a long-term investment. A 6-foot-8, 210-pound prospect, he averaged just three points and 3.7 rebounds in 10.3 minutes per game in his lone season with the Thunderbirds.
In that time, he shot 50.9 percent from the field, with nearly half of his 2.1 shots per game coming from beyond 3-point range (he made 30.8 percent of those 3s).
The native of Sweden, who visited campus last weekend, held a handful of offers from mid- and low-major schools, a group that included Middle Tennessee, Eastern Michigan, Iona, Boston University and Albany.
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NCAA report: Pitt basketball attendance drop among worst in ACC (post-gazette.com; Meyer)
Empty seats dotted the Petersen Events Center last season, sucking out the energy from what had been one of the most electrifying arenas in college basketball.
This week, those scenes were confirmed by hard data.
Pitt posted its lowest average attendance in the 15-year history of the Petersen Events Center at just 8,327 fans per game, according to NCAA figures released Tuesday. That is an 8.3 percent drop from the previous season, Jamie Dixon’s final one at the school.
The Panthers’ attendance dip was the second worst among ACC schools. Clemson saw its average attendance drop 16.6 percent, though the Tigers moved from a 16,000-seat arena in Greenville, S.C. in 2015-16, back to the on-campus Littlejohn Coliseum in 2016-17, which has a seating capacity about half as big. Littlejohn Coliseum was closed for renovations while the Tigers played in Greenville.
Despite the drop, the Panthers still finished eighth in the 15-team league in average attendance, ahead of conference foes like Duke, Notre Dame and Miami.
But that number tells only so much of the story due to the variance in seating capacities. On average, Pitt games filled up 66.6 percent of the 12,508-seat Petersen Events Center, putting it ahead of only Florida State (63.7 percent), Syracuse (61.2 percent in the 35,000-seat Carrier Dome) and last-place Boston College (49.3 percent).
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Watch Syracuse's Justyn Knight chase down some of the world's fastest runners (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse runner Justyn Knight will run for national titles next year. This summer, he's preparing by chasing down some of the fastest men in the world.
Knight competed in his first World Track and Field Championships in London on Wednesday in the 5,000 meters, qualifying for the finals of the event with a remarkable closing kick.
He went from 12th place to fourth over the course of 800 meters, claiming one of the race's five automatic qualifying spots. He finished fourth in his heat.
It's well worth the look below, where even the the NBC Sports Network broadcasting crew, frequently focused on the winners, gives Knight a shout-out for the effort.
This is what closing speed looks like. #TCBpic.twitter.com/5nThxGjuFD
-- Syracuse XC/Track (@CuseXCTF) August 9, 2017
The fifth-place finisher, Aron Kifle, competed in the Olympics last year and finished 22nd. The second-place finisher, Mo Farah, won the gold medal. Knight, 21, finished less than one-tenth of a second behind the 34-year-old Farah.
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