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Welcome to Wear Brown Shoes Day!
Today is a day when people wear brown shoes. At one point in time, brown shoes were looked at as of a lesser prestige than black shoes. Indeed, phrases such as "no brown in town" and "no brown after six" referred to shoes, and the phrases were adhered to. By the 1950's, brown shoes became popular daywear, but were still not popular in the evening for a night out on the town. Today the norms and rules have been relaxed, and you can find people wearing brown shoes at any time of the day.
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A calm, collected Howard Washington seizes his Syracuse basketball moment (PS; Ditota)
Howard Washington insists he doesn't get nervous. The Syracuse basketball freshman might feel a bit jittery the first game of the season, he acknowledged. But after that, he approaches each game with perspective.
He's playing a game. Mistakes happen. No reason to get rattled.
"He's probably the most composed guy I know," said SU forward Oshae Brissett, who came with Washington from Athlete Institute in Mono, Ontario. "He's always ready to go no matter where we are. That's just who he is."
Brissett and Washington talked "briefly" before Saturday's game against Kansas about the possibilities that now await Washington. With Geno Thorpe deciding to leave the Orange basketball program, SU has just three guards on its roster.
Washington, who had played a total of 20 minutes in SU's previous six games, was about to become the next best guard option on the Orange bench. He understood how Thorpe's departure would impact his own playing situation.
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Syracuse, lacking answers for Devonte Graham, fall to Kansas - The Juice Online (the juice; Stechschulte)
Deadlocked at 16-16 late in the first half, #2 Kansas scored 25 of the next 30 points to blow open the game and took home a 76-60 victory over Syracuse in the Hoophall Miami Invitational. While the Orange (6-1) trailed by as many as 20 points, they fought back, getting the margin down to seven less than six minutes out of halftime, but the Jayhawks (7-0) proved to be too much.
Devonte’ Graham was almost too much for SU by himself, pouring in a career-high 35 points, including seven three-pointers. Graham’s big night helped KU shoot over 49 percent from the field, including making 11 triples as a team.
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Three Takeaways From Syracuse’s Loss To Kansas – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Ali)
Was this a good game from Syracuse? That’s the burning question in Orange Nation after last night’s 76-60 loss to No. 2 Kansas down in Miami. This game was all over the place. Right out of the gate, it seemed like Syracuse was going to hang around for the entirety, but then Kansas began to pull away. But credit SU for fighting back and pulling within seven after being down more than 20. Here are the three biggest takeaways from the loss:
The Defense Is Legit
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Don’t Be Fooled By Saturday’s Loss, Syracuse Basketball is Back (itlh.com; Weisleder)
The No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks handed Syracuse basketball their first loss of the season last night, but the game was far closer than the score suggests.
The 2017 Syracuse basketball squad is much tougher than most teams we’ve seen under Jim Boeheim. What separates them from other Orange teams under Boeheim is that this team rebounds the basketball consistently, and shows no quit. Saturday night was the latest example of that.
Had Syracuse hit their shots last night, they would have beat Kansas, it is that simple. The Orange shot just 32% (18/56) from the field, while Kansas converted an efficient 49% (27/55) of their shots.
Despite allowing 76 points, Syracuse’ defense played well last night. The Jayhawks entered the contest shooting 45% from three-point land, and the Orange limited them to 36% (11/31).
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7 years after the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra went bankrupt, symphonic music thrives in Syracuse (DO; Lansat)
After the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra went bankrupt in 2011 due to financial instability, attempts were made to keep the orchestra alive. To ensure the survival of symphonic music, Jon Garland and fellow musicians banded together to form Symphoria.
Learning from previous missteps and financial failures, several former Syracuse Symphony Orchestra members came together to discuss the future of symphonic music in Syracuse. With help, Garland created a new and sustainable orchestra in 2012. With multiple orchestras in the area, symphony music has remained part of central New York’s music scene.
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