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Welcome to Argyle Day!
The argyle pattern comes from the tartan of Clan Campbell, which originated in Argyll in western Scotland. While this pattern was used by members of Clan Campbell for kilts and plaids, the argyle pattern has been worn in the form of patterned socks by various clans in Scotland from the 17th century. After WWI, the pattern became popular first in Britain and then in the United States because of its association with the Duke of Windsor. The Duke used the argyle pattern for his golf clothing, incorporating it for both his jerseys as well as the long socks that were commonly used as part of golf costumes during that period. Since then, argyle has been adopted by other golf enthusiasts. Today it’s considered “preppy”.
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Jim Boeheim after Syracuse basketball loss to Notre Dame: 'Our offense is the problem' (PS; Waters)
The Syracuse Orange held Notre Dame to 51 points on Saturday - and lost.
Syracuse had held Notre Dame to a season-low offensive output; a full 30 points below the Irish's scoring average on the year. And lost.
Syracuse lost because it only managed to score 49 points. Notre Dame's 51 points were the fewest that Syracuse had allowed in a loss in 30 years; going back to a 51-50 loss to Connecticut on Jan. 16, 1988.
The 51 points were the fewest for Notre Dame in four years. That was a 70-49 loss to Virginia. This time the Irish won.
"Our offense is the problem,'' Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said after the 51-49 loss to Notre Dame. "We held them to 30 percent field goal shooting; 23 percent from the 3-point line. We can't score. When you can't score 50 points at home, you've got a problem.''
It's not news that Syracuse has its offensive deficiencies. The Orange has just two reliable 3-point shooting threats in Frank Howard and Tyus Battle. Syracuse has just three players averaging more than 5.5 points per game. Only two players on the team have more assists than turnovers - Howard and freshman forward Marek Dolezaj.
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Fortier: Syracuse and Boeheim cannot afford to squander any advantages (OD; Fortier)
At his postgame press conference after losing to Notre Dame on Saturday afternoon, a reporter asked Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim if he was concerned that his team, on its home floor, could not beat the Fighting Irish without their two best players. He squinted his eyes and shook his head.
“I don’t care who they have,” Boeheim said.
Boeheim should care.
Personnel matters, and the Atlantic Coast Conference is unforgiving because of its quality and depth. Boeheim has said it himself as much as anyone.
“This league is a tremendous challenge,” he said Saturday.
This game was supposed to be a rare easier win. Notre Dame’s two best players, point guard Matt Farrell and big man Bonzie Colson, were out with a sprained left ankle and a broken left foot, respectively. Colson, the preseason ACC player of the year and third-best player in college basketball, according to Kenpom.com, will miss about eight weeks. This game should have been a win to pad Syracuse’s ACC record for a tough run through the rest of the conference.
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Syracuse basketball's big men are at heart of offensive woes - The Juice Online (the juice; Castro)
At the heart of Syracuse’s offensive woes in a 51-49 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday was its lack of production from its big men.
Matthew Moyer went scoreless and Marek Dolezaj had only two points off four attempts. SU centers Paschal Chukwu and Bourama Sidibe combined for just six points on three shot attempts.
“We’re just having trouble scoring. It’s been a struggle and it’s probably going to continue to be a struggle,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “If you can’t score 50 points at home, you’ve got a problem.”
Part of the problem was poor offensive ball movement.
“We have to move the ball a lot more,” Oshae Brissett said. “We stand around a lot, which lets them stay in the spots they want to be in. We have to move them off their spots and attack the basket.”
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Syracuse Basketball: The Orange Has Entered The Danger Zone (itlh.com; Adler)
The Syracuse basketball squad didn’t show up ready to play, and it resulted in an awful setback at the hands of Notre Dame on Saturday.
Earlier this week, I wrote that the SU hoops outfit falling at Wake Forest on Wednesday night could come back to bite our boys in the butt.
Well, that prognostication applies at an even more alarming rate to the Orange’s complete collapse to Notre Dame on Saturday afternoon from the Carrier Dome.
Look, I love Syracuse basketball. Always have, always will. And I cheer for our team no matter what.
However, if I am assessing the current state of the ‘Cuse honestly, that performance against the Fighting Irish proved undeniably pathetic.
Not simply because a short-handed ND bested SU (12-4, 1-2) in front of our home crowd. Credit the Fighting Irish (13-3, 3-0) for finding a way to win.
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Notre Dame vs. Syracuse: Three Things We Learned (onefootdown.com; Rick)
Well you guys, Mike “Certifiable Wizard-Person” Brey has done it again, coaching a Notre Dame Fighting Irish squad that was without BONZIE COLSON and Matt Farrell to a gutsy victory over the Syracuse Orange AT THE CARRIER DOME, winning 51-49 in dramatic fashion on a Rex Pflueger last-second putback.
It wasn’t a pretty win, but it improved the Irish to 3-0 in ACC play (making them tied for first in the conference with the Clemson Tigers and Virginia Cavaliers) and 13-3 overall as the team tries to stay afloat without its two best players.
Earlier in the season when this squad was playing not-great but winning against bad non-conference opponents, there wasn’t much to glean from those games.
Thankfully, ACC play is different, and a game like this one taught us A LOT about this team, especially without COLSON and Farrell healthy. Here are the three biggest takeaways I pulled out of this big road win.
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One Upstate NY city makes Fortune top ten list for new Amazon headquarters (PS; Axelson)
A new report says that Rochester is high in the running for Amazon's second headquarters.
Last year, over 200 cities across North America submitted bids to the online retail giant, each hoping the company would select them for the location of its new "HQ2."
Fortune Magazine, using betting website PaddyPower, has ranked the most likely bids according to oddsmakers predictions, and Rochester rests firmly in the top 10, with 16-1 odds that it will succeed in attracting the company.
The full top 10 are:
1. Atlanta - 3/1
1. Austin - 3/1
3. Boston - 7/1
4. Washington, D.C. - 14/1
4. New York City - 14/1
4. Portland - 14/1
4. Pittsburgh - 14/1
8. Philadelphia - 16/1
8. Rochester - 16/1
8. Chicago - 16/1
8. Toronto - 16/1
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