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Welcome to Single Tasking Day!
Multitasking makes it difficult to focus, easier to make mistakes, and harder to be productive. Projects take longer—about fifty percent less gets accomplished when one tries to do a few things at once, instead of working on one thing at a time. Tasks may also end up half-finished, or get finished with low quality. Although about two percent of people can multitask, the overwhelming majority of people can't and don't benefit from trying to.
Single Tasking Day came as a response to all the multitasking habits that surround us. It is a day to focus and concentrate on one thing at a time. Maybe only one thing will get accomplished all day. Maybe multiple things will. Either way, the day is for only working on one thing at a time.
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Syracuse basketball vs. North Carolina: 10 Things to Watch For (PS; Waters)
Syracuse will try to keep its NCAA tournament hopes alive while North Carolina looks to extend the ACC's longest active winning streak when the Orange plays host to the Tar Heels on Wednesday at the Carrier Dome.
Syracuse (18-9 overall, 7-7 ACC) is on the edge of the NCAA tournament bubble. The Orange notched a key win at Miami on Saturday. Now, the Orange will try to get a win over a nationally-ranked team for the first time this season.
North Carolina, the country's 10th-ranked team, has won its last five games. The Tar Heels are 21-7 for the season and 10-5 in the ACC.
The game will also feature two Hall of Fame coaches in North Carolina's Roy Williams and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim.
Game time is 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN. Beth Mowins and Dan Dakich will be on the call.
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A signature win or two would bolster Syracuse NCAA basketball chances D&C; DiVeronica)
More than a few loyal Syracuse University basketball fans have told me they just haven’t gotten into this season the way they have in the past. I think I know why. The Orange have failed to register that signature win, the one that makes you think: “Maybe these guys could make some noise in March.”
Or maybe it was just watching them play the type of offense that makes you want to turn the television off or at least scream, “Run something!” at it.
For much of the season, and I think I recall the Hall-of-Fame coach saying this, the Orange have been the worst offensive team in Jim Boeheim’s 42 seasons. That covers a fair amount of clanks, bricks and air balls.
But it’s all right there for the taking this week for the Orange. Syracuse (18-9 overall, 7-7 ACC) can erase a few of those bad losses by beating No. 10 North Carolina at the Carrier Dome on Wednesday and if that doesn’t happen, No. 5 Duke awaits on Saturday in Durham.
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Bracketology Confidence Builder: Syracuse, Butler and Florida on the bubble (cbssports.com; Palm)
Syracuse finds itself in a familiar place – on the bubble. Last year, the Orange had a problem with being a poor road team. This season, their issues are with a lack of higher quality wins and a couple of bad losses. Playing in the ACC gives them ample opportunities to get the kind of wins they need to secure a spot in the field. North Carolina, Duke and Clemson are all on the schedule before the ACC Tournament.
BUTLER
The Bulldogs have also struggled against good competition. Butler is current 3-8 against teams in my bracket, and historically speaking, that is not a good number for at-large hopes. The Bulldogs also have a bad loss at home to Georgetown. Two of those three wins have come against high quality teams though in Villanova and Ohio State, which helps their cause. The Bulldogs still have chances to improve on that 3-8 record with games left against Creightonand Seton Hall, as well as in the Big East tournament.
FLORIDA
Florida has one of the strangest resumes the committee will consider. The Gators have some impressive wins away from home, including against Cincinnati and Kentucky. However, they also have an incredible five home losses, all against teams outside of quadrant 1. Florida is coming off two of its worst losses of the season at home to Georgia and at Vanderbilt. The Gators have a remaining schedule that provides opportunities to move comfortably into the field, and simply taking care of business at home may be enough to do that.
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Three Things to Watch: UNC at Syracuse (tarheelblog.com; Lawrence)
Syracuse joined the ACC for the 2013-14 season and promptly beat UNC in their first ACC clash. Since then, the Heels have reeled off 5 straight wins in the series - 2 at home, 2 on neutral courts, and 1 on the road. Those wins were by an average of 12 points.
Tomorrow night, the Heels look to extend that streak to six games. They also will look to extend their current winning streak to six games and earn their 10th RPI-Quadrant 1 victory. That would be the most in the NCAA. So, aside from winning streaks what else is there to look for?
Pound the Glass
This area of UNC’s game continues to receive attention, and rightfully so. North Carolina does not start anyone over 6’8. Only one player, Luke Maye, weighs more than 220 pounds. And yet, the Heels lead the country in total rebounds, are seventh in defensive rebounds, and 5th in offensive rebounds. They are first in the ACC in all three categories.
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Can Syracuse’s size slow down UNC’s Luke Maye? – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Dickinson)
North Carolina’s Luke Maye is one of the best players in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He is fourth in the ACC at 18.4 points per game, leads the conference with 294 rebounds, and is the driving force of the Tar Heels. He has explosive potential, scoring 33 points with 17 rebounds against NC State just more than a week ago. Saturday, he dropped 19 points and 13 rebounds in a road win over Louisville.
The only column Luke Maye doesn’t fill on the stat sheet is height. Listed at just 6-8, he doesn’t look like he should be leading the ACC in rebounding when he stands next to some of the seven-footers the conference has to offer. Syracuse is the tallest of those teams, and the Orange’s size could help SU contain Maye and pull of an upset in the Dome.
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Harry Potter, A Chorus Line: 13 things to do in CNY this weekend (PS; Pucci)
WonderWorks Science Week 2018
Just because the kids are home on break doesn't mean they can't learn something new. This year's WonderWorks Science Week includes programs on the Rubik's Cube, drones, an egg drop competition, wild animals and more.
Where: WonderWorks Destiny, 9090 Destiny USA Drive, Syracuse.
When: Feb. 19 to 23.
How much: Tickets to individual events are $10
A Chorus Line
You'll get a kick out of "A Chorus Line", the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that centers on a group of 17 dancers auditioning for spots in a Broadway musical. The traveling production is in Syracuse for three performances.
Where: Oncenter Crouse-Hinds Theater, 411 Montgomery St., Syracuse.
When: Tuesday, Feb. 20 to Thursday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. daily.
How much: Tickets start at $33.
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