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Welcome to National Nachos Day!
Nachos are celebrated today! They trace their roots to the border of Mexico and Texas. One day in 1943, the wives of ten U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Duncan in Eagle Pass, Texas, crossed the border into Piedras Negras, Mexico. When they stopped in to eat at Club Victoria, chef Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya threw together a snack to give them and called it "Nachos Especiales". In 1954 his recipe was published in St. Anne's Cookbook, by the Church of the Redeemer in Eagle Pass.
There are many variations of nachos. "Ballpark nachos"—covered with jalapenos and melted cheese—were invented by Sal and Margarita Manriquez, and are now popular at sports stadiums. Sal Manriquez started selling them as "Margarita's State Fair Nachos" at the State Fair in Dallas in 1964, and in 1975 asked to sell them at Arlington Stadium, where the Texas Rangers then played. Manriquez was turned down and later found out that the stadium was selling a version of his nachos anyway.
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Syracuse basketball vs. Virginia: What to Watch For (PS; Waters)
If the Carrier Dome still featured the huge blue curtain behind the movable bleachers, this would be occasion to actually pull back the curtain for an opening night.
The Syracuse Orange will make its 2019-20 debut with a season-opening home game against the defending national champion Virginia Cavaliers at the Carrier Dome. (Game time is 9 p.m. on the ACC Network).
Virginia was ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press’ preseason poll, while Syracuse was unranked.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will begin his 44th season at the helm of the Orange basketball program with a team that features no seniors, one returning starter and five incoming freshmen.
Virginia, which defeated Texas Tech 85-77 in overtime in the NCAA title game to cap off a 35-3 season, enters the season with high hopes and a lot of holes to fill with the departures of three players to the NBA.
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Syracuse basketball: Here’s to a new season and a return to routines (PS; Axe)
The 2019-20 Syracuse University men’s basketball season starts with an unfamiliar bang.
The Orange tips off against No. 11 Virginia, the defending national champions of college basketball, at 9 p.m. Wednesday night at the Carrier Dome.
An ACC and ranked opponent on the slate less than a week after Halloween to appease the ACC Network overlords. It certainly beats a visit from Eastern Washington to start the season.
New blood is welcome, but there is something comforting about the familiar routine a college basketball season brings in Syracuse, N.Y.
So raise your Dome foam to the moments you can set your watch by over the next four months.
Here’s to the 44th season of SU basketball led by James Arthur Boeheim and the snippy responses to a reporter’s inquiry, snorts, stares, nose picks, pick-and-rolls, coat tosses, 2-3 zone references, cries of “we need to get better” and referee rants that define the Hall of Famer’s tenure on the hill.
Here’s to the guy in your section grumbling that Boeheim should play more man-to-man. You know, just to "see how it goes.”
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Syracuse Basketball: Game time, TV, Radio and more vs Virginia (itlh; Peelman)
The Syracuse basketball team plays their first game of the season against Virginia on Wednesday night. Inside The Loud House gets you ready with what you need to know to be able to watch and listen to the game.
Syracuse basketball is back and it’s about time too! Syracuse football has been atrocious this year and has fallen short of so many expectations, making people crave basketball season again.
The good news is this team is super talented, but the bad news is that it lacks experience. Which will win out? Who knows? One thing is for sure though: the opener against Virginia is on Wednesday night which should give us a lot of answers to our burning questions.
As mentioned, this Syracuse basketball team is young, and that means lots of freshmen. In fact, the 2019 class has five incoming freshmen this year:
- Quincy Guerrier, a 6-foot-7 Canadian basketball forward who has NBA level skills already. Can post up on offense or shoot from long range.
- Joe Girard III: a combo guard who is New York State’s All-Time Leading scorer. He was a bit underrated coming out of high school but is a talented scorer both off the dribble as well as from outside.
- John Bol Ajak: a 6-foot-10 center who can block shots and has decent skills offensively around the rim. He is raw but could develop to be a force in the middle of the 2-3 zone given time.
- Brycen Goodine: a shooting guard who can shoot really well. He has great length and is the highest-rated player in this year’s class, according to ESPN.com. (Guerrier isn’t ranked)
- Jesse Edwards: a 6-foot-11 forward/center who is good offensively in the post, but is still raw on defense. He can block and alter shots with his length but is still foul prone. He is a developmental player but could be really good over time.
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Syracuse vs. Virginia: Prediction, pick, odds, point spread, betting line, basketball game, time, preview (cbssports.com; Norlander)
Some intrigue on the second night of college basketball's 2019-20 season: the reigning national champions will open their campaign on the road. That rarely happens, and in fact hasn't happened in more than 40 years. But due to the birth of the ACC Network coinciding with that conference growing from 18 to 20 league games, there are intra-league contests peppered throughout the first week of the season.
So Virginia will play at Syracuse in the most intriguing game Wednesday night has to offer. The Orange will debut on the heels of a 20-14 season that ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Baylor. It's a nice twist, if not a little weird, to have intra-conference games immediately. If anything, it provides a little more eclecticism to the first week of the season than we'd otherwise get.
Storylines
Virginia: Easy: UVA is coming off its first national title in school history and as a result lost more players to one NBA Draft than ever before (three: DeAndre Hunter, Ty Jerome, Kyle Guy). Two starters from last season are back: Mamadi Diakite and Kihei Clark. But Tony Bennett told me this offseason this challenge will be unlike any he's ever had, not just because of the title "defense," if you will, but having to make up for so much offense. Having UVA go against the 2-3 zone immediately is a tasty subplot, for sure. Look for Braxton Key to attempt to exploit it. He can shoot from the midrange and might become the Hoos' most important player int his one.
Syracuse: The Orange have never finished below .500 under Jim Boeheim (40-plus years!) and won't again this season, but how good will SU be? No one's really sure. Mega minutes-getters Tyus Battle and Oshae Brissett, as is point guard Frank Howard. Elijah Hughes is now the alpha, but will Buddy Boeheim pop in his sophomore season? Look for Boeheim or sophomore Jalen Carey to be sources of offense on Wednesday, or at least try to. This sets up as one of the more mysterious Cuse teams of the past decade, at least.
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No. 11 Virginia Opens 2019-20 Season at Syracuse Wednesday Night - University of Virginia Athletics (virginiasports.com)
No. 11 Virginia opens the 2019-20 season at Syracuse in ACC action on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Tipoff at Carrier Dome is scheduled for 9 p.m. on the ACC Network.
For Openers
• UVA begins its 115th season of men's basketball, sporting a 1,632-1,168 (.583) all-time record.
• The Cavaliers are the first defending NCAA champion to open the next season with a true road game since UCLA opened the 1967-68 season at Purdue.
• UVA is 20-1 in its last 21 season-opening games, including a 73-42 win against Towson last season.
• Virginia has a six-game winning streak on opening night and is 9-1 in season openers under head coach Tony Bennett.
• The lone opening-night loss under Bennett came at George Mason (63-59) to begin the 2012-13 campaign.
• The Cavaliers are 92-22 all-time in 114 season-opening games.
Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-Syracuse game will be televised on ACC Network and streamed live on WatchESPN.com and ESPN app to viewers who subscribe to a cable system that carries the ACC Network.
• The game will also be broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
• Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports app.
The Head Coach
• Three-time National and four-time ACC Coach of the Year Tony Bennett has a 254-89 (.741) mark in 10 seasons at Virginia and 323-122 (.726) career mark in 13 seasons.
• In 2018-19, Bennett led the Cavaliers to their first NCAA national championship, a share of their ninth ACC regular-season title and school-record 35 wins.
• Bennett became the 80th active Division I head coach to win his 300th career game against Marshall on Dec. 31, 2018.
UVA Ranked No. 11/9 in Preseason Polls
• Virginia is ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press preseason poll and No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches' preseason poll, respectively.
• UVA has been ranked in the top 25 in the preseason rankings in seven of the past eight seasons.
• Dating back to 2017-18, UVA has been ranked in the AP poll for 36 straight weeks and had been ranked in the top 10 in each of the past 31 polls.
ACC Openers
• The Cavaliers have an 11-game winning streak in ACC openers and are 10-0 in ACC openers under head coach Tony Bennett.
• Virginia is 31-35 all-time in ACC openers.
• The Cavaliers posted a 65-52 win against Florida State in last year's ACC season opener at John Paul Jones Arena.
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MBB: Tuesday's Results, Wednesday's Schedule (RX; HM)
MBB: Tuesday's Results, Wednesday's Schedule
Results of Tuesday night hoops:
#5 Louisville 87 @ Miami 74
#3 Kansas 66 vs #4 Duke 68
Virginia Tech 67 @ Clemson 60
Georgia Tech 82 @ NC State 81
BONUS:
#1 Michigan State 62 vs #2 Kentucky 69
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Now for Tonight's action (November 6, 2019)
6:00 PM ET ESPNU
Wake Forest @ Boston College
Silvio Conte Forum
Chestnut Hill, MA
Line: BC -2.0
O/U: 146
7:00 PM ET ACCN
Notre Dame @ #9 North Carolina
Dean E. Smith Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Line: UNC -10.5
O/U: 152.5
8:00 PM ET ESPNU
Florida State @ Pittsburgh
Petersen Events Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Line: FSU -4.5
O/U: 141
9:00 PM ET ACCN
#11 Virginia @ Syracuse
Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY
Line: UVA -3.0
O/U: 126
Other
CNY Veterans Parade, Syracuse Half Marathon: 16 things to do in CNY (PS; Hernandez)
This Veteran’s Day weekend brings one of the biggest running events in down with the Syracuse Half Marathon. The NYS Fairgrounds will be abuzz with several of events in the buildings surrounding Chevy Court and inside the Expo Center. The weekend also brings to a close the new CNY Beer Week with a full list of events on tap around town.
God of Carnage
This 90-minute thrill ride takes you into the most dangerous place on earth: parenthood. An innocent squabble over a playground incident between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter.
Where: Red House Arts Center, 400 S Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202
When: Nov. 7-17 with varying showtimes
How much: $35
Tonto Revisited
A collection of stereotypical “Indian Kitch,” including posters, advertisements, toys, sports logos and more is brought together in one exhibit will help to dispel the myths surrounding Native Americans and encourage a new understanding of Indigenous peoples.
Where: Skä•noñh - Great Law of Peace Center, 6680 Onondaga Lake Pkwy, Liverpool, NY 13088
When: Nov. 7, 2019-Jan. 31, 2020
How much: $6
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