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Welcome to Daisy Day!
Today celebrates the daisy, also known as the common daisy, lawn daisy, or English daisy. In England it is commonly called a bruisewort, because the crushed leaves were traditionally used to soothe bruised skin. It is part of the Asteraceae family, a family with thousands of varieties. The name "daisy" is derived from an Old English word that means "day's eye," because the petals of daisies open at dawn and close at dusk. Daisies are native to western, central, and northern Europe, and are also now prevalent in the Americas and Australasia. Daisies are often found on lawns, and are considered to be an invasive species, but are also seen as being valuable for ground cover in some garden spaces. They are perennial flowers that usually bloom in early to midsummer. They have a long growing season, and in some places will even produce a few flowers in mild winters. Daisies are composite flowers; they have white petal-like ray florets that come out from the center, and yellow disk florets made of many small flowers that are clustered together in the center. Daisies symbolize purity, innocence, simplicity, virtue, and patience, and are seen as being the flower of children. They are commonly used to make garlands called daisy chains.
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Syracuse basketball at Clemson: What to know (PS; Waters)
Syracuse will continue its climb back into contention for an NCAA tournament bid with a game at Clemson on Tuesday.
Syracuse, which was pretty much left for dead just three weeks ago when it 8-7 overall and 1-3 in the ACC, is now 13-7 for the season and 6-3 in the conference after winning its last five games.
Syracuse has moved up to No. 64 in the NCAA’s NET rankings.
Syracuse is a remarkable 4-0 on the road in the ACC this season with wins at Georgia Tech, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Notre Dame. The Orange has avenged its three home conference losses with wins on the road.
Clemson is 10-9 overall and 4-5 in the ACC, but the Tigers do own an impressive 79-72 home win over Duke on Jan. 14. The Tigers are coming off an 80-62 loss to No. 6 Louisville on Saturday.
The SU-Clemson game will start at 7 p.m. and will be televised on the YES Network.
Here are 10 key things to know:
Syracuse will put its five-game ACC win streak on the line against Clemson on Tuesday.
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Clemson seeks to continue home success versus Syracuse Tuesday (tigernet.com)
The Clemson Tigers (10-9, 4-5 ACC) will look for its fourth-straight home win when it hosts Syracuse (13-7, 6-3). Tipoff Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C. is 7 p.m. ET.
The contest will be televised on Fox Sports South with Tim Brando and Mike Gminski calling the action courtside, while Don Munson and Tim Bourret will call the action on the radio waves. The radio call will be available on the Clemson Tigers Network and Tunein.com.
CLEMSON BASKETBALL HEADLINES
• Clemson will look to even its ACC league record with a victory over Syracuse. It would be its second-straight and fifth all-time against Syracuse.
• Alex Hemenway’s performance at Louisville was most notable with a career-high 8 points, including two threes in his first action since Nov. 7.
• Beating Wake Forest gave Clemson at least a break-even record in the season series against all four ACC schools from the Tar Heel state.
• It’s the first time since 1989-90 when Clemson was 1-1 vs. Duke, 1-1 vs. UNC, 1-1 vs. NC State and 3-0 vs. Wake Forest.
• Clemson defeated No. 3/3 Duke on for its first win over an AP top-3 ranked opponent since North Carolina on Feb. 18, 2001.
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Why does Quincy Guerrier slap hands with imaginary teammates between free throws? (PS; Carlson)
James Harden has done it. Paul George has done it. Andrew Bogut has done it. DeMar DeRozan has done it.
But when Quincy Guerrier steps forward between free throws and attempts to slap hands with a couple of imaginary teammates it only matters to him that one person does it.
While some NBA players have done it out of humor, Guerrier says he doesn’t do it because of any outside influence. He does it because it’s what he does. He does it because he has done it for a long time.
“Routine,” Guerrier said. “Since I was in high school I started to do that. It’s just a routine. When you have a routine it’s easier to make your shots. In life, when you have a routine it’s better. I’m going to keep doing that. I don’t care if people are laughing or like, ‘Why is he doing that?’ It’s my routine."
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https://accsports.com/acc-analytics...ersatility-brandon-robinson-gets-hot-for-unc/ (accsports.com; Geisinger)
The tragic event that took place in California on Sunday, which claimed the life of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year old daughter Gianna and seven other people, had me thinking about a lot of things over the weekend, including a famous line from an all-time basketball coach — the late, great Skip Prosser.
Prosser used to constantly remind his players, attendees of his basketball camp (like myself) and anyone else around him: “Never delay gratitude.” He was so right; life is fragile; nothing should be taken for granted. It shouldn’t require the sudden death of a famous person to remind us of these things, but don’t wait to tell your family members and friends that you love them and care about them. It’s worth it.
And with that, on to this week’s power rankings.
No. 1 Florida State
For just the fifth time all season, Florida State allowed an opponent to score better than one point per possession — in an 85-84 win over Notre Dame. The Irish scored 1.09 points per possession, which is the third highest total Leonard Hamilton’s club has allowed this season.
Even with some late-game struggles, and stud freshman Patrick Williams out (sprained toe), FSU still managed to pull out the win with a fine offensive performance — going 12-of-19 on 3-point attempts and 13-of-14 from the free throw line. Overall, Florida State scored 1.1 points per possession.
What goes up…must come down #Oop @TForrest_11 @Yvngdevo
— FSU Hoops (@FSUHoops) January 26, 2020
No. 2 Louisville
Last week was an interesting one for Louisville — with two games near the banks of the Ohio River. First, Louisville survived a scare against Georgia Tech; as Jordan Nwora struggled (1-of-7 2PA), the Cards nearly blew an 11-point lead with five minutes to play. The Yellow Jackets — with less than 90 seconds to play — even got within a point, after a James Banks dunk.
However, all’s well that ends well as Steven Enoch and Malik Williams combined for 26 points, 16 free throw attempts and six offensive rebounds. Enoch and Williams are both shooting over 55 percent on put-back attempts after an offensive rebound this season, per Synergy Sports.
Over the weekend, though, Louisville took care of business against Clemson with a little more ease: 80-62. Led by Aamir Simms, Clemson entered Saturday relatively hot on offense; the Tigers had scored over one point per possession in four of their previous five games. But Louisville’s defense was up to the task — bothering Simms and hitting its assignments. (This was a seriously excellent performance when it comes to help defense.
This is a worthwhile experimentation for Louisville. Obviously, Enoch and Malik will combine for the 40 mins most nights, deservingly so, too. But this type of package (potentially) gives Chris Mack an added dimension, lineup combination.
— Brian Geisinger (@bgeis_bird) January 26, 2020
No. 3 Duke
After back-to-back losses to Clemson and Louisville, Duke landed on a nice opportunity to reset and reorganize. Last Tuesday, Duke hosted a depleted Miami squad as Tre Jones, once again, put the clamps on Chris Lykes (2-of-9 2PA, 1-of-4 3PA) — with help from Jordan Goldwire.
After the win, Duke gets a full week off before hosting Jeff Capel and Pitt this Tuesday; after that, the Blue Devils head to Syracuse this Saturday — the team’s first road game since the Clemson loss (Jan. 14).
Matthew Hurt continues to assemble a rather productive season: 22 points (4-of-7 3PA) against Miami. According to Synergy, Hurt is shooting 60 percent on post-ups (1.2 points per possession) and has an effective shooting rate of 65.1 percent on catch-and-shoot looks. Hurt ranks fifth in the ACC in catch-and-shoot efficiency (minimum 50 FGA).
Matthew Hurt
6-9 214 PF Duke
Miami @ Duke (1/21/20)
22 PTS 6 REB 3 BLK
: @BabcockHoopsdA
— Matt Babcock (@MattBabcock11) January 24, 2020
(It feels a little strange to have this team ranked third. The Blue Devils are very good.)
No. 4 Syracuse
Don’t look now: Syracuse has won five straight games. With Elijah Hughes and Joe Girard struggling — a combined 1-of-11 on 3-point attempts — Buddy Boeheim (21 points, 4-of-8 3PA) bolstered Syracuse’s offense just enough to get the win over Pittsburgh, 69-61. Boeheim now has 10 games with 4+ 3-pointers this season.
Buddy Boeheim has 18 to lead all scorers at halftime Syracuse basketball vs. Pittsburgh: Live updates, fan chat with Brent Axe
— Syracuse Basketball (@syrbasketball) January 25, 2020
The variety of scoring along the perimeter is nice for Syracuse, no doubt; however, the Orange came to play defensively over the weekend, too. Syracuse held Pitt to under 24 percent shooting on its 3-point looks and just 0.9 points per possession.
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Mike Brey responds to ACC's $20K fine against Notre Dame (wsbt.com; Byrne)
The Atlantic Coast Conference issued a public reprimand of Notre Dame head men’s basketball coach Mike Brey for violating the ACC Sportsmanship Policy following Notre Dame’s game against Florida State on January 25. In addition the league is fining Notre Dame $20,000 for the violation.
After Saturday's Notre Dame's 85-84 loss at Florida State Saturday night, Brey was critical of several off the officials calls late in game, including a bench technical.
"We're treated by the officials like we haven't brought football as a full member, but yet we get a full share of the ACC Network TV," Brey said. "Are you kidding me? He's T's up our bench from across the court because he's pissed off at us? I'm frustrated, man."
Brey walked off the interview podium and continued to criticize the officials, specifically mentioning referee John Gaffney.
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Would Notre Dame basketball be a better fit in the Big East? (slapthesign.com; Scott)
Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey has concerns about the Irish being accepted in the ACC. Is it time for a move?
As you have probably heard by now, the Atlantic Coast Conference issued a public reprimand of Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey for violating the ACC Sportsmanship Policy following Notre Dame’s game against Florida State on Saturday. In addition, the league announced that an institutional fine has been issued to Notre Dame ($20,000) as a result of the violation.
Brey went on a rant about how he doesn’t feel like the Irish get fair treatment as full members of a the ACC conference due to football not being a full member. Whether or not those comments have merit is tough to prove. That said, they do bring up another question:
Is Notre Dame a better fit in the Big East?
Sure, it’s fun to be in a conference with basketball blue bloods like Duke, North Carolina, and Syracuse, but what do the Irish really get out of being in the ACC? The football team is now tied to playing a certain number of games against ACC teams, which has resulted in a vanilla schedule full teams like Wake Forest, Duke and Pitt as of late. Those schools have all fielded teams capable of beating Notre Dame recently, yet those losses would be catastrophic to the Notre Dame football program. Sure you get a game with Clemson every so often, but you’re going to get games with big fish anyway — ACC affiliation or not.
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Horror movie shot in Syracuse is first to sell at Sundance, gets $12M (reports) (PS; Herbert)
A new horror movie shot in Syracuse is the first to sell at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, according to multiple reports.
Searchlight Pictures is closing a worldwide rights deal for $12 million for “The Night House,” according to Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter. It’s the “first major acquisition of this year’s Sundance,” THR reports, and one of the higher price tags in the fest’s history; for comparison, the Bruce Springsteen-inspired “Blinded by the Light” sold for $15 million last year and Searchlight paid a record $17.5 million for “Birth of a Nation” in 2016.
That’s a good sign for confidence in the new movie’s success, along with solid early reviews for a tense feature filled with rule-breaking jump scares. Hall’s performance and the titular location, a lakefront home in Central New York, are especially getting attention:
“[Golden Globe-nominated actress Rebecca] Hall plays Beth, who at the start of the film is returning from her husband Owen’s funeral, to the exact kind of lakeside dream home that people should know by now not to build if they don’t want to end up getting thoroughly haunted. At the very least, don’t hang the bloody wind chimes," The Playlist writes. "All reflective surfaces, hardwood floors, and full-height windows that stare dolefully out at placid gray-green water fringed with dense pine forest, the house was designed by Owen (Evan Jonigkeit) and includes a little wooden jetty, where a rowboat is moored. It was in this boat, in the middle of the lake, that Owen shot himself using, as grieving schoolteacher Beth explains snappishly, ‘a gun that I didn’t even know we owned.’”
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