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Welcome to Pay-a-Compliment Day!
Pay-a-Compliment Day is for giving "genuine and soulful compliments" to others. It was created by Adrienne Koopersmith, on February 6, 1995. On that cold February day, Koopersmith was riding the bus in Chicago, when she noticed someone who wasn't at a bus stop was frantically waving at the bus she was on, hoping that it would stop; the bus driver stopped and let the person on. When Koopersmith exited the bus, she complimented the driver on how nice it was that he had stopped. Koopersmith then went home and decided to make the holiday. Since she was warmed by the bus driver's actions, she wanted that warmth to be part of each February 6 for years to come.
How to Observe
The day should be celebrated by giving genuine compliments to others, whether they be given to friends, family members, a lover, neighbors, or a stranger. Perhaps the best compliments to give are those that acknowledge someone who did something nice for others, similar to how Adrienne complimented the bus driver. It is important to use care when complimenting others, by being respectful, timing your compliments properly, and by not making yourself the center of attention. A small compliment can go a long way to brighten someone's day, so spend the day paying everyone you meet a compliment!
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SU players liked his food. Now, Michael Brooks is pursuing his dream. (DO; McCleary)
Michael Brooks sat in the crowd at a Boeheim’s Army game this past summer and spotted a familiar face across the Carrier Dome. Brooks, a native of Oswego, went to Syracuse games often as a kid. The 21-year-old grew up with the team, the city, the players. Brooks wanted to cook for them.
The chef de cuisine at La Parilla grill & wine bar had recently received an opportunity to cook in the Hamptons. But Brooks’ dream is to become a personal chef. He messaged Syracuse basketball players on Instagram: “Let me cook for you and the guys broo.” For a long time, he got nothing. Then, his phone flashed with a reply.
“(Your) meals look tough bro where you from?” SU point guard Howard Washington, the familiar face, replied.
Washington became his first customer. Then Brendan Paul. Then women’s basketball guard Lauren Fitzmaurice and center Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi. And Jalen Carey, Tommy DeVito and Elijah Hughes. Since July, people have seen Brooks on Instagram, posing with food or interacting with athletes, and interest is growing. Brooks dreams of one day being a personal chef for NBA players and has now created a small network within his community.
“They’re good people to have in your corner,” Brooks said. “You never know what can happen.”
Brooks used to cook a little when he was younger — mostly macaroni and cheese — but his love for cooking began when he was hired at La Parilla almost three years ago as a “salad guy” and quickly worked his way up. His chef, Raymond Jock, taught him the importance of food presentation. Brooks took the challenge. He started the Instagram account @mikebrookscooks, where he posted photos of food attached to the slogan #DateAChef.
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College basketball: SU’s Buddy Boeheim continues to show versatility (nny60.com; St Croix)
Syracuse University men’s basketball fans are long familiar with the refrain of “Buddy Bulls-eye,” being shouted over the Carrier Dome speakers when Buddy Boeheim sinks a 3-pointer.
But the 6-foot-6 sophomore guard from Jamesville and the son of Hall of Fame SU coach, Jim Boeheim, is increasingly proving to be far more than a long-range shooting specialist.
Buddy Boeheim ranks fifth nationally with 77 total 3-pointers and is the sixth-leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference at 16.3 points per game, which is the second-highest scoring output among guards in the conference entering Thursday’s games.
Boeheim will next look to display his expanded offensive repertoire that has helped the Orange re-enter the NCAA Tournament discussion when SU (13-9 overall, 6-5 ACC) hosts Wake Forest (10-11, 3-8) at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Carrier Dome and televised on the ACC Network.
“Ever since last season ended I knew that I would have to be more than a shooter playing 30-plus minutes a game, I have to be more than that and it helps our team out overall when I can get in the lane, make plays, find open guys,” Boeheim said. “It just brings another threat to the offense and helps us.”
Boeheim has made at least one 3-pointer in every game but one this season and has made multiple shots from behind the arc in all but four outings. He has responded to increased pressure from opposing defenses in recent weeks by flashing his ability to create shots off the dribble and drive into the lane.
Boeheim has made at least half of his total field goals from inside the 3-point arc five times in the last six games, a mark he reached just twice over the previous 16 outings. During that span, Boeheim is averaging 3.5 made shots from inside and 3.16 from deep, scoring 19 points per game on a percentage of .448 from the field.
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Syracuse Basketball: Elijah Hughes, snubbed by Wooden, lands on Erving (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball redshirt junior forward Elijah Hughes cracked a prestigious list and was snubbed on another. Here are all the details.
Elijah Hughes, a redshirt junior forward with Syracuse basketball, is having himself an exquisite 2019-20 campaign at this juncture. Hughes is currently leading the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring, and, for my money, he’s one of the top players in the country.
The folks who hand out the 2020 Julius Erving Award, bestowed annually to the best small forward across Division I men’s hoops, seem to agree. On Wednesday, Hughes got named as one of 10 finalists for the award, and that recognition for him is absolutely well-deserved.
In case you’re wondering, the other nine contenders are Boise State’s Derrick Alston Jr., Florida State’s Devin Vassell, Gonzaga’s Corey Kispert, Louisville’s Jordan Nwora, Memphis’ Precious Achiuwa, Oregon State’s Tres Tinkle, Vermont’s Anthony Lamb, Villanova’s Saddiq Bey and Xavier’s Naji Marshall.
A huge congrats to all of these stars!
Beyond Hughes’ average of 19.4 points per contest, he is collecting 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals a game, while connecting on 42.6 percent from the field, 80.6 percent from the charity stripe and 35.9 percent from beyond the arc. Those are tremendous numbers if you ask me.
Despite these accomplishments, I believe that Hughes got shafted earlier this week when he did not receive inclusion on the late-season top-20 watch list for the 2020 John R. Wooden Award Men’s Player of the Year. Don’t get me wrong, the guys under consideration for the Wooden trophy are absolute studs, but I simply can’t see how Hughes isn’t one of the 20 finalists.
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Virginia Men’s Basketball: Checking in with expectations at the midpoint of ACC play (streakingthelawn.com; Darney)
Tonight, Virginia kicks off the second half of the ACC basketball season. We are officially halfway through the conference schedule, and the reigning National Champs (no, that never gets old) currently sit alone in fourth place in the ACC at 6-4. Virginia is in the midst of a two game win streak, and has won three of the last four.
Before the Hoos face Clemson (7pm, RSN), we’re taking at look at how expectations have been not met, met, or exceeded so far this ACC season.
Short of Expectations
Shooting - Wooo boy. It’s bad. Virginia’s offense is by far the worst under Tony Bennett, clocking in at No. 276. The 2011 squad — which featured an injured Mike Scott and first year Akil Mitchell — was No. 159 for comparison. That team struggled inside, making just 43% of its two-pointers while shooting 38.8% from outside (thanks, Joe Harris!). This year? The Cavaliers are making just 27.2% from beyond the arc and shooting 48.1% inside.
There’s blame to go around, but Kihei Clark (22.2%), Kody Stattmann (21.7%), Casey Morsell (14.8%), and Braxton Key (10.7%) are all shooting under 25% with at least 20 attempts in ACC play. In positive news, Virginia is shooting twice as many shots from inside (54%) than outside (27%).
And that leads us to the next part...
Turnovers - Virginia fans have been conditioned to know a few things about basketball under Tony Bennett: they’re going to play great defense, they don’t foul a lot, and they don’t turn the ball over. Well, that last one is a bit of a struggle this season. The Cavaliers are turning the ball over frequently — 21.7% of the time this season in ACC play, to be exact — and that’s not a good combo with poor shooting.
To be clear, just about every player is learning a new role after De’Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome, Kyle Guy, and Jack Salt departed for the NBA/Euro leagues. But, a team with this slim of a margin of error, the turnovers really hurt. Kihei Clark has assumed a bigger role as the lone point guard, but his turnover rate of 26% has created some problems. On the season, Clark has 66 turnovers (3.5 per game). Last year? He had 39 total (1.03 per game).
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Key's 3-Pointers Push Virginia Past Clemson, 51-44 (theacc.com)
Braxton Key scored 19 points, including two critical 3-pointers in the final 5 minutes, and Virginia beat Clemson 51-44 on Wednesday night.
Key also grabbed eight rebounds while Mamadi Diakite added 13 points and eight boards for Virginia (15-6, 7-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). The reigning national champions have won three straight since losing four times in a five-game span.
Aamir Simms scored 16 points for the Tigers (11-11, 5-7). Clemson twice got within one possession in the closing minutes, bringing a hush over John Paul Jones Arena, but Key made a 3-pointer each time. He was 4 for 6 from beyond the arc in the game.
Key's first big 3 came ended a 12-3 run for the Tigers that pulled them within 36-34 with 5 minutes to go. After they again closed within 42-39, Key made another with 1:28 to go and followed by making both ends of a one-and-one free throw opportunity to push the advantage to eight with 51 seconds left.
Jay Huff had 10 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for Virginia.
UP NEXT
The Tigers return home to face Notre Dame on Sunday night.
Virginia travels to No. 5 Louisville for a Saturday afternoon contest.
Quick Recap: Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Complete the Home Stand with a 80-72 Win Over Pitt (onefootdown.com; Kelly)
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish capped a three-game home stand tonight against the Pittsburgh Panthers. Going into tonight’s game, Notre Dame had a record of 13-8 (4-6 conf), and Pitt had a record of 14-8 (5-6 conf). This was the 66th meeting between Notre Dame and Pitt, with Notre Dame leading the series (heading into the game) with a record of 34-31. Since joining the ACC, seven of Notre Dame’s games against Pittsburgh have been decided by two possessions or less. How did the Fighting Irish do tonight? Lets take a look!
The Irish came out quick with John Mooney hitting a two-point shot, and Rex Pflueger hitting a three-point shot, and with just two minutes expired off the clock the Irish were up 5-4. In the next two minutes Juwan Durham would make a two-point shot, and TJ Gibbs would sink a three-point shot and suddenly the Irish were up 11-4. Pitt finally woke up at 15:55, with Xavier Johnson sinking a three-point shot, bringing the Panthers within four, 11-7 Notre Dame.
Mooney made a layup at 15:19 to go up 13-7, and then Pitt returned with a quick dunk by Terrell Brown, Irish still up, 13-9. Prentiss Hubb then fouls Johnson, who goes to the foul line and makes both shots, 13-11 Notre Dame. Johnson then made a three-point shot, and for the first time the Panthers take the lead, 14-13 Pitt. From that point Pitt went on a five point scoring run before Notre Dame would sink a three-point shot at the hands of TJ Gibbs, 19-16 Pitt. For a team who does not foul much, Notre Dame already has five fouls.
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State’s $500 million was supposed to transform CNY, but there’s unfinished business (PS; Knauss)
Four years after Central New York won $500 million of state taxpayer money to revitalize the economy, nearly $200 million is still waiting for good ideas.
The Upstate Revitalization Initiative was supposed to transform the Syracuse area by investing half a billion dollars in strategic projects planned out by local experts. One-third of the money has been used that way, with promising results.
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