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Welcome to National Mac and Cheese Day!

Mac and cheese, more formally known as macaroni and cheese, is one of the most beloved comfort foods. As is apparent from its name, it is made with macaroni—usually of the elbow-shaped variety—as well as with melted cheese. Other types of pasta can be used, and other ingredients are commonly added with the cheese. It can be made from scratch or out of a box, the latter variety being the first meal that many learn how to make.

Etruscans, Romans, Chinese, and Koreans may have all had a hand in the invention of mac and cheese. It likely was being eaten by the Early Middle Ages, although the first recipes didn't appear until centuries later. The first recipe may have appeared in an Italian cookbook titled Liber de Coquina (Book of Cooking) in the thirteenth century. The recipe, titled de lasanis, consisted of sheet pasta that was cut into two-inch squares, cooked in water, and tossed with grated cheese, which most likely was Parmesan. Mac and cheese gained popularity around Europe at this time. A mac and cheese recipe dating from 1769 that appeared in The Experienced English Housekeeper by Elizabeth Raffald is sometimes seen as being the first modern mac and cheese recipe.

Thomas Jefferson is sometimes credited with bringing mac and cheese to North America, and if he wasn't the one to do so, he at least helped popularize it. He enjoyed many pasta dishes in France and brought back a pasta machine and noodle recipes. Mac and cheese became the signature dish of his slave and chef James Hemings, and Jefferson even had the dish served at a state dinner in 1802.

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'It's going to be scary': Quincy Guerrier’s plan for a... (theathletic.com; $; Gutierrez)

Quincy Guerrier never disclosed it, but he played with a nagging, painful injury throughout his freshman year. He played hurt, at no more than 70 percent, all 32 games in which he came off the bench as the sixth man. Starting last August, during Syracuse’s trip to Italy, Guerrier says he started to feel pain in his groin. He didn’t consider it a big deal, but the pain intensified in November and December. It didn’t go away. After games, when the muscle in his right groin went cold, the pain worsened. He would grimace when the tingling returned.

“Some games, it was really hard to play. I was hurting,” Guerrier says. “I still had decent numbers, so I think it’s going to be scary next year what I’ll be able to do when I’m healthy.”

In 21 minutes a game, Guerrier averaged 6.9 points and 5.3 rebounds, adequate numbers for a rookie playing half of the time. But he believes he underachieved. And the pain didn’t subside during social quarantine either. In June, he underwent surgery in Philadelphia. He checked into his South Campus apartment later that month, and he’s recovering now, first by walking and jogging.
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Will Syracuse Basketball’s Defense Improve Next Season? – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Shults)

Last season, Syracuse’s vaunted 2-3 zone struggled mightily, leading to a paltry 18-14 record before the season was canceled during the ACC Tournament.

According to KenPom.com, Syracuse’s defensive efficiency ranked 116th in the country. Rather than flustering opponents into bad shots and plenty of turnovers, SU allowed teams to pass the ball around the zone, finding holes and easy buckets. So with the Orange returning all starters besides star Elijah Hughes, will the zone improve?

Losing Hughes is detrimental to the wing of the zone, simply because of his familiarity with the defense. Whether he is replaced by Alan Griffin or Kadary Richmond, there is always a learning curve with Boeheim’s 2-3 zone. If Griffin is eligible, he’ll help SU space the floor on offense, but we don’t yet know what he’ll look like on defense.

As for Richmond, he has more defensive potential than almost any player on SU’s roster. Richmond’s length and versatility gives Boeheim the option to deploy the freshman at either guard spot or small forward. His quick twitch athleticism could lead to fast-break opportunities as well.
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Listen to Locked On Syracuse - Daily Podcast On Syracuse Orange Football & Basketball on TuneIn (tunein.com; podcast; Locked on Syracuse)

Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard continue their conversation with Syracuse Class of 2021 QB Justin Lamson. They talk about playing against powers in the ACC, what the offensive line class could look like in 2021, Syracuse's extended pitch to him and his visit and the time he failed his driving test. Follow the show on Twitter @LO_Syracuse and follow the guys @Tim_Leonard4 and @TylerAki_. Check out RockAuto.com for all your auto parts needs and tell them the Locked On Podcast Network sent you.

Syracuse Basketball: How Boeheim’s Army can refuel for 2021 (itlh; Mlodzinski)

Boeheim’s Army, the Syracuse basketball alumni team in The Basketball Tournament, lost in the quarterfinals. Here’s how they can bounce back next year.

Boeheim’s Army will have to wait another year to lace it up again in The Basketball Tournament. The alumni squad made up of mostly Syracuse basketball players and one former Colgate hooper were shut down by Sideline Cancer in the quarterfinals.








The game was a sore sight for fans of offensive production, with Boeheim’s Army totaling the lowest amount of points scored in the entire tournament this year. The 65-48 loss was also the second-largest margin of defeat across the 24-team bracket.



With no surprise, Eric Devendorf did come to play, scoring 14 points in the loss. Andrew White III added 11 points and six rebounds while Donte Greene tried his best to hold up the low post on a height-challenged team, scoring eight and grabbing nine boards.

Sideline Cancer was led by Maurice Creek’s 22 points and 8 rebounds. Eric Thompson provided the difference down low, scoring just four points but hauling in 18 rebounds and blocking three shots.

As a whole, Boeheim’s Army was -17 in the rebound margin, the most obvious discrepancy of the game. It was easy to tell that they missed both Tyler Lydon and Chris McCullough throughout the two games, with Sideline Cancer able to expose it.

Outlook for 2021

Although Syracuse basketball fans are disappointed in the outcome, Boeheim’s Army will be back for more next year. The Covid-19 pandemic surely affected how good this year’s roster could have been, so it’ll be interesting to see how different next year’s squad will look.
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Why is an Arby’s bag signed by ex-SU player Matt Roe on eBay? Why did someone pay $20 for it? (PS; Waters)

An old Arby’s bag signed by former Syracuse basketball player Matt Roe sometime in the late 1980s.

The item appeared on eBay and immediately caught the attention of Syracuse basketball fans who shared the listing on social media on Sunday morning.

In a matter of minutes, the autographed Arby’s bag had been sold, snapped up by a Syracuse fan who saw the humor in his purchase.

“When I told my wife what I did,‘' Eric Meyer said, “she gave me the look that wives always give you.‘'

The bag doesn’t appear to have been used. It’s neatly folded; crisp and clean. Right above the Arby’s logo is where Roe put his John Hancock: Matt Roe #3.
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The way-too-early college basketball preseason top 25 (collegebasketball.nbcsports.com; Dauster)

Today, we are unveiling the NBC Sports college basketball preseason top 25.

As always, there are plenty of caveats here.

For starters, we are still in the process of figuring out who will and will not be returning to school and where the myriad transfers are going to end up this year.

Given the impact that the COVID-19 outbreak has had on the way recruiting and the predraft process will work, it is hard to know how and where these guys will end up, which is why every college basketball preseason top 25 published right now is going to have plenty of assumptions, projections and moving parts.

So with that in mind, here is the current iteration of NBC Sports college basketball preseason top 25:

COLLEGE BASKETBALL PRESEASON TOP 25

1. VILLANOVA

• GONE: Saddiq Bey
• COMING BACK: Collin Gillespie, Justin Moore, Jermaine Samuels, Bryan Antoine, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Cole Swider, Brandon Slater, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree
• WAIT AND SEE: None
• NEW FACES: Caleb Daniels, Eric Dixon
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Collin Gillespie, Justin Moore, Bryan Antoine, Jermaine Samuels, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl

With the exception of Saddiq Bey, Villanova returns everyone from a team that won a share of the Big East regular season title last season while adding Tulane transfer Caleb Daniels (16.9 ppg) and a healthy Bryan Antoine. There is enough talent on this roster that I think they are the clear No. 1 team in the country right now. And while Bey was their best player, I don’t think that they will have much trouble replacing him. Villanova has a roster full of talented wings and perimeter weapons. Bey was the best of the bunch, but Antoine’s healthy, Daniels is really good and the likes of Justin Moore, Jermaine Samuels and Cole Swider return as well. Throw in Jeremiah Robinsin-Earl and this roster is loaded.

2. GONZAGA

• GONE: Admon Gilder, Ryan Wooldridge, Killian Tillie
• COMING BACK: Drew Timme, Anton Watson, Martynas Arlauskas, Pavel Zakharov
• WAIT AND SEE: Filip Petrusev, Jalen Suggs, Corey Kispert, Joel Ayayi
• NEW FACES: Oumar Ballo, Aaron Cook, Julian Strawther, Dominick Harris
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Jalen Suggs, Joel Ayayi, Corey Kispert, Drew Timme, Filip Petrusev

The Zags should once again be a powerhouse next season, but they are in the unique position of waiting on a freshman to decide if he is going to go pro. The player in question is Jalen Suggs, who would be a perfect fit next to Joel Ayayi and Corey Kispert on Gonzaga’s perimeter. As much as I like Ayayi as a player, I’m not sure he’s the guy to be a full-time point guard on a team competing for a national title. The other concern is Kispert, who doesn’t have much else that he can prove at the college level and has a real chance to be a early-to-mid second round pick. Gonzaga’s frontcourt is going to be absolutely loaded, especially if Filip Petrusev returns, because Drew Timme and Oumar Ballo both have WCC Player of the Year upside.

3. BAYLOR

• GONE: Freddie Gillespie, Devonte Bandoo
• COMING BACK: Davion Mitchell, Mark Vital, Tristan Clark, Matthew Mayer, Jordan Turner, Flo Thamba
• WAIT AND SEE: Jared Butler, MaCio Teague
• NEW FACES: Adam Flagler, L.J. Cryer, Dain Dainja, Zach Loveday, Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Jared Butler, MaCio Teague, Davion Mitchell, Mark Vital, Tristan Clark

The Bears should get all three of their guards back, assuming Jared Butler opts to return to school, and with Mark Vital slated to return, they’ll once again have two of the best defenders in college basketball on the roster (Davion Mitchell). They’re coming off of a 26-4 season, and there are plenty of bench options at Scott Drew’s disposal — Matthew Mayer, Jordan Turner, Adam Flagler — but the big question is going to be at the five. Which Tristan Clark are we going to get next season?

4. VIRGINIA

• GONE: Mamadi Diakite, Braxton Key
• COMING BACK: Kihei Clark, Casey Morsell, Tomas Woldetensae, Kody Stattman, Justin McCoy
• WAIT AND SEE: Jay Huff
• NEW FACES: Sam Hauser, Jabri Abdur-Rahim, Carson McCorkle, Reece Beekman
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Kihei Clark, Casey Morsell, Tomas Woldetensae, Sam Hauser, Jay Huff

The Cavaliers should be much better offensively with Sam Hauser replacing Mamadi Diakite in the starting lineup, and while Diakite is a significantly better defender than Hauser, it’s hard to imagine Virginia ever being a bad defensive team, especially when Hauser has had a year to learn the system. Kihei Clark and Jay Huff are both back, and I would expect Casey Morsell to take a step forward this season. Throw in a strong freshman class, and UVA should be competing for an ACC title once again.

5. MICHIGAN STATE

• GONE: Cassius Winston
• COMING BACK: Rocket Watts, Aaren Henry, Gabe Brown, Malik Hall, Marcus Bingham, Julius Marble, Thomas Kithier, Foster Loyer
• WAIT AND SEE: Xavier Tillman, Aaron Henry, Josh Langford
• NEW FACES: Joey Hauser, Madi Sissoko, A.J. Hoggard
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Rocket Watts, Josh Langford, Aaron Henry, Joey Hauser, Xavier Tillman

Rocket Watts showed down the stretch of last season that he was ready to take over the reins offensively, and with Joey Hauser getting eligible, he should have a second scoring threat on the floor with him. That will allow Aaron Henry to play his jack-of-all-trades role, and with Gabe Brown, Malik Hall and Marcus Bingham all, in theory, taking a step forward, there’s plenty of weaponry. The key, however, is going to be Xavier Tillman. I think he’s a first round pick, and considering that he’s a married man with two kids already, he certainly could use the income. He’s the piece that brings it all together. Also worth noting: Josh Langford could return for his final season as well, assuming his ankles are healthy.

6. KANSAS

• GONE: Udoka Azubuike, Devon Dotson, Isaiah Moss
• COMING BACK: Marcus Garrett, Ochai Agbaji, David McCormack, Christian Braun, Tristan Enaruna, Jalen Wilson, Mitch Lightfoot, DaJuan Harris, Silvio De Sousa
• WAIT AND SEE: None
• NEW FACES: Bryce Thompson, Tyon Grant-Foster, Gethro Muscadin, Latrell Jossell
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Marcus Garrett, Bryce Thompson, Ochai Agbaji, Tristan Enaruna, David McCormack

When it comes to the amount of talent on the Kansas roster, there are certainly enough weapons here. They are incredibly loaded on the wing — Marcus Garrett, Bryce Thompson, Ochai Agbaji, Christian Braun, Tyon Grant-Foster, Tristan Enaruna, Jalen Wilson, sheesh — and David McCormack showed enough flashes last season that I expect him to be able to do an adequate job replacing Udoka Azubuike. Assuming Self (correctly) plays small-ball again, they should be really, really good. The problem? Other than Garrett, there is not a point guard on the roster that has played a second of college basketball. The best Jayhawk teams have had a killer at that position, and I’m not sure Garrett qualifies as such.

7. DUKE

• GONE: Tre Jones, Vernon Carey Jr., Cassius Stanley, Jack White, Alex O’Connell, Javin DeLaurier
• COMING BACK: Wendell Moore, Matthew Hurt, Jordan Goldwire, Joey Baker
• WAIT AND SEE: None
• NEW FACES: Jalen Johnson, Jeremy Roach, D.J. Steward, Mark Williams, Jaemyn Brakefield, Henry Coleman, Patrick Tape
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Jeremy Roach, D.J. Steward, Wendell Moore, Jalen Johnson, Mark Williams

The Blue Devils lose quite a bit of talent off of last season’s roster if as Tre Jones, Vernon Carey and Cassius Stanley all headed to the pros. But with six top 50 prospects coming into the program — headlined by a potential lottery pick in Jalen Johnson as well as point guard Jeremy Roach and scoring guard D.J. Steward — there will be quite a bit of talent on display. A starting lineup that includes those three freshmen and Wendell Moore will be fun. Duke is going to be very young, however, and a frontline that includes a bunch of freshmen and a grad transfer from Columbia is less than ideal.
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ACC basketball coaches join Black Lives Matter movement, say it's time to work for change (C-J; Yates)

Many college athletic programs are standing up for racial equality, and over the weekend, basketball coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference joined in on the Black Lives Matter movement.

In a video posted on social media, ACC coaches, including Louisville coach Chris Mack, talked about the importance of no longer being silent to racial injustices and stressed the importance of being part of the progress.

"The ball is in our court," the Twitter comment said. "To put in the hard work for change. We see you. We hear you. We stand with you."

7 college basketball records (we think) will never be broken (ncaa.com; Wittry)

We dove into the NCAA Division I Football record book and identified seven individual records that will (probably) never be broken. Now, we assigned ourselves some more light reading and did the same for men's college basketball.

Of the most popular team sports, basketball is likely the sport that can be most influenced by one individual. What individual DI records are so impressive that they'll likely never be broken?

Here are seven we think will never be bested.

100 points in a game – Frank Selvy, Furman (1954)

First off, let's acknowledge that the individual record for points in the DI men's basketball game and an NBA game is the same: 100 points. Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game (and the famous picture of him holding a white piece of paper with "100" on it) is well-known but odds are you haven't heard of former Furman great Frank Selvy, who went on to be the No. 1 pick in the 1954 NBA Draft.

It is worth noting Alliant International's Kevin Bradshaw holds the record for points scored against a DI opponent with 72 against Loyola Marymount. Selvy's 100 points were against non-DI opponent Newberry.

Even with the addition of the three-point line, Selvy's record is untouchable.

The 2018 national champion, Villanova, which also had the country's most efficient offense, scored at least 100 points just four times – as a team.

In a 40-minute game, it would take a player averaging 2.5 points per minute, assuming the player never went to the bench.

Marquette's Markus Howard, who had as much single-game scoring potential as any player in the country in the last few seasons as a high-usage guard, was an 88-percent free-throw shooter and a 42-percent three-point shooter in college. He once scored 52 points in 44 minutes in an overtime win against Providence.

It would require a player to essentially double Howard's production, potentially without the benefit of overtime, to break Selvy's triple-digit mark.

Selvy, a two-time Southern Player of the Year, averaged 41.7 points on 32.4 field goal attempts per game in his final season. For comparison, former shot-heavy Oklahoma point guard Trae Young averaged 19.3 shots per game in his only season of college.

54 consecutive points with no teammate scoring – Bill Milkvy, Temple (1951)

We swear we didn't plan this but Howard's 54 points against Providence prove to be another useful reference point for this 69-year-old record from Temple's Bill Milkvy. Scoring that many points in a game is impressive; doing so without a teammate scoring a single point in between is darn near impossible.

Trae Young, who was as singularly synonymous with his team's offense as any player in the country, once scored 16 straight points for the Sooners in an overtime win against TCU. It was a performance that was so impressive it was highlighted in the team's postgame notes and newspaper stories written about Young.

Now imagine a player scoring more than three times as many points in a row without even a layup or free throw from a teammate. If a player truly got hot enough from the field to put Milkvy's record in jeopardy, the opposing coaching staff would likely throw the kitchen sink at him – double and triple teams, bigger defenders, quicker defenders, everything.

57.3% Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage in a Season (Min. 100 made) – Steve Kerr, Arizona (1988)

How cool is it that a coach (Steve Kerr) and his star player (Steph Curry) are on the short list of greatest three-point shooters ever? Both are NCAA Division I men's basketball record-holders.

Kerr is a record-holder for most consecutive games in a season making a three-pointer (38) and highest single-season three-point percentage and Curry is for most three-pointers in a season (162), most three-pointers made by a freshman (122) and most three-pointers made per game by a sophomore (4.5).
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Northwestern's Phillips to chair NCAA men's hoops committee (fltimes.com; AP)

Northwestern vice president Jim Phillips was chosen Monday to chair the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee for the 2021-22 season, succeeding Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart.

Phillips, who is in his fourth year on the committee, will spend the upcoming season as vice chair.

Phillips was the first active athletic director to serve on the Board of Directors and Board of Governors, and he was elected first chair of the NCAA Division I Council in 2015. He also sits on the Fiesta Bowl Board of Directors and is vice chair of LEAD 1, an organization made up of athletic directors from all 130 schools that participate in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The rest of the Division I Men's Basketball committee includes Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson; Southland Commissioner Tom Burnett; Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade; Bradley athletic director Chris Reynolds; Toledo athletic director Mike O'Brien; SWAC Commissioner Charles McClelland; Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard; and North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham.

The current chairman, Duke athletic director Kevin White, will rotate off the committee on Sept. 1.

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Dubai landlord loses lawsuit over demolished house; Now he owes Syracuse $29K (PS; Baker)

A lawsuit from an absentee landlord over a demolished house backfired last month, with the landlord owing the city more than the house was worth.

The landlord, Blake Global LLC, had accused the city of wrongfully demolishing a house at 1413 Butternut St. But attorneys for the city beat back that claim and instead forced the landlord to cover the cost of the demolition, which was $29,000.

Edoardo Pesenti sued the city last month on behalf of his limited liability company, Blake Global.

Blake Global bought a portfolio of 10 properties in Syracuse in 2018. It’s managed by a group of overseas investors, including Pesenti, who lives in Dubai, according to his attorney.

The company is on the city’s list of top slumlords for routinely ignoring code violations.
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