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Dior Johnson gets clean slate with new high school team: ‘Your past is your past’ (PS; $; Waters)
Josh Giles heard rumblings almost two weeks ago that one of the highest-rated basketball players in the Class of 2022 may transfer to his school in Southern California.
The rumor became a reality last week when Syracuse basketball commit Dior Johnson enrolled at Corona Centennial High School after spending roughly two months at national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy.
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Syracuse Basketball: Other teams plan for fans in stands, but will Dome? (itlh; Adler)
It’s still not known whether fans will get to watch Syracuse basketball games in-person, while some other squads have revealed attendance plans.
The Syracuse basketball 2020-21 campaign will commence in a few weeks’ time, and there is no word for university officials about whether fans will get to watch home games inside the Carrier Dome.
Orange leaders will of course have to follow regulations from the state of New York, and to date no fans have been permitted at the Dome for Syracuse football contests in the fall term.
Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, it won’t surprise me one iota if ‘Cuse fans won’t get allowed to cheer on Syracuse basketball at the Dome at any point in the 2020-21 stanza, but a lot of things can rapidly change, so who really knows at this juncture.
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Orange Watch: The amazing life of Syracuse basketball legend Dave Bing - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Item: In his upcoming autobiography, “Attacking the Rim,” to be released this month (with forwards featuring a ‘Michigan flavor’ from Jalen Rose and fellow SU alumni Mike Tirico), arguably the greatest player in Orange basketball history opens up over 15 chapters of a page- turning retrospective. From his upbringing in Washington, D.C., how he ended up playing at Syracuse, his teammate and roommate Jim Boeheim, going on to a Hall of Fame, 12-year tenure in the NBA, followed by a longtime hugely successful business career founding Bing Steel which transformed to Bing Group, and the compelling political trail to become the Democratic mayor (2009-2013) of Detroit.
It may be hard to believe with what has transpired to the Syracuse football program over the majority of the last 60 seasons, but thanks to Ben Schwartzwalder’s quarter century of success from 1949-1973 (and two, decade-long runs by Dick MacPherson and Paul Pasqualoni, respectively), Syracuse used to be known nationally as a “football school.”
Boeheim and the Dome, of course, have taken care of transforming Syracuse into a “basketball school.”
With that in mind, as we highlight some of the antidotes from the Syracuse chapter of the book, we lead off with the tease that as a highly sought-after high school all-star, Bing had two pretty impressive escorts showing him around campus on his official visit, and they weren’t members of the basketball team that had gone 2-22 the recently completed season.
Recruited by schools in the Northeast, ACC, Big Ten, and several from the HCBU group, Bing chose Syracuse because of the relationship he built with new head coach Fred Lewis. Lewis’ honesty in his recruiting approach going into a rebuilding project, and “tell it like it is” philosophy made a distinct impression.
Syracuse’s approach was a breath of fresh air to Bing in a recruitment process that had become tiresome. He liked the style of play Lewis mapped out; a fast-paced offense that would let him score. The program also had a new home court debuting at Manley Field House.
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Syracuse basketball has strong depth this term, and hopefully it is utilized (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball head coach Jim Boeheim often uses a relatively short rotation, but maybe 2020-21 will prove something different.
Syracuse basketball begins its 2020-21 campaign in just a few short weeks, and expectations from national pundits are fairly tempered. That holds true for much of the fan base, although a contingent of Orange fanatics, myself included, believe that the ‘Cuse is in store for a solid term.
By solid, I foresee Syracuse basketball as a fringe top-25 team, a top-six outfit in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and a squad that will hear its name called on Selection Sunday next spring.
A young and inexperienced line-up from 2019-20, when the Orange went 18-14, will likely blossom into a roster filled with veteran leaders and promising newbies. And, unlike in some other recent stanzas, the ‘Cuse boasts the full allotment of 13 scholarship players.
Let’s get real. Syracuse basketball head coach Jim Boeheim, entering his 45th season at the helm on the Hill, typically utilizes a rotation of around seven to eight guys.
While the odds are that he will continue such a pattern in 2020-21, my hope is that Boeheim and his assistants will ease up on this trend and go deeper down the line on the bench in the upcoming campaign.
Without question, replacing former Orange star forward Elijah Hughes is nearly impossible. He led the ACC in scoring during 2019-20, rebounded and dished out assists well, and should get selected in the 2020 NBA Draft slated to occur later this month.
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Syracuse basketball prospect Bryce Lindsay aims for 2022 top-25 ranking (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball has shown interest in 2022 point guard Bryce Lindsay, whose recruiting is heating up.
Syracuse basketball recently started expressing interest in 2022 point guard Bryce Lindsay from Baltimore, who is seeing his recruitment grow to a national scale.
The 6-foot-3 Lindsay, a junior at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in Baltimore, runs on the AAU circuit with Team Thrill, which is also located in Baltimore.
To date, per this article by Stockrisers.com founder Jake Weingarten as well as several recruiting Web sites, Lindsay holds scholarship offers from teams such as former Big East Conference rival Georgetown, fellow Atlantic Coast Conference member Virginia Tech, VCU, George Mason, Howard and Bryant.
I expect his offer sheet to soar in the near future, as Lindsay’s stock appears on the rise. According to his interview with Weingarten, Lindsay has interest from, besides the Orange, stellar squads such as Arizona, Arizona State, Purdue, Maryland, Indiana, Florida and Marquette, as well as a pair of ACC units in Pittsburgh and Clemson.
For now, I’m not seeing Lindsay rated nationally within the 2022 cycle by the primary recruiting services, but that will likely change should he perform well in his junior campaign of high school.
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MBB: ACC Operation Basketball 2020 (RX; HM)
MBB: ACC Operation Basketball 2020
From the official ACC release of Friday, October 30, 2020...
ACC Announces Plans with ACC Network for Operation Basketball, Tipoff Events
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference today announced its plans for the annual ACC Operation Basketball and ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff events.
The virtual events will be televised live by ACC Network on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and Thursday, Nov. 12. ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff will be held from 5-7 p.m. each night, while Operation Basketball will air from 7-9 p.m. both evenings.
The head coaches from each of the 15 ACC men’s and women’s basketball programs will be featured on one of the two nights as part of panel interviews hosted by ACCN’s Kelsey Riggs. One student-athlete from each program will also participate as part of roundtable discussions with Riggs as well as men’s analysts Carlos Boozer and Luke Hancock and women’s analysts Kelly Gramlich and Monica McNutt. The student-athlete lineups for both events will be announced at a later date.
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Locked On Syracuse - Daily Podcast On Syracuse Orange Football & Basketball: Dino Addresses Syracuse QB Controversy, Dior Picks a Make or Break High School and B1G/ACC Matchup 11/3 on Apple Podcasts (apple.com; podcast; Leonard & Aki)
Dino Babers addressed the QB controversy between incumbent Rex Culpepper and freshman Jacobian Morgan. Will Morgan finally get a real chance to claim the job this week? Plus, Syracuse basketball's matchup in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. What does the Orange's matchup with Rutgers say about the program? Also, SU 2022 5-star PG commit Dior Johnson is headed back to California for high school. Could his fit at the school determine whether or not he actually suits up for the Orange?
Rutgers men's basketball to face Syracuse in Big Ten/ACC Challenge (dailytargum.com; McCoy)
The Rutgers men’s basketball team has announced its first scheduled game, a Dec. 8 matchup with Syracuse. This game is part of the 22nd annual Big Ten/Atlantic Coast Conference Challenge, where the Scarlet Knights hold a 2-4 record in the series.
Both of their wins came away from Piscataway (in Miami in 2018 and in Clemson in 2014). The game is scheduled to be played at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), which will mark the first home game for Rutgers in the Challenge since 2017, when it hosted Florida State. It lost, 78-73.
The Knights and the Orange used to face off every year from 1995 to 2013, when both teams were members of the Big East conference. Syracuse holds a 39-9 lead in the overall series, currently holding a 13-game winning streak against Rutgers.
In their most recent matchup, on Jan. 2, 2013, the Orange won 78-53. This was the last in-conference matchup between the two teams, as both left the Big East conference after the 2013 season ended.
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2022 Syracuse basketball commit Dior Johnson enrolls at Corona Centennial - California High School Sports News, Scores, Rankings - SBLive California (scorebooklive.com; Morrissette)
2022 point guard Dior Johnson enrolled at Corona Centennial last week, Huskies head coach Josh Giles confirmed to SBLive.
Johnson played last year at Mayfair High in California before transferring to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia this past offseason. Johnson left Oak Hill at the end of September for unknown reasons.
Johnson, 247Sports’ fifth ranked player in the 2022 class, committed to Syracuse in February. He joins a Centennial team that is loaded at the guard position. The Huskies will feature two of the best sophomore guards in the state in Jared McCain and Kylan Boswell, in addition to Johnson.
High school basketball games in the Southern Section begin March 12.
What we know about Duke men's basketball's 2020-21 schedule so far (dukechronicle.com; Piazza)
Despite Duke men’s basketball keeping its schedule close to the vest all offseason, the first inkling of a 2020-2021 schedule is starting to come to fruition.
Despite the start of the season being less than a month away, there is still a lot of uncertainty regarding the logistics of college basketball. The Chronicle has compiled numerous reports from the past weeks and analyzed recent news to create a sense of what the college basketball season currently looks like for the Blue Devils.
ACC matchups
It looks like Duke at least knows who it will be playing throughout its conference schedule, though the dates and times for matchups are still up in the air.
The Blue Devils will have home and away contests with North Carolina, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. They will host Clemson, Boston College, Syracuse and Virginia in Cameron Indoor Stadium and will face Miami, Florida State, N.C. State and Virginia Tech on the road.
Nonconference matchups
- Nov. 25 - Gardner Webb
- Nov. 28 - Coppin State
Champions Classic - Michigan State
- Dec. 4 - Bellarmine
- Dec. 6 - Elon
- Dec. 8 - Illinois (ACC/Big Ten Challenge)
- Dec. 12 - Charleston Southern
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Ranking college basketball's 10 most important freshmen for the 2020-21 season (cbssports.com; Cobb)
The advent of the new G League Pathway Program designed to give top basketball prospects a professional option directly out of high school had an impact on this year's freshman class. Top-10 prospects Jalen Green and Jonathan Kuminga chose to sign with the new program over playing college basketball. So did former UCLA signee Daishen Nix and longtime Michigan commit Isaiah Todd.
But even with a handful of big names from the 2020 recruiting class going an alternative route, there will still be plenty of elite freshmen talent in college basketball this season. But who are the 10 most important? Several five-star prospects from the 2019 chose non-traditional powers with coaches in need of a jolt. Others are poised to play showcase roles for teams replacing numerous key players.
Players like Scottie Barnes at Florida State and Gonzaga's Jalen Suggs are easy picks to be solid players this season. But both are at playing for coaches with secure legacies in programs that rely more on depth and continuity than the boom or bust economy of going all in on freshmen. So their omission from this list is not an indictment on their abilities or NBA potential. Rather, the players included here are those who could have an outsized impact on their programs -- and the sport as a whole -- in the season ahead.
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Syracuse University puts lid on two off-campus coronavirus outbreaks (PS; $; Mulder)
Syracuse University says it has taken aggressive steps to contain two off-campus coronavirus clusters detected last week.
The school has tested more than 3,000 students in the last few days and investigated more than 150 people who may have been exposed to the virus at a fraternity party and a large gathering at the Orange Crate Brewing Co. on South Crouse Avenue. The two events resulted in a spike of at least 21 positive cases.
“Right now, we are cautiously optimistic that these clusters have been successfully contained, mitigating the potential for additional community spread,” Mike Haynie, an SU vice chancellor, said in a message today to students, faculty and staff.
While SU is seeing a decline in cases related to those two events, it is seeing a modest increase in student and employee cases that coincide with the steady spread of coronavirus in Onondaga County and Central New York, Haynie said.
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