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Quincy Guerrier: How Syracuse will try to replace Bourama Sidibe (247sports.com; Bailey)
Syracuse basketball forward Quincy Guerrier was able to showcase his power and athleticism in the Orange's 85-84 season-opening win against Bryant on Friday. The sophomore from Montreal positioned and leaped his way to a career-best 13-rebound performance against the Bulldogs, leaning on putbacks and baseline dives to tally 15 points on 7-of-12 shooting.
Speaking with media on a virtual press conference on Monday, Guerrier said he's up to about "90 percent" after undergoing surgery in June for a groin injury that hampered him last year. And with senior center Bourama Sidibe sidelined for about four weeks due to a torn left meniscus, Guerrier knows the Orange will need his physical presence in the paint to make up for the lack of SU's leading rebounder last season.
"Everyone needs to step up," Guerrier said. "We don't know when he's going to come back so everyone needs to be ready, including myself. I'm going to do what I'm able to do. Just rebounding the ball, being physical and making plays for my teammates."
SU head coach Jim Boeheim said after the opener that he'll lean hard on a starting frontcourt composed of Guerrier, junior forward Alan Griffin and senior center Marek Dolezaj. Dolezaj replaced Sidibe about four minutes into the opener and went on to shred the Bulldogs 2-3 zone from the high post, scoring 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting while racking up 10 assists -- the most for an Orange big man since Derrick Coleman in 1989.
Guerrier said he's been practicing primarily at the small and power forward spots, an indication that the coaching staff is emphasizing preparation for the starting five in practice over preparing a backup center. Boeheim said after the Bryant game that freshman Frank Anselem and sophomore Jesse Edwards are not ready to play regular minutes.
Guerrier believes that if they continue working, that could change.
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Syracuse Basketball: Marek Dolezaj will star if he remains aggressive (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball big man Marek Dolezaj got things started off on a positive note in the current campaign.
Hands-down, Syracuse basketball big man Marek Dolezaj is one of my all-time favorite players to ever suit up on the Hill, and his career isn’t even done yet.
The 6-foot-10 senior, a power forward who also plays center, is the ultimate glue-guy. He’s unselfish, always looking to create opportunities for his teammates.
Dolezaj possesses tremendous court vision and a high basketball IQ. He is a terrific passer, not just for a big man, but in general. And Dolezaj is really solid on defense, helping to anchor the 2-3 zone.
After a junior term in which he averaged about 10 points and six rebounds per contest, Dolezaj is primed for a special final go-round in Central New York.
He’s a leader of this present Orange roster, and what Dolezaj did in the squad’s one-point victory over Bryant inside the Carrier Dome in the 2020-21 season opener illustrates how fantastic he can prove this stanza.
Per statistics provided by a Syracuse basketball spokesman, against the Bulldogs Dolezaj logged about 36 minutes of court time. He connected on 6-of-12 from the field and 8-of-9 from the charity stripe, which is huge, because if Dolezaj remains aggressive, he will receive a lot of chances from the free-throw line.
Dolezaj finished with 20 points, 10 assists, five rebounds and four steals. Additionally, the Orange was plus-10 when Dolezaj was on the floor. You can’t ask for much better of a performance.
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How Syracuse prepares for opponents: It's all about keeping it simple (theathletic; $; Gutierrez)
Rob Murphy, a Syracuse assistant coach from 2004 to ’11, remembers his old boss’ trademark, nasally voice linked to his Lyons, N.Y., roots. But it was the sayings Jim Boeheim repeated that left the most profound impact. In staff meetings before games, Boeheim utters a variation of the same request: “Give me the best three actions they do. If we can stop their top three actions, they’ll try to beat us by doing something else.”
This sums up the Syracuse philosophy toward scouting, with an emphasis on being simple above all else. Scouting is one of the most important yet underappreciated aspects of the game. Assistants watch hours of film on each opponent and dissect the game from many angles. But then SU does something few high-major programs do: condense enormous amounts of tape into a handful of digestible items for players. The results? Reports centering on which shooters to locate out of the 2-3 zone … and not a whole lot else. As technology, advanced stats and analytics drive decisions in the NBA and across high-major college basketball, Syracuse is among the outliers. Boeheim believes in doing nothing fancy as his team prepares. As one former player said: “Boeheim is more about, ‘Just go play’ than anything.” The Orange will utilize the same approach in scouting this week, as SU plays three games in six days beginning Thursday night.
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MBB Final: St. John’s 97 - Boston College 93 (bcinterruption.com; Caliguri)
Befuddled. Bamboozled. Flat out speechless. I really do not know what to say about this team. After showing much promise through their first two games, the Eagles seemingly fell flat on their faces this time out dropping their second game of the season to the Red Storm.
The Eagles appeared to dominate the pace in the early minutes but the second they gave away the lead to St. John’s, the Red Storm turned into an absolute category 5 hurricane. As mentioned, the first few minutes proved the most promising for the Eagles. They were setting the pace, keeping control of the game, and again flashing zone defense that left St. John’s a little confused. CJ Felder was doing his thing down low finishing some nice put backs and rattling the rim with a few dunks. However, SJU coach Mike Anderson did exactly what any good coach would do, he adjusted. While it looked like BC was going to run the Red Storm out of the building early, SJU matched BC’s fast pace and dominated the transition game and capitalized on BC turnovers. They eventually found themselves on a 14-5 run with Freshman Posh Alexander shooting perfect from the floor. It almost appeared as though Coach Christian told his team to focus so heavily on Vince Cole that he forgot to scout the other four players on the court for SJU. Specifically, BC could not have any answer for Julian Champagnie who was an absolute stud in his debut game for the Red Storm where he finished with 29 points and 9 boards.
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https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article247517120.html (newsobserver.com; Brown)
No. 14 North Carolina shrugged off a lethargic start and ran past UNLV 78-51 in its opening game of the Maui Invitational at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville. The Tar Heels will play the winner of Stanford and Alabama on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Carolina found itself down 13-0 as UNLV made good on its first five shots from the field. When freshman guard Caleb Love half-heartedly gambled on stealing a pass he was not close enough to reach, UNLV junior guard Bryce Hamilton drove and dunked on UNC junior guard/forward Leaky Black.
Needless to say, North Carolina coach Roy Williams was not pleased. He showed his displeasure by replacing four starters with the exception of freshman guard R.J. Davis.
His message got across. UNC got an offensive boost from senior guard Andrew Platek, whose 3-pointer from the top of the key was its first points after 10 straight misses and six minutes elapsed in the game. Platek connected on another 3-pointer and had eight of his 11 points in the first half.
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Syracuse native’s TV show canceled again, being shopped elsewhere (PS; Herbert)
Syracuse native Mike Royce’s acclaimed TV show has been canceled again, but it could still return.
Deadline reports “One Day at a Time” has been axed by Pop after airing the series’ fourth season. The ViacomCBS ad-supported cable channel rescued the Latina-led reboot of Norman Lear’s 1970s sitcom last year when Netflix decided not to renew it after three seasons on the streaming service.
But Deadline reports the latest cancellation is likely due to changes behind the scenes: Pop, which recently saw the end of “Schitt’s Creek,” has pulled away from scripted TV shows in general since CBS merged with Viacom. As a result, the studio behind “One Day at a Time,” Sony Pictures TV, is shopping the series to be picked up elsewhere.
“Thanks to everybody over there (at Pop) for the opportunity to do season 4,” Royce wrote on Twitter. “And guess what? We’re still trying for season 5. What if #ODAAT was the first show ever on 3 networks?”
Technically, “One Day at a Time” wouldn’t be the first show on three networks. “Bachelor Father,” a sitcom starring John Forsythe and Noreen Corcoran, aired on CBS from 1957 to 1959, on NBC from 1959 to 1961, and on ABC from 1961 to 1962.
Royce co-created the new “One Day at a Time” with Gloria Calderón Kellett; Royce and Kellett both write for the series and serve as showrunners, while Lear executive produces. The show follows a Cuban-American family, led by Justina Machado as a divorced military veteran living with her two children and her Cuban-born mother (PEGOT-winning actress Rita Moreno). Todd Grinnell plays the family’s building superintendent Schneider, and Stephen Tobolowsky (“Groundhog Day”) plays Machado’s boss Dr. Berkowitz.
The acclaimed series won two Emmy Awards and earned die-hard fans for its blending of comedy with dramatic issues including immigration, sexual identity, gun control and bullying. The show’s fourth season was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, and featured one animated episode as a result.
Royce, who graduated from Jamesville-DeWitt High School in 1982, previously won two Emmys as a writer and producer on “Everybody Loves Raymond.” His credits also include “Men of a Certain Age,” “1600 Penn” and “Enlisted.”
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