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Johnny Appleseed Day celebrates the famous apple tree planter, whose real name was John Chapman. It is celebrated on two days—March 11 and September 26. Some sources list Johnny Appleseed's death day as March 11, but some list it as March 18, 1845. Johnny Appleseed Day is either celebrated on March 11 because it is the anniversary of his death, or because it is during planting season. Johnny Appleseed's birthday is September 26, in 1774, so that is why it is also celebrated on that day.
Appleseed did not simply scatter apple seeds on the ground, but planted nurseries, left them in the care of someone else, and returned every few years to check on them. Appleseed planted and introduced apples to the "West", which were areas where few Americans lived at the time. Appleseed planted trees in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and West Virginia, as well as in Ontario. He was against grafting, and most of the apples that he planted were used to make hard apple cider, which was a safe alternative to water on the frontier.
Similar to legend, Johnny Appleseed is known to have worn ragged clothes and many times be barefoot. He also wore a tin hat—not a tin pot—which he used for cooking and eating. This has become such a big part of his legend that there even is a baseball team called the Fort Wayne TinCaps in the city he died. He was a member of the New Church, and also used his travels to do missionary work. He told stories to children and the gospel to adults, many times being given supper and a place to sleep in return. He became a legend when he still was alive, and his legend continued to grow after his death.
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Syracuse vs. Virginia: 5 key things to know (PS; $; Waters)
Is Syracuse in the NCAA tournament already or still on the bubble?
The Orange men’s basketball team can put those questions to rest with a win over Virginia on Thursday.
Syracuse (16-8) will face No. 1 seed Virginia (17-6) in the quarterfinal round of the ACC tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina. Virginia received a double-bye straight into the quarterfinals, while Syracuse advanced with an 89-68 win over North Carolina State on Wednesday.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said after the win that he felt his team had already built a strong case for an NCAA bid, but some bracketologists, including ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, still had the Orange just on the fringe of the bubble. Lunardi moved Syracuse up to the first team among his First Four Out after the win over NC State.
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Bubbly Syracuse beats NC State. Next comes the chance to make a statement, make a final NCAA Tournament push (athathletic.com; $; Gutierrez)
It was a sign of content: Buddy Boeheim, his back on the floor, legs splayed, arms reaching upward. He was beyond the 3-point line, on the wing, relishing the moment. Boeheim decided to hold onto this feeling, with lingering relaxation. Then he inhaled deeply and stood, smiling. He was playing loose and without fear, maintaining a confidence reminiscent of the Syracuse scorers he grew up admiring.
For those few seconds, the Syracuse bench exploded. The Orange cheered the surging player who, after battling COVID-19 earlier in the season, had just drained another shot from deep. In an 89-68 win over NC State on Wednesday at the ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Boeheim finished with 27 points, two shy of his career high, on 6-of-12 shooting from deep, along with five assists. The win set up a critical Thursday afternoon quarterfinal matchup against No. 1 seed Virginia.
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No. 16 Virginia looks to enhance reputation against Syracuse (AP)
For Virginia's Sam Hauser, the Atlantic Coast Conference will be a brand-new experience.
"I'm a new face to this area of the world," the Marquette transfer said.
The new face has helped the No. 16 Cavaliers achieve a familiar result, leading them in scoring and helping them earn the top seed for the ACC tournament. Their first game in the event occurs Thursday in Greensboro, N.C. against eighth-seeded Syracuse.
After sitting out last season following his transfer from Marquette, all Hauser's done this year is average 15.8 points per game and 6.8 rebounds while connecting on 44.4 percent of his 3-pointers. In Saturday's 68-58 win at Louisville that sealed the ACC's regular-season crown, Hauser pumped in a season-high 24 points.
"I'm so proud of Sam and what he did for us to win that game, to win that championship," Virginia coach Tony Bennett said. "He put us on his back for stretches in a dominant performance."
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What we learned from Syracuse baskeball's 89-68 win over NC State - The Juice Online (the juice; Gustin)
Syracuse defeated NC State in the second round of the ACC Tournamemt, 89-68. Here’s what we learned from the win:
HOT SHOOTING LEADS SYRACUSE TO THE WIN
Both NC State and Syracuse were bubble teams in desperate need of a win to pad their resumes as Selection Sunday nears. The Orange and Wolfpack jumped out to hot starts offensively, with the Orange heading into halftime up 43-38.
Coming out of halftime, the Orange started on a 10-0 run fueled by three consecutive 3-pointers from Quincy Guerrier, Alan Griffin and Joe Girard III to take a 53-38 with 17:32 to go.
Syracuse was able to use the hot shooting of Buddy Boeheim as well, as he finished with 27 points on 6-12 shooting from 3. Overall, the Orange shot 14-29 from downtown and 56.7 from the field in the rout.
Besides, Buddy Boeheim, four other Orange were in double figures, including Guerrier (12), Griffin (12), Girard (14) and Robert Braswell (11).
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Syracuse Basketball: Three keys to beat Virginia Cavaliers (itlh; Mlodzinski)
Syracuse basketball has the opportunity to all but clinch its spot in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday against the Virginia Cavaliers.
Syracuse basketball impressed in the 12 o’clock window on Wednesday in the ACC Tournament with an 89 to 68 win over North Carolina State. The win sets them up Virginia for another Noon matchup on Thursday. Given the Cavaliers are the one-seed in the ACC Tournament and the Orange are Joe Lunardi’s first team out, a win for Syracuse would most likely secure them a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
So now, Syracuse basketball has less than 24 hours to prepare for the biggest game of the season. Can the Orange get it done? Surely, they’re playing their best basketball of the season. But a lot has to go right to beat Virginia, which shows the magnitude of a win, but also how hard it is to actually get it done.
1. Closing out on Three-point Shooters
A lot went wrong for the Orange when it played Virginia on January 25. But perhaps the biggest reason for the Cavs’ 81 to 58 drubbing of the ‘Cuse was Virginia’s hot shooting from behind the arc.Some of it was just one of those nights for Tony Bennett’s rare offensively talented Cavaliers team. But a lot was also Syracuse’s inability to successfully close out – resulting in 14-of-31 shooting from three for Virginia.
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Syracuse basketball plugs in on offense and disconnects NC State - The Juice Online (the juice; Stechschulte)
Syracuse had a run early in each half of their ACC Tournament second round matchup with North Carolina State. The first half burst gave the #8-seed Orange (16-8) an early double-digit lead and the one right out of halftime gave them an 18-point cushion, enabling them to coast past the ninth-seeded Wolfpack (13-10), 89-68.
SU ran off nine straight points to trigger a 12-1 run for a 22-12 lead eight minutes into the action. They one-upped that streak, opening the second half with ten straight markers, to start a 16-3 burst for a 59-41 lead less than four-and-a-half minutes into the second session.
The two runs were not really aberrations, as Syracuse had their way on offense all day. The Orange shot over 58 percent in the first half and cleared the 55 percent mark from the floor for the contest, making 14-of-29 three-pointers (48.3 percent) in the game. SU actually missed eight straight shots from the field in the final four minutes, six coming from behind the arc, to bring their shooting marks back down to earth.
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Syracuse Orange v. Virginia Cavaliers Prediction & Preview (3/11/21) - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Syracuse can stamp its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with an upset win against top-seeded Virginia in the ACC quarterfinals on Thursday at 12 p.m. (TV: ESPN/ESPN2). Ahead of the game, The Juice Online’s Brad Bierman gives his predictions below.
Brad Bierman
Season Record: 4-2
For a rivalry that only spans 15 games in total, the bulk of which have been played since 2007, Syracuse against Virginia includes three NCAA matchups topped by the incredible Malachi Richardson-led comeback (21 second half points) in the 2016 Elite Eight game in Chicago.
In this latest postseason meeting in the ACC Tournament, SU again has a chance to get revenge for a regular season defeat on the road as it did in ‘16.
To pull that off it’s going to take another strong defensive effort as in Wednesday’s win over North Carolina State, and while it’s unrealistic to expect that the Orange will hit 14 3-pointers that blew open the win over the Wolfpack, it’s equally unrealistic to think that the Cavaliers will hit the same 14 treys that they did in their 81-58 domination on January 25.
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Syracuse basketball Final Four-bound, thanks to Joe Lunardi’s comments! (itlh; Adler)
It’s a seemingly annual rite of passage in recent seasons that Syracuse basketball resides on the Big Dance bubble while ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi makes waves about the Orange’s chances to earn a bid to March Madness.
Some ‘Cuse fans have certainly had negative things to say about Lunardi over the years, although I have to admit that I like him. Other bracketologists are more accurate in predicting the field of 68, but Lunardi to me is a bubbly personality (no pun intended).
Of course, as we sit here on Wednesday and Syracuse basketball (15-8, 9-7) prepares for its second-round ACC Tournament clash with N.C. State in Greensboro, N.C., the Orange is yet again on the bubble.
And, appropriately, Lunardi is having some fun with this circumstance, considering that he’s been wrong about the ‘Cuse in the past as it pertains to whether or not Syracuse basketball will gain entry to the NCAA Tournament.
As of Monday evening, Lunardi had the Orange in his first four out department. Other bracketologists are placing the ‘Cuse in the same position for now, however, Syracuse basketball really needs to win two games in the ACC Tournament to feel somewhat comfortable on Selection Sunday.
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https://www.heraldsun.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article249828948.html (heraldsun.com; Pope IV)
In an unusually quiet Greensboro Coliseum, moments before N.C. State tipped off versus Syracuse, Kevin Keatts had a message for everyone.
Keatts looked out at his starting five on the court and shouted “energy.” He repeated it a few more times to drive home the point. It appeared his guys missed the memo, though. The Orange, however, heard him loud and clear.
The Orange, notorious for losing early in the ACC tournament, especially when it’s in Greensboro, came into day with just three tournament wins the last four years. This time around, Syracuse had the last laugh.
The Orange had more energy and more offense in an 89-68 win over N.C. State. That means Syracuse (16-8), the No. 8 seed, will move on and face top-seed Virginia on Thursday. The Wolfpack (13-10) saw its five-game winning streak come to a crashing end.
“I’m proud of these guys,” Pack head coach Kevin Keatts said. “It’s hard for me to get mad at these guys because of one bad game in the ACC tournament with the way they played and the way they responded to me all year.”
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Huggins Hall Snub Hard To Believe | WVU | West Virginia Mountaineers sports coverage - Blue Gold News (bluegoldnews.com; Hertzel)
When people refer to March Madness they normally are speaking of the post-season conference tournaments and the NCAA Championships that follow, but here in Morgantown it has come to be that March Madness is the annual rejection of Bob Huggins by the Basketball Hall of Fame.
For the fourth consecutive year, Huggins, who goes for his 900th career victory at 11:30 this morning in the Big 12 Conference Championship against Oklahoma State, has been rejected without reaching the final ballot and it just defies belief.
The committee picked 14 finalists and they were:
Rick Adelman
Leta Andrews
Chris Bosh
Michael Cooper
Yolanda Griffith
Tim Hardaway
Lauren Jackson
Marques Johnson
Paul Pierce
(Coach) Bill Russell
Marianne Stanley
Ben Wallace
Chris Webber
Jay Wright
You might have heard of some of them.
OK, that’s an exaggeration. You heard of most of them, but I’m certain you would agree that all of them do not have better credentials for the Hall of Fame than the man who sits fourth among active coaches in victories behind Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim and North Carolina’s Roy Williams.
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Shirt World is one of many apparel businesses in the Syracuse area which was heavily affected by the lack of fans in the Carrier Dome.
Syracuse apparel stores stay afloat despite lack of gameday rush (DO; Nolan)
Manny’s co-owner Bill Nester remembers when hundreds of people would flow in and out of his Marshall Street store on Syracuse game days. Then the pandemic hit, and hundreds turned into “maybe a dozen or so,” Nester said. Until last Saturday, when 900 students were allowed into the Carrier Dome for a men’s lacrosse game and only 250 showed, the fan experience on the Hill was dormant for 370 days.
Shirt World owner Dave Jacobs had similar experiences. So did Scholars and Champs owner Bert Aufsesser, whose store is located downtown. The pandemic has pushed apparel store owners to their creative limits to sustain a viable income. Students have kept them afloat, too.
“It’s a lively street. It’s always been that way, forever,” Nester said of Marshall Street’s game day reputation. “It’s very strange. You’re lucky if you see one or two people walking down the street.”
Manny’s has served Syracuse University’s campus since 1949. The shop sells SU jerseys, hats, hoodies and accessories. Nester has been a partial owner since 1983 and has kept the business alive through the worst of SU’s football lulls and basketball’s postseason woes.
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