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Redheads are celebrated around the world today. Red is the rarest hair color, with only 2 percent of the world's population having it. Most redheads are of northern or western European ancestry; the highest percentage of redheads come from Scotland, followed by Ireland.
Besides celebrating red hair, the day raises awareness about the stigma associated with red hair, and the discrimination that redheads sometimes face. Redheads are often stereotyped as having a fiery temper. There even is Kick a Ginger Day, which has led to some children being bullied. In ancient Greece, some redheads were considered to be vampires. Many redheads were killed in Europe between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries because they were perceived to be associated with witchcraft.
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Syracuse Basketball: Prep powers with SU targets to form super league (itlh; Adler)
A handful of the country’s top high-school hoops teams are joining together to form a super league, according to various media reports, and these squads’ rosters include several Syracuse basketball recruiting targets.
Per an article by ESPN’s Jeff Borzello and Paul Biancardi, the newly formed National Interscholastic Basketball Conference is preparing to commence operations in the 2021-22 campaign.
The powerhouse league will include eight teams. Two of the participants haven’t been announced, while the other six are the Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., the Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla., the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., the Lumiere School in La Porte, Ind., the Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kan., and the Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah.
According to the ESPN piece, the eight groups will hold a 10-game regular season, suit up in certain events, and conduct a post-season tournament.
The National Interscholastic Basketball Conference could potentially add other squads down the road. Per ESPN, the league’s half-dozen teams have collectively won the past eight national championships at the high-school level, with the Montverde Academy capturing the crown on five occasions.
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Watching film with elite recruit Benny Williams: His skill set, confidence and fit with Syracuse (theathletic.com; $; Gutierrez)
The other day Benny Williams affixed a Dr. Dish shooting machine to the basket in the family driveway. It functions as a rebounder/return system: a net engulfing the rim rebounds shots, helping the shooter maximize the number of attempts he takes. Williams loves it. His future teammate Buddy Boeheim is as consistent a shooter as Syracuse has ever had, and Williams wanted to improve his shot before starting his college career this fall. He wanted the same product by which Boeheim swears.
“I love it,” Williams said from his home in Bowie, Md., last week, cracking a smile. “I be outside all of the time.”
Syracuse’s highest-rated recruit since 2014 reports to campus on June 4 for summer workouts, but his new device illustrates his continued desire to be an impact forward immediately. He’s working out and shooting twice daily, and he’s taking many of his 3-point shots from NBA distance to improve his range and strength. The 6-8 wing is driven to get better by his father, Ben, who pushed him three years ago, even when he didn’t even start on the junior varsity team. Then he shot up nearly a foot. Now he’s an incoming high-major wing, refining his shot and ball-handling skills, both at the recommendation of Syracuse associate head coach Adrian Autry. And now he wants to carve out a major role with the Orange, who are coming off a Sweet 16 appearance but return only two starters. Williams, who played high school ball for St. Andrew’s in Maryland and IMG Academy in Florida, knows there are opportunities for big minutes.
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Syracuse Basketball: Boeheim’s Army is back, with ‘massive roster news’ (itlh; Adler)
Boeheim’s Army will suit up yet again in the annual The Basketball Tournament (“TBT”), and that makes for a fun summer watching former Syracuse basketball stars compete for a boatload of cash.
Per a tweet from Donna Ditota of Syracuse.com, Boeheim’s Army is preparing to play in the 2021 version of the TBT, a $1 million, winner-take-all event.
Ditota’s tweet also says that Adam Weitsman will be the Boeheim’s Army chairman of business operations. Weitsman is a well-known businessman in Central New York. He’s also friends with Orange head coach Jim Boeheim and a big-time fan of the Syracuse basketball program.
I’m sure we’ll hear soon about the roster of this summer’s Boeheim’s Army. To that end, a tweet from the TBT said, “We hear they have some MASSIVE roster news coming soon.” Can’t wait!
A year ago, Boeheim’s Army fell short of its bid to capture the team’s first TBT championship. Boeheim’s Army lost in the quarterfinals to Sideline Cancer, 65-48.
Former Syracuse basketball players are coming together again as Boeheim’s Army in the TBT.
Sideline Cancer, the No. 22 seed in last summer’s TBT, went on a magical run to the title contest. After beating No. 3 seed Boeheim’s Army in the quarterfinals, Sideline Cancer knocked off No. 2 seed Overseas Elite in the Final Four....
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Syracuse Basketball Adds Two Games and Who Will Be Boeheim's Army Surprise Player? 5/26
May 26 2021Syracuse basketball's schedule continues to fill out after Lehigh and Lafayette were added to the slate. Who will be the next opponent unveiled and how does the non-conference schedule look so far? Plus, Boeheim's Army is back for The Basketball Tournament. What will Adam Weitsman bring to the table from the business end of the team? Also, the guys make their guesses at who the first surprising, new player will be. Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard discuss it all and more on the Wednesday edition of the Locked on Syracuse Podcast.
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On The Block On Demand 5-25 (ESPN; radio; Axe)
Brent is jealous of Paulie’s big win on the Phil Mickelson bet so he makes a pick of his own, this time on the Syracuse football team. Later, a follow up to yesterday’s Quincy Guerrier conversation including comments from assistant coach Allen Griffin made on Orange Nation.
ACC Basketball News & Notes: Boston College Adds a Big Man (ngscsports.com; Doucette)
New head basketball coach Earl Grant has been busy since coming on board at the Heights. He has put together a new coaching staff, strength and condition coach, and has been tweaking the roster. Since becoming the coach, Grant has added two signings and now makes it three. Quinton Post, a seven-foot big man, has agreed to join the Eagles ACC basketball program after spending two years in the Southeastern Conference with Mississippi State.
Post will have three years of eligibility at Boston College. He played two seasons with the Bulldogs totaling 38 games. Post hails from Amsterdam, where he played some international basketball for his native country of the Netherlands. In 2019, Post was helping his team to a sixth-place finish in the FIBA U20 Championship that was held in Portugal. In the five pool games in which his team went 4-1, Post averaged 7.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists.Post also recorded a double-double in that tournament. He is known as a good passing big man with a high basketball IQ capable of stepping out and knocking down shots from the premiere. At BC, Post will also be called upon to be a rim protector as well.
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Report: Several mid-major programs opting out of games vs. high-major programs - ACCSports.com (accsports.com; Geisinger)
As the 2021 offseason trudges on, new downstream impacts of this recent batch of unprecedented player movement continue to take shape.
According to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, several mid-major programs are choosing to op out of guarantee games vs. high-major programs. The reason: some mid-major schools appear frustrated with power programs recruiting their players as potential transfers. These games provide an evaluation period of sort, according to their logic.
This may have been a long time coming; for a long time now, high-major programs have mined lower division as means of landing experienced talent. Given how quickly rosters turnover these days, and the general importance of roster construction, this has become a key method for high-major programs to add players.
Look at just the 2020-21 season, for example. Baylor won the NCAA Tournament, thanks in part to multiple transfers, including two mid-major players: MaCio Teague (UNC Asheville) and Adam Flagler (Presbyterian). Carlik Jones, arguably the top guard in the ACC this season at Louisville, was a 2020 offseason addition from Radford.
(Over the last decade, Asheville has produced several eventual high-major players, including Clemson’s Jonathan Baehre.)
Those are just three examples, but it’s three players — all from the Big South — going on the have profound success at their next locations.
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Early Memorial Day weekend forecast: Think BBQ, not beach (PS; Coin)
The early forecast for Memorial Day weekend looks better for backyard barbecuing than for beach lounging.
While the weekend is expected to be mostly sunny, temperatures will be below- to near-normal, with highs on Saturday only in the high 50s to low 60s. Temperatures on Sunday should rise into the mid 60s, and by Memorial Day the highs are expected to be in the low 70s, about normal for late May but far from a heat wave.
Last year, the high on Memorial Day in Syracuse was 84; the day after, it soared to 96 degrees.
This weekend could start off wet. There’s a 50% chance of showers throughout the day Friday, tapering off to 20% through Saturday morning. Temperatures on Friday will be in the 50s.
Rain is likely to dissipate by Saturday afternoon, and the rest of the weekend is expected to be dry.
We’re still days away, and forecasts can change, so check our weather page later this week for holiday weekend updates.
