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https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/locked-on-syracuse-48810 (audacy.com;podcast; Locked on Syracuse)

After Kamari Lands decommitted, how will Syracuse manage the rest of the 2022 class? The guys debate whether it's better for them to pursue high school recruits or hit the transfer portal.

https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/loc...uses-2022-class-and-nil-efforts-826-684200218 (audacy.com; podcast; Locked on Syracuse)

The Athletic's Matthew Gutierrez joins to discuss the impact of Kamari Lands's decommitment from Syracuse. What does it all mean for Orange and what does it say about the recent trend in recruiting? Plus, what will the remainder of the 2022 class look like? Also, what have SU's NIL efforts looked like and why they need to improve quickly. The guys also unveil their second most important Syracuse defensive back: Garrett Williams. Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard discuss it all and more on the Thursday edition of the Locked on Syracuse Podcast.

Syracuse Basketball: Analyst predictions pour in for 4-star Chance Westry (itlh; Adler)

If the projections by national analysts and recruiting insiders hold true, long-time Syracuse basketball 2022 target Chance Westry is headed to the Southeastern Conference for his collegiate career.

The 6-foot-5 Westry, a four-star guard and consensus top-40 player in his class, is getting a heavy amount of buzz in the direction of LSU of late.

Now, this doesn’t mean that he will ultimately pick the Tigers, however, I’ve found that when this many national analysts are predicting one team for a high-school prospect, it usually ends up being a correct projection. We’ll of course continue to monitor Westry’s recruitment.

Just for some context, among those now predicting that Westry will pick LSU are national analyst Jamie Shaw, along with Travis Branham, Jerry Meyer, Eric Bossi, Billy Embody and Dushawn London on the 247Sports Web site.

It’s important to note that numerous of these guys are well-respected national recruiting analysts who often are accurate in their projections.

Syracuse basketball isn’t looking so good for 2022 four-star guard Chance Westry.

Interestingly enough, under Westry’s bio on various recruiting Web sites, he is listed as a point guard, a shooting guard and a small forward. I guess the take-away here is that Westry is a versatile high-school player.

A native of Harrisburg, Pa., Westry recently said that he would suit up during his senior year for Hillcrest Prep in Gilbert, Ariz. Former Orange 2022 commit Kamari Lands, a four-star wing, will also compete for Hillcrest Prep in the upcoming campaign.

Previously, Westry attended both the Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, Calif., and Trinity High School in Camp Hill, Pa.

Not too long ago, Westry said on social media that his top-10 finalists are Syracuse basketball, Mike Hopkins-led Washington, Maryland, Auburn, LSU, Connecticut, Southern California, Arizona State, Nebraska and DePaul.
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Rooney: Scheduling ‘Alliance’ likely to impact Pac-12 basketball well ahead of football (buffzone.com; Rooney)

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For coach Tad Boyle’s program, retaining that average 175 mark has been aided by the three-game Tennessee series, along with a home-and-home series against Kansas that ends with a home date on Dec. 21. Because of the larger conference slate, having a nonconference foe culled from the bottom third of the NET makes a bigger dent in that goal of a 175 average. Yet adding, say, at least one nonconference game from a Big Ten foe as well as an ACC foe each year would bolster the tournament resumes from all three leagues.

Unless the Pac-12 shortens its football slate or other unforeseen openings hit future CU football schedules, it will be some time before the Buffs get a chance to square off against Big Ten or ACC football bluebloods like Michigan, Ohio State or Florida State. Seeing the likes of Indiana, North Carolina or Duke on the basketball court, possibly even in Boulder, might happen much sooner.

While the Buffs have played plenty of Big Ten and ACC foes over the years on neutral floors, an ACC men’s basketball team has visited the Events Center just once when CU hosted Duke on Dec. 2, 1982. A Big Ten team hasn’t visited since Northwestern on Nov. 28, 2004.

“There could be nonconference games. You could see some (showcase events) potentially as well. There’s just a lot of work that still has to be done,” CU athletic director Rick George told BuffZone during the Front Range Huddle football kickoff luncheon Wednesday at the Blake Street Tavern in Denver. “We’re going to start having some inter-conference games with the Big Ten and the ACC. What that looks like, it hasn’t been fleshed out yet. But it will be in the coming days.

“I think it’s something you could do certainly a little bit sooner than football.”
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Alliance MBB We'd Like to SEE (RX; HM)

Alliance MBB We'd Like to SEE​

A scheduling alliance between the ACC, Big Ten, and Pac-12 could be very appealing for football, but basketball already has the ACC/B1G Challenge... I'm thinking the primary appeal for hoops would be adding ACC/Pac-12 games. Which ones would we like to see? Here are some thoughts...

ACC vs Pac-12 (Basketball)​

UCLA/USC​

UCLA is the Pac-12 men's basketball team with the most history - even if the Bruins haven't won any championships lately. For away games, either school is a trip to Los Angeles in the Winter, so there's that. I'm sure the ACC's historically basketball-first teams like UNC, Duke, Louisville and Syracuse would love to play these teams. The Irish may prefer USC over UCLA just because of their rivalry in football.

Arizona/Arizona State​

Right behind UCLA in terms of hoops pedigree are the Wildcats. Again, the greatest appeal here is going to be for the traditional basketball-first teams of the ACC. Florida State and UCA might be good match-ups here.

Stanford/Cal​

Notre Dame is a natural fit here, given the private school nature of the Cardinal, plus the existing football series. I'd like to see Pitt play Cal just for the color schemes and the script lettering.

Oregon/Oregon State/Washington/Wazzu​

I'm lumping all of the Pacific Northwest teams together because they are such a long trip and are not known for their men's basketball (too bad Gonzaga isn't in the Pac-12, eh?). Middle-of-the-conference teams like Virginia Tech and Clemson might like playing these teams.

Utah/Colorado​

The two Pac-12 newbies are both in the mountains, so maybe send the ACC's mountain dwellers: Pitt, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest.
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Peter Coleman (left), and grand marshals Chow Downey and David Hoyne raise their pints of green beer after Sunday's parade.

Peter Coleman, Syracuse’s best-known and most colorful barkeeper, has died at 84 (PS; Cazentre)

Peter Coleman was more than just a publican on Syracuse’s West Side.

He was a teller of tales, a keeper of traditions and the leading citizen of one of Syracuse’s most iconic neighborhoods.

The owner of Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub on Tipperary Hill died Wednesday evening. He was 84.

He had been ill for a short time, a family friend said.

Coleman was 18 when he took over the small corner tavern at 100 S. Lowell Ave. that his father, Peter A. Coleman, had opened in 1933.

Over the years, the younger Coleman tripled the bar’s size, sealed the dirt floor and built it into the kind of place that almost everyone in town had heard of and most had likely ventured into. Using the pub as a base, Coleman also became a passionate supporter of the Tipp Hill neighborhood, buying and restoring houses in the area and instigating the dedication of a statue to its Irish heritage: The Stone Throwers.

“All I did,” Coleman said on a Sunday afternoon back in March, “was bring people together. That’s what we needed. Friends would come here. They’d bring their children, and over the years, they’d bring their children. That’s what it’s all about. Bringing people together.”

In whatever he did, Coleman was a larger-than-life character, apt to tell a tall tale or two and even embellish that the next time around.

Take the story of the annual Green Beer parade at Coleman’s, which kicks off what he liked to call “St. Patrick’s Day Season” in Syracuse.
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