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The First Day of Fall, also known as The Fall Equinox or Autumnal Equinox, takes place when the Sun crosses the celestial equator—an imaginary line in the sky directly above the earth's Equator—from North to the South. When the autumnal equinox occurs in the Northern Hemisphere, the vernal equinox occurs in the Southern Hemisphere. During this time the sun shines directly on the Equator, and the length of day and night is nearly equal. Days continue to shorten in the Northern Hemisphere as the earth's axis begins to tilt away from the sun, and days lengthen in the Southern Hemisphere as the opposite occurs there. With this, fall, which is the transition period from summer to winter, is started in the Northern Hemisphere. Temperatures begin to cool and leaves fall from deciduous trees.
The word "autumn" has Etruscan roots, and was used by the Romans before becoming the Latin word "autumnus". It was used sparingly in the Middle Ages, and came into wide use in the 16th century. Referring to the season as "harvest" was prevalent prior to the 16th century, and the use of the term "fall" has Germanic roots and became a widespread term used in England in the 16th century—deriving its name from the phrases "fall of the leaf" and "fall of the year." Although the term is now used less in England, it was brought by immigrants to North America and has remained in wide use there.
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Syracuse Basketball: Upcoming visit is huge for landing talented big man (itlh; Adler)
Under-rated 2022 big man Peter Carey is expected to take an official visit to Syracuse basketball during the weekend of September 24, according to media reports, and I have a feeling that this trip could help potentially seal the deal for the Orange to win out for the 7-foot power forward/center.
Let me just say here that I’m not a recruiting analyst, nor am I in Carey’s inner circle. Based on comments that I’ve read about Carey on social media and in chat rooms of late, it appears that the ‘Cuse could be one of the front-runners, or even the sole front-runner, for the excellent big man.
Carey does hold numerous other high-major offers, and a former Big East Conference foe may prove the Orange’s biggest competition for him, at least for now.
However, if Carey’s upcoming visit to Central New York goes well, and I believe that it will, it could pave the way for him to possibly give a verbal commitment to Syracuse basketball in the near future.
To reiterate, this is simply my own personal opinion. Recruiting processes for high-school players often ebb and flow, and they can change rapidly. Plus, there are other strong suitors out there pursuing Carey.
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Syracuse Basketball: Mike Hopkins could be biggest threat for 4-star wing (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball high-priority target Chris Bunch, a 2022 four-star wing, received a scholarship offer about a month ago from Washington, whose head coach is former long-time Orange assistant Mike Hopkins.
Sure, the Huskies struggled on the court a season ago, however, Hopkins is an elite recruiter. He proved that on the Hill for many years, and Hopkins has secured multiple four-star and five-star players during his tenure with Washington.
As it pertains to the 6-foot-7 Bunch, he reportedly was on an official visit to the Huskies this past weekend, according to a tweet from 247Sports national analyst Brandon Jenkins.
Bunch, a consensus top-100 prospect across the country in the 2022 recruiting cycle, has already taken official visits to the ‘Cuse and to Rutgers. Now we can add in Washington, too.
Syracuse basketball looks like a top contender for four-star Chris Bunch.
The buzz on social media and in chat rooms has been that perhaps Rutgers would be the biggest threat to the Orange winning out for Bunch. However, I’m getting a feeling that Washington may prove the biggest competition for Syracuse basketball.
I’m not a recruiting analyst, nor am I in Bunch’s inner circle. However, I do think that the Orange is one of the front-runners, if not the front-runner, for him.
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Syracuse Basketball: Brewster pipeline loaded with 4-star, 5-star targets (itlh; Adler)
The Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., is one of the premier prep-school squads around the country, and in recent years several of its players have gone on to suit up for Syracuse basketball.
These Brewster Academy alumni to play on the Hill include senior shooting guard Buddy Boeheim, C.J. Fair, Chris McCullough and Taurean Thompson, among others.
It’s entirely possible that, in the somewhat near future, the ‘Cuse could witness more Brewster Academy products who elect to don a Syracuse basketball uniform.
By my count, at least four 2023 prospects who attend the Brewster Academy either have scholarship offers from the Orange, or ‘Cuse coaches are displaying interest in them.
All of these 2023 players are in the top-100 national rankings from at least one primary recruiting service. Three of them are in the top 50. Two of them are in the top 20. That’s pretty cool stuff.
Syracuse basketball coaches recently visited these Brewster Academy prospects.
According to several tweets from journalists and national recruiting analysts, Orange coaches visited four Brewster Academy juniors of late, and they are five-star wing Matas Buzelis, five-star wing Taylor Bowen, four-star shooting guard Aaron Clark and four-star combo guard Reid Ducharme.
Mike Waters of Syracuse.com tweeted out that ‘Cuse head coach Jim Boeheim and assistant coach Gerry McNamara recently visited Brewster Academy to see Buzelis, Bowen and Ducharme.
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College basketball: Syracuse men’s slate features bevy of Saturday home games (nny360.com; St Croix)
Syracuse University men’s basketball fans will need to keep most of their Saturday plans free for the upcoming season.
The Orange will play seven of its 10 Atlantic Coast Conference home games on Saturdays at the Carrier Dome this year, and 11 of its 20 conference games overall.
The ACC men’s and women’s basketball schedules were released over the past week, finalizing the schedules for SU teams.
Here is a look at the upcoming slate for the SU men approaching Jim Boeheim’s 46th season as head coach, and the Orange women’s team entering its first year under acting head coach Vonn Read.
SU MEN’S SCHEDULE
The SU men’s team will host Pace (Oct. 27) and Le Moyne (Nov. 1) in a pair of exhibition games before opening the regular season against Lafayette on Nov. 9 in the Dome.
The ACC opener is scheduled for Dec. 4 at Florida State. Syracuse’s conference home schedule is highlighted by a New Year’s night outing against Virginia on Jan. 1 at 8 p.m., and a Feb. 26 matchup against Duke in the Dome.
Syracuse is also slated to host ACC games against Georgia Tech (Dec. 29), Pittsburgh (Jan. 11), Florida State (Jan. 15), Clemson (Jan. 18), Wake Forest (Jan. 29), Louisville (Feb. 5), Boston College (Feb. 19) and Miami, Fla. (March 5).
The Orange is scheduled to play remaining ACC road games at Miami, Fla. (Jan. 5), Wake Forest (Jan. 8), Duke (Jan. 22), Pittsburgh (Jan. 25), North Carolina State (Feb. 2), Boston College (Feb. 8), Virginia Tech (Feb. 12), Notre Dame (Feb. 22), and North Carolina (Feb. 28).
Other previously announced nonconference games to note on the SU schedule include a matchup against Villanova in the Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 7 in Madison Square Garden and on ESPN. Syracuse will then play at Georgetown on Dec. 11.
The Orange will host the Indiana Hoosiers as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30 after completing play in the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament from Nov. 24-26 in the Bahamas.
SU WOMEN’S SCHEDULE
The SU women’s squad will open its ACC schedule by hosting Notre Dame at noon Nov. 14, which will be highlighted by the jersey retirement ceremony of Felisha Legette-Jack, marking the first women’s athlete at SU to receive the distinction.
Syracuse’s other ACC home slate consist of games against Clemson (Dec. 11), Florida State (Jan. 2), Duke (Jan. 9), Georgia Tech (Jan. 20), Pittsburgh (Jan. 30), Louisville (Feb. 6), Virginia Tech (Feb. 17) and Boston College (Feb. 27).
Syracuse is scheduled for ACC road games at North Carolina (Dec. 30), Boston College (Jan. 6), Louisville (Jan. 13), Virginia (Jan. 16), Notre Dame (Jan. 27), Miami, Fla. (Feb. 3), Pittsburgh (Feb. 13), North Carolina State (Feb. 20) and Wake Forest (Feb. 24).
The Orange will open the season as previously announced by hosting Monmouth in a nonleague game on Nov. 10 in the Carrier Dome.
SU MEN’S BASKETBALL
2021-22 season schedule
Oct. 27: vs Pace (exhibition)
Nov. 1: vs Le Moyne (exhibition)
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Duke basketball: Mike Krzyzewski’s final schedule is released (balldurham.com; Connelly)
The final schedule in the career of Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski has been announced.
Duke basketball fans know when and where Mike Krzyzewski will play out his last 32 regular season games as the head coach of the Blue Devils.
The ACC released its slate of games on Thursday night after Duke had previously announced its non-conference schedule earlier in the month.
Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils unofficially start their season on October 15 with Countdown to Craziness before playing in an exhibition game on October 30 against Winston Salem-State.
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The regular season begins on November 9 inside Madison Square Garden against the Kentucky Wildcats in the State Farm Champions Classic before the Blue Devils return home for five straight games against Army, Campbell, Gardner-Webb, Lafayette, and The Citadel.
Duke will then hit the road for a two-game trip beginning in Las Vegas against the Gonzaga Bulldogs on November 26 before heading to Columbus, Ohio to play the Ohio State Buckeyes in the ACC vs. Big Ten Challenge.
Mike Krzyzewski and his team will then return to Durham for another four game home stand, three of which end the non-conference portion of the schedule.
Duke basketball head coach ready for his last trip around the ACC
The Blue Devils will host South Carolina State, Appalachian State, and Cleveland State before hosting the Virginia Tech Hokies on December 22 to open up ACC play.
Duke then hits the road for the first time in ACC play as Krzyzewski will make his final trips to Clemson on December 29 and Notre Dame on January 1 before hosting Georgia Tech on January 4 and Miami (FL) on January 8.
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Shoppers returned to Destiny USA in Syracuse in July 2020 after the mall’s nearly four-month shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Rick Moriarty | rmoriarty@syracuse.com)
U.S. malls recovering from Covid, but Destiny USA still has symptoms, report says (PS; $; Moriarty)
Shopping malls are showing a “marked and impressive recovery” from the major blow they suffered from the coronavirus pandemic last year, but Destiny USA in Syracuse, New York’s largest mall, is not among them, according to a new report.
July marked the first month of mall visits exceeding pre-Covid, 2019 figures, Placer.ai said in its report, “Mall Deep Dive.” Visits to malls were up 0.7% in July 2021 compared with the same month in 2019, putting the shopping mall foot traffic recovery “in line with the recovery of other Covid-hit industries,” the retail analytics firm said.
But traffic remains down at six of the nation’s six leading malls, including Destiny. And the Syracuse mall had the biggest decline with a 17.6% drop in visitors in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the same period in 2019, according to the report.
“Comparing foot traffic in leading malls during the second quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2019 shows that some locations are clearly recovering faster than others,” the company said.
The other five malls cited were King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania, down 3.4%; the Galleria in Texas, down 8.8%; the nation’s largest mall, the Mall of America in Minnesota, down 9.8%; Del Amo Fashion Center in California, down 16.4%; and Aventura Mall in Florida, down 16.8%.
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