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Welcome to National Drink Beer Day!
Today is for drinking beer! Beer making can be traced to about 6,000 years ago in ancient Sumeria. At that time, beer was cloudy because of lack of filtering, and it was drunk through a straw. By 2000 BCE, the Babylonians were brewing 20 types of beer. The Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans made beer, although wine became much more popular with the Romans—they considered beer to be the drink of the Barbarians and it was only popular on the edges of the Empire. Germanic groups were brewing beer by 800 BCE.
Because of contamination, beer was a much safer drink than water during the Middle Ages; it was drunk by people of all ages from all classes. The Catholic Church even got involved with brewing beer, and abbeys were testing grounds for improvements in brewing. Beginning in the ninth century, in Germany, hops began being introduced, standards were set up for beer, and beer began being mass-brewed. The 1516 Beer Purity Law—Reinheitsgebot—said a certain level of quality must be met for German beer. All beer could only be made with water, hops, malted barley, malted wheat, and yeast.
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Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim (35) talks things over with guard Joe Girard III (11) during a game against Boston College on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Conte Forum in Boston. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com
Five questions facing SU basketball as official practices begin (PS; $; Waters)
For now, there are more questions than answers when it comes to the Syracuse men’s basketball team.
With Tuesday marking the Orange’s first official practice, and with the regular-season opener against Lafayette on Nov. 9, the first question is how many of those questions can be answered over the next month?
Truth be told, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim might already have some answers. The Syracuse players have been going through individual and position group workouts since the beginning of the fall semester.
But the start of official practice will bring the entire team together and give Boeheim and his assistants the chance to see the players compete in a full-court setting. Therefore, the next month-plus will give Boeheim the chance to solidify his evaluations.
The time between now and the opener is a critical period for the Orange because after three home games against Lafayette, Drexel and Colgate to begin the season, Syracuse will embark on a brutal stretch that includes the Battle 4 Atlantis, a home game against Indiana, a road trip to Florida State, a neutral game court versus Villanova and a game at Georgetown.
Here are five questions and their potential answers:
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Syracuse Basketball: Despised Big East rival in the fray for big-man target (itlh; Adler)
Talented and under-rated 2023 big man Papa Kante continues to see his list of scholarship offers expand, presenting an even greater challenge for Syracuse basketball to win out for the 6-foot-10 power forward/center.
Kante, a top-125 prospect nationally in his class, landed an offer from the Orange last month while attending the team’s annual Elite Camp. As we’ve documented, the ‘Cuse doled out several offers at its Elite Camp.
For Kante, two of his newest offers are from long-time Big East Conference adversary Georgetown and fellow Atlantic Coast Conference member Miami, according to recruiting services.
Also not too long ago, he received offers from blue-blood school Kansas, which is a Big 12 Conference squad, as well as another former Big East foe, Providence.
Those are some really attractive offers for Kante, who is a junior at the South Kent School in South Kent, Conn. On the AAU circuit, Kante runs with the Boston-based Expressions Elite Basketball.
Syracuse basketball is in a recruiting battle for a 2023 big man.
Kante’s stock on a national scale is on the rise, according to analysts and recruiting insiders. He performed quite well at Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League, which culminated with the 2021 Peach Jam tournament in North Augusta, S.C., earlier this summer.
When recently refreshed its national rankings for the 2023 cycle, Kante jumped into those ratings as a three-star prospect and No. 123 overall in his class.
According to recruiting services, media reports and Kante’s own Twitter page, he has acquired other offers from groups such as the ACC’s Pittsburgh, Georgia, Rutgers, TCU, UMass, East Carolina, Bryant and Siena.
Additionally, from media reports that I’ve read about Kante of late, he also seems to have interest from a range of high-major programs, including Mike Hopkins-led Washington, Virginia, Connecticut, Ohio State, Tennessee, Arizona and Marquette, among others.
Like I said earlier, that’s some hefty competition for the Orange in the recruiting sweepstakes over Kante.
Personally, I’m really high on Kante. I still think he is emerging on the national landscape within the 2023 class, but his skill-set screams of excellent potential at the collegiate level.
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ATLANTA, GA FEBRUARY 20: Georgia Tech’s Moses Wright (5) blocks the shot of Pittsburgh’s Au’Diese Toney (5) during the game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on February 20th, 2019 at Hank McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, GA. Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon
Future Trivia Question: Who Was The Only ACC Player Of The Year Who Was Not Drafted? (DBR; Jacobs)
The other day DBR chronicled the history of those honored as the ACC’s players of the year. The chart kicked off with recognition of how overlooked the 2021 POY, Georgia Tech’s Moses Wright, was entering last season.
This low regard was in keeping with the scant recruiting attention the 6-9 Wright received coming out of Enloe High in Raleigh.
The modest respect Wright garnered suggested an obvious question.
Two questions, actually.
The answer to the first is known to anyone who followed the 2021 draft. No, the Tech senior was not among the 60 players, seven from the ACC, selected by the pros.
This suggests a second question, one that needed to be asked when given a moment’s thought: How many ACC players of the year had gone unpicked since the NBA cut its draft to two rounds in 1989?
One: Moses Wright.
ACC POYs picked in the second round are scarce enough. Only four were selected that low, most recently Duke’s Tre Jones in 2020. He was the No. 41 pick last year. Not exactly a testament to the NBA regard commanded by those deemed the ACC’s best/most important performers over the past two seasons.
UVa’s Malcolm Brogdon, a second-rounder in 2016, is the most successful pro of the recent 31-60 selection tier, having been chosen NBA Rookie of the Year in 2017 with Milwaukee.
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NCAA Basketball: Top 10 “Win Total” bets to avoid for 2021-22 season (bustingbrackets.com; Mumm)
With the NCAA Basketball season rapidly approaching, preseason expectations are starting to ramp up from media outlets across the nation. To this point, nearly every division 1 team in the nation has publicly released their schedule, and conference committees have formally released league-play schedules as well.
This is a huge piece of information now in the public purview, as fans and analysts can create a more vivid expectation for how their teams are expected to perform this year.
Accompanying those predictions is the involvement of the growing popularity of gambling on sports and specifically college basketball. WynnBET recently released win total lines for teams listed in their personal top-25 rankings. These numbers, while driven to create betting activity on one side or another, give fans a general idea of how Vegas thinks they will perform.
The unique aspect of WynnBET’s totals specifically is that they give consideration to each listed team’s performance in conference and NCAA Tournament games as well.
In having some time to review them, here are 10 lines to avoid and not overthink before season action starts.
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Brisket Mac & Cheese from The Angry Pig at the Food Truck Battle at the State Fairgrounds on Saturday. Charlie Miller | cmiller@syracuse.com
CNY Food Truck Battle 2021: And the winners are ... (PS; $; Miller)
Thousands of hungry Central New Yorkers packed Chevy Court at the State Fairgrounds on Saturday to sample eats from 32 food trucks.
The 2021 Food Truck Battle was the largest gathering of food trucks ever in Upstate New York, said Syracuse Food Truck Association president Nick Sanford, who also owns Toss & Fire Pizza. Each food truck offered at least one sample that they sold for $3 to $5. Some offered a more extensive menu.
When folks were done eating, they could cast their votes for their favorite vendor in two categories: Sweets and Savory. Five members from local media (CNY Central TV, 93Q Radio, 95X Radio and syracuse.com) served as judges. They tasted samples from the each truck and picked their favorites.
And the winners are ...
People’s choice in the sweet category: Glazed & Confused Donuts
Judges’ choice in the sweet category: Muzzi’s Italian Ice
People’s choice in the savory category: Bold Coast Lobster Co.
Judges’ choice in the savory category: Oompa Loompyas
Here’s a look at all the food we judges sampled over 2½ hours in the order we ate:
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