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Welcome to National Milk Day!
Not to be confused with World Milk Day on June 1, National Milk Day falls on January 11 to observe the very first time milk was delivered to homes inside sterilized glass bottles. It took until 1878 before anybody thought to fill bottles with milk and seal them with waxed paper. Before that, conditions for storing milk (let alone delivering it) were unsanitary at best and downright hazardous at worst. But now that we have the technology to pasteurize and deliver fresh milk to homes, stores, and processing facilities across the country, this most basic type of dairy is more accessible than ever before. By today’s standards, milk with its nine essential nutrients is considered a staple food, technically able to support human life without the addition of any other food groups to balance it out. (Other life-supporting foods include sourdough bread, chicken eggs, red beans, and surprisingly, beer!) Of course, most of us aren’t on a milk-only diet, but milk is our very first food as babies and often remains a common source of nutrition throughout our adult lives. For National Milk Day, we invite you to join us in celebrating the oldest and arguably the most natural food for all the mammals of the world — milk.
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Syracuse basketball vs. Pittsburgh: What to know (PS; $; Waters)
Syracuse and Pittsburgh, two former Big East foes who find themselves floundering near the bottom of the ACC standings, will meet on Tuesday night at the Carrier Dome.
Syracuse (7-8 overall, 1-3 ACC) is off to its worst start to a season since 1968-69. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh is sitting at 6-9 for the year and 1-3 in the conference.
But there’s a slim margin between success and failure for these two clubs.
Syracuse has lost three straight by a total of nine points. The mini-losing streak includes a one-point loss to Miami on the road last Wednesday and an overtime loss at Wake Forest on Saturday.
Pittsburgh scraped by Boston College, 69-67, on Saturday after losing its first three ACC games by a total of five points.
The game between Syracuse and Pittsburgh is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. at the Carrier Dome. It will be televised on ESPNU. Here are five key things to know about the matchup:
A team that gives up 3 vs. a team that doesn’t take them
The Syracuse-Pitt matchup will pit a Syracuse team that gives up a lot of 3-pointers against a Pitt team that shies away from taking them.
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Syracuse Basketball Schedule Look Ahead: The Next Five Games (SI; Helwig)
Syracuse is in uncharted waters right now, ones with rogue waves, hallowing winds, and trouble for all those on deck. At this point, the Orange owns a 7-8 overall record, making it the furthest point in a season the program has ever been under the five-hundred mark since Jim Boeheim took over as head coach.
For those wondering, that was back in 1976, when Rocky was the number one movie, Jimmy Carter came into office, and when Peyton Manning was born.
But at least to a certain degree, Syracuse fans should be well acquainted with turbulence by now. Over the past few years, the Orange have struggled to live up to their program’s prestigious history, bobbing up and down on the tournament threshold seemingly every spring
This year, Syracuse’s postseason hopes already looked well submerged. The “tough conference” excuse no longer applies, and the losses just keep stacking up.
But regardless, some exciting basketball is still yet to be played with it still only being January. As the Orange look to salvage what they can from here on out, their next five games go as follows.
Tuesday, Jan. 11 vs Pittsburgh
Like the Orange, the Panthers look a bit lost right now. Their 6-9 record has them slated a few spots below Syracuse within the ACC standings, as they continue to play without second-leading scorer Ithiel Horton.
However, they did just pull out a late game victory over Boston College, which is more than can be said for the Orange—the losers of three straight heartbreakers. But when looking at Pittsburgh from a wider lense, especially in comparison to Syracuse, they do seem like an ideal team to help the Orange get back on track.
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Syracuse basketball, long-time rival Pittsburgh polar opposites this season (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball, after a tough Atlantic Coast Conference road tour last week in which it lost twice by a combined four points, returns to the Hill for its next three league games, and hopefully, the friendly confines of the Carrier Dome will propel the Orange to some triumphs.
In totality, the ‘Cuse is mired in a three-affair losing streak, if you include a five-point setback to Virginia in Central New York on New Year’s Day. That means the Orange has lost three in a row by a combined nine points.
Up next for Syracuse basketball is an ACC encounter on Tuesday night with long-time rival Pittsburgh. To date in the 2021-22 stanza, the Orange (7-8, 1-3) and the Panthers (6-9, 1-3) are two of the worst squads in league competition.
Pitt did grab a home win during its most recent contest, knocking off Boston College by two points. The Panthers have also defeated teams including St. John’s and Colgate, a group that crushed the ‘Cuse earlier in the 2021-22 term.
While Pittsburgh does have a few head-scratching setbacks, much like the Orange, the Panthers have also fought tough in several match-ups. For example, Pitt fell by one point to Minnesota, Virginia and Notre Dame, as well as to Louisville on the road by three points.
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Syracuse basketball needs Buddy Boeheim to break out of shooting slump (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball senior shooting guard Buddy Boeheim is in a bit of a shooting slump.
To be fair, the 6-foot-6 Boeheim still leads the Orange in scoring, at 18.6 points per game, which is nothing to sneeze at, in my humble opinion. He’s also collecting 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per encounter, according to ESPN statistics. Those are solid numbers.
But as the ‘Cuse (7-8, 1-3) is experiencing a current three-game setback streak, Boeheim has shot the ball poorly in the team’s two most recent losses, by one point at Miami and by three points in overtime at Wake Forest.
According to ESPN, Boeheim connected on 5-of-20 from the field and 2-of-9 from beyond the arc versus the Demon Deacons. Against the Hurricanes, he hit on 2-of-7 from the field and 2-of-6 from downtown.
Guard Buddy Boeheim is a huge key to the Syracuse basketball offense.
To date in the 2021-22 campaign, Boeheim is making just 39.7 percent of his attempts from the field as a whole, along with 32.1 percent from 3-point land and a stellar 90.5 percent from the charity stripe.
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Hopefully, Syracuse basketball can regain momentum during home-stand (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball is about halfway through the 2021-22 regular season, unless of course more games are canceled or postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Orange is stuck in a three-contest losing streak, having fallen recently to Virginia by five points on the Hill, and then on the road to Miami and Wake Forest by one point and three points (in overtime), respectively.
So, it’s true that the ‘Cuse (7-8, 1-3) has a sub-par record to date in 2021-22, but if we’re looking at things with a bit of optimism, the Orange is hanging close with quality Atlantic Coast Conference foes.
Now Syracuse basketball is set to embark on a three-game home-stand, and my fingers are crossed that a trio of league battles in Central New York will be a recipe for the ‘Cuse to turn its season around.
Syracuse basketball has three winnable encounters on the horizon.
Now, when I said turn its season around, I’m not being naïve in thinking that the Orange is going to seriously contend for a Big Dance berth in the spring. The ‘Cuse would have to go on a ridiculous run to achieve that.
More realistically, I’d simply love for Syracuse basketball to start closing out these tightly-fought meetings with triumphs, not setbacks. On top of that, I remain somewhat optimistic that the Orange can maintain its decades-long streak of generating winning stanzas under head coach Jim Boeheim.
First, though, Syracuse basketball really has to hold serve on the Hill over these near-term games. The ‘Cuse will host Pittsburgh (6-9, 1-3) on Tuesday, Jan. 11, Florida State (8-5, 2-2) on Saturday, Jan. 15, and Clemson (10-5, 2-2) on Tuesday, Jan. 18.
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Syracuse basketball can’t triumph unless Jesse Edwards avoids foul issues (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball junior center Jesse Edwards only logged about 20 minutes in the team’s three-point, overtime loss at Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon at the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C.
That’s because the 6-foot-11 big man fouled out relatively early on in the second half versus the Demon Deacons. Now, I do think at least one of the fouls whistled against him was suspect, and the officiating as a whole in this Atlantic Coast Conference clash was pretty sub-par.
But Edwards also put himself into a few dicey situations where instead of trying to make a play on a Wake Forest offensive player, he probably should have just let that player score.
In his post-game press conference, Edwards said of the fouls, “I got too many too quick,” according to a transcript provided by SyracuseOnSI publisher Mike McAllister.
Syracuse basketball needs Jesse Edwards to stay out of foul trouble.
There’s no question as to Edwards’ importance to the Orange roster in the 2021-22 campaign. He’s averaging roughly 12 points, six rebounds and three blocks per contest, per ESPN. He’s connecting on about 70 percent from the field.Edwards not only blocks shots, but he also alters them. He anchors the zone, most of the time, quite well. And he’s a strong contributor on offense.
Graduate student center Bourama Sidibe hasn’t seen virtually any run at all since coming back from an injury. Sophomore center Frank Anselem has provided some good spot minutes, but he doesn’t have the same imposing presence as Edwards on either end of the court.
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Syracuse forward Jimmy Boeheim (0) watches as a player shoots free throws in the second half as the University of Miami Hurricanes faced the Syracuse University Orange on January 5, 2022, at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Syracuse basketball odds: SU favored to beat Pitt by double digits (PS; Herbert)
The Syracuse men’s basketball team is below .500 this season, but still favored to beat a longtime rival tonight by double digits.
SU is favored to beat Pittsburgh by 10 points in Tuesday night’s matchup, according to odds published by VegasInsider.com and Covers.com. The over/under is 141 points, according to both betting sites, after opening at 142.5 on Monday night; the point spread remains unchanged as of Tuesday morning.
The Orange lost to Wake Forest 77-74 in overtime on Saturday, falling to 7-8 overall and 1-3 against ACC opponents. Syracuse has never gotten off to such a losing start during Jim Boeheim’s tenure as head coach.
Pitt is also 1-3 in the conference but has a worse overall record at 6-9, making the Panthers’ return to the Carrier Dome an opportunity for SU to potentially get back on track.
The game will be broadcast Tuesday, Jan. 11, on ESPNU at 7 p.m. ET. It can be streamed live on fuboTV, Sling, Vidgo, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV and YouTube TV.
Here are the local channel numbers for ESPNU in Central New York:
- Spectrum: Channel 370 (SD & HD)
- Verizon Fios: Channel 573 (HD) and 73 (SD)
- DirectTV: Channel 208 (SD & HD)
- Dish Network: Channel 141 (SD & HD)
- New Visions: Channel 759 (HD) and 73 (SD)
Syracuse and Pitt each sit at 1-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, leaving both squads hungry for a win when the teams meet Tuesday.
The host Orange (7-8, 1-3) have dropped three straight games, although the defeats have come by a total of nine points. They fell at Wake Forest in overtime on Saturday, 77-74, despite 21 points from Jimmy Boeheim and 17 from his younger brother, Buddy Boeheim.
"We're doing enough to win both these games," coach Jim Boeheim said, specifically referring to the team's one-point loss at Miami and the three-point defeat to Wake Forest. "We just can't quite get there."
Syracuse now gets its next three games at home, beginning with a matchup against Pitt (6-9, 1-3), a team coming off a 69-67 triumph against Boston College. John Hugley registered 32 points and 13 rebounds in that contest and has shot at least 50 percent in three straight games, following a three-game stretch in which he shot just 7 of 27 from the floor.
"Whatever my team needs me to do," Hugley said. "If playing 37 minutes is what it takes, that's what it has to take. I didn't even know I was out there for 37 minutes."
Hugley is averaging 15.7 points and 8.2 rebounds to lead the Panthers in both categories. He did commit seven turnovers against BC and needs to limit his miscues against Syracuse's 2-3 zone defense.
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Orange Watch: Time slipping for Syracuse to avoid a historically losing season - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Item: At a minimum there are 16 games left on the Syracuse basketball schedule this year, for an Orange team sporting a current unfathomable 7-8 record heading into Tuesday night’s game against Pittsburgh in the Dome (7:00 p.m. ET / ESPNU). Depending if the Georgia Tech game postponed on December 29 is made up, and if SU can win more than one game in the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn, there’s little room for error (a 9-7 record at a minimum) to keep a half century winning streak intact.
One of the most impressive achievements for the Syracuse basketball program is not just that it’s the fifth all-time winningest program behind Blue Bloods Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, and Duke, but as it evolved from being known simply as a regional program in New York State, to taking the national stage with six Final Four appearances between 1975 and 2016.
It’s all part of an even larger significant wining culture with the program’s current active NCAA leading streak of non-losing seasons that dates back to 1970-71, or 51 consecutive seasons (the mark is not an official NCAA statistic).
The all-time record holder is UCLA with 54 consecutive winning seasons between 1949-2002, but of course always separating the Bruins into a class of their own, is the school also won 10 championships during that streak between 1964-1975, and another in 1995.
While winning seasons are contagious with Syracuse basketball, there are hurdles blocking the path in 2022 to make it 52 straight seasons. The roster’s eight-man rotation has not been able to stop opponents from scoring (319th of 350 schools in scoring defense giving up 76.5 ppg), it has been hot and cold offensively shooting treys and foul shots, and is committing too many turnovers (12.1 per game) to put themselves in the best position to win more games than not against mostly good competition (three opponents in this week’s Top 25 poll).
When the Orangemen finished 19-7 in 1970-71, Roy Danforth’s third season, and made a one and done appearance in the NIT, it set off the dramatic rise of the program that morphed into the Jim Boeheim program-building era that began in the 1976-77 season.
The 1971-72 team went one game farther in the NIT, then in 1972-73 the ‘Cuse made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the great 1965-66 team with Dave Bing and Boeheim, among others, that finished one win short of making the Final Four.
From the 1972-73 season to present, a total of 49 seasons, Syracuse has missed playing in the NCAA Tournament only ten times. Just ten times in 49 seasons either due to twice being banned from postseason play (1993 and 2015), or not having a strong enough record for the NCAA Tournament (the 2020 event was postponed), playing in seven NIT tourneys instead.
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Locked On Syracuse - Daily Podcast On Syracuse Orange Football & Basketball on Apple Podcasts (apple.com; podcast; Locked on Syracuse)
Syracuse gets their easiest ACC matchup of the season to date. Will you be disappointed if the Orange doesn't blow out the Panthers? Plus, they guys explain why the defense actually is improving and Syracuse is due for some positive win regression. Also, is this a prime time for a Buddy Boeheim bounce back performance? And the guys make their hypothetical prop bet picks and their picks against the spread and total.
'Cuse Militia Podcast - Armchair Media Network AMN; podcast; Cuse Militia)
Episode 348- Syracuse Basketball: Wake Forest Postgame/Pitt Preview!
ACC basketball coaches Brownell and Grant happy for new Virginia football coach Tony Elliott (roanoke.com; Barber)
As high schoolers in the Charleston, S.C. area around the same time, new Virginia football coach Tony Elliott and first-year Boston College basketball coach Earl Grant went head-to-head more than once on the basketball court.
The two crossed paths again in the early 2010s, when both were assistant coaches at Clemson, Elliott with the football program, working under Dabo Swinney, and Grant as an aide to Brad Brownell’s basketball program.
Now, Grant has his second head coaching gig after a successful seven-year run at the College of Charleston, and Elliott is preparing for his first season leading the Virginia football program.
“I’ve known Tony for a long time,” Grant said Monday. “We did play against each other in basketball. I’m happy for him. That’s a big deal. He put a lot of work in, a lot of years. … I think he’s prepared for this opportunity to be a coach at that level.”
During their weekly Zoom call with media members on Monday, both Grant and Brownell were asked for their thoughts on Elliott becoming the new big whistle with the Cavaliers.
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Syracuse needs $1.3 million to fix Burnet Park pool, as city’s aging pools tread water (PS; Craig)
The council voted to approve the additional $500,000 for the Burnet Park pool.
Franklin Roosevelt was still president the year the swimming pool in Burnet Park opened.
Now, 84 years later, repairing that pool will cost $1.3 million – 60% more than initially expected – because the pool’s foundation is in such bad shape, parks officials said.
City Parks Commissioner Julie LaFave is asking the Common Council to approve spending $500,000 in federal stimulus funds to pay for the Burnet Park pool repairs. That’s in addition to $800,000 they already approved.
But Burnet isn’t the only city pool in dire need of repairs. All of the city’s eight outdoor pools will need significant renovations in the coming years, LaFave said.
The pools are old. The ones in Thornden and McKinley parks are each approaching their 100th birthdays. Even the newest pools, in Kirk and Wilson parks, were constructed decades ago.
The city has planned to repair the Burnet Park pool for several years, since an initial grant came through in 2015. The pool had a major rebuild from 1977-1980 but hadn’t been improved since then. When work started last year, contractors discovered that the walls and concrete were deteriorating much more than expected, LaFave said.
That left the city with a partially completed project and not enough money allocated to finish the job, she said.
Despite frequent patches and projects to improve the pools, all of their shells are well past their usual lifespan, which is about 25-30 years, LaFave said. Some of the pools have mechanical issues, while others’ needs are more structural.
Her department is working on a large-scale capital improvement plan. LaFave said she didn’t know how much all those improvements would cost.
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