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Welcome to Library Shelfie Day!
You know what a selfie is, but have you heard of a shelfie? Held on the fourth Wednesday of January since 2014, Library Shelfie Day was created by the New York Public Library. On the day, book lovers share selfies of themselves in front of library shelves and in front of shelves of their personal book collections. These photos are known as shelfies and are shared on social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #LibraryShelfie. Workers at public libraries put out shelfie posts through their library's social media accounts as well.
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Postgame Reaction After Pitt’s Double-Digit Win Over Syracuse (pittsburghsportsnow.com; Michaelowski)
On Tuesday night, Pitt took down Syracuse 64-53 behind big-time performances from Mo Gueye, Jamarius Burton, Onye Ezeakudo, and more at the Petersen Events Center.
Hear from head coach Jeff Capel, along with Gueye, Ezeakudo, Burton, and Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim after the Panthers victory over the Orange.
Pitt's Mo Gueye, Jamarius Burton, Onye Ezeakudo Press Conference After Win Vs Syracuse 1/25/22 | PSN
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Pitt basketball | Big second half lifts Panthers past Syracuse (tribdem.com; Filipcic=Godsey)
Mouhamadou Gueye scored a career-high 19 points while snagging 10 rebounds and blocking three shots as Pitt topped Syracuse, 64-53, at the Petersen Events on Tuesday night.
“Really proud of my team. We responded in big-time fashion from last game,” coach Jeff Capel said following the contest.
The Panthers outscored the Orange 40-25 in the second half, giving Pitt the bounce-back win it needed following a lopsided loss to Clemson this past Saturday in which the Panthers were held to a season-low 48 points.
Jamarius Burton led Pitt with 21 points while shooting 43% and making 3-of-9 from beyond the arc. John Hugley went just 3-of-11 from the floor, but still had a double-double with 11 points and a career-high 18 boards.
Former walk-on Onyebuchi Ezeakudo scored 11 while shooting 67% from the floor and 75% from 3-point range.
Pitt’s shooting was woeful to start the game as the Panthers made just one of their first ten shots from the floor.
“I think the thing I’m probably most proud of is the first half, when we could not make a shot, we did not allow that to affect our defense,” Capel said.
The Orange began to pull away as Buddy Boeheim’s jumper gave Syracuse a 21-11 lead with just over six minutes to go until halftime. However, the Panthers were able to regroup and go on a 9-0 run to pull within a point. A Boeheim three gave Syracuse a 28-24 lead at the half.
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Paul Zeise: The fall of the Syracuse and Pitt basketball programs has ruined a great series (P-G; Zeise)
In a different time, the town would be abuzz about Syracuse being in town to play against Pitt at the Petersen Events Center. It wasn’t that long ago that this would have been one of the biggest games on the national slate and would have also had major implications in the conference race.
Do you remember those days as much as I do? Do you remember the energy inside the Petersen Events Center? Do you remember the Oakland Zoo harassing Jim Boeheim all game long? Do you remember looking courtside and in the suites and seeing a who’s who of local celebrities, professional athletes and semi famous people?
Pitt basketball used to be the hottest ticket in town, especially once the Steelers were eliminated, and this Syracuse game was always at the top of the list of marquee games.
The Orange were relevant. The Panthers were relevant. The games were played at a high level. The games mattered, the arenas were full of energy and the crowds were loud and engaged in the games — regardless of the arena.
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Pitt pulls away in second half for revenge on Syracuse (FLM)
Mouhamadou Gueye scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lift host Pitt to a 64-53 victory over Syracuse on Tuesday evening.
John Hugley scored only 11 points on 3-of-11 shooting but grabbed a career-high 18 boards for the Panthers (8-12, 3-6 ACC), who avenged a 77-61 loss at the Carrier Dome two weeks ago. Jamarius Burton pitched in with 21 points, six rebounds and five assists.
The Orange (9-11, 3-6) struggled from the field (30.2 percent), the 3-point arc (6 of 31) and the foul line (9 of 16) in losing for the sixth time in eight games. Buddy Boeheim had 25 points for Syracuse, while Cole Swider and Joe Girard III combined for just 12 points on 4-of-23 shooting.
The key stretch came after Boeheim's three-point play gave the Orange a 40-37 lead with 14 minutes remaining.
Burton answered with a jumper on the ensuing possession to ignite a 10-0 run that flipped the momentum in the Panthers' favor. Femi Odukale converted a layup before Burton and Gueye each drained a 3-pointer to give the hosts a 47-40 advantage.
While Pitt was taking control of the game, Syracuse was struggling with its shooting. After the three-point play by Boeheim, the Orange missed 11 of their next 12 shots from the field. They finished the second half at 28.1 percent from the floor and 1 of 14 from long distance.
The Panthers, on the other hand, shot 50 percent in the second half after scuffling to 21.9 percent shooting in the opening 20 minutes. They outscored the Orange 40-25 after intermission.
The closest Syracuse got over the final 11 minutes was 49-45 before Onyebuchi Ezeakudo's 3-pointer restored order.
Syracuse initially jumped out to a 13-4 lead and held a 10-point advantage with six minutes to go in the first half. However, Pitt scored nine straight points, capped by Hugley's three-point play, to get within 21-20.
Boeheim's 3-pointer in the waning seconds of the half allowed the Orange to take a 28-24 lead into the locker room.
He scored 14 points in the first half to lead all scorers.
Bottom of the Pitt: SU loses to Pittsburgh (Axe recap) (PS; $; Axe)
That sound you heard just past 10 p.m. Tuesday was the Syracuse University men’s basketball program hitting rock bottom.
That’s not hyperbole. It’s a fact.
Syracuse has never been two games under .500 during Jim Boeheim’s 46-year coaching tenure, but that’s where it is now after a 64-53 loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers on Tuesday night at the Petersen Events Center.
In a season that includes a home loss to Colgate, a loss to rival Georgetown, a blown 18-point lead at Miami, a potential win against Wake Forest botched by an inbound play and the program’s worst loss to Duke, Syracuse is finding ways to look worse as the season grinds on.
The NCAA tournament? Forget that.
“Are you kidding me?” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said Tuesday night. “Do you see anything that looks like a tournament team out there? We’re concerned about trying to win a game. Period.”
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MBB: These ACC teams can't buy a Top 25 Win! (RX; HM)
MBB: These ACC teams can't buy a Top 25 Win!
From the twitter account of Fox College Hoops:I can remember years when the ACC might have hardly any teams on this list, but now look: 9 out of 15 teams with zero top 25 wins - the most of any major basketball conference!
- Boston College
- Clemson
- Georgia Tech
- Louisville
- NC State
- Pittsburgh
- Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest
- Duke
- Florida State
- Miami
- N. Carolina
- Notre Dame
- Syracuse
Syracuse is doing something the Tennessee Vols should try (atozsports.com; Ragan)
Syracuse basketball is doing something the Tennessee Vols should try.
Well…a Syracuse “booster” is doing something that some Tennessee boosters should do.
According to Syracuse.com, Syracuse basketball fan Adam Weitsman, a close friend of Orange head coach Jim Boeheim, is bringing NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brother Thanasis to the upcoming Syracuse/Wake Forest game, where they’ll sit courtside.
Giannis and Thanasis, who are from Greece, have no connection to Syracuse. They don’t even play professional basketball in the state of New York.
But they’ll be front and center at a Syracuse basketball game thanks to Weitsman.
This is something the Vols should be doing.
Think about it the exposure something like this would get at Tennessee. And how great it would be for recruiting (in both basketball and football…since football recruits often visit for basketball games).
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Anju Varshney knits one cap every day, for newborns at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse.
Meet the retired teacher who knits caps for Crouse babies while she battles a brain tumor (PS; $; Kennedy)
Every three weeks Anju Varshney sits in a hospital chair hooked up to a machine that infuses medicine into her body to keep her brain tumor from growing.
She’ll do this for the rest of her life.
And every day, whether she’s at the hospital getting treatment or relaxing at her Fayetteville home, Anju sits and knits one tiny cap for a newborn baby.
She’ll do this, too, for as long as she can, for the rest of her life.
A cap a day, every day, for newborns at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse — 30 plus caps a month, 365 caps each year.
“Knitting keeps me calm,” says Varshney, a woman who wears many hats herself: retired science teacher, Indian folk dancer, gardener, quilter, wife, mother, grandmother and friend.
Varshney began knitting caps for Crouse newborns in 2016 when her twin grandchildren were born downstate. They sported tiny hand-knit caps on their heads upon release from the hospital and she wanted Central New York newborns to receive the same birthday gift. She bought yarn, gathered friends, and together they started knitting. Over the years the group has dispersed, yet Varshney keeps knitting. Reading and concentrating have become a little difficult due to her treatments, she says, but knitting makes her feel good. Even on days when she feels not-so-good.
“You can do it, I believe in you,” she tells herself on difficult days. It’s a mantra her mother used on her when growing up, and one Varshney used to motivate her former students in Syracuse City School District’s “Violence is Not the Answer” program.
Students in her class had been caught with weapons at school and were close to dropping out, yet with Varshney’s encouragement they passed her class and the Regents exams, too.
“I believed in them,” she says.
Varshney’s husband believes in her, too.
“She’s the engine that is running this whole enterprise called family,” says Pramod Varshney, “while finding ways to give back to society, to humanity.” Cradling knitting needles with her lap covered in yarn, Varshney smiles at her husband’s compliment. “It gives me joy to knit these hats.”
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