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Welcome to Syracuse New SU Ad Mark Coyle Day!
SU News
Chris McCullough Takes Step Family Couldn't: NBA (nypost.com; Braziller)
Basketball is to the McCulloughs what oil was to the Rockefellers.
Al McCullough played college basketball at Murray State. His brother Jerry was a New York City high school legend who played at Pittsburgh and 15 years professionally overseas. Another brother, Andre, was also a local star.
Al’s son Chris looked up to all of them.
“When I was younger I used to go to all their games,” Chris said. “As I got older, they started teaching me things.”
They can’t teach him anything about what’s next, however. Thursday night, despite a torn ACL he suffered midway through his freshman year at Syracuse, 6-foot-10 Chris is expected to become a first-round pick, the first member of the basketball-mad family to reach the NBA.
Mentored by his uncles and dad, developed by local AAU power Pro Scholar Athletes under coach Terrence “Munch” Williams, Chris blossomed into a top-ranked high-school prospect — long, athletic and skilled. He attended prep-school powers Brewster Academy (N.H.) and IMG Academy (Fla.), before committing to Syracuse as a consensus five-star recruit.
Al, Andre and Jerry never spoke to Chris about the NBA — it was always to focus on the next step. But now that step is the NBA.
“It means a lot to my whole family,” Chris said. “I want to be the first one to reach the NBA, have a successful career.”
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Kentucky Coach John Calipari on SU's New AD: 'Jim Boeheim Will be Very Happy' (PS; Carlson)
Kentucky coach John Calipari said he believes Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim and the men's basketball program will be in good hands with athletic director Mark Coyle.
"Jim will find a good partner in Mark Coyle," Calipari said. "It shouldn't be a surprise when he says men's basketball needs to succeed and thrive over there. Jim's going to be very happy that he's the AD. And the rest of the coaches will be ecstatic. They may not get everything they want in the first week, but he'll make sure they get what they need."
Calipari, like Boise State men's tennis coach Greg Patton, said he expects Coyle to strike a healthy balance between prioritizing SU's revenue-generating sports and supporting the non-revenue sports.
He said he believes Coyle's time with the Wildcats served as good preparation for leading the Orange, where football isn't necessarily king and both basketball and football help pull the weight of the athletic department.
At Kentucky, Coyle spent time learning from Mitch Barnhart, the athletic director of the year according to the country's ADs, and Oregon's Rob Mullens, who runs one of the most financially healthy athletic departments in the country.
"Syracuse is kind of like Kentucky," Calipari said. "Men's basketball has to thrive. I know his goal is going to be a major bowl in football, a national championship in basketball and excelling in everything else. That's just the mindset he has."
Calipari and Coyle worked together for a little over two years, starting when Calipari was hired by Kentucky in March of 2009 until Coyle left for Boise State in December of 2011.
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NBA Draft Profile: PF Chris McCullough of Syracuse (sportswar.com; McDaniel)
Our NBA Draft Profile series continues with a very interesting prospect that some may not know much about. Syracuse PF Chris McCullough played in only 16 games for the Orange last season before suffering an ACL tear in his right knee. Will someone take a chance on him on draft night? Let’s breakdown his game.
PF Chris McCullough, Syracuse
Measurables:
McCullough possesses some tools that could make him a successful NBA player. On his sheer reach and wingspan alone, he has potential to be a defensive terror. His length will clearly be one of his biggest strengths, and should be enough to get him drafted, especially since the length won’t change regardless of the knee situation. From all indications, his rehab is progressing as expected, and he should be able to participate without any limitations heading into the fall.
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Other
What the Media Got Wrong About a Syracuse Murder That Went Viral in 1894 (PS; Sturtz)
Four years ago Janeen Bjork, a 1974 graduate of the Jamesville-DeWitt schools, who spent a career as a TV researcher, made an interesting discovery while researching her great-great-grandfather, William Strutz.
On the morning of July 2, 1894, Henry Vogler fatally shot Strutz on Pearl Street in Syracuse and then killed himself.
As she searched, Bjork found that more than 100 newspapers carried the story of the murder. And they got everything wrong from the spelling of the names to the date of the murder. They even mixed up who murdered who. There was also a not so subtle suggestion that the whole episode was the result of an affair.
Bjork will give a presentation at 6 p.m. Monday for the June meeting of the Central New York Genealogical Society at the Salina Library, discussing the lessons she learned researching her great-great-grandfather. She will offer advice on how to better use newspaper archives for research. The event is open to the public.
The murder of William Strutz
The murder caused a tremendous stir in the Salt City. The Syracuse Standard reported that it was the first murder in the city since Detective James Harvey was murdered the year before.
William Strutz
The city's newspapermen -- who like most reporters of the day, liberally mixed gossip with fact -- sprang into action and by 10:35 a.m. the Syracuse Evening Herald had published an extra edition. In a headline, the newspaper said "Jealousy the Cause of the Crime." Other papers followed with accounts of the murder.
SU News
Chris McCullough Takes Step Family Couldn't: NBA (nypost.com; Braziller)
Basketball is to the McCulloughs what oil was to the Rockefellers.
Al McCullough played college basketball at Murray State. His brother Jerry was a New York City high school legend who played at Pittsburgh and 15 years professionally overseas. Another brother, Andre, was also a local star.
Al’s son Chris looked up to all of them.
“When I was younger I used to go to all their games,” Chris said. “As I got older, they started teaching me things.”
They can’t teach him anything about what’s next, however. Thursday night, despite a torn ACL he suffered midway through his freshman year at Syracuse, 6-foot-10 Chris is expected to become a first-round pick, the first member of the basketball-mad family to reach the NBA.
Mentored by his uncles and dad, developed by local AAU power Pro Scholar Athletes under coach Terrence “Munch” Williams, Chris blossomed into a top-ranked high-school prospect — long, athletic and skilled. He attended prep-school powers Brewster Academy (N.H.) and IMG Academy (Fla.), before committing to Syracuse as a consensus five-star recruit.
Al, Andre and Jerry never spoke to Chris about the NBA — it was always to focus on the next step. But now that step is the NBA.
“It means a lot to my whole family,” Chris said. “I want to be the first one to reach the NBA, have a successful career.”
...
Kentucky Coach John Calipari on SU's New AD: 'Jim Boeheim Will be Very Happy' (PS; Carlson)
Kentucky coach John Calipari said he believes Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim and the men's basketball program will be in good hands with athletic director Mark Coyle.
"Jim will find a good partner in Mark Coyle," Calipari said. "It shouldn't be a surprise when he says men's basketball needs to succeed and thrive over there. Jim's going to be very happy that he's the AD. And the rest of the coaches will be ecstatic. They may not get everything they want in the first week, but he'll make sure they get what they need."
Calipari, like Boise State men's tennis coach Greg Patton, said he expects Coyle to strike a healthy balance between prioritizing SU's revenue-generating sports and supporting the non-revenue sports.
He said he believes Coyle's time with the Wildcats served as good preparation for leading the Orange, where football isn't necessarily king and both basketball and football help pull the weight of the athletic department.
At Kentucky, Coyle spent time learning from Mitch Barnhart, the athletic director of the year according to the country's ADs, and Oregon's Rob Mullens, who runs one of the most financially healthy athletic departments in the country.
"Syracuse is kind of like Kentucky," Calipari said. "Men's basketball has to thrive. I know his goal is going to be a major bowl in football, a national championship in basketball and excelling in everything else. That's just the mindset he has."
Calipari and Coyle worked together for a little over two years, starting when Calipari was hired by Kentucky in March of 2009 until Coyle left for Boise State in December of 2011.
...
NBA Draft Profile: PF Chris McCullough of Syracuse (sportswar.com; McDaniel)
Our NBA Draft Profile series continues with a very interesting prospect that some may not know much about. Syracuse PF Chris McCullough played in only 16 games for the Orange last season before suffering an ACL tear in his right knee. Will someone take a chance on him on draft night? Let’s breakdown his game.
PF Chris McCullough, Syracuse
Measurables:
- Age 20
- 6’9″ 200 lbs.
- Wingspan: 7’3 1/4″
- Standing Reach: 9’1″
McCullough possesses some tools that could make him a successful NBA player. On his sheer reach and wingspan alone, he has potential to be a defensive terror. His length will clearly be one of his biggest strengths, and should be enough to get him drafted, especially since the length won’t change regardless of the knee situation. From all indications, his rehab is progressing as expected, and he should be able to participate without any limitations heading into the fall.
...
Other
What the Media Got Wrong About a Syracuse Murder That Went Viral in 1894 (PS; Sturtz)
Four years ago Janeen Bjork, a 1974 graduate of the Jamesville-DeWitt schools, who spent a career as a TV researcher, made an interesting discovery while researching her great-great-grandfather, William Strutz.
On the morning of July 2, 1894, Henry Vogler fatally shot Strutz on Pearl Street in Syracuse and then killed himself.
As she searched, Bjork found that more than 100 newspapers carried the story of the murder. And they got everything wrong from the spelling of the names to the date of the murder. They even mixed up who murdered who. There was also a not so subtle suggestion that the whole episode was the result of an affair.
Bjork will give a presentation at 6 p.m. Monday for the June meeting of the Central New York Genealogical Society at the Salina Library, discussing the lessons she learned researching her great-great-grandfather. She will offer advice on how to better use newspaper archives for research. The event is open to the public.
The murder of William Strutz
The murder caused a tremendous stir in the Salt City. The Syracuse Standard reported that it was the first murder in the city since Detective James Harvey was murdered the year before.
William Strutz
The city's newspapermen -- who like most reporters of the day, liberally mixed gossip with fact -- sprang into action and by 10:35 a.m. the Syracuse Evening Herald had published an extra edition. In a headline, the newspaper said "Jealousy the Cause of the Crime." Other papers followed with accounts of the murder.
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