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Welcome to National Indian Pudding Day!
National Indian Pudding Day is a day to enjoy puddings created by native American Indians.
It seems appropriate to hold this day in mid November, as we approach Thanksgiving. Native American Indians were very much a part of the first Thanksgiving feast. It is quite likely that these puddings were served, and enjoyed, at that first Thanksgiving.
American Indian puddings are defined as a number recipes of native American Indian origin. Generally, they include molasses and cornmeal. Apples were often an ingredient. They were usually baked.
Make sure to enjoy your American heritage, and a dish or bowl of Indian pudding, as you celebrateNational Indian Pudding Day.
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2015-16 Syracuse Basketball Preview: Season Outlook (thejuice; Stechschulte)
There is a very wide range of potential outcomes for Syracuse this season. With Boeheim’s month-long absence looming, a tough non-conference schedule and the usual wars in ACC play, the short roster, and the team’s need for Coleman to be healthy and produce, it is not hard to predict doom and gloom for the Orange.
There are still many reasons for hope. This year’s Orange should shoot a lot better than last year’s group, especially from three-point range, where they barely made 30 percent of their treys as a squad. Cooney and Gbinije have established the ability to make threes, all three freshmen can shoot (Richardson dropped three triples on Le Moyne in under 80 seconds), and Joseph has reportedly spent a lot of time working on his shot.
While this team lacks size down low, it does have pretty good athleticism and, if Gbinije plays a lot at point guard, he and Cooney are capable of creating many turnovers from the top line of the 2-3 zone. Speaking of Gbinije, he is a different and better player when aggressive, so if he can show killer instinct throughout the season, he could single-handedly keep SU in some games.
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It's Time for a Change of Pace in the Men's Game (richmond.com; Woody)
Is it much ado about nothing or something worth making a big to-do about?
Men’s college basketball will be different this season.
One major rule has been altered. A rule that has been in place is supposed to be vigorously enforced the entire season, not just in November and December.
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“I think what you’re going to find is the shot clock is going to be more of a factor in somebody taking a bad shot at the end (of the possession),” Larranaga said.
“I know Jim Boeheim thinks the exact opposite.”
Indeed Boeheim does.
The Syracuse coach, something of a contrarian, practically is dismissive of the idea a 30-second shot clock is going to change much of anything.
“No. No. No,” Boeheim said emphatically when asked if he believed, as many other coaches say they believe, teams will change their approach to the game because of the 30-second shot clock.
“Don’t listen to them. They’re not very smart,” Boeheim said.
We think Boeheim was joking, at least about the not very smart part.
“Five seconds?” he said. “Five seconds? The longest a team in the ACC last year, I think, took was 17.6 seconds to get a shot.”
But too many coaches say they expect to see three-quarter court zone pressure to think this will not be the case.
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Trevor Cooney's Last Season Provides Best Opportunity Yet (TNIAAM; Burke)
Trevor Cooney enters his final season at Syracuse, his legacy is one that's still difficult to define. Through three seasons, he's experienced it all: a Final Four run in 2013; the 25-0 start to the 2013-14 season followed by a 3-6 finish; and the 2015 postseason ban SU self-imposed on a team that wouldn't have made the NCAA Tournamentanyway.
Similarly, he's experienced his own individual peaks and valleys. He's always been a plus-defender -- something that seems to get overlooked -- but he's struggled with his shot. Despite constantly being labeled a shooter, Cooney has made just 28.3 percent of his 3s during conference play, which includes a season in the Big East in 2012-13. He has never shot better than 30.9 percent from 3 during conference play in a single season.
This season, though, the pieces are in place for Cooney to have his most efficient campaign yet. Now it's simply a matter of making the most of that opportunity.
When Syracuse coaches reviewed their accountability charts at the end of the 2013-14 season, they found that Cooney was the team's best defender, assistant coach Mike Hopkins said.
It didn't come as much of a surprise; Cooney has always played good defense in the 2-3 zone. But it's something that doesn't always get recognized about the fifth-year senior, who was fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 1.8 steals per game in 2014-15.
"I'm not looked at to be a good defender," he said. "But someone who plays man-to-man and has the same amount of steals is looked at to be a good defender."
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Syracuse Basketball vs Lehigh: 5 Things to Watch (Photo Gallery; PS)
The Syracuse Orange will host the Lehigh Mountain Hawks at 7 p.m. on Friday (ESPN3) at the Carrier Dome. It's the season-opener for both teams. Syracuse is coming off an 18-13 season, which included a self-imposed postseason ban. Lehigh, which returns four starters from a team that went 16-14 a year ago, is the favorite in the Patriot League.
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Brett Reed Challenging His Team with Trip to Syracuse (cityofbasketballlove.com; Rosenfeld)
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The Mountain Hawks will tip off the season tomorrow night by travelling to central New York for a showdown with Syracuse in front of the Carrier Dome’s notoriously rabid fans.
It's only their first high-profile matchup of the year; in December, they'll play both No. 6/6 Virginia and No. 23/24 Purdue on the road.
“We have consistently over the course of time played against some pretty quality opponents,” Reed said. “It gives our guys a chance to compete against some of the best. It gives them a chance to see how they match up against some great players that they’ve heard about or know about on a national stage. Ultimately, as a competitor, our players really like that opportunity.”
It’s now the sixth consecutive season that Lehigh has opened on the road against a high-major opponent, and while the previous five openers have all resulted in losses, the Mountain Hawks have beaten their fair share of big-time foes in recent years.
Most notable was the C.J. McCollum-led upset of Duke in the 2012 NCAA Tournament, but just last year, Lehigh went into enemy territory and came out with quality wins over Arizona State of the Pac-12 and DePaul from the Big East. Reed is certainly hoping that the matchup with Syracuse ends in the same fashion, but either way, the experience should pay dividends for his team down the line.
“We hope that we go out there and we beat Syracuse. If we were to fall short, I think there’s a lot of lessons that we can learn,” Reed said. “It’s a double-edged sword because you don’t want to lose confidence in what you’re trying to do, but there are some powerful things that you can learn from failure.
“We can hopefully take those lessons learned, apply them in the Patriot League, and put us in a more advantageous situation to win those games when they become so important in January and February."
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Syracuse vs Lehigh Game Details (cuse.com)
The Orange is back in action as it hosts the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in the first game of the 2015-16 season on Friday, Nov. 13. Opening tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Carrier Dome.
Tickets can be purchased on Cuse.com, by calling 1-888-DOMETIX or at Gate B of the Carrier Dome. Fans can also watch the game on ESPN3. Live stats are available on Cuse.com.
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Season Opener:
Friday night's game marks the season opener for the Orange. Syracuse played exhibition games against LeMoyne and Florida Southern. The Orange beat crosstown foe LeMoyne, 97-58, in its first exhibition game. Syracuse also topped Florida Southern, the defending NCAA Division II national champions, by a score of 96-54.
Leadership from Gbinije and Cooney:
The Orange will be looking to returning senior starters Michael Gbinije and Trevor Cooney on Friday to lead the squad. In the exhibition game against LeMoyne, Gbinije tallied 21 points to lead the team in scoring. Cooney put up 15 points against Florida Southern while Gbinije added 14.
Debut for Freshmen:
Fans caught a glimpse of the freshmen for the first time during the exhibition games.Malachi Richardson is starting at guard for the Orange. He led the team in scoring against Florida Southern in the final exhibition game with 18 points. Coming off the bench for the Orange are freshmen Tyler Lydon and Franklin Howard. Lydon put up 12 points against Florida Southern and grabbed six rebounds in each exhibition game. Howard recorded 10 points against LeMoyne.
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How a Convicted Killer Can Attend High School in Syracuse (PS; McMahon)
The law requires the Syracuse City School District to provide an education to any young person who wants it -- even if that person was convicted of killing someone.
Ander Grady, 18, returned to Corcoran High School after serving time for the "knockout" killing of 51-year-old Michael Daniels in May 2013.
Grady was convicted of second-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors said he and a group of young men attacked Daniels, but Grady threw the fatal punch and continued to kick and beat him.
Less than three years later, Grady was charged with threatening to knock out an administrator in a main hall of Corcoran High School.
Grady's case shows that even the most troubled students can't be denied an education, separated from the general student population or treated differently based on a criminal past under New York state law.
"The biggest misunderstanding out there is the concept that education is a privilege that can easily be taken away -- it isn't. It's a constitutional right," said Eric Wilson, an attorney at Ferrara Fiorenza in Syracuse who represents the school district.
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