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Craig Forth and Family
Craig Forth Delivers Commencement Address at SU School of Education (PS; Waters)
"My path toward education started when I was 10.''
Craig Forth, the starting center on Syracuse University's 2003 NCAA championship basketball team, did not decide to attend Syracuse because of the school's tradition-rich basketball program.
Forth picked Syracuse because of the university's prestigious School of Education and its inclusive education program.
Forth, now an assistant principal at Mechanicville Junior-Senior High School, returned to Syracuse on Saturday to deliver the commencement address for the graduates of SU's School of Education.
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Waters Series Ranking Last 26 SU Teams
Celebrating Victory Over Marquette in DC
#7 2012-13 Team Went on a Surprising Run to the Final Four (PS; Waters)
NO. 7: 2012-13 TEAM
Overall record: 30-10
Conference record (finish): 11-7 (tie 5th in Big East)
Postseason: Lost to Michigan in NCAA tournament's Final Four
Best player: Michael Carter-Williams
C.J. Fair led Syracuse in scoring and rebounding in 2012-13, but right from the beginning of the season it was apparent that the Orange's top player was Michael Carter-Williams.
Throughout the season, Syracuse's success was predicated on the play of the sophomore point guard. Carter-Williams, in his first year as a starter, averaged 11.9 points per game and he handed out 292 assists. In the history of Syracuse basketball only one player has ever had more assists in a season and that was the legendary Sherman Douglas, who had 326 as a senior in 1988-89.
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Etan Thomas Led SU in Scoring, Rebounding and Blocked Shots
#8 1999-00 Won the Big East and Advanced to the Sweet 16 (PS; Waters)
NO. 8: 1999-00 TEAM
Overall record: 26-6
Conference record (finish): 13-3 (tie 1st in Big East)
Post-season: Lost to Michigan State in NCAA tournament's Sweet 16
Best player: Etan Thomas
Thomas, a senior center, gets the nod over senior point guard Jason Hart as the best player off the 1999-00 team. Thomas led Syracuse in both scoring (13.6) and rebounding (9.3). He also blocked 107 shots.
Thomas remains the all-time leader in career blocks at Syracuse. He scored in double-figures in each of his last three years at SU. He was the 12th overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft.
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ACC News
Decisions Await ACC Leadership (post-gazette.com; Werner)
As college football has evolved the past few years, teams and conferences have had to adjust with it. In some situations, they're still sorting out how to adapt to the new landscape.
That's why future league scheduling figures to be the main order of business when the ACC's athletic directors gather this week at the league's spring meetings in Amelia Island, Fla.
The biggest question they'll address is whether the league stays at eight conference games for football or moves to nine. Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson said he thinks it's likely there will be a vote on the topic, which would come Thursday.
"Any of the meetings that I've been in, the leaning has been toward eight games," Pederson said last week. "But people have had a chance to talk about it, think about it. Next week it'll be interesting to see where everybody falls."
The complicating factor in the ACC's decision is its deal with Notre Dame to have the Irish play five league teams every year. Add in teams such as Florida State, Georgia Tech and Clemson that have annual non-conference, in-state rivalry games, and a nine-game ACC schedule would make things cluttered.
Last month, the Southeastern Conference voted to stay with eight league games, a decision that has drawn criticism from coaches in the Pac-12 Conference, which plays nine.
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Two Intriguing Commitments for the ACC (dukebasketballreport.com; King)
Two significant ACC recruiting stories developed over the weekend: first, Maryland's Seth Allen, who to everyone's surprise, including Mark Turgeon's, decided to transfer, has chosen Virginia Tech.
The only time we can recall an ACC player starting at one school and finishing at another - sort of, anyway - was when Makhtar N'Daiye was signed by Wake Forest, only to be ruled ineligible by the NCAA. Forced to transfer, he transferred to Michigan and then transferred two years later to UNC.
It's not exactly the same, but it's the closest we can think of.
The only reason Allen was able to transfer to Virginia Tech is that Maryland has, well, transferred (as of July 1st) to the Big Ten.
When he is eligible, his new coach Buzz Williams will have a backcourt of Allen, Justin Bibbs, Ahmed Hill and Jalen Hudson. Hill and Bibbs are well regarded, while Hudson is not as highly regarded.
That may not matter. When N'daiye was recruited, he was generally considered to be the best player Wake signed that year. No one told Tim Duncan.
In a similar vein, we'll see about BC's latest recruit, 6-11 Idrissa Diallo.
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Grading the Basketball Programs of the ACC (Rantsports.com; Morgans)
What an awful finish to an amazing start of the college basketball season it was for the Syracuse Orange.
Sure, 28-6 overall and 14-4 in the ACC look impressive to just about anyone, even most Syracuse fans — if you told them before the season that’s what the record was going to be and didn’t tell them how Syracuse got there. But that’s the issue for the Orange, who were the unquestioned No. 1 team in the country for several weeks, hit 25-0 and appeared headed for a Final Four.
Then came an unfathomable home loss to Boston College, starting a 3-6 spell that saw the Orange missing out on the ACC regular season title, losing to NC State in its first-ever ACC tournament game, then falling to Dayton 55-53 in the Round of 32 of the NCAA tournament.
While the Orange needed some last-minute miracles to capture some of its wins in the 25-game winning streak, it was hard to foresee such a stumble for Syracuse late in the year, and it definitely affects how you can objectively view the Orange’s season. Here’s an evaluation of Syracuse offensively and defensively, as well as overall.
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Other
SU's Mallory Vehar (13)
SU Women's Lacrosse Team Destroy Stonybrook (PS; Kramer)
Syracuse University attacker Alyssa Murray buried all four of her goals within the first nine minutes of the contest Sunday to ignite the Syracuse University women's lacrosse team to a 13-6 win over Stony Brook in a NCAA Tournament second-round game at SU's soccer stadium.
The win moves the second-seeded Orange (19-2) into next weekend's quarterfinals, where it will host Boston College in the Carrier Dome. SU defeated the Eagles 11-9 earlier this season.
Courtney Murphy scored four times for the Seawolves (17-4), all in the second half for her team's only production in that span. Murray finished with four goals and two assists for Syracuse.
» Box score | Bracket
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SU Women Patient, Pick Apart Stony Brook (PS; Kramer)
Final exams ran up through Friday for the Syracuse University women's lacrosse team.
That's when the players watched Stony Brook beat Towson in a NCAA Tournament first-round game on SU's soccer stadium. The Orange was next in line for the winner, and Syracuse had to really cram for the Seawolves because it had never played them before.
Syracuse went to school on the zone defense employed by the Seawolves, a strategy the Orange doesn't see a lot.
Sunday, the extra classwork paid off.
Alyssa Murray scored four times and added two assists as Syracuse picked apart Stony Brook 13-6 in a second-round game at the soccer stadium.
Kailah Kempney and Devon Collins each scored twice for the second-seeded Orange (19-2), which moves on to a quarterfinal game against Boston College 1 p.m. Saturday in the Carrier Dome. SU edged BC 11-9 earlier this season.
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Byrant Goalie Gunnar Waldt Was Big (Literally) Against Syracuse
SU Men's Lacrosse Team Shocked by Bryant (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse faceoff specialist Chris Daddio lay on the Carrier Dome turf for 30 seconds after it was over. Teammate Hakeem Lecky eventually wandered over to boost him to his feet.
On the other end of the field stood defender Matt Harris, his stick sitting on the top of his helmet, staring 50 yards down the field, where the final moment of his Syracuse lacrosse career came when Dylan Donahue's last-second shot bounded off the goalpost.
The Orange patted each other on the back and hugged, trudged from the field to the locker room, but nothing had changed 10 minutes later when players were dragged to the podium for Syracuse's post-game press conference.
Daddio sat stoic and emotionless. Kevin Rice rolled his eyes and stared at the ceiling. Harris sat red-faced and eyes watering, inhaling and exhaling deeply, his lips forming a wide circles as he tried to maintain his composure.
They were three faces of shock, the lasting result of Syracuse's stunning 10-9 loss to unseeded Bryant in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday.
"There were a lot of emotions," Rice said. "Frustration is probably the top-most one. The seniors, I've been with them for three years now. It's just a terrible feeling to look back on some plays we made and situations that could have been different to get them one more game."
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SU News
Craig Forth and Family
Craig Forth Delivers Commencement Address at SU School of Education (PS; Waters)
"My path toward education started when I was 10.''
Craig Forth, the starting center on Syracuse University's 2003 NCAA championship basketball team, did not decide to attend Syracuse because of the school's tradition-rich basketball program.
Forth picked Syracuse because of the university's prestigious School of Education and its inclusive education program.
Forth, now an assistant principal at Mechanicville Junior-Senior High School, returned to Syracuse on Saturday to deliver the commencement address for the graduates of SU's School of Education.
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Waters Series Ranking Last 26 SU Teams
Celebrating Victory Over Marquette in DC
#7 2012-13 Team Went on a Surprising Run to the Final Four (PS; Waters)
NO. 7: 2012-13 TEAM
Overall record: 30-10
Conference record (finish): 11-7 (tie 5th in Big East)
Postseason: Lost to Michigan in NCAA tournament's Final Four
Best player: Michael Carter-Williams
C.J. Fair led Syracuse in scoring and rebounding in 2012-13, but right from the beginning of the season it was apparent that the Orange's top player was Michael Carter-Williams.
Throughout the season, Syracuse's success was predicated on the play of the sophomore point guard. Carter-Williams, in his first year as a starter, averaged 11.9 points per game and he handed out 292 assists. In the history of Syracuse basketball only one player has ever had more assists in a season and that was the legendary Sherman Douglas, who had 326 as a senior in 1988-89.
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Etan Thomas Led SU in Scoring, Rebounding and Blocked Shots
#8 1999-00 Won the Big East and Advanced to the Sweet 16 (PS; Waters)
NO. 8: 1999-00 TEAM
Overall record: 26-6
Conference record (finish): 13-3 (tie 1st in Big East)
Post-season: Lost to Michigan State in NCAA tournament's Sweet 16
Best player: Etan Thomas
Thomas, a senior center, gets the nod over senior point guard Jason Hart as the best player off the 1999-00 team. Thomas led Syracuse in both scoring (13.6) and rebounding (9.3). He also blocked 107 shots.
Thomas remains the all-time leader in career blocks at Syracuse. He scored in double-figures in each of his last three years at SU. He was the 12th overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft.
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ACC News
Decisions Await ACC Leadership (post-gazette.com; Werner)
As college football has evolved the past few years, teams and conferences have had to adjust with it. In some situations, they're still sorting out how to adapt to the new landscape.
That's why future league scheduling figures to be the main order of business when the ACC's athletic directors gather this week at the league's spring meetings in Amelia Island, Fla.
The biggest question they'll address is whether the league stays at eight conference games for football or moves to nine. Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson said he thinks it's likely there will be a vote on the topic, which would come Thursday.
"Any of the meetings that I've been in, the leaning has been toward eight games," Pederson said last week. "But people have had a chance to talk about it, think about it. Next week it'll be interesting to see where everybody falls."
The complicating factor in the ACC's decision is its deal with Notre Dame to have the Irish play five league teams every year. Add in teams such as Florida State, Georgia Tech and Clemson that have annual non-conference, in-state rivalry games, and a nine-game ACC schedule would make things cluttered.
Last month, the Southeastern Conference voted to stay with eight league games, a decision that has drawn criticism from coaches in the Pac-12 Conference, which plays nine.
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Two Intriguing Commitments for the ACC (dukebasketballreport.com; King)
Two significant ACC recruiting stories developed over the weekend: first, Maryland's Seth Allen, who to everyone's surprise, including Mark Turgeon's, decided to transfer, has chosen Virginia Tech.
The only time we can recall an ACC player starting at one school and finishing at another - sort of, anyway - was when Makhtar N'Daiye was signed by Wake Forest, only to be ruled ineligible by the NCAA. Forced to transfer, he transferred to Michigan and then transferred two years later to UNC.
It's not exactly the same, but it's the closest we can think of.
The only reason Allen was able to transfer to Virginia Tech is that Maryland has, well, transferred (as of July 1st) to the Big Ten.
When he is eligible, his new coach Buzz Williams will have a backcourt of Allen, Justin Bibbs, Ahmed Hill and Jalen Hudson. Hill and Bibbs are well regarded, while Hudson is not as highly regarded.
That may not matter. When N'daiye was recruited, he was generally considered to be the best player Wake signed that year. No one told Tim Duncan.
In a similar vein, we'll see about BC's latest recruit, 6-11 Idrissa Diallo.
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Grading the Basketball Programs of the ACC (Rantsports.com; Morgans)
What an awful finish to an amazing start of the college basketball season it was for the Syracuse Orange.
Sure, 28-6 overall and 14-4 in the ACC look impressive to just about anyone, even most Syracuse fans — if you told them before the season that’s what the record was going to be and didn’t tell them how Syracuse got there. But that’s the issue for the Orange, who were the unquestioned No. 1 team in the country for several weeks, hit 25-0 and appeared headed for a Final Four.
Then came an unfathomable home loss to Boston College, starting a 3-6 spell that saw the Orange missing out on the ACC regular season title, losing to NC State in its first-ever ACC tournament game, then falling to Dayton 55-53 in the Round of 32 of the NCAA tournament.
While the Orange needed some last-minute miracles to capture some of its wins in the 25-game winning streak, it was hard to foresee such a stumble for Syracuse late in the year, and it definitely affects how you can objectively view the Orange’s season. Here’s an evaluation of Syracuse offensively and defensively, as well as overall.
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Other
SU's Mallory Vehar (13)
SU Women's Lacrosse Team Destroy Stonybrook (PS; Kramer)
Syracuse University attacker Alyssa Murray buried all four of her goals within the first nine minutes of the contest Sunday to ignite the Syracuse University women's lacrosse team to a 13-6 win over Stony Brook in a NCAA Tournament second-round game at SU's soccer stadium.
The win moves the second-seeded Orange (19-2) into next weekend's quarterfinals, where it will host Boston College in the Carrier Dome. SU defeated the Eagles 11-9 earlier this season.
Courtney Murphy scored four times for the Seawolves (17-4), all in the second half for her team's only production in that span. Murray finished with four goals and two assists for Syracuse.
» Box score | Bracket
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SU Women Patient, Pick Apart Stony Brook (PS; Kramer)
Final exams ran up through Friday for the Syracuse University women's lacrosse team.
That's when the players watched Stony Brook beat Towson in a NCAA Tournament first-round game on SU's soccer stadium. The Orange was next in line for the winner, and Syracuse had to really cram for the Seawolves because it had never played them before.
Syracuse went to school on the zone defense employed by the Seawolves, a strategy the Orange doesn't see a lot.
Sunday, the extra classwork paid off.
Alyssa Murray scored four times and added two assists as Syracuse picked apart Stony Brook 13-6 in a second-round game at the soccer stadium.
Kailah Kempney and Devon Collins each scored twice for the second-seeded Orange (19-2), which moves on to a quarterfinal game against Boston College 1 p.m. Saturday in the Carrier Dome. SU edged BC 11-9 earlier this season.
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Byrant Goalie Gunnar Waldt Was Big (Literally) Against Syracuse
SU Men's Lacrosse Team Shocked by Bryant (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse faceoff specialist Chris Daddio lay on the Carrier Dome turf for 30 seconds after it was over. Teammate Hakeem Lecky eventually wandered over to boost him to his feet.
On the other end of the field stood defender Matt Harris, his stick sitting on the top of his helmet, staring 50 yards down the field, where the final moment of his Syracuse lacrosse career came when Dylan Donahue's last-second shot bounded off the goalpost.
The Orange patted each other on the back and hugged, trudged from the field to the locker room, but nothing had changed 10 minutes later when players were dragged to the podium for Syracuse's post-game press conference.
Daddio sat stoic and emotionless. Kevin Rice rolled his eyes and stared at the ceiling. Harris sat red-faced and eyes watering, inhaling and exhaling deeply, his lips forming a wide circles as he tried to maintain his composure.
They were three faces of shock, the lasting result of Syracuse's stunning 10-9 loss to unseeded Bryant in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday.
"There were a lot of emotions," Rice said. "Frustration is probably the top-most one. The seniors, I've been with them for three years now. It's just a terrible feeling to look back on some plays we made and situations that could have been different to get them one more game."
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