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CBS Sports Ranks Syracuse Number 7 Team in ACC For Next Season (PS; Carlson)
CBS Sports analyst Jon Rothstein put out his preseason ACC power rankings and listed Syracuse as No. 7 in the conference, a relatively low number for a program that has thrived in its consistency.
While the ACC is likely considered the country's toughest, and deepest, basketball conference, Syracuse hasn't finished outside the top six in its conference since 2007-08, the last time the Orange missed out on the NCAA tournament.
While Rothstein's ranking of Syracuse behind Duke, UNC, Louisville and Virginia seems to make sense, placing SU behind Florida State and Pittsburgh seems sure to rankle some Orange fans.
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Former Players
Tyler Ennis and Phoenix Get the Best of Jerami Grant and Philadelphia in NBA Summer League (PS; Carlson)
Just like when he was at Syracuse, the Phoenix Suns have performed well when Tyler Ennis has been on the floor.
Ennis continued to be a solid contributor, if not a spectacular one, during his NBA summer league career, helping Phoenix to a 97-88 win over Jerami Grant's Philadelphia 76ers in a meeting between the two SU players in the summer league most likely to make NBA rosters this season.
Ennis led Phoenix with five assists and grabbed eight rebounds and secured two steals to help the Suns, although he only scored four points and turned the ball over four times. He missed his only 3-point attempt and has now missed all three this summer.
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Dion Waiters (3)
Inside the Mind of Dion Waiters (PS; Ditota)
Former Syracuse guard Dion Waiters is either a) about to team with the best basketball player on the planet, b) about to be traded, perhaps to (gasp!) Minnesota, c) will no longer start for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Those possibilities and other life-related items have a way of filtering through the mind and the twitter feed of Waiters, who remains his lovable, playful, predictable, audacious self three years removed from his SU career.
Waiters has kept up continual commentary on social media about the return of LeBron James to Cleveland and what that might portend for his own situation with the franchise. He also, apparently, stays up really late.
Here's a sampling of some Waiters' tweets (or retweets) over the past few weeks:
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Gaziantep Castle
Paul Harris Signs 3 Year Contract with Pro Team in Turkey (PS; Waters)
Paul Harris, the former Syracuse University basketball player, has signed a deal to play for a pro team in Turkey, according to his agent.
Kenny Grant, of the Championship Sports agency, said Harris signed a two-year contract with Royal Hali Gaziantep of the Turkish Basketball League.
"He's going to play for a good team in a good league,'' Grant said Tuesday. Grant said Harris will report to his new team in August.
Royal Hali is located in the city of Gaziantep, which is in the southeast corner of Turkey. It's one of the oldest cities in the world.
Harris, who played for Syracuse from 2006 to 2009, played for SLUC Nancy in France's Pro A league last year. He averaged 13.1 points and 6.3 rebounds in 37 games for SLUC Nancy.
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Other
18 Holes of Central New York - #12 Woodcrest Golf Club (cnycentral.com; Eschen)
CHITTENANGO -- Our series of the Best 18 Holes of Central New York takes us to Chittenango, as we made a stop at the 12th hole at Woodcrest Golf Club.
From the blue tees, the 12th hole is about 512 yards from the pin. It's a straight hole, but the landing area is only about 20-25 feet for most golfers.
"It's a great risk-reward hole," Woodcrest Head Professional Richard Winstead says. "You can hit it about 280 down the center of the fairway and try to get home in two, or you can also play it a little bit safe, hit a three-wood, maybe more conventional hybrid, and then a sand wedge in for your third shot."
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Melo and LeBron Decisions Get Graded by a Reader (PS; Poliquin)
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As for Lebron, even the do-gooding religious saps have been suckered-in, heaping "Prodigal-comes-home" praises on the guy, when he knew what he was doing all along.
Namely, "I-gotta-have-that-championship-under-my-belt,-no-matter-the-cost."
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CBS Sports Ranks Syracuse Number 7 Team in ACC For Next Season (PS; Carlson)
CBS Sports analyst Jon Rothstein put out his preseason ACC power rankings and listed Syracuse as No. 7 in the conference, a relatively low number for a program that has thrived in its consistency.
While the ACC is likely considered the country's toughest, and deepest, basketball conference, Syracuse hasn't finished outside the top six in its conference since 2007-08, the last time the Orange missed out on the NCAA tournament.
While Rothstein's ranking of Syracuse behind Duke, UNC, Louisville and Virginia seems to make sense, placing SU behind Florida State and Pittsburgh seems sure to rankle some Orange fans.
...
Former Players
Tyler Ennis and Phoenix Get the Best of Jerami Grant and Philadelphia in NBA Summer League (PS; Carlson)
Just like when he was at Syracuse, the Phoenix Suns have performed well when Tyler Ennis has been on the floor.
Ennis continued to be a solid contributor, if not a spectacular one, during his NBA summer league career, helping Phoenix to a 97-88 win over Jerami Grant's Philadelphia 76ers in a meeting between the two SU players in the summer league most likely to make NBA rosters this season.
Ennis led Phoenix with five assists and grabbed eight rebounds and secured two steals to help the Suns, although he only scored four points and turned the ball over four times. He missed his only 3-point attempt and has now missed all three this summer.
...
Dion Waiters (3)
Inside the Mind of Dion Waiters (PS; Ditota)
Former Syracuse guard Dion Waiters is either a) about to team with the best basketball player on the planet, b) about to be traded, perhaps to (gasp!) Minnesota, c) will no longer start for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Those possibilities and other life-related items have a way of filtering through the mind and the twitter feed of Waiters, who remains his lovable, playful, predictable, audacious self three years removed from his SU career.
Waiters has kept up continual commentary on social media about the return of LeBron James to Cleveland and what that might portend for his own situation with the franchise. He also, apparently, stays up really late.
Here's a sampling of some Waiters' tweets (or retweets) over the past few weeks:
...
Gaziantep Castle
Paul Harris Signs 3 Year Contract with Pro Team in Turkey (PS; Waters)
Paul Harris, the former Syracuse University basketball player, has signed a deal to play for a pro team in Turkey, according to his agent.
Kenny Grant, of the Championship Sports agency, said Harris signed a two-year contract with Royal Hali Gaziantep of the Turkish Basketball League.
"He's going to play for a good team in a good league,'' Grant said Tuesday. Grant said Harris will report to his new team in August.
Royal Hali is located in the city of Gaziantep, which is in the southeast corner of Turkey. It's one of the oldest cities in the world.
Harris, who played for Syracuse from 2006 to 2009, played for SLUC Nancy in France's Pro A league last year. He averaged 13.1 points and 6.3 rebounds in 37 games for SLUC Nancy.
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Other
18 Holes of Central New York - #12 Woodcrest Golf Club (cnycentral.com; Eschen)
CHITTENANGO -- Our series of the Best 18 Holes of Central New York takes us to Chittenango, as we made a stop at the 12th hole at Woodcrest Golf Club.
From the blue tees, the 12th hole is about 512 yards from the pin. It's a straight hole, but the landing area is only about 20-25 feet for most golfers.
"It's a great risk-reward hole," Woodcrest Head Professional Richard Winstead says. "You can hit it about 280 down the center of the fairway and try to get home in two, or you can also play it a little bit safe, hit a three-wood, maybe more conventional hybrid, and then a sand wedge in for your third shot."
...
Melo and LeBron Decisions Get Graded by a Reader (PS; Poliquin)
...
As for Lebron, even the do-gooding religious saps have been suckered-in, heaping "Prodigal-comes-home" praises on the guy, when he knew what he was doing all along.
Namely, "I-gotta-have-that-championship-under-my-belt,-no-matter-the-cost."
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