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Friday, January 31, 2014

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Photo: Syracuse Alumnus Joe Biden Tweets Picture With A “Beat Duke” Shirt On

Dan Lyons

Syracuse fans and alumni have been getting geared up for months in anticipation of Saturday’s first conference game against ACC power Duke, and even one of the well-known Orange alums in the country is ready to support his Orange.

Biden attended Syracuse’s College of Law, and remains an ardent supporter of his alma mater, and can often be spotted at Syracuse games when they play in the Washington, D.C. area.

Photos: Jim Boeheim Visits Syracuse Students Camping Out For Saturday’s Duke Game

Dan Lyons

While Duke is the school most famous for students camping out for basketball games, Syracuse students have been doing the same for years, except instead of sleeping out in North Carolina weather, Orange fans have to contend with the frigid Central New York winters. Syracuse has had a long break between home games—the last game at the Carrier Dome was January 18 against Pittsburgh—so students have been camping out for Duke for two weeks, a few of which had dipped into negative temperatures.

Today, Jim Boeheim, Mike Hopkins, and members of the cheerleading squad stopped by to thank the campers at “Boeheimburg.”

The appearance caused a bit of a stir among the Syracuse faithful:

Randy Moss Says He Would Still Choose Notre Dame Today

Dan Lyons

Randy Moss’ college history was a bit tumultuous—the star receiver started his career at Florida State before transferring to Marshall, where he ultimately finished his career and became a top NFL pick. Before choosing either of those schools, however, Moss signed his letter of intent to attend Notre Dame and coach Lou Holtz. Moss never played at Notre Dame after having his enrollment denied following a high school fight, but he remains loyal to the Irish.

In an interview with Fox Sports, Moss said that if he had to go through the recruitment process again, he’d still choose Notre Dame:

“If I could do it over again, Notre Dame would’ve probably still been there… It’s an experience I’ll never forget. That was my team.”

Another interesting tidbit in Aaron Torres’ story comes from another one of Moss’ top three schools, Tennessee. Moss was recruited by Super Bowl quarterback Peyton Manning, who wanted to make the high school star a Volunteer receiver:

Some kid named Peyton Manning drove back to campus during a weekend away just to host the visiting hot-shot recruit. “Peyton was in Virginia, and he came back to take me to a basketball game,” Moss said. “I don’t know how long the drive was, but I know it wasn’t 15 or 30 minutes.”

Players are usually very loyal to their alma maters, so it’s interesting to see Moss speak so highly of a school he never attended.

[Fox Sports]

Kentucky Ranked As “Top Local Fan Base” In College Basketball

Matt Lombardi

The state of Kentucky certainly loves its college basketball. According to a recent Nielsen study, Kentucky and Louisville are the two biggest “local fan bases” in college hoops, with Syracuse, Ohio State and Memphis rounding out the top five. Nielsen counted anyone who “watched, attended or listened to” their local team in the past calendar year as a fan. UK came in with a ridiculous 67%.

One obvious theme here is how solid each of these programs has been over the past decade. The other, for four of the five, is the lack of an NBA team (Memphis has the Grizzlies) nearby to compete with. Ohio State’s number may actually be the most impressive however, given how much support the football program receives.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

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Tyler Moorehead

JR Smith is known for putting on some absolutely wild offensive displays from time to time, and tonight he did just that against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He had numerous victims, but at the top of the list were Anthony Bennett and Tristan Thompson — both were on the receiving end of vicious crossovers (Thompson actually fell on his butt) that led to impressive buckets. Check out the pair of highlights below via gifdsports — you may want to watch them a few times:

Video: JR Smith Broke Ankles, Busted Knees, And Dunked Like Crazy Against The Cavs

Video: Marist’s Chavaughn Lewis Left His Defender Lying On The Floor With This Serious Poster Dunk sexandsecretss.blogspot.com

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Tyler Moorehead

Sometimes it seems like a great idea to try to draw a charge under the basket to help your team. Unfortunately, that idea doesn’t run smoothly 100% of the time — nobody found that out more than Monmouth’s Collin Stewart tonight. Monmouth took on Marist, whose 6-foot-5 guard Chavaughn Lewis can sky with the best of them — he showcased that on one ridiculous posterization of Stewart, who found himself lying flat on his back looking up at the rim afterward:

Video: Marist’s Chavaughn Lewis Left His Defender Lying On The Floor With This Serious Poster Dunk

Video: Eastern Kentucky’s Marcus Lewis Puts On A Show Against Tennessee-Martin sexandsecretss.blogspot.com

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Dan Lyons

Eastern Kentucky basketball doesn’t get a ton of run on Sportscenter, but tonight against Tennessee-Martin guard Marcus Lewis tried to see if he could make a highlight reel or two. Lewis finished with 19 points in the 89-66 win, and he did it in style, throwing down a number of ferocious dunks against the Skyhawks:

Lewis averages 10.9 points per game for EKU, good for third on the team, but he has to be first in huge slams after his performance against UT-Martin.

Video: Eastern Kentucky’s Marcus Lewis Puts On A Show Against Tennessee-Martin

Gus Malzahn On Iron Bowl Trophy: “It’s Going To Be Around Here For A While” sexandsecretss.blogspot.com

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Gus Malzahn On Iron Bowl Trophy: “It’s Going To Be Around Here For A While”

Matt Lombardi

It’s been a few months since Auburn defeated Alabama in the most memorable Iron Bowl game of all time, but Tigers coach Gus Malzahn is still gloating about his team’s accomplishment. At halftime of Thursday night’s basketball game between the two schools, Malzahn accepted the James E. Foy, V – ODK Sportsmanship Trophy, handed out to the winner of the football game each year. He then dropped a quote for the ages.

Bold, to say the least. You can be sure that Tide coach Nick Saban will print out that quote and post it around his program’s locker room very, very soon.

Photo: Here Are The Shoes To Go With Michigan State’s New Nike Basketball Uniforms For Saturday

Tyler Moorehead

Earlier this afternoon, Nike revealed its new Nike Hyper Elite Dominance series of basketball uniforms — seven of the nation’s most prominent programs will don new retro-style uniforms over the next few weeks. One of the most unique uniform combinations of the bunch belongs to Michigan State. This Saturday against Georgetown, the Spartans will once again wear a script look, but this time the uniform will be completely bronze.

Now, the Kevin Durant shoes that will accompany the uniform have been released — the Nike swoosh looks a little more gold than bronze, but they are still pretty nice kicks:

[Phil Hecken]

Photo: Oklahoma Basketball Has New Nike Zoom Crusader And Nike HyperRev Shoes

Tyler Moorehead

Some new kicks have just arrived for the Oklahoma Sooners. Ahead of their game with against the Iowa State Cyclones in Ames this Saturday, the Sooners have decided to mix things up with their shoe game, moving to the new Nike Zoom Crusaders and HyperRevs — the latter in particular look great:

You can catch Saturday’s game on ESPN3 at 4:00 PM EST.

Photos: New Ohio State Basketball Jerseys And Shorts Revealed

Dan Lyons

It’s been a busy day in the uniform department for Ohio State, as new shorts and gray jerseys have been leaked online. First, Land-Grant Holy Land’s Andrew Lind tweeted out these “throwback” shorts:

Shortly afterwards, The Buckeye Room passed along images of new gray jerseys that were sent along from Nike:

According to Land-Grant Holy Land, these two articles seem to be parts of new throwback uniforms, and based on the colors, there may be both gray and red versions coming this year:

A Nike source confirmed to our Andrew Lind earlier today that none of the jerseys worn by Nike schools this season in the same style as the ones worn by Michigan State a week or so back would be true “throwback” uniforms, and that “fauxback” is probably a more accurate term to use… These uniforms would certainly fit that description, although as they’re gray and the shorts were scarlet, it’s very possible Nike produced two versions of the uniforms (which is rather common practice in their and Ohio State’s dealings).

As we move into February and the heart of Big 10 play, it will be interesting to see when the Buckeyes unveil these new threads on the court.

[Land-Grant Holy Land]

Video: Cal’s Justin Cobbs Had One Of The Worst Layups Of The Year Last Night, Got The Ball Stuck

Tyler Moorehead

Cal’s Justin Cobbs had a pretty good game last night — the guard finished with 21 points, three assists, and three steals in an overtime loss to the Arizona State Sun Devils. Unfortunately, there’s probably one shot on his mind today that could have been the difference-maker — on one breakaway early in the second half, Cobbs missed an uncontested, point-blank layup after he came up with a nice defensive play.

But not only did he miss the layup, coming up short…he also got the ball stuck between the rim and the backboard. On the bright side, the possession arrow went to Cal, so at least his team ended up getting the ball back:

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Video: Penn State Knocks Off Ohio State On Last-Second D.J. Newbill Jumper sexandsecretss.blogspot.com

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Video: Penn State Knocks Off Ohio State On Last-Second D.J. Newbill Jumper

Matt Lombardi

Ohio State, ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation earlier this season, is officially in free fall mode. The Buckeyes lost another game Wednesday night – their fifth in the last six – to a Penn State squad currently sitting in last place in the Big Ten. Junior guard D.J. Newbill nailed the game-winner for the Nittany Lions with 1.9 seconds left in overtime. Buckeyes point guard Aaron Craft was unable to get off a shot on OSU’s final possession.

Newbill gave the Buckeyes fits all night, scoring 25 points and pulling down eight boards. It’s safe to say that Ohio State is officially putting itself in bubble territory.

Video: Memphis’ Joe Jackson Misses Windmill Dunk, Then UCF’s Tristan Spurlock Has Giant Tip Slam

Tyler Moorehead

It’s typically not a good idea to showboat in a close game, particularly on the road, and tonight Memphis guard Joe Jackson learned that lesson the hard way. Playing against UCF at CFE Arena, Jackson found himself ahead on a breakaway and tried to silence the Knights’ crowd with a vicious windmill jam. There was only one problem: he missed the dunk.

To make matters worse for him, UCF immediately had a big dunk from Tristan Spurlock on the other end, bringing the crowd to its feet — talk about a momentum swing:

Video: Nebraska Coach Tim Miles Used YouTube To Help Out With A Fan’s Marriage Proposal

Tyler Moorehead

I’m not sure that many college basketball coaches can say that they helped a fan seal the deal with a marriage proposal lately, but Nebraska’s Tim Miles certainly can. Huskers fan Joe Hawke got in contact with Miles via Twitter to ask if the head coach would record a message to help him propose to his girlfriend, a huge fan of Nebraska basketball.

Hawke had to reach out to Miles with a fake account (because his now-fiance follows his real one, of course, and she would have known what he was up to) but his plan worked perfectly:

Of course Miles obliged:

…and it worked!

Congrats to the soon-to-be Hawkes — Joe, you totally nailed the proposal.

Photo: Texas Tech Unveils New Super Bowl Billboard In Times Square

Matt Lombardi

It looks like Texas Tech’s PR department is spending a good portion of its 2014 budget in the first month of the year. The Red Raiders have taken out a billboard in Times Square to celebrate the three Denver Broncos players they call alumni ahead of the Super Bowl at the Meadowlands this Sunday. The three players pictured are Wes Welker, Louis Vasquez and Manny Ramirez. The school snapped a photo and blasted it out on Instagram on Wednesday afternoon.

This isn’t quite as bold as when Oregon took out a gigantic ad in NYC for Joey Harrington, but it’s still notable. I suppose it’s rather obvious who TTU will be rooting for in the big game.

Photo: Wisconsin Fans Put Up Billboard For Russell Wilson In Raleigh, Misspell “Russell”

Dan Lyons

Before becoming the starting quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks as a rookie, and leading the team to the Super Bowl this season, Russell Wilson had a standout college career at both North Carolina State and Wisconsin, where he transferred to play out his final year of eligibility. Naturally both programs claim him as their own, so this billboard that was recently put up in Raleigh with Wilson’s Super Bowl appearance on the horizon is probably causing a bit of a stir.

Of course, this act of trolling would have probably worked better had they spelled Wilson’s name correctly. Clearly, the effort was there, but the execution is severely lacking.

Syracuse Coach Scott Shafer Is Getting Blasted On Twitter After Insensitive Tweets About Atlanta

Matt Lombardi

Syracuse coach Scott Shafer is getting absolutely annihilated on Twitter Wednesday afternoon after tweeting out a set of insensitive remarks about Atlanta’s handling of the recent snowstorm, which left thousands of motorists stranded in their cars overnight and students sleeping on cold gym floors. Many are also citing rumored fatalities from the events, but those have yet to be confirmed.

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Shafer, whose current hometown is snow-covered for nearly half of the year, thought it’d be a good idea to poke fun at how southerners were handling the situation. It backfired, big time.

While some of the people tweeting at him are a bit ignorant about how bad SU’s program really is (the Orange has won bowl games in three of the past four years), it’s hard to argue against that 56-0 whooping that Georgia Tech put on them.

Shafer has since deleted his tweets, but you can find them here. It’s a safe bet that we’ll see an apology very, very soon.

Syracuse Football Coach Scott Shafer Is Not Impressed By Atlanta’s Handling Of Snow

Dan Lyons

Update: Shafer deleted his controversial tweets but later addressed the situation. He says that there was “no harm meant” to those affected by the storm. He had been taking serious heat from college football fans earlier in the day.

Earlier: Syracuse head football coach Scott Shafer has famously embraced the Central New York community, including the massive amounts of snow that the city receives every year. He’s made the term “hard-nosed” his personal catch-phrase when describing the people of Syracuse, and what he hopes for his team.

Of course, Shafer also wants to compete on the field, and with a few days left until signing day, he found himself in Atlanta trying to pull in some southern football talent. When a snowstorm that was light by Syracuse standards effectively shut down the city for the day, he was none too impressed:

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Shafer’s tweets may sound a bit harsh towards a city that is not used to dealing with winter weather, but he did seem to enjoy at least one southern institution during this recruiting trip last night:

ESPN Cancels Broadcast Of Tonight’s UNC-Georgia Tech Game Due To Safety Concerns

Dan Lyons

Tonight’s UNC-Georgia Tech game in Atlanta had been scheduled for an ESPN broadcast, but due to safety concerns related to the local weather, it looks like ESPN will not make it to McCamish Pavilion, according to a tweet from broadcaster Bob Wischusen:

Atlanta was hit with a snow storm yesterday, which led to hundreds of accidents on the roads, and hours of heavy traffic. It appears that the 7 PM game will be played as scheduled, but it is very strange to see a broadcast get cancelled so close to tip-off.

Former Nebraska Quarterback Taylor Martinez Creates New “Tiny Ninja Jump” iPhone App

Tyler Moorehead

Former Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Taylor Martinez is busy rehabbing from a foot injury sustained last season as he prepares for the NFL Draft, but in the case that his professional football career doesn’t work out, he has a very solid backup plan: designing phone apps.

Martinez has made iPhone games before , and recently he unveiled his latest creation, a simple game known as Tiny Ninja Jump . The object of the game is to “get from start to finish as fast as you can by sliding down the hill while performing tricks!”

And here’s a very strange promo video for the app:

CBS Sports currently has Martinez listed as the 33rd-best quarterback prospect in this draft class, so it may be a long-shot that he gets selected in May. However, video game designing is hardly the worst fallback option.

[Silicon Prairie News]

Photo: Syracuse Store Already Selling Attendance Record Shirts Ahead Of Saturday’s Duke Game

Dan Lyons

Syracuse basketball has been breaking its own college basketball single-game attendance record for years now, and when Duke showed up on this year’s home schedule, the question wasn’t whether or not last year’s mark of 35,012 for Georgetown would be topped, but what the number would end up being.

Famous Syracuse apparel store Manny’s seems to have broken the news on what the new record will be, releasing these shirts for this weekend’s showdown between the two ACC powers:

Some predicted that this year’s mark would top 36,000, but it looks like Syracuse still has some room before it hits that mark. This number tops the previous record by 434. A few thousand fans are going to be sitting incredibly far away from the court, and Syracuse has pondered whether or not to move the court in the middle of the Carrier Dome’s football field, which could allow the school to pack in upwards of 50,000 fans for a basketball game. Until then, expect Syracuse to continue to push the limit with the current layout.

Stanford Has An Extremely Weird Promo Video For Tonight’s Matchup With Arizona

Tyler Moorehead

Tonight at Maples Pavilion, the Stanford Cardinal will look to give undefeated Arizona its first loss of the 2013-14 season. The Wildcats are off to their best start in school history at 20-0, but Stanford isn’t planning on giving them a warm welcome — no, they “won’t even know what him them”, according to possible the strangest promo/hype video of all-time from Stanford athletics:

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Video: It’s Almost Unfair How Easy It Is For Wichita State’s Tekele Cotton To Catch Alley-Oops sexandsecretss.blogspot.com

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Tyler Moorehead

You may still be mesmerized by Tekele Cotton’s ridiculous posterization of Illinois’ John Jones one week ago, but you might want to snap out of the daze — he managed to wow another Wichita State crowd tonight against Loyola. Early in the game vs. the Ramblers, Cotton showed off his ability to fly when he went up and high-pointed a Nick Wiggins pass for a picture-perfect alley-oop:

Seriously, Cotton would make a fantastic wide receiver.

Video: It’s Almost Unfair How Easy It Is For Wichita State’s Tekele Cotton To Catch Alley-Oops

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John Calipari Says Kentucky Wasn’t Prepared For “Energy, Viciousness” In Loss To LSU

Dan Lyons

Following an 87-82 loss to 13-6 LSU, Kentucky head coach John Calipari was very brief with the media. Calipari only fielded a handful of questions after the game, and skipped out on his usual post-game radio spot, but he did have this explanation for the Wildcats’ inability to keep up with the Tigers:

After the game, Calipari wasted no time in leaving the Maravich Center:

Video from the presser is available via The Daily Reveille:

Video: Kentucky, Down 5 Points With 13 Seconds To Play, Chooses Not To Foul

Matt Lombardi

Kentucky seemingly did its best, and then worst, to try and get back into the game against LSU in the final few minutes Tuesday night. After Aaron Harrison hit three straight 3-pointers to bring the Wildcats back within five (they trailed by 12), the Tigers were allowed to run off the final 13.5 seconds on the game clock without being fouled. Both the announcers and UK fans were stunned:

While it’s understandable that Kentucky’s players were trying to get a steal or a turnover for the first few seconds, they clearly needed to adjust that plan once those precious moments had passed. I’m sure we’ll hear from Coach Cal – soon – on whether this was his fault or his players not following directions.

Friday, January 31, 2014

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Photos: Jim Boeheim Visits Syracuse Students Camping Out For Saturday’s Duke Game

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Randy Moss Says He Would Still Choose Notre Dame Today

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Kentucky Ranked As “Top Local Fan Base” In College Basketball

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

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Gus Malzahn On Iron Bowl Trophy: “It’s Going To Be Around Here For A While”

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Photo: Here Are The Shoes To Go With Michigan State’s New Nike Basketball Uniforms For Saturday

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Photo: Oklahoma Basketball Has New Nike Zoom Crusader And Nike HyperRev Shoes

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Photos: New Ohio State Basketball Jerseys And Shorts Revealed

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Video: Cal’s Justin Cobbs Had One Of The Worst Layups Of The Year Last Night, Got The Ball Stuck

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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Video: Memphis’ Joe Jackson Misses Windmill Dunk, Then UCF’s Tristan Spurlock Has Giant Tip Slam

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Video: Nebraska Coach Tim Miles Used YouTube To Help Out With A Fan’s Marriage Proposal

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Photo: Texas Tech Unveils New Super Bowl Billboard In Times Square

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Photo: Wisconsin Fans Put Up Billboard For Russell Wilson In Raleigh, Misspell “Russell”

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Syracuse Coach Scott Shafer Is Getting Blasted On Twitter After Insensitive Tweets About Atlanta

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Syracuse Football Coach Scott Shafer Is Not Impressed By Atlanta’s Handling Of Snow

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ESPN Cancels Broadcast Of Tonight’s UNC-Georgia Tech Game Due To Safety Concerns

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Former Nebraska Quarterback Taylor Martinez Creates New “Tiny Ninja Jump” iPhone App

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Photo: Syracuse Store Already Selling Attendance Record Shirts Ahead Of Saturday’s Duke Game

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Stanford Has An Extremely Weird Promo Video For Tonight’s Matchup With Arizona

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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John Calipari Says Kentucky Wasn’t Prepared For “Energy, Viciousness” In Loss To LSU

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Video: Kentucky, Down 5 Points With 13 Seconds To Play, Chooses Not To Foul

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