Maybe we shouldn't get used to this "Atlantic" and "Coastal" nonsense for too long. Some thoughts on how a geographic split might work out better...

Crustastic Jam-Meister Fair has made the semi-finals of Hoop Manifesto's Dunk of the Year voting. Cast your vote to make sure he advances. FWIW, CJ again won the last round by the largest margin (68% to 32%). His opponent this round won by a single vote.

Syracuse is up at #8 now. Other notables: Kentucky still #1, Louisville still #2, Duke at #5, UNC at #11, Memphis at #14, Marquette at #15, UConn at #23.

I got an e-mail from one of my favorite wacky t-shirt websites and, lo and behold, they have an Orangemen shirt. And, for the next 14 hours or so, regular price shirts are 4 for $44. Get one for your lady. Get one for you mom. Get one one for your best SU buddy (just not your kids. Kids shirts don't count towards the promotion).

6'1" freshman out of South Carolina. Must haz for class of 2017

CJ has made the quarterfinals of Hoops Manifesto's Dunk of the Year contest. This round, he goes up against Anthony "Nemo" Goode, of something called Virginia Intermont.

Justin Pugh has gotten a lot of love, particualry from ESPN's Todd McShay and the NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah and Mike Mayock. He appears to be catching on. He makes the Second Team All Potential squad as a guard on this nyjetsdraft.com, but has the versatility to play tackle. He would be a top 30 pick as a LT if his arms were just a little longer. Either way he has a bright future. Along with Nassib, Shamarko Thomas, and Lemon and Sales (not to mention Marrone and half his 'Cuse staff) this could be a SU-NFL Renaissance year.

Stolen from @NunesMagician Twitter account. Funny and surprisingly accurate. I'll spare you the suspense, Syracuse is the Wildlings from the far North (har, har). Anyone who's read the books knows that it's pretty much inevitable that the Wildlings will eventually overrun Westeros. Does this mean Syracuse will overrun the ACC?

Keep in mind this is extremely early (seven months away from the season), but he has us as a no. 2-seed in Buffalo, then playing in Indianapolis for the Sweet 16 and Elite 8. Also, he has just three ACC teams "in" on that list, but the actual number is six. It probably auto-fills conference totals, so it counted SU, ND and Pitt as Big East schools still, and didn't separate out the AAC schools either.