Looking back on draft day

Draft day can, and probably will, be a great day for Syracuse basketball. Dion Waiters is expected to be a top 10 pick, or at least fall into the lottery. Fab Melo is projected to go somewhere around 20-25, also in the first round. Kris Joseph is on the bubble in round two, but we may get to hear the Canadian's name before the night is done.

That's a lot of NBA talent for a team that didn't have any supposed star power, according to the "experts," last season.

But draft day can also be a bit of a melancholy day for SU fans, if you think about it. Because this is the last day Dion, Fab and Kris are all OUR players. By the end of the night, most likely, they will all be wearing a uniform that says neither Syracuse nor Orange.

So let's take one last look journey into the Lots of Pulp vault, and enjoy all the fun we had with these guys during their SU careers.

Dion Waiters - Humble, Hungry, Unstoppable

- Unstoppable ... Dion Waiters is
- Baller's Backups - Dion Waiters
- Revenge of the Alley Oop GIF
- The Dion Waiters Tweet Cloud
- Best and Worst Moments from the Best and Worst Season
- Roll Bounce 2: Camden Showdown
- An Obtwittuary - Dion Waiters
- Relax with some SU slow jams

Fab Melo - The Monstar who left us too soon

- The Five Stages of Fab Grief
- How Fab became a block machine
- How Chipotle turned Fab Melo into a (skinny) star
- Best and Worst Moments from the Best and Worst Season
- Destroying the Hoyas one GIF at a time
- Baller's Backups - Fab Melo
- #FabMeloRumors
- #FabMeloRumors Fab Himself Clears Things Up

Kris Joseph - Candian Bacon, Hoya Spayer

- KrisJo - Spaying Hoyas since 2010
- Destroying the Hoyas one GIF at a time
- Kris Jo Game Winner Reactions
- GIFs of the Week
- Best and Worst Moments from the Best and Worst Season
- Relax with some SU slow jams
- The GIF - Greatest Invention Forever Pin It Now!

Memorial Day Backup Plans

Never again with the yellow shoes

If you're a Syracuse lacrosse fan, your Memorial Day plans used to be set in stone. Travel to the lacrosse Final Four, tailgate heavily, and watch the Orange compete for the sport's ultimate prize. Qualifying for 22-straight championship weekends made it pretty standard. Sure, there was the first-round exit in 2005, then a lost season in 2007, but back-to-back titles in '08 and '09 made us think things were back to normal.

Unfortunately this might be the new normal.

The fact is, parody seems to have finally arrived. This is the third-consecutive year the Orange has failed to play on Memorial Day weekend. And for the first time since 1975 (H/T @beneg92 for that tidbit), Syracuse, Johns Hopkins and Virginia are all firing up the grills at home for the holiday. Notre Dame, Loyola, Maryland and Duke in the Final Four? Shoot me in the face.

And women's lacrosse? Don't get me started. Why can't women hit other women just like men can hit men? Play by the same rules as men's lacrosse or don't call it lacrosse. I refuse to watch women's "stick and net ball," even if Syracuse is involved. Sorry, Gary Gait.

So what else can you do this weekend? We're here to help.

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Jim Boeheim is THIS MUCH more valuable than your coach

Sean Keeley did a good job explaining how Jim Boeheim is a bargain considering his paycheck. But let's dig a little deeper, and see just how much of a bargain he is these days.

Jim Boeheim makes $1.9 million per year, according to papers filed to the government and reported by syracuse.com. Over the last few seasons, that has been money very well spent. Let's discuss.

-$55,882.32 per win in 2012
-$70,370.37 per win in 2011
-$63,333.33 per win in 2010
-Average of $62,637.63 per win in the last three seasons

Would you rather have this
guy, or 2.91 Boeheims?

To put this all into perspective, let's look at some other coaches, and how "valuable" they are to their schools by the numbers.

Rick Pitino
-Salary: $4.8 million
-Per win: $182,278.48 (2.91 Boeheims)

Tom Izzo -Salary: $3.6 million
-Per win: $142,105.26 (2.27 Boeheims)

Thad Matta -Salary: $2.9 million
-Per win: $92,553.19 (1.48 Boeheims)
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#GeorgetownTraditions

Not sure if you heard this today, but the Georgetown University clock's hands are missing. At first, we assumed it was a Syracuse fan fulfilling his or her birthright of destroying everything Hoya related. But it turns out, this "tradition" has been going on for some time.

From the Washington Post's web site, Georgetown d-bags students swiped the hands back in 2005. When their roommate - in true Georgetown backstabbing form - turned them in, they were forced to endure a brutal punishment:

They were placed on disciplinary probation for a year (meaning they could get kicked out if they got in trouble again), and each had to write an essay on “more constructive university traditions,” according to the Hoya.

So, as always, we want to help these beloved Georgetown students (read: we absolutely do not want to help you), by assembling our own list of "more constructive Georgetown traditions."

• Hand stitching little dolphins and swordfish onto all your clothing
• Fighting innocent Chinese basketball players
• Reminiscing about the glory days or Georgetown basketball, which, of course, came before you were born.
• Scream "Hoya Saxa" in an arena with approximately 26 other people present (players and coaches included)
• Hide every ugly woman fan - so every woman fan - with disgusting face paint.
• Fighting in the stands over SAT scores (this ACTUALLY happened during the 2011 SU game).
• Doing their best Bobby Newport impersonation
• Date rape

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32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 5

Chandler Jones' name has appeared all over the draft charts, from the middle of the first round all the way to the end of the fourth round or lower. It seems @ChanJones99 could wind up anywhere, so Lots of Pulp will try to predict his future with all 32 NFL teams leading up to the draft.

Click here to read other posts from the Chandler Jones Series
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 1
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 2
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 3
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 3 Part Deux
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 4

Green Bay Packers

Projected draft pick: 28
Projected position: OLB
Projected playing time: Backup OLB with more playing time in pass rush situations opposite Clay Matthews. 35% snaps.
Projected Stats: 4.0 Sacks
Sack Celebration: Discount Double Check
Favorite teammate: Jordy Nelson
Rookie Hazing task: Hanging out with this girl

Baltimore Ravens

Projected draft pick: 29
Projected position: DE/OLB
Projected playing time: Starting DE with occasional snaps at OLB, 65% of snaps.
Projected Stats: 6.0 Sacks
Sack Celebration: Re-mix of Ray Lewis' dance (to take over when he retires)
Favorite teammate: Jameel McClain (I don't know who this OTHER JONES is)
Rookie Hazing task: Doing Arthur's laundry between practices

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32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 4

Chandler Jones' name has appeared all over the draft charts, from the middle of the first round all the way to the end of the fourth round or lower. It seems @ChanJones99 could wind up anywhere, so Lots of Pulp will try to predict his future with all 32 NFL teams leading up to the draft.

Click here to read other posts from the Chandler Jones Series
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 1
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 2
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 3
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 3 Part Deux
32 Teams, 1 Chandler Jones: Day 5

Detroit Lions

Projected draft pick: 23
Projected position: DE
Projected playing time: Primary backup to Avril and Vanden Bosch, 35% of snaps. Grooming for Vanden Bosch's spot.
Projected Stats: 4.5 Sacks
Sack Celebration: The Eminem Waka Waka
Favorite teammate: Doug Hogue
Rookie Hazing task: Picking up the tab on Ndamukong Suh's fines

Pittsburgh Steelers

Projected draft pick: 24
Projected position: DE/OLB
Projected playing time: Backing up Woodley and Harrison, with pass rushing snaps at DE. 30% snaps.
Projected Stats: 3.5 Sacks
Sack Celebration: Shampooing the hair 
Favorite teammate: Ziggy Hood
Rookie Hazing task: Ben Roethlisberger's wingman

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