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Jim Boeheim talks nicknames, paying players, 20-game ACC schedules

Wednesday was ACC men’s basketball media day (“Operation Basketball,” obviously) and the Syracuse Orange’s Jim Boeheim, Tyus Battle and Frank Howard were all in attendance down in Charlotte.

Frank and Tyus both had things to say, and we’ll get to them. But obviously the main event of any media day-type event is getting a microphone in front of Jim and just letting him “Boeheim” all over the place.

To little surprise, “Boeheim” he did this time around. We won’t hit on everything he said, but some of the more notable remarks:

On the forthcoming 20-game schedule

“I think for us it’s been difficult in the Big East when you had to go (to) Connecticut, Georgetown, St.