Elijah Hughes and Marek Dolezaj tasted life among the ACC’s elite as the Syracuse Orange’s invites for the Operation Basketball media day. While coaches clamored over “pay to play” and food allowances, the players dug deep into the event’s catering. Dolezaj grabbed a salad covered in bacon. Hughes cleaned off a plate of mac-and-cheese.
Important breaking news from ACC basketball media day: In the lunch line, Jim Boeheim tried to sell Marek Dolezaj on a beet salad by describing it as “very European.” Dolezaj went with the salad that had bacon anyway.