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A Nice Post-Duke Bonus For Some Syracuse Students

This guy sounds like a fun professor.

By JD King

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NCAA Basketball: Duke at Syracuse
Feb 22, 2017; Syracuse, NY, USA; Duke Blue Devils guard Grayson Allen (3) prepares to shoot the ball around Syracuse Orange guard Tyus Battle (25) during the first half at the Carrier Dome. 
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The Syracuse win over Duke was big for the team and program but as it turns out, it was a bonus for a Syracuse class as well.

Their professor, one Brian Taylor, had a test scheduled and gave everyone a three point bonus. He called it the Gillon Rule and said it was adopted at 9:57 Wednesday night.

We don’t know anything about the good professor, but his students seem to like him okay.

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