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Syracuse basketball and Connecticut have a storied history on the court as long-time Big East Conference rivals. Six overtimes in 2009, anyone?
But the Orange and the Huskies, given their geographic ties to the Northeast, also have engaged in plenty of recruiting battles over the years.
And UConn, which is on an upward trajectory under head coach Dan Hurley, recently has gotten into the mix for various high-school prospects who also own offers from the ‘Cuse.
We recently detailed that Connecticut is showing interest in 2022 four-star combo guard Chance Westry, who is a junior at the Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, Calif.