Associated Press
It was noon on a Thursday, just a humble quarterfinal round, yet Madison Square Garden was full and electric. This was Connecticut-Syracuse, Jim Calhoun-Jim Boeheim, old-school rivalry, new generation of players.
This was one game in one of the great events in college athletics, the Big East tournament, same as it ever was, only not for much longer.
Syracuse won 58-55 in a game that was hard-fought and emotional even though the NCAA tournament selection committee chairman already basically has announced the Orange’s No. 1 seed in the tournament has been locked up.
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