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Who is Paddy Casey? Meet the Syracuse walk-on who grew up idolizing Gerry McNamara

Around this time last year, Paddy Casey wasn’t even playing basketball. His season at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But he still had one year of college eligibility remaining so in December he decided to enter the transfer portal and see what suitors would follow.

Months went by and Casey found himself in the crowded transfer market with little to show for it. He graduated with a degree in Pharmaceutical and Health Care Business so he figured it was time to start looking for jobs. He also applied to graduate school at Syracuse for a master’s degree in marketing to keep his options open.