Ralph Scott, the fast-rising 2026 prospect from Bermuda, has a familiarity with Syracuse basketball that dates back to when he was a pre-teen.
Doug Reed, a Syracuse University alum in the class of 1984, is the founder and head coach of Team Hurricane, a grassroots program in Bermuda. He would take members of Team Hurricane to Jim Boeheim's annual summer camps.
Reed, in a telephone conversation with me this week from Bermuda, said that Scott went to the Boeheim camps for two summers as a pre-teen. The 6-foot-8 small forward, though, didn't necessarily have strong feelings one way or another about SU at the time.