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Syracuse Basketball: UConn won numerous recruiting wars vs. SU of late

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Syracuse basketball and Connecticut don’t suit up in the same conference these days, however, they still play on the court from time to time and often battle it out on the recruiting trail.

Not too long ago, 2022 four-star center Donovan Clingan committed to the Huskies over the Orange and other finalists. That got me thinking as to how many other occasions in recent years UConn prevailed against Syracuse basketball in the recruiting arena.

I reviewed information on the 247Sports Web site dating back to the 2010 recruiting cycle to see which high-school prospects who committed to Connecticut also possessed scholarship offers from the ‘Cuse.