By Paul Schott | The Register Citizen (Conn.)

Before he became a 10-time NBA All-Star and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Carmelo Anthony made his name as the star of the Syracuse team that won the national championship in 2003 .

Syracuse lost only five games that season, but two of the Orange’s defeats came to the University of Connecticut: a 75-61 regular-season loss at the Hartford Civic Center (now People’s Bank Arena) and a 80-67 loss at Madison Square Garden in the semifinals of the Big East tournament. Unsurprisingly, Anthony played well — scoring 29 points in both games.

Tracy McGrady, a seven-time NBA All-Star, never faced UConn because he went straight from high school to the NBA in 1997. But he is still a big fan of the college game.

In interviews Monday at an NBA 2025-2

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