The one-sided nature of the St. John’s-Connecticut rivalry turned last winter.

The Huskies weren’t at the top of the Big East. Their fans didn’t take over the Garden when Dan Hurley’s team took on St. John’s.

And, perhaps most significantly, Rick Pitino and the Johnnies won the two regular-season meetings, rallying for a thrilling win in Storrs, Conn., and manhandling the Huskies at MSG en route to the program’s first outright Big East regular-season crown since 1985.

Both teams loaded up for this season, hitting the transfer portal hard.

They are each viewed as Final Four contenders, adding spice to encounters on Feb. 6 and Feb. 25 that will be appointment viewing.

“There’s certainly a nastiness to when we’re going to play St. John’s, but I don’t think it’s disrespectful,” Connecticu

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