Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

By Mike Waters

The Syracuse Orange (6-1) will face the Connecticut Huskies (6-2) in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

The game is not only a renewal of a rivalry, but it's also a return to the building where some of that rivalry's most memorable games were played. Madison Square Garden. The World's Most Famous Arena.

Syracuse and UConn have met 15 times at Madison Square Garden. The first time came back in 1957. Since then, SU and UConn staged some epic battles on one of college basketball's greatest stages, including the 2009 Big East quarterfinal game that needed six overtimes to settle.

Here is a look at all 15 previous matchups between Syracuse and UConn at Madison Square Garden.

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1957 NCAA Tournament

The first time Syracuse and Connecticut played each other at Madison Square Garden was in the 1957 NCAA tournament.

Syracuse was led by All-American Vince Cohen (24.2 points per game) and big man Jon Cincebox (11.8 rebounds per game). Manny Breland was another key player for SU.

Syracuse went 16-6 in the regular season to earn its first NCAA tournament bid.

Connecticut led by as many as 10 points late in the game, but Syracuse rallied for an 82-76 victory. Syracuse advanced to the East Regionals in Philadelphia where the Orangemen beat Lafayette, but then lost to eventual national champion North Carolina 67-58.

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1984 Big East Tournament

The second time Syracuse met Connecticut at the Garden would be their first ever Big East Tournament game there.

Dwayne "Pearl'' Washington, Syracuse's phenomenal freshman, scored 13 points, but it was another Orangeman led the way.

Rafael Addison scored 31 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Syracuse's 73-58 victory in the Big East quarterfinals.

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1990 Big East Tournament

Syracuse's LeRon Ellis and Derrick Coleman got this rebound, but Nadav Henefeld and the Connecticut Huskies won the 1990 Big East tournament game against the Orangemen on March 11, 1990.

Stevie Thompson scored a team-high 21 for Syracuse, while Coleman added 13 points and 10 rebounds. Connecticut got a game-high 22 points from Tate George as Chris Smith chipped in with 20 points.

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1996 Big East Tournament

It was not a good day for Syracuse's John Wallace and Lazarus Sims when Syracuse played No. 3 ranked Connecticut in the 1996 Big East tournament.

Connecticut dominated the Orangemen en route to an 85-67 victory.

Wallace scored 19 points and Jason Cipolla added 13 for Syracuse, but Connecticut got 29 points from All-American guard Ray Allen. Doron Sheffer also scored 22 points.

Connecticut would go onto win the tournament with an epic victory over Georgetown in the championship game, but Syracuse would go farther in the NCAA tournament, advancing to the NCAA title game.

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1998 Big East Tournament

Syracuse and UConn met again in the 1998 Big East tournament.

Todd Burgan, shown here battling UConn's Kevin Freeman for a loose ball, scored 17 points for Syracuse. Marius Janulis came off the bench to score 14.

But UConn placed four players in double-figures with Rashamel Jones leading the way with 17 as the Huskies beat the Orangemen 69-64 at the Garden.

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1999 Big East Tournament

Connecticut beat Syracuse for the fourth straight time and the third time in four years at the Garden in the semifinals of the 1999 Big East tournament.

Connecticut, ranked No. 3 in the country, had too much for Syracuse. Jason Hart scored a team-high 12 points for Syracuse. Etan Thomas had 11 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks.

But UConn got 21 points from Kevin Freeman, while Richard Hamilton scored 17 points in 24 minutes off the bench as the Huskies won 71-50.

After the game, Hart gave Hamilton a hug.

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2001 Big East Tournament

In the 2001 Big East tournament, Syracuse notched its first win over Connecticut at the Garden since the 1984 conference tournament. Syracuse scored an 86-75 victory over the Huskies in the first round of the 2001 tournament.

Preston Shumpert led Syracuse with 31 points, while Allen Griffin tied a tournament record with seven steals.

Caron Butler, pictured going for a loose ball against SU's Billy Celuck and Damone Brown, paced UConn with 18 points.

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2003 Big East Tournament

The last loss in the Syracuse careers of both Kueth Duany and Carmelo Anthony came against Connecticut in the semifinals of the 2003 Big East Tournament.

Connecticut beat the Orangemen 80-67 despite 29 points and a career-high 15 rebounds from Anthony.

Rashad Anderson scored a team-high 21 points for UConn.

Although Syracuse lost the game, it would go onto win the 2003 NCAA championship.

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2005 Big East Tournament

Syracuse's Hakim Warrick, here battling UConn's Rudy Gay and Charlie Villanueva for a rebound, had an outstanding game to lead SU to a 67-63 win over the Huskies in the semifinals of the 2005 Big East Tournament.

Warrick scored 26 points and hauled in 10 rebounds. He would be named tournament MVP after SU's win over West Virginia in the finals.

Gerry McNamara had 15 points for Syracuse.

Villanueva led UConn with 18 points and 11 boards, while Rudy Gay added 12 points.

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2006 Big East Tournament

The 2006 Big East Tournament belonged to Gerry McNamara. After his last second 3-pointer beat Cincinnati in the first round of the tournament, McNamara spurred unranked Syracuse to an 86-84 overtime win over No. 1 Connecticut in the quarterfinals.

McNamara sent the game into overtime with a last-second 3-pointer. He finished with 17 points and a career-high 13 assists.

Marcus Williams had 17 points and 11 assists for UConn, but it wasn't enough. Syracuse would go onto win the tournament.

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2007 Big East Tournament

Syracuse beat Connecticut for the third consecutive year at Madison Square Garden with a 78-65 win over the Huskies in the first round of the 2007 Big East Tournament.

Demetris Nichols scored 28 points on 7 3-pointers for the Orange. Eric Devendorf scored 19 points.

Syracuse was down 38-36 at halftime, but roared past Hasheem Thabeet and the rest of the Huskies in the second half.

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2009 Big East Tournament

The game with which there is no compare in the history of the Syracuse-Connecticut series, in the history of Madison Square Garden and the history of the Big East.

In the quarterfinals of the 2009 Big East Tournament, Syracuse and Connecticut played for six overtimes. That's 30 extra minutes of basketball. The last quarterfinal of the day stretched into the next wee hours of the following morning.

Syracuse finally out-lasted UConn for a 127-117 victory.

Players were exhausted; at least those who remained in the game as several fouled out. Syracuse's Jonny Flynn, foreground, played 67 out of a possible 70 minutes. He finished with 34 points and 11 assists. Paul Harris, background, played 56 minutes and had 29 points and 22 rebounds.

Syracuse never led in any overtime until the start of the sixth and final period.

A.J. Price had 33 points for UConn. Stanley Robinson added 28 before fouling out.

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2011 Big East Tournament

Connecticut broke its four-game losing streak to Syracuse at the Garden with a 76-71 overtime win over the Orange in the 2011 Big East tourney.

Scoop Jardine hit a pair of 3-pointers late in regulation to send the game into overtime, but Kemba Walker was too much for the Orange. Walker scored 33 points for the Huskies.

Jardine and Kris Joseph each had 20 points for Syracuse.

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2012 Big East Tournament

Syracuse, the 2nd-ranked team in the nation, struggled against unranked Connecticut before holding off the Huskies for a 58-55 win in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Big East tournament.

Dion Waiters came off the bench to lead the Orange with 18 points.

Shabazz Napier had 15 points for UConn, but the Huskies' best performance came from Andre Drummond who had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

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2016-17 regular season

The only Syracuse-Connecticut game at Madison Square Garden that wasn't played in the postseason came last year.

Connecticut's Christian Vital hit two free throws with 1.5 seconds remaining to give the Huskies a 52-50 win over the Orange on Dec. 5, 2016. The free throws were the only points of the game for Vital.

Andrew White, who finished with 14 points, had tied the game on a 3-pointer, but Vital got the rebound on an errant shot and was fouled as he tried to get off an off-balance shot of his own.

Rodney Purvis led UConn with 21 points.