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A funeral & a reunion: The anniversary of Syracuse’s 1975 Final Four team meant more to Rudy Hackett


You get to a certain age and the occasions are rare when you get to reunite with old classmates or the friends of your youth. Most often those occasions are reunions and funerals. Rudy Hackett experienced both this past weekend. Hackett, the former Syracuse basketball star, returned to Syracuse University on Saturday. (Syracuse.com)

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A funeral & a reunion: The anniversary of Syracuse’s 1975 Final Four team meant more to Rudy Hackett