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Nits to travel to Florida

Unfortunately for Jamelle Cornley, he will not play another game in the BJC.

No. 1 Florida advanced in the second round of the NIT tonight, beating Miami, 74-60, in Gainesville.

The win means the No. 2 Nits will now fly down to the Sunshine State for a Tuesday night contest, with an NIT final four berth and trip to the Garden on the line.

It also means Penn State assistant Lewis Preston will be back in Gatorland for the first time since leaving this past summer. Preston was on the staff of the back-to-back NCAA championship teams Florida produced in 2006 and 2007. His departure came as a surprise to many.

ESPN will televise the 9 p.m. tip-off. The winner will get the winner of the following night's Notre Dame - Creighton/Kentucky game in the NIT semifinals, which start Tuesday, March 31.

-Fortuna

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AJ Cassavell is a junior majoring in journalism and is a men's basketball reporter for the Collegian. He is a former Collegian women's volleyball, softball, Lady Lions, men's soccer and men's gymnastics reporter. A 5-foot-7 center in Middle School, AJ at one point said he wished he was shorter so he could play guard. The gods blessed him, and by the time he reached his senior year of High School he had grown half an inch, making him just tall enough to see the floor for about ten minutes all season - as a point guard.


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Stephen Hennessey is a junior majoring in journalism and is a men's basketball reporter for the Collegian. He is a former Collegian women's soccer, men's lacrosse, wrestling, field hockey and women's tennis writer. Steve used to idolize former Utah Utes and New Jersey Nets forward Keith Van Horn — he even wore high, white socks to his CYO basketball games and always demanded the number 44 for his jersey. He even scored a Van Horn autograph on the back of a Toys 'R Us catalog. No joke.


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Andrew Robinson is a junior majoring in journalism and is a men's basketball reporter for the Collegian. He is a former women's soccer, women's rugby and men's swimming writer. A loyal supporter of Dwyane Wade, A-Rob can often be spotted wearing his red, white or black number 3 Heat jersey with basketball shorts, even in the dead of winter. He will, however, respect press etiquette and wear khakis and dress shirts to Nittany Lion games.

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