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The enigma that is Indiana

As the Penn State men's basketball team has slowly ascended the Big Ten rankings the last couple of seasons, there has been one team noticeably doing the opposite.

A school with five national titles, 32 tournament appearances and 52 tournament victories, Indiana is arguably the class of the Big Ten when it comes to basketball.

Not in the last five years, however. They have gone through four coaches, and haven't made it to the sweet 16 since a run to the national title game in 2002.

The low point came last season, as the Hoosiers fell to 1-17 in the Big Ten and won just six games.

But as ESPN's Dana O'Neil points out, this season may be different because of a recruiting class that ranks among the nation's best.

Amazing how the Hoosiers can recruit with the best of the conference, coming off a season when they ranked among the worst.

-AJC

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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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