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Friday no-shows lead Hoosiers to Saturday win

By Adam Rittenberg
ESPN.com

Saturday, February 23, 2008

EVANSTON, Ill. -- When Indiana's team charter took off Saturday morning, Dan Dakich looked around the cabin and tensed up. There was no turbulence. That had been left on the ground in Bloomington. Dakich had no fear of flying. More a fear of what would happen when the Hoosiers touched down. After a week of constant clamor -- about Kelvin Sampson, NCAA violations, a sidetracked season and a shamed program -- there was only silence. "This ...

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