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Alford is older, wiser and no longer thinking about IU

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Maybe Steve Alford's maturity and aging are the reasons for his relaxed demeanor. Maybe it's looking at the calming, smog-free Sandia Mountains every morning from his northeast Albuquerque home. Alford can't even put his finger on the reason for his attitude. But something is different. This isn't the same rather uptight coach from Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) or Iowa who appeared to be on a fast track to his alma mater Indiana when Bob Knight and then Mi ...

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