Green-Ellis ran for 3, 869 yards in his college career at Indiana and Ole Miss but wasn't drafted.

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But on college campuses in Indiana, male professors are stalked at about the same rate as the females.

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Wilson said he encouraged Green-Ellis to go to Indiana, where he started his college career.

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Courtside against the Indiana Pacers he greets a group of college students down the row and escorts them to midcourt for a pregame photo.

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Indiana, Virginia and Maryland have dominated the College Cup, the sport's final four, in past years and Connecticut, UCLA and Louisville are in the hunt this year.

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His other head coaching stints were at Iowa (2000-07), Missouri State (1996-99) and Manchester College (1992-95) in his native Indiana.

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Look at all this year's clutter in the brackets, run-of-the-mill conference losers: Arizona, Arkansas, Boston College, Duke, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan State, Purdue, Stanford, Texas Tech, Villanova, Virginia Tech.

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The new freshman at the University of Southern California would rather not know exactly how far she is from home, the better to enjoy the first days and weeks of a college dream that managed to transcend hard times in her northern Indiana city.

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