In the complaint, the group said that they had been slapped and hit with wooden swords by their head coach, local media said.

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At State College, the name of a popular football camp-out is now called "Nittanyville, " rather than "Paternoville, " and a famous local mural no longer shows a halo painted above the image of the school's former head coach.

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As the only Division 1 athletic department in the state, they enjoy one of the largest local fan bases in the U.S. Also, just three years into his role as head coach, Tubby Smith has led the team to consecutive NCAA tournaments for the first time in 15 years (though officially it's the first time in school history, since those earlier appearances were vacated by the NCAA).

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