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>> THE NCAA'S ROAD TO THE FINAL
FOUR ENDS IN INDIANAPOLIS NEXT
APRIL WITH THE DIVISION I MEN'S
BASKETBALL NATIONAL

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CHAMPIONSHIP, AND SO WILL THE
READ TO THE FINAL FOUR.
YES, I SAID “READ”.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS

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WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.
BILL.
>> GERRY, THANKS. AS PART OF
THE MANY OUTREACH PROGRAMS

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ASSOCIATED WITH THE NCAA'S
SHOWCASE EVENT, READ TO THE
FINAL FOUR IS A STATEWIDE
PROGRAM THAT HOPES TO INVOLVE

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THIRD GRADERS THROUGHOUT INDIANA
IN A COMPETITIVE, ONLINE READING
COMPETITION THAT WILL INCLUDE A
MARCH MADNESS STYLE TOURNAMENT.

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AND JOINING US TODAY WITH MORE
DETAILS IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
ABOUT MARCH MADNESS AND THE
FINAL FOUR, FORMER NCAA CHAMPION

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FROM PURDUE KATIE DOUGLAS, WHO
IS CO-CHAIR OF READ TO THE FINAL
FOUR FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS LOCAL
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE KATIE,

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WELCOME.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
>> I'M DOING GREAT, THANKS FOR

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HAVING ME. HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M WELL, THANKS. HOW DID
THIS COME ABOUT?
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM

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MOMENTARILY. HOW DID YOUR
INVOLVEMENT COME ABOUT?
>> SURE. WELL, I WAS APPROACHED
BY INDIANA SPORTS CORPS, WHAT

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SEEMS LIKE FOREVER AGO, MAYBE
18, 20 MONTHS AGO. AS FAR AS
BEING INTERESTED IN BEING IN
CO-CHAIR, OBVIOUSLY I READ

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THROUGH THE INFORMATION THEY
PROVIDED, AND I DIDN'T READ
THROUGH MUCH OF IT, I JUST KNEW
THAT I WANTED TO BE A PART OF

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IT, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED
INDIANAPOLIS, AND HAVING THE
FINAL FOUR NOW FOR THE EIGHTH
TIME IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE TO

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BE A PART OF THAT AND TO WATCH
THIS EVENT, AND TO WATCH IT FROM
THE START TO THE FINISH. SO I
WAS SUPER EXCITED TO BE CO-CHAIR

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AND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT
INDIANAPOLIS CAN DO FOR THIS
FINAL FOUR.
>> YOUR CO-CHAIR IS ANOTHER

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BASKETBALL LEGEND, QUINN BUCKNER
OF I.U., NOW WITH THE INDIANA
PACERS. TIME IS APPROACHING FOR
THE DEADLINE TO GET INVOLVED

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WITH THE TOURNAMENT. SOME MORE
THAN 200 SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY
SIGNED UP. THIS IS AN ONLINE
INTERACTIVE PROGRAM WHERE WHEN

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YOU SIGN ON AND AS YOU READ THE
PROGRAM ACTUALLY LOGS THE
STUDENT'S MINUTES.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SO, LIKE YOU

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SAID, THERE IS KIND OF A LITTLE
SENSE OF URGENCY BECAUSE
NOVEMBER 10 IS THE FINAL
DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO BE

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ELIGIBLE FOR THE MARCH MADNESS
PORTION OF THE COMPETITION.
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS IT'S
FREE. IT'S FOR THIRD GRADE

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STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
STATE OF INDIANA, LIKE YOU
MENTIONED, WE HAVE OVER 250
SCHOOLS CURRENTLY SIGNED UP. WE

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WANT AS MANY SCHOOLS AS WE CAN
HAVE. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE
DIVISION ONE, DIVISION TWO AND
THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE'RE

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TRYING TO MAKE THIS A HUGE
IMPACT FOR THE STATE. IT'S SUPER
EASY FOR TEACHERS, NO STRESS. WE
NEED YOUR TEACHER,

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SUPERINTENDENT, SCHOOL SYSTEM,
TO GET THE CLASSROOM, THIRD
GRADE CLASSROOM SIGNED UP, THEY
CAN GO TO FINAL FOUR INDY.COM

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BACK SLASH READ. TEACHERS DON'T
HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. IT LOGS
EVERYTHING FOR THEM. THAT IS
REALLY NICE, AND IT'S REALLY

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KIND OF STUDENT INITIATED, SO
THE STUDENTS CAN GET ON THERE,
LOG THE MINUTES THEY READ EVERY
DAY, EVERY WEEK, THEN THEY'RE IN

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A COMPETITION, IF YOU REGISTER
PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 10. AND THEN
AFTER THE 10th, AGAIN, YOU CAN
REGISTER, YOU'RE JUST NOT

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ELIGIBLE FOR THAT MARCH MADNESS.
>> AND I BELIEVE SOMETIME LATE
JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, THEY
WILL ANNOUNCE A BRACKET. SO -- I

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LOVE THIS, 68-SCHOOL BRACKET.
AND THEN THE TEAMS THAT ADVANCE
THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED DURING
THE MEN'S FINAL FOUR IN

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INDIANAPOLIS. I THINK THAT'S
TERRIFIC.
>> I THINK IT IS SO COOL FOR THE
STUDENTS TO ENGAGE, AND TAKE

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PART IN THIS FINAL FOUR. I THINK
IT'S HUGE. INDIANAPOLIS IS HUGE
IN MAKING SURE THAT THE EVENTS
ARE BIGGER THAN THE FINAL FOUR,

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AND MAKING SURE WE CAPTURE THAT,
AND USE THE FINAL FOUR AS A
PLATFORM, AGAIN, TO ENCOURAGE
AND MOTIVATE THEM TO READ. THERE

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IS THAT SELECTION SHOW ON
JANUARY 29 WHERE THEY'RE GOING
TO ANNOUNCE 68 TEAMS. SO FROM
NOVEMBER 10 ALL THE WAY UP TO

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THE 28th, THERE WILL BE LOGGING
THOSE MINUTES, AND 68 CLASSROOMS
WILL BE SELECTED AND THEY'LL
COMPETE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP LIKE

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THE MARCH MADNESS. THEY'LL GET
THAT FEELING, PRIZES, SUPER
COOL, SUPER EXCITING. TO
MOTIVATE, ENCOURAGE AND FIND THE

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LOVE AND PASSION FOR READING.
>> KATIE, AGAIN, I THINK ON
BEHALF OF EVERYBODY HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS, IT IS GREAT TO SEE

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YOU AGAIN, AND YOU HAVE SUCH
INCREDIBLE CAREER, NOT ONLY
WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT
PURDUE BUT AS A CHAMPION OF THE

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WNBA INDIANA FEVER. GREAT TO SEE
YOU AGAIN. THANKS FOR DOING