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>> AN IUPUI HALL OF FAMER AND
THE MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-TIME
ASSIST LEADER IS COMING HOME,
THIS TIME AS THE JAGUARS' 10TH

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HEAD COACH.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.
BILL.

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>>
GERRY, THANKS. IT'S BEEN A LONG
TIME - SINCE 2010 TO BE PRECISE
- SINCE IUPUI HAS RECORDED A

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WINNING SEASON, BUT PRIOR TO
THAT UNDER THEN HEAD COACH RON
HUNTER, THE JAGUARS HAD A STRONG
RECORD AS A MID-MAJOR, AND THE

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SCHOOL'S NEW HEAD COACH, MATT
CRENSHAW, AS BOTH A PLAYER AND
ASSISTANT COACH, HAD A LOT TO DO
WITH THAT.

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AND HOPING THAT THE PAST IS
PROLOGUE, MATT CRENSHAW JOINS US
ON THE PROGRAM. COACH, WELCOME.
AND WELCOME BACK HOME TO IUPUI.

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>> BILL, THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT'S
GREAT TO BE BACK. IUPUI AS WE
KNOW IS HOME FOR ME. IT'S WHERE

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I GOT A START IN THIS BUSINESS.
AND THE COMMUNITY, CITY OF
INDIANAPOLIS HAS BEEN GREAT.
>> MATT, THE LAST THREE YEARS,

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YOU'VE BEEN AT BALL STATE, BUT
YOU'VE BEEN IN COACHING, I
THINK, AT LEAST 15 YEARS, AS AN
ASSISTANT. TALK ABOUT THAT

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TRANSITION FROM BEING ONE SEAT
DOWN THE BENCH TO THE HOT SEAT.
>> THE HOT SEAT. WHAT I WOULD
SAY, BILL, IS THIS. INITIALLY

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WHEN I GOT IN, I JUST WANTED TO
IMPACT YOUNG MEN. I KNEW I
WANTED TO BE A COACH SINCE THE
10th OR 11th GRADE BECAUSE OF

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THE IMPACT THAT MY HIGH SCHOOL
COACHES HAD ON ME WITH COACH
BILLY GILLESPIE...THESE GUYS
DOWN IN TEXAS WITH MY PARENTS

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BEING IN THE MILITARY AND MOVED
AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND THEY HAD
A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON MY LIFE.
AND FROM THERE, I KNEW I WANTED

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TO COACH, VOLUNTEERED A YEAR,
AND WAS AROUND COACH HUNTER, I'M
ALWAYS THANKFUL FOR HIM FOR
GIVING THEE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO

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GET INTO COLLEGE COACHING. HE
KIND OF TALKED TO ME ABOUT BEING
A HEAD COACH, PROBABLY MY THIRD
YEAR IN. AND FROM THAT POINT,

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THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I'VE
ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT BEING HEAD
COACH, MOVING TO THE HOT SEAT,
AS YOU SAY. OVER THOSE YEARS

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JUST PREPARED MYSELF AND I'M
READY FOR THE NEXT STEP.
>> MATT, HOW DO YOU GET THIS
PROGRAM GOING?

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AGAIN YOU'RE SITTING HERE IN THE
CRADLE OF BASKETBALL. THAT'S THE
GOOD NEWS, THE BAD NEWS, OTHER
COACHES, PROGRAMS, THIS IS THE

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CRADLE OF BASKETBALL, THERE'S A
LOT OF TALENT HERE, HOW DO YOU
GET THIS PROGRAM GOING?
>> WELL, SIMPLY AND PLAIN, YOU

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HIT IT ON THE HEAD, THE CRADLE
OF BASKETBALL, THE STATE OF
INDIANA IS KNOWN FOR BASKETBALL,
WE'RE GOING TO RECRUIT THE CITY

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OF INDIANAPOLIS INSIDE 465, AND
THEN THE STATE OF INDIANA AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL. THAT'S WHEN IUPUI
WAS AT SUCCESS, ABLE TO ATTAIN

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TO GET THOSE YOUNG STUDENT
ATHLETES TO COME AND CHOOSE
IUPUI, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO, INSIDE OUT APPROACH

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LOOKING FOR --
>> AS A COACH AND ASSISTANT OF
BALL STATE, IF YOU FOCUSED ON
DEFENSE, OBVIOUSLY AT IUPUI AS A

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PLAYER ALL-TIME ASSIST LEADER,
THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH
OFFENSE, WHAT KIND OF STYLE DO
YOU WANT YOUR JAGUARS TO PLAY?

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>> WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY RIGHT
NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO BE A
DEFENSIVE-MINDED TEAM, TOUGH,
TOGETHER, GRITTY, UNSELFISH.

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FROM THE OFFENSIVE STANDPOINT, I
DON'T HAVE ALL THE PIECES IN
PLACE YET. AND SO WHAT I WOULD
SAY IS WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO

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TRY TO PLAY FAST, BUT YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE A FOUR GUARD
OFFENSE FROM ME, WITH A
FORWARD/CENTER, WE'RE GOING TO

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TRY TO SCORE EARLY IN OFFENSE
AND PLAY UNSELFISH. AS FAR AS
THE LITTLE NUANCES AND DETAILS,
I DON'T HAVE THAT YET UNTIL I

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GET THE ROSTER.
>> AS WE WRAP UP HERE, IUPUI
PLAYING GAMES IN THE ICONIC FAIR
GROUND COLISEUM GOT GREAT

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EXPOSURE DURING THE RECENT NCAA
MARCH MADNESS, YOU MOVED -- THE
TEAM AND THE SCHOOL MOVED INTO
THE HORIZON LEAGUE A COUPLE OF

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SEASONS AGO. YOU GOT THINGS
GOING FOR YOU OBVIOUSLY FROM A
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE BEING IN
THE HORIZON LEAGUE.

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>> FOR SURE. IUPUI MOVING TO THE
HORIZON LEAGUE, IT MADE IT WHERE
YOU COULD REALLY RECRUIT AGAIN,
THE CITY AND THE STATE, YOU

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KNOW, FAMILIES ABLE TO SEE THEM
PLAY NOT ONLY THE HOME GAMES BUT
MOST OF THE GAMES IN THE HORIZON
LEAGUE ARE ONLY FOUR HOURS AWAY.

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WE'RE GOING TO RECRUIT THE STATE
AT A HIGH LEVEL, LOOKING FOR
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE HIGH
CHARACTER, STUDENT ATHLETES,

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WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAM
AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO. YOU
MENTIONED FARMER'S COLISEUM,
GREAT FACILITY, SHOWN DURING

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MARCH MADNESS, WE HAVE A GREAT
VENUE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE
FUTURE AND THE THINGS TO COME.
>> MATT, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME

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YOU AGAIN BACK HOME TO IUPUI,
AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK
GOING FORWARD, MATT CRENSHAW,
THE NEW COACH OF THE IUPUI

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JAGUARS, CONGRATULATIONS AND SEE