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The coaches in this matchup—Indiana’s Curt Cignetti and Miami’s Mario Cristobal—enter with their own set of pressure to win a title.
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Curt Cignetti is operating at a higher frequency with each beatdown, guiding the Hoosiers to unimaginable heights that are real—but still hard to comprehend.
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Pat Forde|

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