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1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament

Index 1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament

The 1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. [1]

87 relations: Adolph Rupp, Al Brightman, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Bebe Lee, Ben Carnevale, Bill Strannigan, Bob Feerick, Bradley University, Branch McCracken, Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, Cameron Indoor Stadium, College basketball, Colorado State University, Cornell University, Corvallis, Oregon, Don Suman, Doyle Parrack, Duke Blue Devils, Durham, North Carolina, Elmer Gross, Everett Case, Forddy Anderson, Fordham University, Forrest Twogood, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Gallagher-Iba Arena, George Washington University, Gill Coliseum, Harry Rabenhorst, Henry Iba, Hugh Greer, Idaho State University, Indiana University Bloomington, Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa Field House, Jerry Bush, Jim McCafferty, John Jordan (basketball), Johnny Bach, Kansas City, Missouri, Ken Loeffler, KeyBank Center, La Salle Explorers men's basketball, La Salle University, Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans, LSU Tigers basketball, Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri), NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, ..., NCAA Division I, North Carolina State University, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, Palestra, Penn State Nittany Lions basketball, Pennsylvania State University, Peoria, Illinois, Pete Maravich, Philadelphia, Polk Robison, Rice University, Robertson Memorial Field House, Royner Greene, Santa Clara University, Seattle University, Single-elimination tournament, Southeastern Conference, Steve Belko, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Texas Tech University, Tobacco Road, Tom Gola, United States Naval Academy, University of Colorado, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Iowa, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern California, University of Toledo, USC Trojans men's basketball, William Reinhart, 1953–54 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team, 1954 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 1954 National Invitation Tournament, 1970 National Invitation Tournament, 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. Expand index (37 more) »

Adolph Rupp

Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was an American college basketball coach.

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Al Brightman

Horace Albert "Al" Brightman (September 22, 1923 – June 10, 1992) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, near present-day Johnny Appleseed Park.

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Bebe Lee

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Ben Carnevale

Bernard Louis Carnevale (October 30, 1915 – March 25, 2008) was an American basketball coach and college athletic administrator.

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Bill Strannigan

William Matthew Strannigan (December 1, 1918 – September 7, 1997) was a college men's basketball coach.

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Bob Feerick

Robert Joseph Feerick (January 2, 1920 – June 8, 1976) was an American professional basketball player, coach and general manager.

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Bradley University

Bradley University is a private, mid-sized university in Peoria, Illinois.

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Branch McCracken

Emmett B. "Branch" McCracken (June 9, 1908 – June 4, 1970) was an American basketball player and coach.

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Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Buffalo Memorial Auditorium was an indoor arena in downtown Buffalo, New York.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Cameron Indoor Stadium

Cameron Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena located on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

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College basketball

College basketball today is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including the United States' National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA).

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Colorado State University

Colorado State University (also referred to as Colorado State, State, and CSU) is a public research university located in Fort Collins, in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.

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Corvallis, Oregon

Corvallis is a city in central western Oregon, United States.

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Don Suman

Donald W. Suman (January 19, 1920 – February 5, 2015) was a college basketball coach.

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Doyle Parrack

Doyle Kenneth Parrack (December 6, 1921 – September 5, 2008) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Duke Blue Devils

The Duke Blue Devils are the athletic teams that represent Duke University.

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Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Elmer Gross

Elmer Gross (January 31, 1917 – June 29, 2007) was an American basketball player and coach.

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Everett Case

Everett Norris Case (June 21, 1900 – April 30, 1966), nicknamed "Gray Fox", was a basketball coach most notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, from 1946 to 1964.

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Forddy Anderson

Forrest "Forddy" Anderson (March 17, 1919 – October 25, 1999) was an American basketball coach.

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Fordham University

Fordham University is a private research university in New York City.

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Forrest Twogood

Forrest Floyd "Twogie" Twogood (April 29, 1907 – April 26, 1972) was a minor league baseball player, college basketball and baseball coach, and college athletics administrator.

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Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Allen County, United States.

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Gallagher-Iba Arena

Gallagher-Iba Arena, also once known as "The Rowdiest Arena in the Country" and "The Madison Square Garden of the Plains”, is the basketball and wrestling venue at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States.

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George Washington University

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Gill Coliseum

Gill Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, Oregon.

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Harry Rabenhorst

Harry Aldrich Rabenhorst (April 30, 1898 – March 1972) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator.

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Henry Iba

Henry Payne Iba (August 6, 1904 – January 15, 1993) was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator.

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Hugh Greer

Hugh Greer (1902–January 14, 1963) was the Connecticut Huskies men's basketball coach from 1946 to 1963.

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Idaho State University

Idaho State University (ISU) is a public research university in Pocatello, Idaho.

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Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington (abbreviated "IU Bloomington" and colloquially referred to as "IU" or simply "Indiana") is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

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Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.

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Iowa Field House

The Iowa Field House is a multi-purpose arena in Iowa City, Iowa.

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Jerry Bush

Gerard L. "Jerry" Bush (September 6, 1914 – October 27, 1976) was a college men's basketball coach and player.

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Jim McCafferty

James Joseph "Big Jim" McCafferty (March 14, 1916 – September 18, 2006) was an American basketball coach for the Loyola Wolf Pack and Xavier Musketeers.

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John Jordan (basketball)

John Jordan (1910-1991) was an American basketball player and coach, best known for coaching the University of Notre Dame's men's basketball team from 1951 to 1964.

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Johnny Bach

John William Bach (July 10, 1924 – January 18, 2016) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Ken Loeffler

Kenneth D. Loeffler (April 14, 1902 – January 1, 1975) was an American collegiate and professional basketball coach.

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KeyBank Center

KeyBank Center, formerly known as Marine Midland Arena, HSBC Arena and First Niagara Center, is a multipurpose indoor arena located in downtown Buffalo, New York.

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La Salle Explorers men's basketball

The La Salle Explorers men's basketball program represents La Salle University in college basketball.

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La Salle University

La Salle University is a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Louisiana State University

The Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Loyola University New Orleans

Loyola University New Orleans is a private, co-educational, Jesuit university located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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LSU Tigers basketball

The LSU Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I men's college basketball.

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Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)

Municipal Auditorium is a multi-purpose facility located in Kansas City, Missouri.

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NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

At the conclusion of the NCAA men's and women's Division I basketball championships (the "Final Four" tournaments), the Associated Press selects a Most Outstanding Player.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University (also referred to as NCSU, NC State, or just State) is a public research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

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Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City University, often referred to as OCU, is a coeducational, urban, private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

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Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

Oklahoma State University (also referred to informally as Oklahoma State, OKState, and OSU), is a land-grant, sun-grant, coeducational public research university located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States.

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Palestra

The Palestra, often called the Cathedral of College Basketball, is a historic arena and the home gym of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, wrestling team, and Philadelphia Big 5 basketball.

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Penn State Nittany Lions basketball

The Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team representing the Pennsylvania State University.

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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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Peoria, Illinois

Peoria is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, and the largest city on the Illinois River.

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Pete Maravich

Peter Press Maravich (June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Polk Robison

Polk Robison (May 24, 1912 – June 27, 2008) was an American collegiate basketball and football coach and college athletics administrator who served as the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team from 1942 to 1946 and again from 1947 to 1961.

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Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, commonly known as Rice University, is a private research university located on a 300-acre (121 ha) campus in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Robertson Memorial Field House

Robertson Memorial Field House was a multi-purpose arena on the Bradley University campus in Peoria, Illinois.

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Royner Greene

Royner C. Greene (May 2, 1905 – February 4, 1979) was a college men's basketball and baseball coach.

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Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University (also referred to as Santa Clara) is a private Jesuit university located in Santa Clara, California. It has 5,435 full-time undergraduate students, and 3,335 graduate students. Founded in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California, and has remained in its original location for years. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asis, which traces its founding to 1776. The campus mirrors the Mission's architectural style, and provides a fine early example of Mission Revival Architecture. The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees through its six colleges, the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education and Counseling Psychology, Leavey School of Business, School of Engineering, Jesuit School of Theology, and School of Law. Santa Clara has produced four Rhodes Scholars and has been recognized as a top producer of Fulbright Scholars. Among Santa Clara's alumni are governors, congressmen, mayors, senators, and presidential cabinet members. Santa Clara alumni founded Nvidia and Farmer's Insurance, and created JavaScript. Santa Clara's alumni have won a number of honors, including Pulitzer Prizes, the NBA MVP Award, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Santa Clara alumni have served as mayors of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose, and Washington, DC. Both the current Governor and Lieutenant Governor of California attended Santa Clara. Santa Clara's sports teams are called the Broncos. Their colors are red and white. The Broncos compete at the NCAA Division I levels as members of the West Coast Conference in 19 sports. Broncos have won NCAA championships in both men's and women's soccer. Santa Clara's student athletes include current or former 58 MLB, 40 NFL, and 12 NBA players and 13 Olympic gold medalists.

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Seattle University

Seattle University (SU) is a Jesuit Catholic university in the northwestern United States, located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States.

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Steve Belko

Stephen Maxmillian Belko (February 14, 1916 – May 12, 2000) was an American college basketball coach at Idaho State College and the University of Oregon.

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Stillwater, Oklahoma

Stillwater is a city in northeast Oklahoma at the intersection of US-177 and State Highway 51.

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Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas.

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Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road is a term used in college sports, mainly basketball, for four rival universities in North Carolina that play in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

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Tom Gola

Thomas Joseph Gola (January 13, 1933 – January 26, 2014) was an American basketball player and politician.

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United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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University of Colorado

The University of Colorado system is a system of public universities in Colorado consisting of four campuses: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver in downtown Denver and at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.

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University of Colorado Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder (commonly referred to as CU or Colorado) is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

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University of Iowa

The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa.

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University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame or ND) is a private, non-profit Catholic research university in the community of Notre Dame, Indiana, near the city of South Bend, in the United States.

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University of Southern California

The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California.

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University of Toledo

The University of Toledo, commonly referred to as U of Toledo or UT, is a public research university located in Toledo, Ohio, United States.

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USC Trojans men's basketball

The USC Trojans men's basketball program is the college basketball team that competes in the Pac-12 Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and represents the University of Southern California.

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William Reinhart

William J. Reinhart (August 2, 1896 – February 14, 1971) was an American college basketball, football, and baseball coach at the George Washington University, the University of Oregon, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

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1953–54 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

The 1953–54 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1953–54 collegiate men's basketball season.

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1954 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1954 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.

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1954 National Invitation Tournament

The 1954 National Invitation Tournament was the 1954 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

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1970 National Invitation Tournament

The 1970 National Invitation Tournament was unique in that coach Al McGuire of Marquette University, unhappy with his team's placement, turned down a bid to the NCAA tournament and elected to play in the NIT instead.

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1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament involved 40 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_NCAA_Basketball_Tournament

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