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Illinois–Indiana rivalry
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The Illinois–Indiana rivalry is a college sports rivalry between the University of Illinois Fighting Illini and the Indiana University Hoosiers.[1] The rivalry between these bordering-state schools dates back to 1899 when the Indiana Hoosiers joined the Big Ten Conference of which Illinois is a founding member.[2] The rivalry is most prominent in men's basketball, where both teams are perennial "Final Four contenders" and combined have won several conference championships. In football, the rivalry is less intense, but notable for the two school's geographic proximity, the history and longevity of the series with 73 total meetings dating back to 1899 and their status as a previously "protected rivalry" in the Big Ten.[3][4]

This multi-sports rivalry is further hallmarked by the two schools' similarities. Both schools are flagship universities in bordering states in the Midwest, both schools start with the letter "I", both schools are longtime members of the Big Ten Conference, both school's mascots are named after their respective state's demonym and both schools play their home football games in a stadium named "Memorial Stadium."[5] Additionally, in basketball, the Indiana Hoosiers play their home games in Assembly Hall while the Illinois Fighting Illini play their home games in State Farm Arena, which was formerly named Assembly Hall.

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Illinois and Indiana first met on January 20, 1906 with an Illinois victory, 27-24. Since the two teams are both in the Big Ten Conference, they meet at least once a season. The location of the game alternates between Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington and the State Farm Center, formerly Assembly Hall, in Champaign. There have been a total of five overtime games in this series.[6]

In mid-1980s Indiana head coach Bob Knight brought allegations to the NCAA that Illinois assistant coaches had acted improperly in the recruitment of Lowell Hamilton. Hamilton was the focus of a recruiting competition between Illinois and Indiana, and while the allegations of improper conduct were unfounded by the NCAA, the controversy had some level of impact on the games at the time.[7]

Illinois–Indiana men's basketball rivalry
Illinois Fighting Illini
Indiana Hoosiers
SportCollege basketball
First meetingJanuary 20, 1906
Illinois 27 – Indiana 24
Latest meetingJanuary 27, 2024
Illinois 70 – Indiana 62
StadiumsState Farm Center,
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Statistics
Meetings total188
All-time seriesIndiana leads, 96–92
Largest victoryIndiana, 107–67 (1974)
Longest win streakIndiana, 9 (1972–1977)
Current win streakIllinois, 1 (2024–present)

On March 10, 1991, after an Indiana victory in Champaign, a profanity-laced shouting match between Knight and Fighting Illini coach Lou Henson erupted outside the team locker rooms. The incident started when Knight left the Assembly Hall court with seven seconds remaining in the game, skipping the traditional postgame handshake while laughing and waving to the Illinois crowd. This incident enraged Henson to the point of confronting Knight outside of the locker room. Henson's anger continued as he spoke out against Knight at the postgame press conference.

"What do you expect out of Knight? He`s a classic bully. I was in the (Indiana) locker room, he jumped on me and I wanted him to come outside. He intimidates the Big 10 office; he tries to intimidate everybody. His entire life is based on intimidation, but the big bully won`t intimidate me."

—Lou Henson[8]

In a game at Bloomington on February 25, 1998, Indiana head coach Bob Knight was issued two technical fouls by referee Ted Valentine for first arguing a call after a hard collision between Illinois guard Sergio McClain and Indiana guard Luke Recker in which McClain was issued a technical foul for touching the rim after blocking Recker's shot. Coach Knight argued the call should have been goaltending. From the collision, Recker fell hard to the court in pain. To check on his player, Coach Knight rushed to the court for which he was issued the second technical foul by Valentine.[9]

Occasional feuds and incidents between the schools' programs have fueled the competition over the years. Illinois has dominated Indiana in the short history of the Big Ten tournament. Since the onset of the conference tournament, Illinois and Indiana have played a total of 9 times. Illinois holds the record of 6-3 over Indiana. In the 1999 Big Ten tournament the Hoosiers and the Illini faced each other and Illinois won the game 82-66. Illinois would go on to win 4 of the next 5 tournament meetings.[6]

Another feud is less focused on the tension between the two schools, but rather a former Illinois head coach and his ties to Indiana. Bruce Weber coached the Fighting Illini from 2003–12, but the history between Weber and Indiana began before he set foot in Champaign. As head coach at Southern Illinois University for five years from 1998-2003, he scheduled some non-conference meetings against Indiana. Before that, Weber served as an assistant coach under Gene Keady at Purdue University for 18 years. During his tenure at Illinois, Weber noted that there was tension between himself and Indiana (see Indiana–Purdue rivalry).[10]

In 2007 there was a recruiting battle between the schools over Indiana Mr. Basketball, Eric Gordon. Gordon initially verbally committed to play for Illinois.[11] However, when Mike Davis resigned as Indiana's head coach and Kelvin Sampson was hired, Gordon decommitted and signed his National Letter of Intent to play for Indiana.[12]

Team Illinois Indiana
National titles[13][14] 0 5
Final Four appearances[15][16] 5 8
NCAA Tournament appearances[15][16] 32 41
NCAA Tournament record[15][16] 42-34 68-36
Big Ten tournament titles[17] 3 0
Big Ten regular season titles[18] 18 22
Consensus First Team All-Americans[19] 16 16
Naismith Players of the Year[20] 0 2
Big Ten Players of the Year[21] 3 6
Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipients[22] 19 16
All-time program record[15][16] 1876-1054 1909-1106
All-time winning percentage[15][16] .640 .633

Game results

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Illinois victoriesIndiana victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 January 20, 1906 Kenney Gym Illinois 27–24
2 February 16, 1906 Old Assembly Hall Indiana 37–8
3 January 25, 1908 Kenney Gym Illinois 39–12
4 January 9, 1909 Kenney Gym Illinois 30–2
5 March 6, 1909 Old Assembly Hall Indiana 23–13
6 February 5, 1910 Kenney Gym Illinois 30–20
7 March 5, 1910 Old Assembly Hall Illinois 26–12
8 January 8, 1911 Kenney Gym Illinois 33–22
9 February 12, 1911 Old Assembly Hall Indiana 19–14
10 February 7, 1912 Old Assembly Hall Indiana 24–23
11 February 23, 1912 Kenney Gym Illinois 41–18
12 March 1, 1913 Kenney Gym Illinois 29–12
13 March 8, 1913 Old Assembly Hall Illinois 23–17
14 January 6, 1914 Kenney Gym Illinois 35–6
15 February 7, 1914 Old Assembly Hall Illinois 31–15
16 January 11, 1915 Kenney Gym Illinois 34–14
17 January 26, 1915 Old Assembly Hall Illinois 20–4
18 January 23, 1923 Kenney Gym Illinois 31–22
19 February 12, 1923 Men's Gymnasium Indiana 31–24
20 January 17, 1925 Kenney Gym Illinois 31–22
21 February 23, 1925 Men's Gymnasium Indiana 30–24
22 February 19, 1926 Men's Gymnasium Illinois 21–20
23 March 6, 1926 Huff Gym Indiana 28–25
24 January 21, 1928 Men's Gymnasium Indiana 44–29
25 March 6, 1928 Huff Gym Indiana 27–23
26 January 8, 1929 Huff Gym Illinois 20–16
27 February 26, 1929 Men's Gymnasium Indiana 32–22
28 January 17, 1931 Huff Gym Indiana 35–34
29 February 23, 1931 The Field House Illinois 39–25
30 January 11, 1932 The Field House Illinois 30–22
31 March 7, 1932 Huff Gym Illinois 33–32
32 February 10, 1934 Huff Gym Illinois 28–25
33 February 24, 1934 The Field House Indiana 36–24
34 January 5, 1935 Huff Gym Indiana 32–28
35 January 14, 1935 The Field House Indiana 42–29
36 January 11, 1937 Huff Gym Illinois 40–31
37 February 20, 1937 The Field House Illinois 42–25
38 January 4, 1938 The Field House Indiana 51–46
39 March 4, 1938 Huff Gym Indiana 45–35
40 January 9, 1939 Huff Gym Indiana 38–32
41 January 6, 1940 The Field House Indiana 38–36
42 January 11, 1941 Huff Gym Indiana 48–38
43 February 9, 1942 The Field House Indiana 41–36
44 February 12, 1945 Huff Gym Illinois 71–48
45 February 28, 1945 The Field House Indiana 65–55
46 February 15, 1947 Huff Gym Illinois 59–50
47 March 1, 1947 The Field House Indiana 48–41
48 January 19, 1948 Huff Gym Illinois 46–45
49 March 1, 1948 The Field House Illinois 52–51
50 January 8, 1949 The Field House Illinois 44–42
51 February 28, 1949 Huff Gym No. 4 Illinois 76–60
52 February 13, 1950 Huff Gym No. 16 Indiana 83–72
53 February 27, 1950 The Field House No. 17 Indiana 80–66
54 January 15, 1951 The Field House No. 6 Indiana 64–53
55 February 19, 1951 Huff Gym No. 11 Illinois 71–65
56 February 14, 1952 Huff Gym No. 2 Illinois 78–66
57 February 18, 1952 The Field House No. 6 Illinois 77–70
58 January 17, 1953 The Field House No. 6 Indiana 74–70OT
59 February 28, 1953 Huff Gym No. 2 Indiana 91–79
60 March 6, 1954 The Field House No. 2 Indiana 67–64
61 January 8, 1955 Huff Gym No. 12 Illinois 99–75
62 January 14, 1956 The Field House No. 8 Illinois 96–72
63 February 6, 1956 Huff Gym No. 6 Illinois 92–89
64 January 14, 1957 Huff Gym No. 10 Illinois 112–91
65 March 4, 1957 The Field House No. 10 Indiana 84–76
66 January 11, 1958 The Field House Indiana 89–82
67 March 3, 1958 Huff Gym Indiana 96–86
68 February 9, 1959 The Field House Illinois 89–83
69 February 21, 1959 Huff Gym Illinois 100–98
70 February 22, 1960 Huff Gym Indiana 92–78
71 February 25, 1961 New Field House Indiana 93–82
72 February 3, 1962 Huff Gym No. 4 Illinois 96–85
73 March 5, 1962 New Field House Indiana 104–92
74 February 4, 1963 Huff Gym No. 4 Illinois 104–101
75 February 16, 1963 New Field House Indiana 103–100
76 February 3, 1964 New Field House Indiana 104–96
77 January 4, 1965 Assembly HallChampaign No. 6 Illinois 86–81
78 January 8, 1966 New Field House Illinois 98–84
79 February 12, 1966 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 81–77
80 February 20, 1967 New Field House Indiana 96–81
81 March 4, 1967 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 80–70
82 January 9, 1968 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 61–60OT
83 March 1, 1969 New Field House No. 15 Illinois 77–64
84 January 6, 1970 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 94–74
85 March 3, 1970 New Field House Illinois 85–75
86 February 20, 1971 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 88–86
87 March 13, 1971 Assembly HallBloomington Illinois 103–87
88 February 22, 1972 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 90–71
89 February 12, 1973 Assembly HallBloomington No. 4 Indiana 87–66
90 February 9, 1974 Assembly HallBloomington No. 12 Indiana 107–67
91 February 18, 1974 Assembly HallChampaign No. 12 Indiana 101–83
92 January 27, 1975 Assembly HallBloomington No. 1 Indiana 73–57
93 February 24, 1975 Assembly HallChampaign No. 1 Indiana 112–89
94 January 17, 1976 Assembly HallChampaign No. 1 Indiana 83–55
95 February 24, 1976 Assembly HallBloomington No. 1 Indiana 58–48
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
96 January 8, 1977 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 80–60
97 February 17, 1977 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 73–69
98 January 7, 1978 Assembly HallBloomington Illinois 65–64
99 March 2, 1978 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 77–68
100 January 4, 1979 Assembly HallBloomington No. 4 Illinois 65–61
101 March 3, 1979 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 72–60
102 January 31, 1980 Assembly HallBloomington No. 18 Indiana 60–54
103 February 9, 1980 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 69–68
104 January 10, 1981 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 78–61
105 March 5, 1981 Assembly HallChampaign No. 14 Indiana 69–66
106 January 21, 1982 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 54–53
107 February 11, 1982 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 73–60
108 January 13, 1983 Assembly HallChampaign No. 4 Indiana 69–55
109 March 5, 1983 Assembly HallBloomington No. 11 Indiana 67–55
110 January 11, 1984 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 73–68
111 March 4, 1984 Assembly HallChampaign No. 10 Illinois 70–53
112 January 27, 1985 Assembly HallChampaign No. 6 Illinois 52–41
113 February 21, 1985 Assembly HallBloomington No. 16 Illinois 66–50
114 January 25, 1986 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 71–69
115 February 20, 1986 Assembly HallChampaign No. 15 Indiana 61–60
116 January 28, 1987 Assembly HallBloomington No. 4 Indiana 69–66
117 March 1, 1987 Assembly HallChampaign No. 14 Illinois 69–67
118 February 6, 1988 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 75–74
119 February 29, 1988 Assembly HallBloomington Illinois 75–65
120 January 28, 1989 Assembly HallChampaign No. 1 Illinois 75–65
121 March 5, 1989 Assembly HallBloomington No. 8 Illinois 70–67
122 February 4, 1990 Assembly HallChampaign No. 11 Illinois 70–65
123 March 10, 1990 Assembly HallBloomington No. 20 Illinois 69–63
124 January 2, 1991 Assembly HallBloomington No. 5 Indiana 109–74
125 March 10, 1991 Assembly HallChampaign No. 3 Indiana 70–58
126 February 4, 1992 Assembly HallChampaign No. 6 Indiana 76–65
127 March 1, 1992 Assembly HallBloomington No. 2 Indiana 76–70
128 January 16, 1993 Assembly HallChampaign No. 6 Indiana 83–79
129 February 17, 1993 Assembly HallBloomington No. 1 Indiana 93–71
130 January 30, 1994 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 88–81
131 March 1, 1994 Assembly HallBloomington No. 17 Indiana 82–77
132 January 14, 1995 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 78–67
133 March 2, 1995 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 89–85
134 January 13, 1996 Assembly HallChampaign Indiana 85–71
135 February 28, 1996 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 76–64
136 February 2, 1997 Assembly HallBloomington Illinois 78–74
137 January 3, 1998 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 74–72
138 February 24, 1998 Assembly HallBloomington Illinois 82–72
139 January 3, 1999 Assembly HallBloomington No. 8 Indiana 62–53
140 February 24, 1999 Assembly HallChampaign No. 20 Indiana 70–64
141 March 5, 1999* United Center Illinois 82–66
142 February 22, 2000 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 87–63
143 March 10, 2000* United Center No. 21 Illinois 72–69
144 February 17, 2001 Assembly HallBloomington No. 16 Illinois 67–61
145 March 10, 2001* United Center Indiana 58–56
146 January 26, 2002 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 88–57
147 February 26, 2002 Assembly HallChampaign No. 15 Illinois 70–62
148 January 18, 2003 Assembly HallBloomington No. 18 Indiana 74–66
149 February 25, 2003 Assembly HallChampaign No. 18 Illinois 80–54
150 March 15, 2003* United Center No. 13 Illinois 73–72
151 February 3, 2004 Assembly HallBloomington Illinois 51–49
152 March 12, 2004* Conseco Fieldhouse No. 12 Illinois 71–59
153 February 6, 2005 Assembly HallChampaign No. 1 Illinois 60–47
154 January 17, 2006 Assembly HallBloomington No. 13 Indiana 62–60
155 February 19, 2006 Assembly HallChampaign No. 14 Illinois 70–58
156 January 23, 2007 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 51–43
157 February 10, 2007 Assembly HallBloomington No. 24 Indiana 65–61
158 March 9, 2007* United Center Illinois 58–54OT
159 January 13, 2008 Assembly HallBloomington No. 11 Indiana 62–58
160 February 7, 2008 Assembly HallChampaign No. 13 Indiana 83–79OT
161 January 10, 2009 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 76–45
162 February 15, 2009 Assembly HallBloomington No. 20 Illinois 65–52
163 January 9, 2010 Assembly HallBloomington Illinois 66–60
164 January 30, 2010 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 71–70
165 January 27, 2011 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 52–49
166 March 5, 2011 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 72–48
167 February 9, 2012 Assembly HallBloomington No. 23 Indiana 84–71
168 February 7, 2013 Assembly HallChampaign Illinois 74–72
169 March 15, 2013* United Center No. 3 Indiana 80–64
170 December 31, 2013 State Farm Center Illinois 83–80OT
171 January 26, 2014 Assembly HallBloomington Indiana 56–46
172 March 13, 2014* Conseco Fieldhouse Illinois 64–54
173 January 18, 2015 State Farm Center Indiana 80–74
174 January 19, 2016 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall No. 25 Indiana 103–69
175 February 25, 2016 State Farm Center No. 18 Indiana 74–47
176 January 7, 2017 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall No. 25 Indiana 96–80
177 January 24, 2018 State Farm Center Illinois 73–71
178 February 14, 2018 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Indiana 78–68
179 January 3, 2019 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall No. 21 Indiana 73–65
180 March 7, 2019 State Farm Center Indiana 92–74
181 March 1, 2020 State Farm Center Illinois 67–66
182 December 26, 2020 State Farm Center No. 18 Illinois 69–60
183 February 2, 2021 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall No. 12 Illinois 75–71OT
184 February 5, 2022 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall No. 18 Illinois 74–57
185 March 11, 2022* Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indiana 65–63
186 January 19, 2023 State Farm Center Indiana 80–65
187 February 18, 2023 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall No. 14 Indiana 71–68
188 January 27, 2024 State Farm Center No. 10 Illinois 70–62
Series: Indiana leads 96–92

Football

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Illinois–Indiana football rivalry
Illinois Fighting Illini
Indiana Hoosiers
SportAmerican football
First meetingOctober 14, 1899
Indiana 5, Illinois 0
Latest meetingNovember 11, 2023
Illinois 48, Indiana 45 (OT)
Next meeting2025 in Bloomington, IN
StadiumsMemorial Stadium (Illinois)
Memorial Stadium (Indiana)
TrophyNone
Statistics
Meetings total73
All-time seriesIllinois leads 46–25–2
Largest victoryIllinois, 51–0 (1914)
Longest win streakIllinois, 6 (1981–86)
Current win streakIllinois, 1 (2023–present)

Since 2014, the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Indiana Hoosiers have been in opposite divisions within the Big Ten Conference (Indiana is in the East Division and Illinois is in the West Division).[25] For this reason, the two teams are not required to play each other every season, whereas, if they were in the same division, they would.[26][27] From 2011 to 2013, the two teams were "protected rivals" as members of the Big Ten's non-geographically organized "Leaders" division, which required them to play annually.[28][29] In recent years, the annual rivalry was dropped in favor of Illinois vs Purdue.[30][31]

Game results

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Illinois victoriesIndiana victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1October 14, 1899Champaign, ILIndiana5–0
2November 17, 1900Indianapolis, INTie0–0
3November 2, 1901Indianapolis, INIllinois18–0
4November 1, 1902Champaign, ILIllinois47–0
5November 6, 1903Bloomington, INIndiana17–0
6October 15, 1904Champaign, ILIllinois10–0
7November 22, 1907Bloomington, INIllinois10–6
8October 31, 1908Champaign, ILIllinois10–0
9November 6, 1909Champaign, ILIllinois6–5
10November 5, 1910Bloomington, INIllinois3–0
11November 11, 1911Bloomington, INTie0–0
12October 19, 1912Champaign, ILIllinois13–7
13October 25, 1913Indianapolis, INIllinois10–0
14October 10, 1914Champaign, ILIllinois51–0
15October 20, 1928Champaign, ILIllinois13–7
16November 12, 1932Champaign, ILIllinois18–6
17October 16, 1937Bloomington, INIndiana13–6
18October 8, 1938Champaign, ILIllinois12–2
19October 21, 1939Champaign, ILIndiana7–6
20September 23, 1944Champaign, ILIllinois26–18
21October 6, 1945Champaign, ILIndiana6–0
22October 12, 1946Bloomington, INIndiana14–7
23November 5, 1949Champaign, ILIllinois33–14
24October 28, 1950Champaign, ILIllinois20–0
25October 27, 1951Bloomington, INIllinois21–0
26September 26, 1959Bloomington, INIndiana20–0
27September 24, 1960Champaign, ILIllinois17–6
28October 16, 1965Champaign, ILIllinois34–13
29October 15, 1966Bloomington, INIllinois24–10
30October 7, 1967Champaign, ILIndiana20–7
31October 5, 1968Bloomington, INIndiana28–14
32October 18, 1969Bloomington, INIndiana41–20
33October 17, 1970Champaign, ILIndiana30–24
34November 6, 1971Bloomington, ILIllinois22–21
35November 11, 1972Champaign, ILIllinois37–20
36September 15, 1973Bloomington, INIllinois28–14
37September 14, 1974Champaign, ILIllinois16–0
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
38October 22, 1977Champaign, ILIllinois21–7
39October 28, 1978Bloomington, INIndiana37–10
40November 10, 1979Champaign, ILIndiana45–14
41November 15, 1980Bloomington, INIndiana26–24
42November 14, 1981Champaign, ILIllinois35–14
43November 13, 1982Bloomington, INIllinois48–7
44November 12, 1983Champaign, ILIllinois49–21
45November 10, 1984Indianapolis, INIllinois34–7
46November 16, 1985Champaign, ILIllinois41–24
47November 15, 1986Bloomington, INIllinois21–16
48November 7, 1987Bloomington, INIndiana34–22
49November 5, 1988Champaign, ILIllinois21–20
50November 18, 1989Champaign, ILIllinois41–28
51November 17, 1990Bloomington, INIllinois24–10
52October 7, 1995Bloomington, INIllinois17–10
53October 5, 1996Champaign, ILIllinois46–43
54November 1, 1997Bloomington, INIndiana23–6
55November 7, 1998Champaign, ILIllinois31–16
56October 2, 1999Bloomington, INIndiana34–31
57November 4, 2000Champaign, ILIllinois42–35
58October 13, 2001Bloomington, INIllinois35–14
59October 26, 2002Champaign, ILIllinois45–14
60November 8, 2003Bloomington, INIndiana17–14
61November 6, 2004Champaign, ILIllinois26–22
62October 8, 2005Bloomington, INIndiana36–13
63October 7, 2006Champaign, ILIndiana34–32
64September 22, 2007Bloomington, INIllinois27–14
65October 18, 2008Champaign, ILIllinois55–13
66October 17, 2009Bloomington, INIndiana27–14
67October 23, 2010Champaign, ILIllinois43–13
68October 8, 2011Bloomington, INIllinois41–20
69October 27, 2012Champaign, ILIndiana31–17
70November 9, 2013Bloomington, INIndiana52–35
71November 11, 2017Champaign, ILIndiana24–14
72September 2, 2022Bloomington, INIndiana23–20
73November 11, 2023Champaign, ILIllinois48–45OT
Series: Illinois leads 46–25–2

See also

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