Alum enjoys watching current Hoosiers’ hustle
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Former Indiana University basketball player and 2012 Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Landon Turner is pictured during an interview Thursday in Indianapolis. Turner played basketball at IU under coach Bob Knight from 1979-81.
PHOTO BY MIKE WOLANIN
INDIANAPOLIS
The introductory theme music synonymous with March Madness blares from a television in a northwestside restaurant, immediately drawing the attention of one of its patrons.
“Oh, man,” says a man in the blue sweatsuit and cap, turning around to face the screen. “That’s my song.”
It’s been 32 years since Landon Turner helped lead Indiana University to the fourth of its five NCAA men’s basketball tournament championships as a 6-foot-10, 235-pound junior forward.
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