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1268:1968–69
1263:1967–68
1258:1966–67
1252:1965–66
1246:1964–65
1241:1963–64
1236:1962–63
1231:1961–62
1226:1960–61
1221:1959–60
1216:1958–59
1209:1957–58
1202:1956–57
1197:1955–56
1192:1954–55
1186:1953–54
1180:1952–53
1175:1951–52
1168:1950–51
1161:1949–50
1154:1948–49
1145:1947–48
1137:1946–47
1131:1945–46
1126:1944–45
1121:1943–44
1116:1942–43
1110:1941–42
1104:1940–41
1099:1939–40
1094:1938–39
1089:1937–38
1084:1936–37
1079:1935–36
1074:1934–35
1068:1933–34
1061:1932–33
1055:1931–32
1050:1930–31
1045:1929–30
1040:1928–29
1035:1927–28
1030:1926–27
1025:1925–26
1020:1924–25
1015:1923–24
1010:1922–23
1005:1921–22
1000:1920–21
995:1919–20
990:1918–19
985:1917–18
980:1916–17
975:1915–16
970:1914–15
965:1913–14
960:1912–13
955:1911–12
950:1910–11
945:1909–10
940:1908–09
935:1907–08
930:1906–07
925:1905–06
920:1904–05
915:1903–04
910:1902–03
896:Seasons
880:Players
820:Scratch
684:Indiana
679:Florida
207:Indiana
163:1975–76
158:1973–74
152:Seasons
78:Coaches
73:Ranking
25:1974–75
858:People
673:Centre
625:Venues
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354:Player
244:Purdue
94:Record
344:Round
266:East
825:Blue
575:2012
514:ISBN
462:2012
349:Pick
173:The
56:UCLA
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