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A smiling sendoff: after Gene Keady growls--and grins--his way through his 25th and final season at Purdue, he'll leave knowing he got the most out of his program.(College Basketball)

The Sporting News

| December 06, 2004 | DeCourcy, Mike | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Gene Keady is up at the board, his back to a small audience of subordinates, scribbling out a practice schedule in a script that might as well come with its own Rosetta Stone. As he writes, he asks questions. He does not ask as if he is testing these men. He is soliciting information. You would think after 46 years of coaching basketball, the past 24 of them here at Purdue, Keady would have all the answers he needs.

This is how he does it, though. Always has. Back when assistants Bruce Weber and Kevin Stallings were sitting behind him and the Boilermakers were preparing to play Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers, Keady would build his practice plans by soliciting ...

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