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Liight shines through the windows onto the basketball court at Butler University’s Hinkle Fieldhouse Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in Indianapolis. Butler will be appearing in its first NCAA college basketball Final Four this weekend in Indianapolis, a few miles south of the campus.

INDIANAPOLIS — Sometimes at Hinkle Fieldhouse, you can see haze in the air from dust that can never quite be cleaned up.

Sophomore defensive tackle Mick Mentzer and junior wide receiver Dre Muhammad are showcasing their talents this spring. The duo from Fort Wayne visited with IUHoosiers.com following Tuesday afternoon’s practice.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sometimes at Hinkle Fieldhouse, you can see haze in the air from dust that can never quite be cleaned up. The court creaks a bit in places — the man who hit the most famous shot here calls it sensitive.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Sometimes at Hinkle Fieldhouse, you can see haze in the air from dust that can never quite be cleaned up. The court creaks a bit in places the man who hit the most famous shot here calls it sensitive.

Sometimes at Hinkle Fieldhouse, you can see haze in the air from dust that can never quite be cleaned up. The court creaks a bit in places — the man who hit the most famous shot here calls it sensitive.

Sometimes at Hinkle Fieldhouse, you can see haze in the air from dust that can never quite be cleaned up. The court creaks a bit in places — the man who hit the most famous shot here calls it sensitive. And the sunlight that sometimes shines onto the floor through those huge windows? “That’s homecourt advantage,” Butler’s assistant athletic director Carl Heck says with a wry grin.

Sometimes at Hinkle Fieldhouse, you can see haze in the air from dust that can never quite be cleaned up. The court creaks a bit in places — the man who hit the most famous shot here calls it sensitive. And the sunlight that sometimes shines onto the floor through those huge windows? “That’s homecourt advantage,” Butler’s assistant athletic director Carl Heck says with a wry grin.

Sometimes at Hinkle Fieldhouse, you can see haze in the air from dust that can never quite be cleaned up. The court creaks a bit in places — the man who hit the most famous shot here calls it sensitive. And the sunlight that sometimes shines onto the floor through those huge windows? “That’s homecourt advantage,” Butler’s assistant athletic director Carl Heck says with a wry grin.

In a college basketball season better remembered for increased parity than domination, it was no shock this Final Four came close to a top-seed shutout — that is, when you realize those Duke Blue Devils had to come up with…