Tue Apr 1 19:58:52 2008

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Marquette's Crean to take over at Indiana

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Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Indiana University has reached an agreement with Tom Crean to become its next men's basketball coach, according to the Indianapolis Star.

IU trustee Phil Eskew confirmed the hiring to the newspaper and said the Marquette coach has already signed a letter of agreement.

"I'm anticipating he will be introduced Wednesday as the new IU basketball coach," Eskew told the paper.

Crean, who compiled a 190-96 record over nine seasons with the Golden Eagles, recently completed his ninth season as coach at MU, leading the team to a 25-10 record last season and the second round of the NCAA tournament, where they fell to Stanford.

Crean, a former Michigan State assistant, also led Marquette to the Final Four in 2003, the first time since 1977 that the school reached the national semifinals.

The hiring comes on the heels of a tumultuous season for the Hoosiers, in which former head coach Kelvin Sampson was forced to resign amid NCAA violations and was replaced by Dan Dakich on an interim basis.