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The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky theyre going to give Cleveland State another year of probation.

Jerry Tarkanian

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Jerry Tarkanian
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: August 8
Died: 2015
Died: February 11
Basketball Coach
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Euclid
Ohio
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