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Weber, Guenther shared similar beliefs

"I was always kind of hoping, deep down, that he would re-up again and stay," Weber said Monday from Big Ten coaches meetings in Chicago. "As a coach, he's the one that hired me. We have a good relationship. You're always worried about it.

"I knew it was going to come, but I was hoping later rather than sooner. But he just felt that it was the right time for him to do it."

Klee

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