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League officials have long denied proof of a connection between playing in the NFL and the condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
The Govs outdistanced the three other Ohio Valley Conference schools in the tourney.
APSU Governors set to play NCAA No.1 seed, Kansas, in first game of tournament.
The three other Ohio Valley Conference participants are in fifth (Belmont, 595), seventh (Morehead State, 599) and Eastern Kentucky, 608).
Austin Peay returns to action when it hosts Northern Illinois in a 6 p.m., Wednesday contest.
Austin Peay State University’s baseball team downed Eastern Illinois, 5-3, in the Ohio Valley Conference opener.
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The team cut ties on Friday with the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner after two disappointing, drama-filled seasons.