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Four years ago, Louisiana-Lafayette coach Bob Marlin walked off the floor after a close loss at Creighton and reviewed the box score. There in black and white was Doug McDermott's stat line: 12 points on 4-of-12 shooting to go with six rebounds in the freshman's third career game. When No. 3-seed Creighton (26-7) and No. 14 Louisiana-Lafayette (23-11) meet again Friday in the second round of the West Regional, Marlin will see up close how that ''nice player'' has grown into a one of the country's most prolific scorers and a top contender for just about every national player of the year award as a senior. ''But the things he's accomplished and coming back to school for his senior year, being the player that he's become, it's a good story for college basketball.'' The McDermott family journey at Creighton has become one of THE stories of the tournament.
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