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Nov. 12, 2012 Issue

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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Atkins averaged 12.1 points, 4.1 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 37.9 minutes per game in 2011-12. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND tween the veteran and newbie never went that far. "Atkins is smart enough not to come to blows with Ben or he would have been out for the season," he ex- plained. enough to realize now that the tough love from Hansbrough was ex- actly what was needed. "I had to deal with Atkins is also mature Ben yelling at me, but he helped me out a lot," Atkins said. "We went at it in practice every day. I think we both made each other better. He is a fiery type of guy, but I'm not going to back down from any chal- lenge — not Ben, not anybody in this league. He definitely made me

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