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   During his time as a Notre Dame assistant, Gene Cross became enamored with the Irish's four-perimeter, one-post uptempo style that's big on skill and scoring. Toledo wasn't built to play that way during Cross' first season, but that will change going forward.

Cross and his staff recruited seven freshmen—from as close as Toledo's Start High School and from as far away as Florida and Massachusetts—to rebuild the Rockets in Notre Dame's image. Of course, the whole goal is to bring the UT faithful the program's first NCAA Tournament berth since 1980 as soon as possible.

"I'm all about trying to establish a culture around here," Cross said. "That doesn't happen overnight.]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:06:51 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2009-ncaab-tau:1 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:06:51 PDT