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EARL REMINISCES ABOUT FALLEN TEAMMATE During his recent stint as freshman basketball coach at Solon (Iowa) High School, Earl would take the Dodge Street exit off Interstate 80 and head north toward Solon. Every time he made the drive, it took him past the site where his teammate was killed. "For years, I drove by that spot every day and sometimes twice a day," said Earl. "It doesn't look the same, but you can't help but think about it." During that spring semester, Earl and Street were enrolled in the same night class. The night of the accident, it set off a trigger when Street wasn't in attendance. "I was going to the gym after class, and Chris hadn't shown up that night," said Earl. "That kind of threw me off. When I went to Carver, everybody was over there, crying and mourning. It is a night I won't forget." Earl said returning to the court after the accident was difficult for the team. Even in the 96-90 overtime victory at Michigan State, he said the Hawkeyes were almost going through the motions. Chris Street scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds in what would be his final collegiate game at Duke. The game was televised to a national audience. Chris Street and Acie Earl address the media at a news conference. Following Street's death, Earl played with the No. 40 shaved into the hair on the back of his head. 41