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Butler hall of famer, ex-Marian coach Ed Schilling Sr. dies following COVID-19 fight

INDIANAPOLIS – Todd Lickliter had an unusual, but rewarding, relationship with Ed Schilling.

Both played basketball for the Butler Bulldogs, but never as teammates. Both became college coaches, but never on the same staff. Schilling, as coach at then-Marian College, tried to recruit Lickliter as a point guard.

But they were once teammates on an amateur team playing at Indianapolis’ old Dearborn Gym. After three trips up and down the floor, Schilling delivered a warning to his point guard: When I’m on the block, throw me the ball.

“It was like, OK,” Lickliter recalled.