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Free Starbucks? Butler coach Holtmann gives out $600 in coffee

(Photo: Robert Scheer / The Star)

It seemed like a good idea at the time. It cost around $600.

To wish students at Butler University good luck during final exams, basketball coach Chris Holtmann promised to pay for their drinks at the campus Starbucks. He did something like that last year, accompanied by Mike Freeman, an associate athletics director.

"Hey, I'll pop in there, pop into the Starbucks. I can't remember if it was around finals or not," Holtmann said Tuesday. "I paid for about 10 or 20 drinks and then left."

On Monday, sports information director John Dedman suggested he do so again and post it on Twitter.