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Ultra-competitor – Tyra Buss proving hard work pays off for IU Women’s Basketball

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Challenge Tyra Buss and expect to pay.

It could be a basketball shooting contest, a board game, a card game, cornhole toss or anything else that comes to mind.

Understand this -- Indiana's All-Big Ten senior guard doesn't play nice. She's out to win, crush you if possible, and it's a big reason why she ranks among the greatest Hoosiers to ever play the sport.

"I'm competitive at anything," she says. "I don't like to lose. I hate losing more than I like winning."

Credit nature and nurture. Her mother, Kelly, is a high school track coach.