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Drake women's NCAA college basketball head coach Jennie Baranczyk watches her team play against Evansville at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa., Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. Drake became perhaps the unlikeliest team to enter the Top 25 this season when it sneaked in at No. 25 on Monday.(Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP )

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Caitlin Ingle, from left, Lizzy Wendell, head coach Jennie Baranczyk and Cortni Rush pose for a portrait during Drake girls' basketball media day in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Drake became perhaps the unlikeliest team to enter the Top 25 this season when it sneaked in at No. 25 on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. (Rachel Mummey/The Des Moines Register via AP )

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Hundreds of people gather in the Iowa Capitol for a public hearing on proposed changes to the state's collective bargaining law on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP )

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Tim Barber, of Nodaway, and Mick Moorman, of Centerville, hold a sign inside the Iowa Capitol for a public hearing on proposed changes to the state's collective bargaining law on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP )

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The Iowa Capitol's first floor rotunda is filled with supporters and protesters before a hearing Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, on collective bargaining changes in Des Moines, Iowa. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP) )

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The Iowa Capitol's first floor rotunda is filled with supporters and protesters before a hearing Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, on collective bargaining changes in Des Moines, Iowa. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP) )

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People gather in the Iowa Capitol for a public hearing on proposed changes to the state's collective bargaining law on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP)

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Planned Parenthood opponents pray with Pastor Terry Amann before a Senate committee meeting on a bill that would defund Planned Parenthood in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

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Planned Parenthood supporters dressed in pink head to a meeting as opponents dressed in black as they sing before a Senate committee meeting on a bill that would defund Planned Parenthood, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 22 - In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 photo, Blake Waldrop, CEO of RMA Armament, stands on the production floor of his company in Centerville, Iowa, RMA specializes in the manufacturing of body armor plates. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 22 - In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 photo, Blake Waldrop, CEO of RMA Armament in Centerville, Iowa, holds a body armor plate created by RMA after its been fired at to show how the ceramic front of the plate works. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP )

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Florida head coach Jim McElwain is doused after a win over Iowa in the Outback Bowl NCAA college football game Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP )