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While much of the country is celebrating March Madness, it's March sadness for members of the Illinois Institute of Technology's basketball players. IIT announced that it's dropping both its men's and women's intercollegiate basketball programs. Playing in the NAIA, the Scarlet Hawks were a part of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference and played against area schools like Robert Morris College and St. Xavier University. The school, known for its architecture and engineering programs was never mistaken for any kind of athletic powerhouse.

An IIT student missing for a week, Benjamin Collen, 19, was found dead last evening in a fraternity house on campus. Officials believe the death is a suicide, but an investigation is being conducted. [Trib]