11.  Any plan that's saved up even a sliver of national championship implications for the FSU-Florida game can't be all bad.

12.  Any player dumb enough to fall for that would figure to be unable to handle the academic load.

13.  Any player goes through that."

14.  Any player who comes into an environment that is consistent and structured responds to it."

15.  Defensively, he creates the problem of penetration, and that's why they can apply the kind of pressure they do.

16.  Defensively, I've got to guard a lot of those little quick guys, and that is hard work.

17.  Defensively, new coordinator Phil Bennett has brought with him a more aggressive and attacking scheme that will be predicated on speed and quickness.

18.  Defensively, the Nets are still trying to learn the new trapping-switching system (a la Seattle) that Calipari has installed.

19.  Defensively, they've collapsed well on O'Neal and forced the Lakers into an outside shooting game that has mostly failed.

20.  Deputy Mayor Rudy Washington drew rousing applause when he read a statement from Giuliani that praised the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit of Asian immigrants in Flushing.