11.   By playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference, they ended up playing eventual champion Duke four times, losing three.

12.   Champions are made in the fall and the Travers may be the springboard for the eventual champion.

13.   Connecticut, making its third straight appearance in the Final Four, was dismissed last year in the semifinals, losing to Notre Dame, the eventual national champion.

14.   Duke, the eventual national champions, proved that two All-Americans can co-exist, share the shots, the points and the glory.

15.   Exhausted by the effort, he then bowed easily to the eventual champion, Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

16.   He finished one stroke behind eventual champion Tom Watson at Royal Birkdale.

17.   He spent a good portion of the final round locked in a battle for the title with eventual champion Ernie Els, Tom Lehman and Colin Montgomerie.

18.   Henman lost in the semis twice in the last three years, both defeats administered by eventual champion Pete Sampras.

19.   If he wins the Tour, Armstrong will shatter the record for biggest deficit erased by an eventual champion.

20.   If the most talented team won the City title every season, it would be easy to predict the eventual champion.