11.   Drafted players need more development and NBA teams have stayed away from lofty expectations for high picks.

12.   Dunn sloughs off the lofty expectations.

13.   First and foremost, Bill is President of the United States, and some pretty lofty expectations are inherent with the gig.

14.   Florida State came here on Monday night, to the Kickoff Classic, lugging lofty expectations and saddled with high anxiety.

15.   Finally, an over-cooked turkey, a fatigued and disappointed hostess and a very whiney grandchild created the contrast between lofty expectations and stark, everyday reality.

16.   For reasons that perhaps pertain to market size and continually meeting lofty expectations, Sloan never has been a Coach of the Year.

17.   Having read no books, made no plans, I also had no lofty expectations, no long-held dreams that could never be realized.

18.   He came to Pepperdine after four seasons as a Bruins assistant with those lofty expectations, even though he had never had collegiate head coaching experience.

19.   Harris knows of such lofty expectations.

20.   Hamilton, joined by the juniors Felipe Lopez and Tarik Turner, will try to fulfill the lofty expectations that surrounded their arrival as freshmen.