21.   Backup center Jamie Dukes was the funniest participant, as he ran the wrong way and then knocked over linebacker Jamir Miller. . . .

22.   Backup center Joe Kleine signed.

23.   Backup center Mike Kiselak, who played some guard last season, could be the leading candidate to fill in for Hutson.

24.   Behind him are hobbled Travis Knight, backup center John Salley and swingman Rick Fox, who is redefining the term.

25.   Benoit Benjamin, trying to make the team as a backup center, had six rebounds and five points.

26.   Both players can start at power forward and play backup center.

27.   Aaron Graham, the backup center who started seven games as a rookie, might get a tryout at guard.

28.   After two years as a Sixers backup center making a minimum salary, MacCulloch is now struggling to learn to be a starter.

29.   But as two Kansas players closed a defensive pinch, Viglione found freshman backup center Carla Littleton alone underneath the basket.

30.   But officials said it seemed likely that there would be a backup center, that officials could retreat to if the first was destroyed.