21.   He saw the championship banners that his father, Henry, helped hang at Pauley Pavilion.

22.   He stayed prepared, hungry and driven, no matter how many championship banners they hung in Pauley Pavilion.

23.   He was a walking, talking, championship banner, a chip off the old parquet.

24.   How can the typical Kansas fan not go to bed dreaming of seeing a championship banner being hoisted to the Allen Field House rafters one night next November?

25.   If called literally a decade ago, there would be no championship banners hanging in the Palace of Auburn Hills.

26.   If the Lakers hung Pacific Division championship banners, the Staples Center walls would collapse under the weight.

27.   It has the magic parquet floor and the championship banners.

28.   It grew steadily and loudly until it reverberated off the walls and the ceiling and eventually made those championship banners overhead flutter in the emotional breeze.

29.   It seemed to trivialize the tragedy, suggesting a sporting event could heal so many broken souls, particularly in a place already satiated with championship banners.

30.   It was arguably the greatest college basketball team that never hoisted an NCAA championship banner.