21.   Why the United States has to even go through the motions is a matter that the powers of international basketball ought to revisit.

22.   Passed over was George Killian, president of the international basketball federation FIBA.

23.   Alexander Bozhkov, senior executive at the Bulgarian Basketball Federation, said international basketball authorities could penalize Bosnia if it refuses to play Yugoslavia.

24.   After several embarrassing stumbles the past two years, Yugoslavia powers its way to an eighth European title that puts them back at the top rank of international basketball.

25.   Among those likely to be named is George Killian, the American president of the international basketball federation FIBA.

26.   An appeal to FIBA, the organization governing international basketball, followed.

27.   An arbitrator selected by the NBA and by FIBA, the organization governing international basketball, ruled in favor of the Suns last summer.

28.   Granik and Borislav Stankovic, general secretary of the international basketball federation FIBA, spoke at a news conference in conjunction with the European Final Four club championships.

29.   In Yugoslavia, Partizan director Predrag Danilovic, a former international basketball star, was furious.

30.   Jim Boeheim of Syracuse was selected Tuesday to coach a U.S. national youth team that will play in an international basketball tournament in Japan this summer.