31.   It takes a bond to raise a championship banner.

32.   Kentucky declined to reinstate the player most responsible for the third of its seven NCAA championship banners.

33.   Maybe it was the sight of all those NCAA championship banners, mocking the new Bruins every time they looked into the Pauley Pavilion rafters.

34.   Maybe the Bulls can have someone make up baby bibs that look like their championship banners.

35.   Next fall, the University of Maryland will hang its first national championship banner in a brand-new basketball arena because of some old players.

36.   No more parquet floors, championship banners or rabid fans to distract them.

37.   Of the many championship banners and spirit signs that adorn the gym walls, two underscore the meaning of basketball in Lipan.

38.   On Flag Day, the Rockets won another championship banner.

39.   On that day he stood in the FleetCenter, the Celtics actually lowered the championship banners to serve as a backdrop.

40.   Orlando has as many NBA championship banners hanging from its rafters as the Clippers.