31.   Boston had to renounce longtime center Robert Parish, its captain and a cornerstone of three NBA championship teams, to make room for Wilkins.

32.   Both Alderson and Gillick helped build World Series championship teams.

33.   A championship team knows.

34.   A championship sports team can help, too, almost all admissions officers agree.

35.   A championship team is built on a potent starting lineup and a solidbench.

36.   A graduate of Indiana University before receiving his law degree from Arizona State University, Mr. Scott was a member of three NCAA championship teams.

37.   A game that a championship team does win.

38.   A true championship team knows how to close the deal.

39.   After coaching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with the Los Angeles Lakers and Patrick Ewing with the Knicks, Riley has long believed that championship teams are built around centers.

40.   After all, the notion of keeping a championship team intact no longer exists.