31.   As his high school coach says, basketball will be the easy part.

32.   As did uncanny command and control, said pitching coach Dave Wallace.

33.   As the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament reaches its climax Saturday at the Meadowlands, the things coaches do not say can be as significant as what they do.

34.   As his team rose to national prominence, its success popularized the slogan football players and coaches say he copied from them.

35.   Assistant coach Hudson Houck said Williams worked out daily in the weight room, and the results have been noticed.

36.   At power forward, Pitino is interested in Dallas free agent Samaki Walker, whom the coach says he worked out last month in Texas.

37.   At the most reputable academic schools, however, coaches say they would rather put their fate in the hands of a smart player.

38.   Australian customs official John Hawksworth said that a team coach said he packed the bag.

39.   At the time, coaches said those rumors made it almost impossible to recruit.

40.   At the time, the coach said he was seeing how the rookie responded to pressure as much as anything.