51.   Auriemma said he takes the blame for not preparing the team for Notre Dame.

52.   Buffalo Bills coach Wade Phillips will have to find enough healthy bodies before preparing his team for the pass-happy Kansas City Chiefs.

53.   Coach Tara VanDerveer has stressed that her team will be prepared, both mentally and physically, for anything that comes its way in Atlanta.

54.   Dimitrov had assisted Bonev to prepare the team for the match against Poland.

55.   Dimitrov had assisted Bonev in preparing the team for the match against Poland.

56.   Florida is making its third straight NCAA appearance and coach Billy Donovan has learned that adjusting is the key to preparing teams for quick turnarounds.

57.   Harper credited a two-week training camp in Trinidad that prepared the team before going abroad in June.

58.   He has prepared the team with a triple blockade in the midfield of destroyers Flavio Conceicao, Mancuso and Amaral.

59.   Heat coach Pat Riley thinks that is enough time to get Mourning in playing shape, integrate him into the lineup and prepare his team for the playoffs.

60.   Meanwhile, Tobin has continued to prepare his team for playing with or without its star quarterback.