51.   And New England will be facing a team with little incentive to win, since the United have clinched at least a tie for first place.

52.   And in Jacksonville, it was a new team with a first-year coach, and it never gelled.

53.   And now, not even knocking off the team with the best record in the league in its own back yard has stirred much interest in them.

54.   And in the East, the Miami Heat is an experienced team with a coach, Pat Riley, who knows how to get to the Finals.

55.   And examples of teams with similar failures can only provide so much incentive.

56.   And that was against a team with three solid NBA pros on it, not the fifth-place European qualifier, which is what this Spanish team is.

57.   And in any case, the bottom line is Cotton has taken over teams with far less talent than this and has done pretty well with them.

58.   And on a team with three guys who demand the ball, his selfless triangle system could be stretched to its limits.

59.   And now comes six of the next seven games against teams with winning records.

60.   And Jarvis did not mince words when it comes to the long-held theory that teams with the best guards usually advance in the NCAA Tournament.