51.   Hofstra was the top seed.

52.   Hofstra, Delaware, and Drexel are also the top three seeds.

53.   Hingis said Kournikova improved since their meeting at the French Open in Paris last month, which the top seed won comfortably.

54.   If both teams win their last two regular-season games, a coin flip will decide who goes into the WCC tournament as the top seed.

55.   If the playoffs were to begin today, the Bulls would be the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

56.   If they had won, they would have won the NFC West and finished as top seed in the conference.

57.   If Iowa State follows its regular-season title with the tournament crown, the Cyclones deserve top seed consideration.

58.   If the Huskies win the Big East tournament, they seem sure to be one of the four regional top seeds for the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

59.   In group D, Australia, Ghana and Sweden joined China, the final top seed of the four groups.

60.   In the tight Western Conference, winning the Midwest is crucial, because it comes with one of the top two seeds in the Western Conference playoffs.